Los Lobos – Is This All There Is (Guitar)

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--------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Written by: David Hidalgo/Louis Pérez From: “By the Light of the Moon” (1987) Tabbed by: maguri Tuning: Standard ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Riff
  C#m
e|----------------|-----------------|
B|9-----9-----9---|--9-----11-9-----|
G|9-----9-----9---|--9-----11-9-----|
D|9-----9-----9---|--9-----11-9-----|
A|----------------|-----------------|
E|----------------|-----------------|
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CHORDS
          E-A- D-G-B-e
C#m9     (9-11)9-9-9-11
A6        x-0-2-2-2-2  or 5-7-x-6-7-5
--------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Intro] | C#m | % | C#m9 | % | | C#m | % | C#m9 | % | [Verse 1]
C#m
Climbing high to the mountain top

C#m
Reaching up to the sky above

       F#m7
Asking to myself

                  C#m
Is this all there is?
[Verse 2]
C#m
Sailing into the ocean blue

C#m
Trying to find at least one clue

     F#m7
On a paper scrawled

                  C#m
Is this all there is?
[Pre-chorus]
         B                 A6
And they all came to talk about it

     B                                A6       G#7
They came to cry and laugh and fight about it
[Chorus]
    C#m
All searching for the promised land

C#m
Tired souls with empty hands

       G#7
Asking to themselves

                  | C#m | % | C#m9 | % |
Is this all there is?
[Verse 3]
C#m
Fifteen years on a sewing machine

C#m
Where twisted hands don't mean a thing

          F#m7
Wondering to herself

                  C#m
Is this all there is?
[Verse 4]
C#m
Baby crying in an old tin cup

C#m
Wanting more but there's never enough

          F#m7
While her mother sighs

                  C#m
Is this all there is?
[Pre-chorus]
         B                 A6
And they all came to talk about it

     B                                A6       G#7
They came to cry and laugh and fight about it
[Chorus]
    C#m
All searching for the promised land

C#m
Tired souls with empty hands

       G#7
Asking to themselves

                  C#m
Is this all there is?
[Solo] | F#7 | % | E7 | % | | F#7 | % | A7 | G#7 | | C#m | % | % | % | | G#7 | % | C#m | % | | C#m7 | Cm | % | % | | G#7 | % | C#m | % | [Pre-chorus]
         B                 A6
And they all came to talk about it

     B                                A6       G#7
They came to cry and laugh and fight about it
[Chorus]
    C#m
All searching for the promised land

C#m
Tired souls with empty hands

       G#7
Asking to themselves

                  C#m
Is this all there is?

       G#7
Asking to themselves

                  C#m
Is this all there is?

       G#7
Asking to themselves

                 [ C#m ]
Is this all there is?
[Outro]
| C#m | % | C#m9 | % |
(repeat and face)