The Buena Vista Social Club was the name of a members-only music club in Havana, Cuba that was at its height during the 1940s. In the late 1990s Wim Wenders made a movie upon the initiative of Ry Cooder called &quot;The Buena Vista Social Club.&quot; Wenders film centered on Ry Cooder's efforts to find and reunite some of the musicians who had performed at the long closed club. The film also portrays sessions from the production of the album released in 1997 also titled Buena Vista Social Club. Both movie and album were highly successful, and expanded the reach of Cuban music around the world. 

Buena Vista Social Club est à l'origine le projet de Nick Gold de la maison de disque World Circuit de réunir des musiciens cubains « campesinos », soneros légendaires des années 1930, 40 et 50, des musiciens d'Afrique de l'Ouest et Ry Cooder. Coincés à l'aéroport de Paris, les Africains ne pourront pas se rendre à Cuba. Finalement, l'enregistrement de l'album s'effectuera bien, mais sans eux.  Aidé par le compositeur Juan De Marcos González, leader du célèbre groupe cubain Sierra Maestra, Ry Cooder rassemble divers artistes aux studios Egrem, à Cuba.

Buena Vista Social Club ist ein Klub in Havanna, nach dem eine CD benannt wurde, die der US-amerikanische Gitarrist Ry Cooder gemeinsam mit kubanischen Musikern 1996 aufgenommen hat. Durch die Verleihung des Grammys an Ry Cooder für deren Produktion im Jahr 1998 sowie den 1999 erschienenen Dokumentarfilm von Wim Wenders wurden die Musiker weltweit bekannt.  Vorgeschichte  Im Jahr 1996 reiste der amerikanische Musiker Ry Cooder nach Kuba. Er fand dort Kontakt zu einer Reihe von Musikern. Juan de Marcos Gonzáles, ein Kenner der Son-Musikszene, stellte für ihn eine Gruppe von Musikern zusammen.

Ensamble de algunas de las fuerzas musicales más renombradas de Cuba, parte de la vieja guardia musical de la isla.  Tras reclutar a Ibrahim Ferrer, cantante, a Compay Segundo y Elíades Ochoa, guitarristas/cantantes, y al pianista Rubén González, Ry Cooder entró en los estudios Egrem de La Habana para producir el álbum Buena Vista Social Club. Este disco obtuvo un éxito comercial y de la crítica inesperado, obteniendo un Grammy.  

Verse 1

En el  Am barrio la ca G chimba se ha for F mado la corre E7 dera
En el  Am barrio la ca G chimba se ha for F mado la corre E7 dera
All Am á fueron los bom G beros con sus cam F panas sus si E7 renas
All Am á fueron los bom G beros con sus cam F panas sus si E7 renas

Bridge

 G7 Ay ma C má  G7 qué pa C só?
 E7 ay ma Am má  E7 qué pa Am só?

Chorus

El cuarto de  E7 Tula, le cogió can Am dela
se quedo dor E7 mida y no, apagó la  Am vela

El Cuarto De Tula

Dm                  F
De Alto Cedro voy para Mar Cané
Gm                 A7                              (3x)
luego a Cueto, voy para Mallarid. (Dm/ F/ Gm/ A7)

Dm          F
El cariño que te tengo
  Gm         A7
no te lo puedo negar,
Dm            F
se me sale la babita,
Gm             A7
yo no lo puedo evitar. (Dm/ F/ Gm/ A7)

  Dm              F
Cuando Juanita y Chan Chan,
Gm               A7
en el mar cernían la arena,
Dm              F
como sacudía el jibe,
Gm                 A7
a Chan Chan le daba pena.

Dm                 F
Limpia el camino de paja,
Gm                  A7
que yo me quiero sentar,
Dm                F
en aquel tronco que veo
 Gm             A7
y así no puedo llegar.


Dm                  F
De Alto Cedro voy para Mar Cané
Gm                  A7                              
luego a Cueto, voy para Mallarid. (Dm/ F/ Gm/ A7)

Chan Chan

Bad ass old cats doing something absolutely magical. If you speak the lingo then you will trip on the funny stuff, if not, go with it baby. These guys are priceless. A hit of rum, a beer, and a puro and you are in heaven listening to these old masters!

De Camino A La Vereda

&quot;El Cuarto de Tula&quot; was composed by Sergio Eulogio Gonzalez Siaba (1916 - 1989). It is sung by Eliades Ochoa with Ibrahim Ferrer and Manuel &quot;Puntillita&quot; Licea joining Ochoa in an extended descarga (jam) section improvising lyrics. Barbarito Torres plays a frenetic lute solo towards the end of the track. Timbales are played by the 13 year old Julienne Oviedo S

[E / Am]

[Am / Dm / E / Am]


 Am               G               F           E
En el barrio la cachimba se ha formado la corredera

 Am               G               F           E
En el barrio la cachimba se ha formado la corredera

 Am                G                 F           E
All?

C             E7            A7
Orgullecida estoy de ser divina
      D7                    G
y de tener tan linda perfecci??n
         C        E7       A7
tal vez ser?

Orgullecida

INTRO:

  G     G  D                          B
|-2--3--2--5--------------------0--1--2------|
|-3--5--3--5-----------------3--2--0--2------|
|----------6--2--1--2--3--4--4--------3------|
|----------7--------------------------4------|

                         D     G           A
|---------------------------------2--------0-|
|---------------------3--2--0--3-----3-----0-|
|-----------------0---4--2--0-----0-----2--1-|
|----------2---4--5------------0-----------2-|

 D7
|-----------0--2--1--0--0--------------------|
|--3--2--3--------------2----2--0------------|
|----------------------------------3--2------|
|-----------------------2--------------------|
     
  G     G  D                          B
|-2--3--2--5--------------------0--1--2------|
|-3--5--3--5-----------------3--2--0--2------|
|----------6--2--1--2--3--4--4--------3------|
|----------7--------------------------4------|

              D        G        A           G
|----------------------2--3--5--0--0-----0---|
|----------3--2--0--3--3--5--4--0-----2-----3|
|-------0--4--2--0--------------1-----0-----2|
|-2--4--5-----------0-----------2-----------0|


        G                Bdim7 D7
En el tronco de un árbol  una  niña
  Am        D7                  G  
grabó su nombre henchida de placer
     E7                          Am
y el árbol conmovido allá en su seno
      A7                  D7
a la niña una flor dejó caer


          G          Bdim7   D7
Yo soy el árbol conmovido y triste
Am           D7                  G 
tu eres la niña que mi tronco hirió
     E7                       Am
yo guardo siempre tu querido nombre
  Cm                     A7 D7  G
y tú que has hecho de mi pobre flor

Y Tu Que Has Hecho

&quot;El Carretero&quot; is a guajira (country lament) sung by Eliades Ochoa with the full ensemble providing additional instruments and backing vocals.  Composer: Guillermo Portabales (Rodas, Cuba, 6 April 1911 

Intro: Am E7  Am E7  Am E7  Am E7

Verse:   Am E7   Am E7           
         Am E7   Am E7
         Am E7   Am E7           
         Am E7   Am E7
         Am E7   Am E7           
         Am E7   Am E7
         Am E7   Am E7           
         Am E7   Am E7
         Am E7   Am E7           
         Am E7   Am E7
         Am E7   Am E7           
         Am E7   Am E7
         Am E7   Am E7           
         Am E7   Am E7
         Am E7   Am E7           
         Am E7   Am E7
         Am E7   Am E7           
         Am E7   Am E7
         Am E7   Am E7           
         Am E7   Am E7
         Am E7   Am E7           
         Am E7   Am E7
         Am E7   Am E7           
         Am E7   Am E7
         Am E7   Am E7           
         Am E7   Am E7
         Am E7   Am E7           
         Am E7   Am E7
         Am E7   Am E7           
         
Outro:   A7   Dm   Am 
         E7   Am   Dm
         Am   E7   Am
 

El Carretero

intro: Em / Am / Em 

                   Em                    B7
Dos Gardenias para ti con ellas quiero decir
      Em                C    B7
te quiero, te adoro, mi vida.
                     Am                  B7        Em
Ponles toda tu atencion que seran tu corazon y el mio
                   Em                        Dm
Dos Gardenias para ti que tendran todo el calor
       Am
de un beso
                     Em                     B7
De esos besos que te di y que jamas encontraras
                       Em
en el calor de otro querer.
              Em                   
A su lado viviran y se hablaran 
                      B7
como cuando estas conmigo
             Am          B7        Em
y hasta creeran que se diran te quiero
                 Em                        Dm
Pero si un atardecer las gardenias de mi amor se 
  Am                       Em
mueren, es porque han adivinado que tu amor me ha 
       B7                         Em        
traicionado porque existe otro querer. Es porque han 
      Em                           B7               
adivinado que tu amor me ha traicionado porque existe
         Em - Am - Em
otro querer.

Dos Gardenias

Intro:Em,B7,Em,E7,Am,Em,C,B7,Em

 
                       Em
??Qu?

Veinte Años

Buena Vista Social Club

[intro]
F Am Dm Am A# Dm Gm C

[Verse 1]
             F 
Baby really hurt me
                Am 
crying in the taxi
                Dm
He dont wanna know me
                         Am                     A#     Dm
says you make the big mistake of dancing in my store 
Gm                  C
   Says it was poison
                 F
So I guess I go home 
          Am                     Dm
into the arms of the girl that I love
                Am 
the only love I havent screwed up
A#                  Dm
   She's so hard to please
             Gm      C  
but shes a forest fire
        F               
I do my best to meet her demands
Am
play it romance
         Dm
we slow dance in the living room
    Am                      A#
but all that a stranger would see
        Dm           Gm               C     
is one girl swaying alone stroking her cheek

[Chorus]

      F         Am            Dm 
They say, "you're a little much for me
         Am     A# 
You're a liability
          Dm         Gm    C
You're a little much for me"
               F              Am 
So they pull back make other plans
       Dm 
I understand
     Am     A# 
I'm a liability
        Dm         Gm    
Get you wild, make you leave
       C            Dm            F    A#       
I'm a little much for eh oh-na-na-na everyone

[Verse 2]
            F 
The truth is, I am toy
                Dm
that people enjoy
                Am               A#
till all of the tricks dont work anymore
Dm              Gm       C
And then they are bored of me
             
                    F
I know that its exciting
                     Am
running through the night but
              Dm                Am
every perfect summer's eating me alive
            A#    Dm
unitl youre gone
Gm          C
Better on my own

[Chorus]

      F         Am            Dm 
They say, "you're a little much for me
         Am     A# 
You're a liability
          Dm         Gm    C
You're a little much for me"
               F              Am 
So they pull back make other plans
       Dm 
I understand
     Am     A# 
I'm a liability
        Dm         Gm    
Get you wild, make you leave
       C            Dm            F    A#       
I'm a little much for eh oh-na-na-na everyone

[Outro]
             Dm           F           A#
They're gonna watch me disappear into the sun
                 Dm        F           A#
You're all gonna watch me disappear into the sun

Liability

INTRO:

A |---------------------|
E |--7--7--7----------- -|
C |---------------------|
G |---------------------|

VERSE 1:   

C#m          E       B      A                     C#m   E    B   A 
I’m going away to be alone I’m coming back with answers
C#m           E            B    A            C#m   E   B   A
Don’t try to call my telephone it’s disconnected
C#m           E          B       A               C#m   E   B   A
And I don’t know where I’m going but can you guide me
C#m              E        B        A              C#m   E   B   A
But if I find love where I’m going will it survive me


PRE-CHORUS 1:

C#m            B   A                         C#m         A   B
‘Cause in your own space you’re disconnected and in your own mind you’re not affected
C#m         B   A                           C#m         A   B
And in your own time you’re still attracted but in your own life


CHORUS:

A                                 C#m            B
This heart attack I’ve gotta get away not coming back
A                                 C#m                     B
I want some downtime so call me when you can and I’ll be fine


VERSE 2: [same chords as VERSE1]
I’ve found the time to be alone I don’t know what you’re asking
I’m waiting by the telephone and you’re still barking
My heart stops it isn’t… going could you revive me
I think I’m lost without knowing so come and find me


PRE-CHORUS 2:  [same chords as PRE-CHORUS1]
‘Cause in the same space we’re disconnected and in your own mind you’re not attracted
But in your own life over reacted and in your own time


{CHORUS x2}


Sometimes if we don’t go sometimes you don’t know
You don’t go I don’t go I don’t go you don’t go

C#5  B5  A5                      C#5  A5  B5
            I’ve got your back              but you don’t got mine
C#5  E5  A5                    C#5  A5  B5
            This heart attack              then I’m feeling fine


CHORUS x2

C#m          E       B    A 
I’m going away to be alone
C#m          E       B    A 
I'm going away to be alone ...............

This Heart Attack

LA RE
Jo et duré a casa si fa mal temps
MI FA#m
Jo t’empararé si un cas tens por
SIm MI
Jo te cuidaré si estàs malalta
RE LA
De tot cor, de tot cor
RE REm LA
De tot cor

MI RE DO#m-SIm-LA

FA#m DO#m
Estic a punt d’anar-me’n
RE LA RE
Mes abans de partir et diré
REm LA
Que et duc dins es pensament

FA#m DO#m
No deix de recordar-te
RE LA RE
I alen els teus alens tot calents
REm SIm MI
De lluny i de prop me tens


Jo et duré...

FA#m DO#m
I a dalt de s’escenari
RE LA RE
Quan estic concentrat cantant
REm MI
Jo sempre te tenc present

FA#m DO#m
Perquè m’ets necessari
RE LA
Com s’aire que respir
RE REm SIm MI
Necessit estar amb tu en tot moment


Jo et duré... ( bis )

De tot cor

A                                     E 
Roll into your town and I'm walking around
                                                Fm                        
Got some extra time think I'll throw some money down
                                                     D
And you follow me around, and you're asking for the time

Your asking what I found 
                         A
think I'm gonna rob you blind

maybe it's the tattoo on my arm
        E
that I drew while I was bored waiting tables in new york
Fm                                            D
 a  heart and two flowers intertwined with a vine

Up Here

Intro:

Bb - F - A

F                 C
I've been feeling lonesome
F                            C
I'm down, don't know what to do
D
I let you lie to me
F
plant seeds inside
            E
to see them grow
                      F
only to leave them to die

  C
I learned my lesson
       E
I won't be forgetting
       F
I won't give my heart out
    A
with-out suspecting

Bb  F
why cry
Dm G
why cry
Bb  F
why cry
    A
for you

F                  C
I've been lost and finding
F                           C
out that I've been such a fool
D           
you thought you'd stick around
F
until the day you found
    E                    F
someone to make me obsolete

  C
I learned my lesson
       E
I won't be forgetting
       F
I won't give my heart out
    A
with-out suspecting

Bb  F
why cry
Dm G
why cry
Bb  F
why cry
Dm F
why cry
    Bb
for you... 


Guitar Solo:

Bb - F - A (2x)

  C     
I learned my lesson
       E
I won't be forgetting
       F
I won't give my heart out
    A
with-out suspecting

Bb  F
why cry
Dm G
why cry
Bb  F
why cry
Dm G
why cry
Bb  F
why cry
Dm G
why cry
Bb  F
why cry
Dm G
why cry
    A
for you

Why Cry

[Verse 1]
 G                              D
You like New York City in the daytime
 Bm                   A
I like New York City in the nighttime
 G                          D
You say you like sleeping with the air off
Bm                  A
I don't, I need it on
G                  D
You like the light coming through the windows
 Bm                      A
I sleep late, so I just keep 'em all closed
G                  D
You ignore the music on the radio
Bm                 A
I don't, I sing-a-long


[Pre-Chorus]
G               D        Bm             A
I don't ask for you to change, baby no no no
    G              D          Bm    A
And you don't ask for me to change


[Chorus]
N.C.                     D
Tell me how we're not alike
       Bm               A
But we work so well and we don't even know why
G              D
Funny how the stars crossed right
       Bm                   A
'Cause we work so well and we don't even know why
 G              D
You can call it fire and ice
    Bm                  A
But we work so well and we don't even know why
G              D
We don't even know why, no no
Bm                          A
We don't even know why, no no no


[Post-Chorus]
N.C.
No no no no
D
We like it in the daytime
Bm                 A
We like it in the end of time
N.C.
No no no no
D
We like it in the daytime
Bm                 A
We like it in the end of time


[Verse 2]
G                        D
Cold outside and you're just in a T-shirt
Bm                   A
I have cold blood even in a sweater
G                         D
You start your night sippin' by the Kilo
Bm                   A
I don't, I know you know


[Pre-Chorus]
G               D        Bm             A
I don't ask for you to change, baby no no no
    G              D          Bm    A
And you don't ask for me to change



[Chorus]
N.C.                     D
Tell me how we're not alike
       Bm               A
But we work so well and we don't even know why
G              D
Funny how the stars crossed right
       Bm                   A
'Cause we work so well and we don't even know why
 G              D
You can call it fire and ice
    Bm                  A
But we work so well and we don't even know why
G              D
We don't even know why, no no
Bm                          A
We don't even know why, no no no


[Post-Chorus]
N.C.
No no no no
D
We like it in the daytime (we don't even know)
Bm                 A
We like it in the end of time (we don't even know)
N.C.
No no no no
D
We like it in the daytime
Bm                   A
(We don't even know, know, know, know, know)




[Bridge]
G                          D
Somehow we end up on the same side
Bm                          A
And you wouldn't think that we'd be alright
G                      D            Bm             A
Even our eyes are different colors, but we see fine
G                         D
Somehow we end up on the same side (up on the same side)
Bm                            A
And you wouldn't think that we'd be alright

(Think that we'd be alright)

G                      D            Bm             A
Even our eyes are different colors, but we see fine


[Chorus]

 N.C.                     D
(Oh)Tell me how we're not alike
       Bm               A
But we work so well and we don't even know why

('Cause we work so well and we don't even know why, why)
G              D
Funny how the stars crossed right
       Bm                  A
'Cause we work so well and we don't even know why

(But we don't even know why)
G                D
You can call it fire and ice
    Bm                  A
But we work so well and we don't even know why

('Cause we work so well and we don't even know why, why)

G              D
We don't even know why, no no
Bm                          A
We don't even know why, no no no


[Post-Chorus]

N.C.
No no no no
D
We like it in the daytime (we don't even know)
Bm                 A
We like it in the end of time (we don't even know)
N.C.
No no no no
D
We like it in the daytime
Bm             A
We like it in the nighttime

Intro  D     Bm7   G     A     x2


Verse 1
    D                              Bm7
We never spoke a word, but every thought she had 
                         G     A Asus A
I heard from across the room 
             D                               Bm7
If we were standin' face to face I couldn't find the words 
               G               A Asus A
To say give me one more move 
        G              A             G                   A
I don't even know her name, I guess foolish pride's to blame


Chorus 
          D                        D7
Now, I'm fallin' in love as she's walkin' away
        Bm7                 F#              G                    A
And my heart won't tell my mind to tell my mouth what it should say
 D                                  D7
May have lost this battle, live to fight another day
        Bm7 A   G                              Gm
Now I'm fallin' in love as she's walkin' away


Interlude   D     Bm7   G     A     x2


Verse 2
          D                           Bm7
Wise man next to me did say 'bout the one that got away
        G                    A
Son, I missed my chance 
           D                            Bm7
Don't you let regret take place of the dreams you have to chase
     G               A
Ask her to dance, go on, son
           G                 A              G                  A
You might fall down on your face, roll the dice and have some faith


Chorus
          D                        D7
Don't be fallin' in love as she's walkin' away
           Bm7                   F#                G                    A
When your heart won't tell your mind to tell your mouth what it should say
 D                                  D7
May have lost this battle, live to fight another day
         Bm7 A   G                               Gm
Don't be fallin' in love as she's walkin' away 


Solo   D    Bm7  Bm  F#  G   A  D    D7    Bm  F# |A   D 


           G                 A              G                  A
You might fall down on your face, roll the dice and have some faith
 
          D                        D7
Don't be fallin' in love as she's walkin' away
           Bm7                   F#                G                    A
When your heart won't tell your mind to tell your mouth what it should say
 D                                  D7
May have lost this battle, live to fight another day
         Bm7 A    Bm7 A       Bm7 A       G                      G   
Don't be fallin', fallin' in, fallin' in love as she's walkin' away


Outro  (G)   Gm  Bm7  E G  Gm  D

As She's Walking Away

D G D A D x 2

D
I been loved and I been alone
G
all my life I been a rolling stone
D
done everything a man can do
G	                       C	D
everything but get a hold on you
C			D
done everything a man can do
G	D 	A 	D
everything but get a hold on you

D
I've been blessed and I've been cursed
G
all my lies have been unrehearsed
D	
a wall of fire that I walked through
G			C	D
only trying to get a hold on you
C				D
a wall of fire that I walked through
G	D	A	D
only trying to get a hold on you

G	D	A	D

A
I saw you waiting at the gate
D
but I arrived a moment late 
A
I saw you shed a single tear
G	D	A	D
but still I can't get there from here

D
I been high and I been low
G
I been people that I don't know 
D
I been to China and to Peru

G			C    D
only trying to get a hold on you
C			D
I been to China and to Peru
G	D	A	D
only trying to get a hold on you

G	D	A	D
only trying to get a hold on you

Hold On You

Riff:
|3-----------6-------------------|3-----------6---------------|
|3-------6/8-6-----------8-------|3-------6/8-6-----------8---|
|3-------5/7-7-----------7-------|3-------5/7-7-----------7---|
|0-------------------------------|0---------------------------|
Repeat 2x


| Cm - - - | Cm - - - | Cm - - - | Cm - - - |
Here come old flattop he come grooving up slowly
He got joo joo eyeball he one holy roller

| G7 - - - | G7 - - Gb7 | F7 - - - | - - - - |
He got hair down to his knee
Got to be a joker he just do what he please

| Cm - - - | Cm - - - | Cm - - - | Cm - - - |
He wear no shoe shine he got toe jam football
He got monkey finger he shoot Coca-Cola

| G7 - - - | G7 - - Gb7 | F7 - - - | - - - - |
He say,"I know you and you know me"
One thing I can tell you is you got to be free

| Am - - G7 | F7 - G7 - |
Come together right now over me



Repeat Riff



| Cm - - - | Cm - - - | Cm - - - | Cm - - - |
He bag production he got walrus gumboot
He got Ono sideboard he one spinal cracker

| G7 - - - | G7 - - Gb7 | F7 - - - | - - - - |
He got feet down below his knee
Hold you in his armchair you can feel his disease

| Am - - G7 | F7 - G7 - |
Come together right now over me


Repeat Riff

Come Together

Am                              E
There are children standing here,
                              G
Arms outstretched into the sky,
                          D
Tears drying on their face.
              Am
He has been here.
                          E
Brothers lie in shallow graves.
                           G
Fathers lost without a trace.
                           D
A nation blind to their disgrace,
                        Am
Since he's been here.
                    E
And I see no bravery,
 G                  D
No bravery in your eyes anymore.

Only sadness.

(Continue the same chord progression)

Houses burnt beyond repair.
The smell of death is in the air.
A woman weeping in despair says,
He has been here.
Tracer lighting up the sky.
It's another families' turn to die.
A child afraid to even cry out says,
He has been here.

And I see no bravery,
No bravery in your eyes anymore.
Only sadness.

There are children standing here,
Arms outstretched into the sky,
But no one asks the question why,
He has been here.
Old men kneel to accept their fate.
Wives and daughters cut and raped.
A generation drenched in hate.
Says, he has been here.

And I see no bravery,
No bravery in your eyes anymore.
Only sadness.

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