Biography:
Cape-verdean born in La Havana, Cuba, in 1985, the precocious talents of Mayra Andrade first reached a world stage in 2001. That’s when the singer won her country’s first gold medal at the Jeux de la Francophonie in Canada. Her crystalline and agile voice has since graced stages on the four continents. In 2006, Andrade released her first CD “Navega”, on the Sony/BMG label.
In June 2001, a young Capeverdean singer, hardly 16 years old, completely unknown until then
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Four years of hard work!
This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
Fingerpicking style
The intro plays the chords given in fingerpicking style.
It is basically the A9 with a changing bass line ending in Bm, E, A.
Listen to the song to figure it out.
[Chords]
A9 x0242x
E 4x245x
C#m x4665x
Bm x2443x
[Verse]
A C#m
Ilha de Santiago
Bm D
Tem corpinho de algodón
D Bm E
Saia de chita cu cordón
E A
Um par de brinco roda pión
[Chorus]
A
Na ilha de Santiago
A D F#m
Tem nho Mano Mendi, tem Kaká, Nha Nácia Gómi
Bm E A
cu Zezé Nhu Raúl lá di fundo Ruber da Barca
A
Na Ilha de Santiago
A D F#m
Tem Caetaninho, tem Codé, Nhu Arique
Bm E A
cu Ano Nobo Nha Bibinha lá di fundo Curral de Baxo
A
Na Ilha de Santiago
A D F#m
Tem Séma Lópi, tem Catchás, Djirga, Bilocas, Ney,
Bm E A
Ntóni Dente d’Oro lá di fundo San Dimingo
[Solo and Outro]
A
A D F#m
Bm E A
The intro plays the chords given in fingerpicking style.
It is basically the A9 with a changing bass line ending in Bm, E, A.
Listen to the song to figure it out.
[Chords]
A9 x0242x
E 4x245x
C#m x4665x
Bm x2443x
[Verse]
A C#m
Ilha de Santiago
Bm D
Tem corpinho de algodón
D Bm E
Saia de chita cu cordón
E A
Um par de brinco roda pión
[Chorus]
A
Na ilha de Santiago
A D F#m
Tem nho Mano Mendi, tem Kaká, Nha Nácia Gómi
Bm E A
cu Zezé Nhu Raúl lá di fundo Ruber da Barca
A
Na Ilha de Santiago
A D F#m
Tem Caetaninho, tem Codé, Nhu Arique
Bm E A
cu Ano Nobo Nha Bibinha lá di fundo Curral de Baxo
A
Na Ilha de Santiago
A D F#m
Tem Séma Lópi, tem Catchás, Djirga, Bilocas, Ney,
Bm E A
Ntóni Dente d’Oro lá di fundo San Dimingo
[Solo and Outro]
A
A D F#m
Bm E A
