Glossary:
Arpeggio - playing or singing a chord as a series of individual notes, e.g. Doh Mi Sol
Falseta - a flamenco phrase or run
Fundador - a brand of Spanish brandy
Seguirías - a particularly deep and serious form of flamenco song and instrumental performance
Abuelas - Spanish for grandmothers/old ladies
Vino - wine
Sabicas - first international flamenco guitar superstar (look him up!)
Salvador Dalí - world-famous Spanish experimental artist/painter (ditto!)
EMILIO by Michael Johnson
[INTRO]
Triplets on each chord:
Dm/A Am7/A Em7/A Am
E+ E7 E7sus4 E7
Dm/F E7sus4/B
Falseta over 1 bar of
E
then arpeggio over
E7b9
[Verse]
Am
Emilio lives in an attic
Dm
Plays a flamenco guitar
E7sus4/B E7b9
Arpeggios fall out his window
Dm/A Am7/A Em7/A Am
And roll down the fenders of rusted out cars
A7
They harmonize with the sirens
Dm
And mix with that racket downstairs
E7sus4/B E7b9
They wander out into the traffic
Dm/A Am7/A Em7/A Am
Emilio's misguided prayers
Played between these verses
Dm E7sus4/B E7b9
[Verse]
Am
The moon is Emilio's mistress
Dm
On her there's no turning his back
E7sus4/B E7b9
Some nights she comes to him naked and cold
Dm/A Am7/A Em7/A Am
And some nights she only wears black
A7
When the Fundador flows from his bottle
Dm
Somehow there's always a fight
E7sus4/B E7b9
When the moon and the lunatic dance seguirías
Am Dm/A A7 Adim7 Edim7 Dm
Their beautiful music spills into the night and they dance
[Break]
Dm Gm Dm
Dm Gm Bb6
A7b9 Dm
Dm Gm Dm
Dm Gm
Bb6 A7b9 Dm
Falseta over 1 bar of
F
then arpeggio over
E7b9
[Verse]
Am
In his dreams he can see the abuelas
Dm
They offer him wafers and wine
E7sus4/B E7b9
Suspicious Emilio measures
Dm/A Am7/A Em7/A Am
The vino against the divine
A7
But he never has come to believe them
Dm
Or accepted their Heavenly host
E7sus4/B E7b9
Sabicas and Salvador Dalí
Am Dm/A A7 Adim7
The saint and the sinner he prays to the most
Dm
Emilio lives in an attic
Am
Plays a flamenco guitar
E7sus4/B E7b9
Arpeggios fall out his window
Dm/A Am7/A Em7/A Am
And roll down the fenders of rusted out cars