help transcribe - green green

[klaarnou]

Hello,

Im learning to play and would like to play "Green green" Trini Lopez version.
Please help me with a transcription.

So far I have this tab of another version: http://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/m/mi..._green_crd.htm

But I would like to get tabs for this version from Trini Lopez:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWDwBDq0F6I

Should be fairly simple but I cant get the intro right and I seem to be missing a chord somewhere.

Thanks so much.

Bernard.

[JonPR]

The intro is this:

|---------------|(0)--
|---------------|(1)-
|---------------|(0)-
|------------0-1|(2)-
|----0-1-2-3----|-3--
|--3------------|----
 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .  1

The chords are C-F-C, and the riff repeats a couple of times before ending on a G7 chord. Like this:

  - riff - - - |C       F     C|- riff - - - - |C       F     C|- riff - - - - |
1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .|1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .|1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .|1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1. 2 . 3 . 4 . 
.
|C/E     F     C|- riff - - - - |C/E     F     C|- G7           |
 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .|1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .|1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .|1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .|

When the bass comes in, it doubles the guitar riff (end of first line above), landing on E on the first C chord, which makes it sound a little unusual.

The first verse continues in C, but then it modulates to D for the chorus, and stays in D for the rest of the song:

VERSE (1)
|C - Em - |F - C/G - |F - G - |C G - - |
|C - Em - |F - C/G - |F - G - |C A7 - - |

CHORUS
|D - - - |G - - - |D - - - |A (riff)....|
|D/F# - - - |G - - - |D - A - |D A - - |

VERSE (2 etc)
|D - F#m - |G - D/A - |G - A - |D A - - |
|D - F#m - |G - D/A - |G - A - |D A - - |

Chorus (as above)

The A riff in the chorus (only on the bass) is the same as the intro riff, a whole step up, landing on F# on the next D chord.
(Ie, the slash notes are in the bass, not the guitar, although you can play them on guitar if you want.)

[klaarnou]

Thanks a lot Jon.
I will try this out and let you know.

Thank you very much for your help.

Bernard.

[klaarnou]

Ok I think I got the first part right:

Well(C), I told my (Em)mama on the (F) day I was (C) born (F) dont you cry

After this I cannot get the G - C - G to work.

Sorry but im really new at this.
Also if I look at the video it seem that the cords are played higher (3 rd or 5 the fret?)

Thanks.

Bernard.

[klaarnou]

No wait, got it right thanks

thanks again for your help.