Chiquitita Tab

Title:  Chiquitita
Artist: ABBA
Author and Copyright: MississippiHans (arr.+tab.)
Tempo:  4/4 time (except two measures with 5/4 time as marked),  q=80.
Beats on eighths are marked "+", sixteenths are marked "s", all unmarked beats are quarters.
Emphasize the melody notes. The chord names above indicate the left-hand position. Use thumb-fretting.
 
[Verse]
   G   +       +  s      +      s  +         +       +       +       +         +       +  s      +       +
E|-----------------------0-------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------0-------|
B|-------------0-h1-h3-------3-p1-p0---|-3-----------0--h1-----------1---|p0-----------0-h1-h3---------------|
G|-----0-------------------------------|-----0---------------0-----------|-----0-----------------0-------0---|
D|---------0-----------------0---------|---------0---------------0-------|---------0-----------------0-------|
A|-------------------2-----------------|-----------------2---------------|-------------------2---------------|
E|-3-----------------------------------|-3-------------------------------|-3---------------------------------|
               Chiquitita, tell me what's wrong                                        You're enchained by 
 
      +      + D         D      +  s  C      +    D7 +     +  s     +     +       +     +  G  +     +
E|---------------------|-2a-----0-h2--3a----p0--|----------------------------|-------------------------|
B|-3-p1--0-------------|-3a-----------1a--------|-3-----------0-h1-----1-----|-1-p0-----0--------------|
G|----------2----------|-2a-----------0a--------|----2-----2--------2-----2--|-------2--------0-----0--|
D|-------0---------0---|-----0------------2-----|-------0--------------2-----|-------0-----------0-----|
A|---------------------|-0a-----------3a--------|----------------0-----------|-0-----------2-----------|
E|-3-----------2-------|------------------------|-2--------------------------|-------------------------|
  your own sorrow.       In     your  eyes there  is         no hope for to-   morrow.
 
   G   +       +  s      +      s  +         +       +       +       +         +       +  s      +       +
E|-----------------------0-------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------0-------|
B|-------------0-h1-h3-------3-p1-p0---|-3-----------0--h1-----------1---|p0-----------0-h1-h3---------------|
G|-----0-------------------------------|-----0---------------0-----------|-----0-----------------0-------0---|
D|---------0-----------------0---------|---------0---------------0-------|---------0-----------------0-------|
A|-------------------2-----------------|-----------------2---------------|-------------------2---------------|
E|-3-----------------------------------|-3-------------------------------|-3---------------------------------|
              How I hate to see you like this.                                        There is no    way
 
   Bm +  s     +     +     +    D      +  s  C      +    D7 +     +  s     +     +       +     +  G      +
E|-2--0-----2-----------------|-2a-----0-h2--3a----p0--|----------------------------|-----------------------|
B|-------3-----3--------------|-3a-----------1a--------|-3-----------0-h1-----1-----|-1-p0------------------|
G|-------------------4-----4--|-2a-----------0a--------|----2-----2--------2-----2--|-------2-p0---------0--|
D|----------4-----------4-----|-----0------------2-----|-------0--------------2-----|-------0---------0-----|
A|----------------------------|-0a-----------3a--------|----------------0-----------|-0-----------2---------|
E|-2--------------2-----------|------------------------|-2--------------------------|-----------------------|
   you can  deny it.            I      can   see that    you're      oh       so      sad, so quiet.
 
 
[Verse]
Chiquitita, tell me the truth
I'm a shoulder you can cry on
Your best friend, I'm the one you must rely on
You were always sure of yourself
Now I see you've broken a feather
I hope we can patch it up together
 
 
[Chorus]
                                                   /-----5/4 time------------------\
   G  +    + s    +    s +   C      +     +     +      +    + s    +    s +     + s   G  +     +     +     +
E|---------0h2-3--5-\3p2p0-|-3a-------------------|---------0h2-3--5-\3p2p0--3-p2p0-|-3----------------------|
B|-------------------------|-1a-------------------|---------------------------------|----3-p1-p0-------------|
G|----0--------------------|-0a-----0-----0-----0-|----0----------------------------|----------------0-----0-|
D|-------0-----------0-----|-----2-----------2----|-------2-----------2-------------|-------0-----------0----|
A|-------------2-----------|-3a-------------------|-3-----------3------------3------|-------------2----------|
E|-3-----------------------|-----------3----------|---------------------------------|-3----------------------|
        Chiquitita, you and I know           How the heartaches come and they go and the scars they're leaving
 
      +     +  s    +     +    D      +  s  C      +    D7 +     +  s     +     +       +     +  G  +     +
E|------------------0--2-h3--|-2a-----0-h2--3a----p0--|----------------------------|-------------------------|
B|-------0-h1-h3-------------|-3a-----------1a--------|-3-----------0-h1-----1-----|-1-p0-----0--------------|
G|----0----------------------|-2a-----------0a--------|----2-----2--------2-----2--|-------2--------0-----0--|
D|-------0-------------0-----|-----0------------2-----|-------0--------------2-----|-------0-----------0-----|
A|---------------2-----------|-0a-----------3a--------|----------------0-----------|-0-----------2-----------|
E|-3-------------------------|------------------------|-2--------------------------|-------------------------|
        You'll be dancing once again and the pain will end          You will have no time for grieving.
 
                                                    /-----5/4 time-----------------\
   G  +     + s    +    s +   C      +     +     +      +     + s    +    s +     +   G  + s    +     +    +
E|----------0h2-3--5-\3p2p0-|-3a-------------------|----------0h2-3--5-\3p2p0--3--5-|-7--5\3-7-\3------------|
B|--------------------------|-1a-------------------|--------------------------------|------------------------|
G|----0---------------------|-0a-----0-----0-----0-|----0---------------------------|-----------------0----0-|
D|-------0------------0-----|-----2-----------2----|-------2------------2-----------|----0--------------0----|
A|--------------2-----------|-3a-------------------|-3------------3------------3----|--------------2---------|
E|-3------------------------|-----------3----------|--------------------------------|-7------7-\3------------|
          Chiquitita, you and I cry                      But the sun is still in the sky and shining above you
 
   G  +     +  s    +     +    D      +  s  C      +    D7 +     +  s     +     +       +     +  G      +
E|------------------0--3--5--|\2a-----0-h2--3a----p0--|----------------------------|-----------------------|
B|-------0-h1-h3-------------|-3a-----------1a--------|-3-----------0-h1-----1-----|-1-p0------------0-h1--|
G|----0----------------------|-2a-----------0a--------|----2-----2--------2-----2--|-------2-p0------------|
D|-------0-------------0-----|-----0------------2-----|-------0--------------2-----|-------0---------0-----|
A|---------------2-----------|-0a-----------3a--------|----------------0-----------|-0-----------2---------|
E|-3-------------------------|------------------------|-2--------------------------|-----------------------|
        Let me hear you sing once more like you did before         Sing a new song, Chiquitita.
 
      +     +  D      +    D      +  s  C      +    D7 +     +  s     +     +       +     +  G      +
E|----0--2-h3--5a-----3--|-2a-----0-h2--3a----p0--|----------------------------|-----------------------|
B|-3-----------7a--------|-3a-----------1a--------|-3-----------0-h1-----1-----|-1-p0-----------[0-h1]-|
G|-------------7a--------|-2a-----------0a--------|----2-----2--------2-----2--|-------2-p0--------(0)-|
D|-------0---------7-----|-----0------------2-----|-------0--------------2-----|-------0---------0-----|
A|-------------0a--------|-0a-----------3a--------|----------------0-----------|-0-----------2---------|
E|-3---------------------|------------------------|-2--------------------------|-----------------------|
               Try    once more   like you did be-  fore,    Sing a new song,    Chiquitita
 
[Verse]
So the walls came tumbling down
And your love's a blown out candle
All is gone and it seems too hard to handle
Chiquitita, tell me the truth
There is no way you can deny it
I see that you're oh so sad, so quiet
 
[Chorus]    ... as above ...
 
[Outro]     ... repeat the last line of the Chorus ...
 
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| +   Eighth beat
| s   Sixteenth beat
| a   Arpeggio (harp-like: pick all strings upward in fast sequence)
| h   Hammer-on
| p   Pull-off
| \   Slide down
|(0)  Play only in the first pass
|[0]  Play only in the 2nd pass
 
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