Besame Mucho Chords

Song:   Besame Mucho
Artist: The Beatles
Album:  The DECCA Recordings (1963)
URL:    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dg48JepkiRo
Tempo:  8|4
Style:  Flamenco Rock
Tuning: Standard
 
Capo 4
 
Chords:
        EADGBe
Em      022000
Am      X02210
A7      X02020
B7      021201
C/G     332010
E7      020100
Am6     X02212
F7      131211
B       224442
 
 
INTRO:
     (Lead riff)
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N/C
Cha-cha-boom!
 
 
VERSE 1:
Em             Am    Am7 Am Am7
Besame, besame mucho.
            B7          Em
Each time I bring you a kiss,
       B7       Em   B7 Em
I hear music divine.
   E7      B7     Am
So besame, besame mucho,
      Em
And I love you forever,
C/G      B7               Em    Am6  Em
Say that you'll always be mine.
 
 
INSTRUMENTAL REFRAIN 1:
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VERSE 2:
Em                               Am Am7 Am Am7
Dearest one, if you should leave me,
C                B7              Em
Then each little dream will take wings.
       B7            Em       B7 Em
And my life would be through,
   E7             Am
So besame, besame mucho,
      Em
And I love you forever.
C/G        B7             Em  Am6  Em
Make all my dreams come true.
 
 
INSTRUMENTAL REFRAIN 2:
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CHORUS 1:
Am
Ooh this joy is something new,
Em
My arms they're holding you.
B7           F7          Em
‘ Never knew this thrill before,
Am
Who ever thought I'd be,
Em
Holding you close to me.
F7                      B7     Em  B
Whispering, "It's you I adore".
 
 
VERSE 4:
Em                                        Am Am7 Am Am7
Whoo, so dearest one, if you should leave me,
C                B7              Em
Then each little dream will take wings.
       B7            Em       B7 Em
And my life would be through,
   E7             Am
So besame, besame mucho,
      Em
An’ I love you forever.
C/G        B7             Em  Am6  Em
Make all my dreams come true.
 
 
INSTRUMENTAL REFRAIN 3:
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CHORUS 2:
Am
Ooh this joy is something new,
Em
My arms they're holding you.
B       F7        B      C       Em  B
I never knew this thrill before,
    Am
Who ever thought I'd be,
    Em
Holding you close to me.
F7                      B      Em  B
Whispering, "It's you I adore".
 
 
VERSE 5:
Em                                     Am Am7 Am Am7
Whoo, dearest one, if you should leave me,
C           B7              Em
Each little dream will take wings.
       B7            Em       B7 Em
And my life would be through,
   E7             Am
So besame, besame mucho,
      Em
Yeah, love me forever.
C/G        B7             Em  Am6  Em
Make all my dreams come true.
 
 
INSTRUMENTAL REFRAIN 4:
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CODA:
Em
Love me forever.
C/G        B7             Em  Am6  Em
Make all my dreams come true.
 
 
INSTRUMENTAL REFRAIN 5:
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Em
Ohhh, love me forever.
C/G        B7             Em  Am6  Em
Make all my dreams come true.
 
 
INSTRUMENTAL REFRAIN 6:
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N/C
Cha-cha-boom!
 
 
[End]
 
 
NOTES:
1.  “On Monday 1 January 1962 at 11:00am, Paul McCartney, John Lennon, George Harrison and Pete Best
were auditioned by Decca staff and performed a total of fifteen songs in just under one hour. Epstein
and the Beatles decided on a selection of covers the Beatles had performed in various clubs over the
years, along with three Lennon–McCartney originals.
    The songs played at the audition were recorded. The Beatles subsequently came to believe that
Epstein had paid Decca to tape the audition.  Although it has sometimes been asserted, most notably
by John Lennon, that Decca producer Tony Meehan (ex-drummer of the Shadows) produced the Decca audition
session, current scholarship considers this unlikely.”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beatles'_Decca_audition
2.  “I had this very diverse little record collection from which I was culling material. I remember
I had the Coasters' Zing Went The Strings Of My Heart, which was on the b-side of Yakety Yak. I can
look back on these records and see what it was I liked. With ‘Besame Mucho’ by the Coasters
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFiITwlO5Ck, it's a minor song and it changes to a major, and where it
changes to a major is such a big moment musically. That major change attracted me so much.
- Paul McCartney, Many Years From Now, Barry Miles”   http://www.beatlesbible.com/songs/besame-mucho/
3.  These chords and key match as closely as I can ascertain, The Beatles version.  It’s three whole
steps up from the original version of ‘Besame Mucho’ by Conssuelo Velazquez, with English lyrics
by Sunny Skylar.
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