Manu Chao - Desaparecido

Manu Chao - "Desaparecido"

Always loved this song. Some great lyrics (even the English translation is pretty good). The basis of the song is the rhumba rhythm (with kind of a reggae-ish accents):

The X rhythm marker is a palm muted strum.

This is my first uke tab. I've noticed that a lot of the tabs out there are arrangements which incorporate the song's melody and chords. I'm not going to do this, since I like to play the uke to accompany my singing. My arrangement is features the acoustic guitar part that runs throughout the song, along with the chords. Here are the three parts:

 

  

  

  

 

Those images look difficult to read, but there is a link to the pdf at the bottom of this post.

E7
Me llaman el desaparecido
                      Am
Cuando llega ya se ha ido
                       E7
Volando vengo, volando voy
                            Am
Deprisa deprisa a rumbo perdido

                         E7
Cuando me buscan nunca estoy
Cuando me encuentran yo no soy
                            E7
El que está enfrente porque ya
Me fui corriendo más allá

                      E7
Me dicen el desaparecido
                    Am
Fantasma que nunca está
                      E7
Me dicen el desagradecido
                      Am
Pero esa no es la verdad

                          Dm
Yo llevo en el cuerpo un dolor
                    Am
Que no me deja respirar
                           E7
Llevo en el cuerpo una condena
                          Am
Que siempre me echa a caminar

                      E7
Me dicen el desaparecido
                           Am
Que cuando llega ya se ha ido
                        E7
Volando vengo, volando voy
                            Am
Deprisa deprisa a rumbo perdido

                      E7
Me dicen el desaparecido
                    Am
Fantasma que nunca está
                      E7
Me dicen el desagradecido
                      Am
Pero esa no es la verdad

Yo llevo en el cuerpo un motor
Que nunca deja de rolar
llevo en el alma un camino
Destinado a nunca llegar


Cuando me buscan nunca estoy
Cuando me encuentran yo no soy
El que esta enfrente por que ya
me fui corriendo mas alla

Me dicen el desaparecido
Cuando llega ya se ha ido
Volando vengo, volando voy
Deprisa deprisa a rumbo perdido

Perdido en el siglo... 
Perdido en el siglo… 
siglo XX... 
rumbo al XXI…

(English Translation)

They call me the disappearer
when they come I've already gone,
Flying I come, flying I go
Quickly, quickly on a lost course

When they hunt me I'm not there
When they find me, I’m someone else
The one that’s always just ahead,
because I've already moved on

They call me the disappearer
The phantom whos never there
They call me the ungrateful,
But that's not the way it is

I carry on me a pain and sorrow,
that doesn't let me breathe,
I carry on me a final sentence,
That’s always pushing me along

They call me the disappearer
when they come I've already gone,
Flying I come, flying I go
Quickly, quickly on a lost course

They call me the disappearer
The phantom whos never there
They call me the ungrateful,
But that's not the way it is

I carry in my body a motor
that's always running and alive
I carry in my soul a destination,
but I never will arrive

When they hunt me, I'm not there
When they find me, I’m someone else
The one that’s always just ahead,
because I've already moved on

They call me the disappearing one
When they come I've already gone,
Flying I come, flying I go
Quickly, quickly on a lost course

Lost in the century,
the 20th century,
Heading for the 21st

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Manu Chao - Desaparecido Tab (PDF)
Manu Chao - Desaparecido MIDI
Manu Chao - Desaparecido POWERTAB File