Chord/Tab song: The Last Matador of Bayonne

The Last Matador Of Bayonne - Joe Bonamassa

Standard Tuning ( E A D G B E )

Album - Dustbowl

b Bend r Release bend / Slide h Hammer on
P Pull Off t Trill


Intro Solo

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|-----3--3--6b8r6b8--8b10r8b10--10b11r10b11r10b11r10/11b13-------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------11--|
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|----------------------------------------------------------------|

'I hold out...'

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|----5--7b8--7--5--4--4b5r4b5------4-----|
|--5-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------5--------|

These are the Chords which are played throughout all of the verses.

[Gm] [D/F#] [Bb/F] [C7]

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|--------------------------2----------------3-------------3------------|
|----------0------------0----------------0-------------2---------------|
|-------1--------------------------------------------------------------|
|----3---------------2----------------1--------------3-----------------|

[Gm/Bb] [D7] [Gm] [D]

|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------7---------------5-------------------0-----------------------|
|-------5---------------4-------------------0--------4b5---------------|
|----------------------------------------1-----------------------------|
|----6---------------5----------------3--------------5-----------------|

Verse 1

[Gm] [D/F#]
I hold out hope, But it stalls


[Bb/F#] [C7] [Gm/Bb] [D7][Gm][D]
Soon, the last curtain falls, A hundred years of past has spoken

[Gm] [D/F#] [Bb/F][C7]
All the great warriors , Are sewn into history's flag

[Gm/Bb] [D7] [Gm][D]
Like a book of the seven seals , Of the hero's past

[Gm] [D/F#] [Bb/F] [C7]
Through fires, revolutions , Dust storms and conclusions

[Gm/Bb] [D7] [Gm][D]
Will the show go on tonight? For one more time?


Verse 2

[Gm] [D/F#]
I fight on, Fight on,


[Bb/F] [C7] [Gm/Bb][D7]
I'm the last matador of Bayonne, For tomorrow this place falls

[Gm] [D]
Into silence...


Clean Solo.

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|--------------13p11-13/15-15-15-----11-13/14--11-13----11-11/13-------------------------|
|-----12-12-----------------------12-----------------12----------12-10-------------------|
|--12------------------------------------------------------------------12-11-10-8--------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------15--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------11--13/15----13/14-13p11-13p11-13p11-13p11-13/15-13/15-13p11--|
|-----------------------12---------------------------------------------------------------|
|------10/12--10--8----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--10---------------10-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Turn up volume/distortion on this note

|--13/15--13-10-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------13-11----13/14/13-11----------------------------------------------|
|---------------------12-------------12-12--10------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------11/10----10h12---10---------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------13--------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Distorted Solo.

|-------------------------3/5-5b6r5b6r5b6-6b8--------------------------------------|
|--6b8-6b8-3-6b8r6b8--1/3----------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------6------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------5h7-7b8-7b8--7-5-4--4b5-4/5-5--|
|------------------------------------------------/5--------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------15-17-17b18-17-15----17b18-17-15----17b18-17-15-------|
|-----------------18b20-15-18-------------------18-------------18-------------18-15-|
|-------5t7-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------0--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------0--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--////--------0--------------------------------------------------------------------|

Slide..

Play really fast...

|--18b20r18b22-17-18-17b18--17-15--17-15----------------15-17-15-----15--------------|
|--------------------------------18-----18-15------15-18--------18-15--18-15---------|
|--------------------------------------------17b19-----------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

...

|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----18-15--18-15--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--17-----17-----17b18--15---17--15-17b19---15--17--15---------3-5-5b6--5-3-5---3----|
|------------------------------17--17-------------17--17---3-5----------------5------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------3----------3-5-6-5-6-8-6-8-10-8-10-13-10-13-15-13-15-17-15-17-18-17-18-20-18-20--|
|----3---6/8--3-6-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--5------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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|--20b22-20b22-20b22-20b22-20b22-20b22-20b22-18-20b22--------18-20-20b18-20-18----------|
|------------------------------------------------------18-20-------------------20-20----|
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|--------18-20b22--20-18-17-18-17------15-18-17-18-17-18-17-18-17h18p18-15--------------|
|--18-20-----------------------------18------------------------------------18/20b22-20--|
|----------------------------------17---------------------------------------------------|
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|----------------------15-17-18-18b20-18b20-18b20-18b20-18b22-17-17b18-15-15-18-15--15--|
|--20b22--20-20--15-18------------------------------------------------------------------|
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Play this fast...

|--15------------------------------------|
|----18-15--15-18----------------3~------|
|---------17-----17-15-------15--2~------|
|---------------------17-15------0~------|
|--------------------------17------------|
|----------------------------------------|

Verse 3

[Gm] [D/F#]
There's a path, Traveled by many


[Bb/F] [C7] [Gm/Bb][D7]
Say one more prayer for my family , Like a ship without a sail

[Gm] [D]
Cast adrift

[Gm] [D/F#]
I fight on, Fight on


[Bb/F] [C7] [Gm/Bb][D7]
I'm the last matador of Bayonne , A hundred years of past

[Gm] [D]
Now are gone


Outro Solo
Let this note ring out

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|-------------------------------------------------11-----5--7b8--7-5-4--4b5---|
|------------------------------------------------------5----------------------|
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This is played very, very faintly in the background, but listen for it.

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|-------------------------------------0-----------12------|
|----------------------------------0----------------------|
|--3--1--3--1-3/4/3-------------1-------------------------|
|--------------------3--3p1--3----------------------------|

Last note is a natural harmonic.






This is one of my favorite songs off of Joe Bonamassa's Dustbowl album. I
haven't seen any proper tabs for it
so i thought id tab it out for people who enjoy it as much as i do, if you have
any questions feel free to email
me at [email protected] please comment and rate!