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Chords/Tabulature for
Ride My Llama

Submitted by: Malc Brookes (malc@malbro.demon.co.uk)

Notes about this song:

  • There are a lot of simple chords with very complicated sounding names (most of which may well be wrong), but I guess that's alternate tunings for you.
  • Tuning: Double Dropped D, (DADGBD) with capo 2nd fret.

Chords:
   D        05777x
   D9add4   05555x
   D5       000230
   Dadd4    054030
   F6       xx3210
   Cadd9    x32010
   Bb6      88x060
   A7#5sus4 77x060
   A7sus4   77x050
   Dm7add4  057565
   Ebmaj9   113333
   Fmaj9    335555
   Gmaj9    557777
   G        550000

Main theme:
      D    D9add4 D  (2nd guitar)  D    D9add4 D5 (2nd guitar)
  d|-------------------(5---7)--|------------------0(5---7)--|
  B|--7-7-7-5---5-7---7(5---7)--|--7-7-7-5---5-----3(5---7)--|
  G|--7-7-7-5---5-7---7---------|--7-7-7-5---5-2---2---------|
  D|--7-7-7-5---5-7---7---------|--7-7-7-5---5-0---0---------|
  A|--5-5-5-5---5-5-----5---5---|--5-5-5-5---5-0-----0---0---|
  D|--0-0-0-0---0-0-----0---0---|--0-0-0-0---0-0-----0---0---|

Intro:
  Play main theme twice

Verse (as main theme):
  D          D9add4 D
Remember the   Al-a-mo

     D        D9add4 D5
When help was on its way

     D      D9add4   D
It's better here and now

  D         D9add4  D5
I feel that good to-day


(no chords, single notes, number=string)
    D(5)    C(5)   D(5)    C(5) D(5)
I'd like to take a walk

    D(5)  C(5)      F(6)   C(5) D(5)
But not a-round the block

  D(5)   C(5)     F(4)
I really got some news


  Bb6
I met a man from Mars

(pick these notes while playing the chords)
    D5            F         Cadd9               D5
  d|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
  B|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
  G|--0h2---2-0-----0h2---2---0--|-----------------------------|
  D|------------3----------------|--0h2-2-2-0-----0------------|
  A|-----------------------------|------------3----------------|
  D|-----------------------------|----------------------0------|
     He picked up all my guitars and played me travelling songs

Chorus:
    Bb6
And when we got on ship

   A7#5sus4
He brought out something for the trip

A7sus4                     Dm7add4
And said it's old but it's good

     Ebmaj9    Fmaj9     Gmaj9
Like any other primitive would

(hammer-on the bass notes)
G   Cadd9 Dadd4 G
Ah, ah,   ah,   ah

G   Cadd9 Dadd4 G
Ah, ah,   ah,   ah

Repeat intro.

Verse:
I'm gonna ride my llama
From Peru to Texarkana
I wanna ride him good
Through my old neighbourhood
I'm gonna ride him good
In my old neighbourhood
I'm gonna ride him good
In my old neighbourhood

Chorus:
When we got on ship
He brought out something for the trip
And said it's old but it's good
Like any other primitive would

G
Ah.

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