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Zorba the Greek

Gipsy Kings
Tab
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Song

Zorba the Greek by Gipsy Kings

Tabbed by Charlie Lin

2 solo Guitars, 1 rhythm guitar

Fun to play. Played throughout the Olympics in Athens (though probably not the same song version)

Adagio. about 60 bpm

Rhythm Guitar

| | | |

e||--------4-------4---------1-------1----||
b||--------4-------4---------2-------2----||
g||*-------------------------------------*||
D||*-------------------------------------*||
A||------------6---------1----------------||
E||----4-------------------------1--------||

Guitar 1

| | | | | | | | | | | |

e-----|---------------------------|-----------------------|--------------------|
b-----|--------------------/**3*\ |-----------------------|------/*3*\---------|
g---7-|8---------7-8-------10-8-7-|7-8-------7-8--------5-|6-----8-6-5-5-6-----|
D-----|---------------------------|-----------------------|--------------------|
A-----|---------------------------|-----------------------|--------------------|
E-----|---------------------------|-----------------------|--------------------|

Guitar 2

| | | | | | | |

e-----|---------------------------------|-------------------------|
b-----|------/****6****\------/****6****|\------------------------|
g---4-|5-----6-5-3---5-3------5-3-----3-|-------------------------|
D-----|------------6--------------6-5---|6------------------------|
A-----|---------------------------------|-------------------------|
E-----|---------------------------------|-------------------------|

Guitar 1

| | | | /***6**\ | | | | | | /**6**\ | |

e-10-|11-----10-11-----13-11-10-|10-11------10-11------8-|9------11-9--8-8-9-----|
b----|--------------------------|------------------------|-----------------------|
g----|--------------------------|------------------------|-----------------------|
D----|--------------------------|------------------------|-----------------------|
A----|--------------------------|------------------------|-----------------------|
E----|--------------------------|------------------------|-----------------------|

Guitar 2

| | | | | | | | | | | |

e----|-----------------/***6**\-|------------------------|-------/**6**\---------|
b-12-|13-----12-13-----14-13-12-|12-13------12-13------9-|11-----13-11-9-9-11----|
g----|--------------------------|------------------------|-----------------------|
D----|--------------------------|------------------------|-----------------------|
A----|--------------------------|------------------------|-----------------------|
E----|--------------------------|------------------------|-----------------------|

Guitar 1

| | |/---3--\ | |/-3-\ | | -----|

e--7-|8-----13-11-9--8-9--11--9-----11-9--8-6-|-8-9-8----------------|
b----|----------------------------------------|----------------------|
g----|----------------------------------------|----------------------|
D----|----------------------------------------|----------------------|
A----|----------------------------------------|----------------------|
E----|----------------------------------------|----------------------|

Guitar 2

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e----|-----------------/***6**\---------------|/*6**\---------------|
b--8-|9-----14-13-11-9-11-13-11-----13-11-9-8-|9-11-9---------------|
g----|----------------------------------------|---------------------|
D----|----------------------------------------|---------------------|
A----|----------------------------------------|---------------------|
E----|----------------------------------------|---------------------|

Guitar 1

| | | | | | | | | | | |

e--10-|11-----10-11----13-11-|10-11-----10-11-------8-|9------11-9-8-9--------|
b-----|----------------------|------------------------|-----------------------|
g-----|----------------------|------------------------|-----------------------|
D-----|----------------------|------------------------|-----------------------|
A-----|----------------------|------------------------|-----------------------|
E-----|----------------------|------------------------|-----------------------|

Guitar 2

| | | | | | | | | | | |

e-----|----------------------|------------------------|-----------------------|
b--12-|13-----12-13----14-13-|12-13-----12-13-------9-|11----13-11-9-11-------|
g-----|----------------------|------------------------|-----------------------|
D-----|----------------------|------------------------|-----------------------|
A-----|----------------------|------------------------|-----------------------|
E-----|----------------------|------------------------|-----------------------|

Guitar 1

| | /***6**\ | | /***6**\ | | | |

e--7-|8-----11-13-11-9--8-11-9------9--11--9-8-6-|9-8---------------|
b----|-------------------------------------------|------------------|
g----|-------------------------------------------|------------------|
D----|-------------------------------------------|------------------|
A----|-------------------------------------------|------------------|
E----|-------------------------------------------|------------------|

Guitar 2

| | | | | | | |

e----|------/***6**\----------------/***6**\-----|------------------|
b--8-|9-----13-14-13-11-9-13-11-----11-13-11-9-8-|11-9--------------|
g----|-------------------------------------------|------------------|
D----|-------------------------------------------|------------------|
A----|-------------------------------------------|------------------|
E----|-------------------------------------------|------------------|

Guitar 1

| | | | | | | | /---1/16-\|

e-10-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|-10-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-13-11-10--|
b-------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|
g-------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|
D-------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|
A-------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|
E-------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|

Guitar 2

| | | | | | | | /---1/16--\--|

e-------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|
b-12-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-|-12-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-14-13-12--|
g-------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|
D-------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|
A-------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|
E-------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|

Guitar 1 .........

| | | | 1,2 | | | | /*1/16*\

e||-10-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-||-8-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-11-9---|
b||-------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------|
g||*-----------------------------------------------*||--------------------------------------|
D||*-----------------------------------------------*||--------------------------------------|
A||-------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------|
E||-------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------|

Guitar 2

| | | | | | | |

e||-------------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------/*1/16***\-|
b||-12-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-||-9-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-13-11---|
g||*-----------------------------------------------*||-----------------------------------------------------|
D||*-----------------------------------------------*||-----------------------------------------------------|
A||-------------------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------------------|
E||-------------------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------------------|

Guitar 1

| | | | | | | | /--3---\--|

e--8-9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--|-10-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-10-11--|
b-------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
g-------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
D-------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
A-------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
E-------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|

Guitar 2

| | | | | | | |

e-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------/**3***\--|
b--9-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|-12-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-12-13--|
g-------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
D-------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
A-------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
E-------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|

Guitar 1

| | | | /*3*\

e--8-9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-8-6--|
b--------------------------------------------------|
g--------------------------------------------------|
D--------------------------------------------------|
A--------------------------------------------------|
E--------------------------------------------------|

Guitar 2

| | | |

e-------------------------------------------/**3*\-|
b--9-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-9-8-|
g--------------------------------------------------|
D--------------------------------------------------|
A--------------------------------------------------|
E--------------------------------------------------|

Guitar 1 ..............

Gradually Faster 1,2,3,-7

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e||--7-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--||8---------------------|
b||-----------------------------------||----------------------|
g||*---------------------------------*||----------------------|
D||*---------------------------------*||----------------------|
A||-----------------------------------||----------------------|
E||-----------------------------------||----------------------|

Guitar 2

| | | | | | | |

e||-----------------------------------||-----------------------|
b||--8-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--||9----------------------|
g||*---------------------------------*||-----------------------|
D||*---------------------------------*||-----------------------|
A||-----------------------------------||-----------------------|
E||-----------------------------------||-----------------------|

[Outro] Play twice. about 120 bpm

Guitar 1

| | | | | | | | | | | |

e---8-8-8-8-9-8-6-8-6-8---|---8-8-8-8-9-8-6-8-6-8---|---8-8-8-8-9-8-6-8-6-11---|
b---------\****1/16***/---|---------\****1/16***/---|---------\****1/16****/---|
g-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
D-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
A-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
E-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|

Guitar 2

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e---------/****1/16****\--|---------/****1/16****\--|---------/*****1/16****\---|
b---9-9-9-9-11-9-8-9-8-9--|---9-9-9-9-11-9-8-9-8-9--|---9-9-9-9-11-9-8-9-8-13---|
g-------------------------|-------------------------|---------------------------|
D-------------------------|-------------------------|---------------------------|
A-------------------------|-------------------------|---------------------------|
E-------------------------|-------------------------|---------------------------|

Guitar 1 ........... 2nd Time don't play this measure

1,2

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e---11-13-9-8-9-8-6-8-6-----||---11-13-9-8-9-8-6-8-6---|
b-----------------------9---||-----------------------9-|
g-----------\****1/16***/--*||-----------\****1/16***/-|
D--------------------------*||-------------------------|
A---------------------------||-------------------------|
E---------------------------||-------------------------|

Guitar 2

| | | | | | | |

e------------/*****1/16****\-|------------/*****1/16****\-|
b---13-14-11-9-11-9-8-9-8----|---13-14-11-9-11-9-8-9-8----|
g----------------------------|----------------------------|
D-------------------------10-|-------------------------10-|
A----------------------------|----------------------------|
E----------------------------|----------------------------|

Guitar 1

| | | | | | | |

e---20---20-18--16--|15-16---13-11-13-11----11-------|
b-------------------|--------------------14---14-13--|
g-------------------|-----------\*******1/16******/--|
D-------------------|--------------------------------|
A-------------------|--------------------------------|
E-------------------|--------------------------------|

Guitar 2

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e-------------------|-----------/*******1/16*******\--|
b---21---21-20--18--|16-18---14-13-14-13-11-13-11-----|
g-------------------|-----------------------------13--|
D-------------------|---------------------------------|
A-------------------|---------------------------------|
E-------------------|---------------------------------|

Guitar 1

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e---20---20-18-20-16-18-|15-16-13-15-11-13-11----11\8----||
b-----------------------|---------------------14---------||
g-----------------------|------------\*****1/16*****/----||
D-----------------------|--------------------------------||
A-----------------------|--------------------------------||
E-----------------------|--------------------------------||

Guitar 2

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e-----------------------|------------/*****1/16*****\----||
b---21---21-20-21-18-20-|16-18-14-16-13-14-13-11-13\9----||
g-----------------------|--------------------------------||
D-----------------------|--------------------------------||
A-----------------------|--------------------------------||
E-----------------------|--------------------------------||

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