Mambo Italiano Chords

KeyC#m CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays616

Mambo Italiano by Daniel Boaventura is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of C#m. It uses the chords C#m, F#m, G#, A#, D#7, C#7, C#maj7, C#m7, C#m6 and G#7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
C#m
Text
16
Speed
  			C#m              F#m  
A boy went back to Napoli  
  G#                  C#m  
Because he missed the scenery.  
    A#                   F#m  
The native dances and the charming songs ---  
   D#7           G#  
But wait a minute something's wrong...  
    C#m            F#m  
Hey mambo! Mambo Italiano!  
C#m              F#m 
hey mambo! Mambo Italiano!  
C#m           F#m 
Go go go! You mixed up Siciliano.  
C#m  
All you Calabrese do the mambo like a crazy with the  
C#m        F#m  
Hey mambo! Don't wanna tarantella.  
C#m        F#m 
Hey mambo! No more mozzarella.  
C#m        F#m  
Hey mambo! Mambo Italiano!  
C#m  
Try an enchilada with a fish baccala.  
C#7                        F#m  
Hey goomba, I love how you dance the rumba.  
              C#m     C#maj7    C#m7  C#m6          
But take some advice paisano learn a how to mambo.  
C#m  
If you're gonna be a square you ain't a gonna go nowhere.  
C#m        F#m  
Hey mambo! Mambo Italiano!  
C#m          F#m  
H-hey mambo! Mambo Italiano!  
C#m        F#m  
Go go Joe! Shake like a tiavanna.  
C#m  
E lo che se dice you get happy in the pizza when you  
G#7         C#m  
Mambo Italianooooooooh!  
C#7                          F#m  
Hey chadrool you don't a have to go to school.  
                       C#m     C#maj7    C#m7  C#m6   
Just make it with a big bambino.   It's like vino.  
C#m  
Kid you good a looking but you don't a know what's cooking 'til you  
C#m        F#m  
Hey mambo! Mambo Italiano!  
C#m          F#m  
H-hey mambo! Mambo Italiano!  
C#m           F#m 
Ho ho ho! You mixed up Siciliano.  
C#m  
E lo che se dice you get happy in the pizza when you  
G#         C#m  
Mambo Italianooooooooh!  

    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante