Maria Elena. Guitar cover by Phil McGarrick. Free Tabs

«María Elena» is a 1932 popular song written by Lorenzo Barcelata (Spanish words and music). The English lyrics are by Bob Russell. The song was dedicated to María Elena Peralta, the wife of Mexican President Emilio Portes Gil and sister of famous businessman Alejo Peralta.She is the aunt of Carlos Peralta, the son of Alejo. An instrumental version of the song was used for the background theme of the film Bordertown, starring Paul Muni and Bette Davis, in 1935. The next year the words and music were used in the Mexican film María Elena. Played on my Gibson 355 which I bought from Dan Sullivan (A fellow YT Guitarist in the USA) a few years ago through an Alesis Quadraverb Q2 with EFTP patch 0-36. There are literally Hundreds of covers on this song on YT but I recently came across a Backing Track made by Swedish musician Roger Paulsson and liked the simplicity of his arrangement so I gave it a go using his BT and arrangement. VOL 15 2012 Please enjoy “Maria Elena”