Isla De Encanta Bass Tab

Come On Pilgrim Tabs:

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Band: Pixies
Song: Isla de Encanta
Bassist: Kim Deal
Album: Come On Pilgrim

verse:
G|-----------------|
D|-----------------|
A|--2-2-2-2-1-0-3--|
E|-----------------|

chorus: 
G|-------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----|
A|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---------------------2--|
E|-------------------------------------------|

after the "hey babe what are we doing here?" part play:
G|--------------|
D|--------------|
A|--------------|
E|--3--5-5-5-5--|


Taken from BASSMASTA.NET - http://www.bassmasta.net

Source: http://www.bassmasta.net/p/pixies,_the/106139.html

Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture Mathias Wanna Be	#1 by Mathias Bøyesen at Jul 13, 1974 at 3:36 PM EST
	i love when they sing in spanish. when i heard this song i actually started paying attention in spanish class. Es Verdad!

No Picture hturtle99 Wanna Be	#2 by hturtle99 at Jan 9, 1980 at 11:10 PM EST
	laaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! looooooooooooooooooooooooo! Patria. real neato

No Picture Philip Average	#3 by Philip Senray at May 24, 1981 at 12:02 PM EST
	dont do spanish, but german. so i have no idea what it means. buuuttt, was the first song that i loved. and cause of this, i thought the pixies were from Californiaa....wrong. such a crazy song, infectious happiness

No Picture les claypool fa Professional	#4 by les claypool fan! at Aug 15, 1981 at 11:47 AM EST
	Frank Black was in San Juan, Puerto Rico for a while and that experience surfaced in a lot of his songs. This song is definitely about Puerto Rico. In fact, I was in San Juan last week, and was amused to see that on all the license plates was "Isla del encanto" I was like, hey! That's a Pixies song! And my friends had no idea of course. But a lot of Surfer Rosa comes from Frank's time in PR, as well in other songs. Crackity Jones is about his roommate.

No Picture mongoose Average	#5 by mongoose jones at Nov 8, 1982 at 1:20 PM EST
	Hmm. I just got back from Vieques...also known as the Island of Enchantment. And I do believe that Frank Black spent a bunch of time in Puerto Rico. BTW, Vieques is a very nice place. Get there before the hotels move in.

No Picture vcbvcb Wanna Be	#6 by vcbvcb at Dec 2, 1984 at 1:13 PM EST
	so fantastically bizarre!

No Picture Greg Average	#7 by Greg at Oct 7, 1992 at 3:11 PM EST
	Gotta give it up for Frank Black--he certainly speaks uncannily fluent Spanish for a guy who took a Spanish class while at UMass that sponsored his trip to Puerto Rico--a 6-m0nth sojourn, tops... All this from yours truly, who as a Navy Brat, lived in Spain for 3 yrs. when my dad was stationed at the sub base in Rota (a town in the province of Cadiz, in the southern region of Andalucia an hour away from the Rock of Gibraltar (sp?) ) then took 3 yrs. of High School Spanish. Ay ay ay!!

No Picture Zero Average	#8 by Zero Life at Dec 30, 1995 at 12:04 AM EST
	Isla de Encanta is simply Black's ode to Puerto Rico where he spent sometime overtime over there during college. No doubt did that have a huge influence on him. It is no secret that Black Francis has a love for the beach life "I am the beach goer but there is no beach".To go from U-Mass (not that great of surfing up there) to talking about his island of enchantment where there is no suffering. He definetly had a good time over there... except the crazy gay roommate

No Picture Paul Wanna Be	#9 by Paul Ellefson at Feb 10, 1999 at 1:21 AM EST
	The translation: Little sister, come with me Little sister, come with me there are planes (flights) every hour Island of Enchantment I´m leaving, I´m leaving, I´m leaving Where it is not suffering Where it is not suffering They saw me passing by the street Island of Enchantment I´m leaving, I´m leaving, I´m leaving Our own animal sings at the people for free Hey babe what are we doing here?. La Lo Native country Island of Enchantment I´m leaving, I´m leaving, I´m leaving