Cara De Tramposo

Café Tacvba

Key:G major

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Summary

Featured on the 1996 album Avalancha de Éxitos, this track transforms a traditional Puerto Rican son into a high-octane Latin alternative anthem. It showcases the band’s ability to deconstruct Latin American standards through a punk-inflected lens while maintaining a danceable mambo core.

Latin AlternativeRock en EspañolMambo FusionCovers90s Mexico

Musical Analysis

The song's harmony is built on fundamental diatonic relationships within G major. It draws from the 'música de rondalla' tradition, using basic open-position chords that emphasize the rhythmic, acoustic nature of the 'El Objeto Antes Llamado Disco' sessions. T…

Chords

Verse:G - C - D7
Chorus:Am - D7 - G - Em
GCD7AmEm

Full Musical Analysis

The song's harmony is built on fundamental diatonic relationships within G major. It draws from the 'música de rondalla' tradition, using basic open-position chords that emphasize the rhythmic, acoustic nature of the 'El Objeto Antes Llamado Disco' sessions. The simplicity of the I-IV-V and ii-V-I movements allows the focus to remain on the vocal delivery and the folk-inspired arrangement.

Featured on the 1996 album Avalancha de Éxitos, this track transforms a traditional Puerto Rican son into a high-octane Latin alternative anthem. It showcases the band’s ability to deconstruct Latin American standards through a punk-inflected lens while maintaining a danceable mambo core.

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Song DNA

Genre

Rock

Era

90s

Mood

Euphoric

Tempo

Fast

Key

Major

Texture

Full Band

Sound

Horn-driven

Feel

Syncopated

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Statistics

4/4

Time

Chord Sheet

Transpose0

Chords Used

G
C
D7
Am
Em

Progression by Section

Chorus

Am
D7
G
Em

Verse

G
C
D7

Chord Diagrams

G
C✕
D7✕✕
Am✕
Em