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A Samba For You Guitar Tablature
"Samba Pa Ti"
by Carlos Santana

This is one of my favorite guitar songs. I have seen it tabbed out many times before on all kinds of web sites... but other tabs seem too complicated. I thought that there should be a simpler version so I give you this version 

Key:
 ~   = sustain
 ^   = bend (half)
 <^> = bend (full)
 h   = hammer on
 p   = pull off
 Tr  = trill
 /   = slide up
    = Slide down
 ||: = repeat

Here it is the simple version. You're going to have to listen to a recording to get the style down but here's the bulk of it.
 
Tabbed by A. Garcia
                                           "Samba Pa Ti"
e ||:---------------------------|------------------------------------:||-------------
b ||:---------------------------|------------------------------------:||-------------
g ||:-------------------12------|----------11-11-11~~~11Tr12---------:||-------------
d ||:----------12h14-14----12~~~|----12h14-------------------12------:||-played x2---
a ||:-12-14-15------------------|-14---------------------------------:||-------------
e ||:---------------------------|------------------------------------:||-------------


e |-----------------------------------------------------|-----
b |-10h12-10-8---10-12~~~-10Tr12-8---10-----------------|-----
g |------------9-------------------9----9-9h11p9-7~~~~~-|-----
d |-----------------------------------------------------|-----
a |-----------------------------------------------------|-----
e |-----------------------------------------------------|-----

this is played all together and very fast
e |------------------------------------------|----------------------------|
b |------------------------------------------|-10h12-10-10-8-8---8-10~~~~~|
g |-9-7---------7-9-------------7-7h9p7---7--|-----------------9----------|
d |-----10-9-10-----7~~~~~7h8h9---------9----|----------------------------|
a |------------------------------------------|----------------------------|
e |------------------------------------------|----------------------------|


e |---------------------------|------------------------------------|-
b |---------------------------|------------------------------------|-
g |-------------------12------|----------11-11-11~~~11Tr12---------|-
d |----------12h14-14----12~~~|----12h14-------------------12------|-
a |-12-14-15------------------|-14---------------------------------|-                
e |---------------------------|------------------------------------|-

                                                         this is light and quick
e |------------------------|------------------------------|-----12-12-----------|-
b |------------------------|------------------------------|-15(^)---------------|-
g |----------------12------|----------11-11-11~~~11Tr12---|-----------14^p12----|-
d |----------12h14----12~~~|----12h14-------------------12|------------------14-|-
a |-12-14-15---------------|-14---------------------------|---------------------|-
e |------------------------|------------------------------|---------------------|-


e |-------------------------------------------------------|-----
b |-10h12-10-8---10~~~12~~~-10Tr12-8---10-----------------|-----
g |------------9---------------------9----9-9h11p9-7~~~~~-|-----
d |-------------------------------------------------------|-----
a |-------------------------------------------------------|-----
e |-------------------------------------------------------|-----

   this is played all together and very fast
e |------------------------------------------|--------
b |------------------------------------------|--------
g |-9-7---------7-9-------------7-7h9p7---7--|--------
d |-----10-9-10-----7~~~~~7h8h9---------9----|--------
a |------------------------------------------|--------
e |------------------------------------------|--------

                                                   after second time continue....    
e |------------------------||:---------------10~~~~~---|-------------------------:||
b |-10h12-10-10-8-8---8-10-||:8-8-8-10-12-12-13(^)~~-13|-10h12-10-8-7~~~7-8-8/10-:||
g |-----------------9------||:-------------------------|-------------------------:||
d |------------------------||:-------------------------|-------------------------:||
a |------------------------||:-------------------------|-------------------------:||
e |------------------------||:-------------------------|-------------------------:||

                                                                                                 (repeat here only)     
e ||:-------------------------------------------:||------------
b ||:---------8-10~~~12~~~---------8-10~~-------:||------------
g ||:-7-7-7-9--------------7-7-7-9--------7h9p7-:||------------
d ||:-------------------------------------------:||-played x2--
a ||:-------------------------------------------:||------------
e ||:-------------------------------------------:||------------


e |---10~~~10~~~10~~~10~~~10~~~10-8----------------------------------
b |---------------------------------12-10-8----8-10-12-8-------------
g |-7---------------------------------------11-----------------------
d |------------------------------------------------------------------
a |------------------------------------------------------------------
e |------------------------------------------------------------------

e |-------12 10~~~-|--------------------------------------|--
b |----------------|--------------------------------------|--
g |-7h9p7----------|-9------------------9-----------------|--
d |----------------|---12(^)p10----10-9---12p9------------|--
a |----------------|------------12-------------12(^)10----|--
e |----------------|-----------------------------------12-|--



e |-7/10~~~~10~~~~10~~~10~~~10~~~10~~~10~~~10~~~10-|------------------
b |------------------------------------------------|------------------
g |------------------------------------------------|------------------
d |------------------------------------------------|------------------
a |------------------------------------------------|------------------
e |------------------------------------------------|------------------


e |-10~~~8-7-------------7-------------|------------------------------
b |----------10-8-7-8-10---8-----------|------------------------------
g |--------------------------7h9p7-----|------------------------------
d |------------------------------------|------------------------------
a |------------------------------------|------------------------------
e |------------------------------------|------------------------------

e |-12-------------------------------------------------------------------|----
b |----15(^)-15~-15~-15~-15~-15~-15~-15~-15~--15p12----------------------|----
g |-------------------------------------------------14(^)p12-------------|----
d |----------------------------------------------------------14-12-14(^)-|----
a |----------------------------------------------------------------------|----
e |----------------------------------------------------------------------|----

e |------------12-------12-12-------------------|---
b |-15~~-12-15----12-15-------12-15~~-15~~-15~~-|---
g |---------------------------------------------|---
d |---------------------------------------------|---
a |---------------------------------------------|---
e |---------------------------------------------|---

e |----------------------------|---------------------------12----------------|--
b |----------------------------|-------------------------12---15p12----------|--
g |-14(^)-14(^)p12----12-14(^)-|-14(^)-14(^)-14-12--14(^)-----------14(^)p12-|--
d |----------------14----------|---------------------------------------------|--
a |----------------------------|---------------------------------------------|--
e |----------------------------|---------------------------------------------|--

e |-15(^)p12----------------------|-12-14-14--15-15-17-17-15-15-14-14-12-12p10h12-|-
b |----------15(^)p12-------------|-----------------------------------------------|-
g |-------------------14(^)p12----|-----------------------------------------------|-
d |----------------------------14-|-----------------------------------------------|-
a |-------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|-
e |-------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|-

e |-------------------------------|--------------------------------|-
b |-12h13p12-10--12p10------------|-----------------10-------------|-
g |--------------------12-11-9----|-------9-------9----------------|-
d |----------------------------12-|-12(^)---12(^)------12(^)p10----|-
a |-------------------------------|-----------------------------12-|-
e |-------------------------------|--------------------------------|-

e |-------12----------------12---------------------------------|-
b |-15(^)----------12--15(^)-----------------------------------|-
g |----------14(^)-------------14(^)p12------------------------|-
d |-------------------------------------14(^)p12----12-14(^)~~-|-
a |----------------------------------------------14------------|-
e |------------------------------------------------------------|-

                         (may i suggest employing that 4th finger here) 
e |-17(^)-(^)17-15-17-12-|----12-14~~-15p14p12-14p12p10--|-12-10---------------|
b |----------------------|-------------------------------|-------13-12-10---10-|
g |----------------------|-------------------------------|----------------12-9-|
d |----------------------|-------------------------------|---------------------|
a |----------------------|-------------------------------|---------------------|
e |----------------------|-------------------------------|---------------------|

e |--------------------------------------/11-/12--|--
b |-10---------9-12-9-----------------10----------|--
g |----9-11-12--------12-11-9-------9-------------|--
d |---------------------------12(^)---------------|--
a |-----------------------------------------------|--
e |-----------------------------------------------|--

e |-12p10p8p7--------------------------------10------------|--
b |-----------10p8p7-------------------10-12----12-10-12---|--
g |------------------9p7-------------12------------------9-|--
d |----------------------10p9p7----------------------------|--
a |-------------------------------10-----------------------|--
e |--------------------------------------------------------|--
______________________________________________________________________________________
e |------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------
b |------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------
g |-9-------9-9----9----9----9----9----9----9----9----9----9----9----9-----|-------
d |---12-12-----12--12p9-12p9-12p9-12p9-12p9-12p9-12p9-12p9-12p9-12p9-12p9-|-------
a |------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------
e |------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------

            *()OR YOU CAN PLAY IT THIS WAY BUT YOU GOTTA JUMP()*
e |------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
b |-5-3-3-5-5-3|-5p3p0-5p3p0-5p3p0-5p3p0-5p3p0-5p3p0-5p3p0-5p3p0-5p3p0-5p3p0-5p3p0-|
g |------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
d |------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
a |------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
e |------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
______________________________________________________________________________________

e |-//////12--21(^) (^)21-20-20-19-19-17-17-15-14-12-------------------12------------|-
b |--------------------------------------------------15(^)p12-------12----15p12------|-
g |-----------------------------------------------------------14(^)-------------14(^)|-
d |----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-
a |----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-
e |----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-

e |----12--------------------------12----------------15(^)-|-
b |-12----15p12------15p12------12-----15p12---------------|-
g |-------------14(^)------14(^)-------------14(^)12-------|-
d |--------------------------------------------------------|-
a |--------------------------------------------------------|-
e |--------------------------------------------------------|-

e |-15^p12----------------------|-15-14-12-----------------|-
b |--------15(^)p12-------------|----------15h12p15--------|-
g |-----------------14(^)p12----|--------------------------|-
d |--------------------------14-|--------------------------|-
a |-----------------------------|--------------------------|-
e |-----------------------------|--------------------------|-

e |-12----------------|----------------------------------|--
b |-------------------|----12-13----12-------12----------|--
g |----14(^)-12----12-|-14-------14----12-14----12-14-14-|--
d |-------------14----|----------------------------------|--
a |-------------------|----------------------------------|--
e |-------------------|----------------------------------|--

e |--------------------12-10~~-12~~-14--12h14p12----|
b |----------------------------------------------15-|
g |-----------11------------------------------------|
d |--14-14-14----14-14------------------------------|
a |-------------------------------------------------|
e |-------------------------------------------------|

e |----------------------------------------------|-------
b |-12-15----------------------------------------|-------
g |-------14(^)p12--14(^)p12--14(^)p12--14(^)p12-|-------
d |----------------------------------------------|-------
a |----------------------------------------------|-------
e |----------------------------------------------|-------

e |-----------------------------------------------12--|--
b |------12------12------12------12------12-----------|--
g |-14(^)---14(^)---14(^)---14(^)---14(^)---15(^)-----|--
d |---------------------------------------------------|--
a |---------------------------------------------------|--
e |---------------------------------------------------|--
                   
                            (pic each note)
e |--------12------------------(12)--12---|---
b |------12----15p12----------(12)---12---|---
g |-14(^)------------14p12---(12)----12---|---
d |------------------------(14)-------------|---
a |-----------------------------------------|---
e |-----------------------------------------|---

e |-3p2p0-------------------------------|-3-5-5-2/////large-slide-to-end-of-frets!>||
b |-------3p0---------------------------|----5-3-----------------------------------||
g |-----------0-------------------------|------------------------------------------||
d |-------------4-0-2-------------------|------------------------------------------||
a |-------------------0-2~~~~-2p0-------|------------------------------------------||
e |-------------------------------3-0-3-|------------------------------------------||

the ending is very difficult as opposed to the beginning but its possible and its all here for you to look at and practice!!
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