Song Title: Mirage
Artist/Band: Santana
Album: Borboletta(1974) and The Essential Santana disc 1(2002)
Tab by JC Rea(jcrp_21@hotmail.com)
Symbols:
h=hammer-on
p=pull-off
/=slide-up
b=bend
~=left hand vibrato
()=let ring
Tuning: This song has a strange tuning.It's not standard, but it's not a half step
down.Actually, in order to play this song identically the tuning required might be "one
quarter" step down. It's almost standard, but the original song doesn't fit standard
tuning at all. Anyway, it sounds good using a Standard tuning.
INTRO CHORDS
-During the "...ahh..." vocals:
-Dbm:x46654
-BMaj:x24442
-AMaj:577655
-Abm:466444
-Gb:244322
-F#m:244222
-During the organ intro:
-Dbm and F#m
1st CHORUS:
Chords:
-F#m and Dbm
F#m Dbm
"Oh,oh,oh,oh,oh,oh,
F#m Dbm
I am just a mirage,
F#m Dbm
Oh,oh,oh,oh,oh,oh,
F#m Dbm
I am just a mirage"
1st VERSE:
Chords:
-Dbm,Abm,BMaj and F#m
Dbm Abm
"When you look at me
BMaj F#m
Thru your crystal glass
Dbm Abm
You will see
BMaj F#m
That I am now your past
Dbm Abm
But you give
BMaj F#m
Your love to me
Dbm Abm
In your life
BMaj F#m
I wasn't meant to be"
2nd CHORUS, 2nd VERSE and 3rd CHORUS are identically played as 1st ones
SOLO:
e|-7h9-(9)----------------|
B|---------9-7------------|
G|-------------9p6-9-9h11-|
D|------------------------|
A|------------------------|
E|------------------------|
2:19
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------7h9-|
G|-------9---------------9h11---------------9----9-11-11h13p11p9-11-9h11-----|
D|-11-11---11------11-11------11------11-11---11-----------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
2:28
e|---9-7h9-12-14-|----14b16-14b16-14b16-14b16---14p12-14-12h14p12-----------------------------|
B|-9-------------|-14------------------------------------------------14p12-(14)--12h14-12h14\-|
G|---------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
2:32
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/c/carlos_santana/mirage_tab.html ]
4th CHORUS:
"Oh,oh,oh,oh,oh"
e|----------------------------|
B|--------12p9----------------|
G|-------------11p9------11-9-|
D|------------------11p9------|
A|----------------------------|
E|----------------------------|
2:40
"I am just a mirage"
e|----------------------------------------------|
B|------------------12h14-14-12-----------------|
G|------------------------------13-13p11-9-11p9-|
D|----------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------|
2:44
"Oh,oh,oh,oh,oh"
e|--------------12h(14)---12-11p9-|
B|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|
2:49
"I am just a mirage"
e|----------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------12h14-14-12-----------------------|
G|------------------------------13-13p11-9------------|
D|-----------------------------------------11-9-------|
A|----------------------------------------------9-7---|
E|--------------------------------------------------9-|
2:53
"I'm just a mirage,
fading away,
like water"
e|-----------9-------------------|
B|-----------9-9-----------------|
G|-----------9---11p9----11p9----|
D|----------11--------11------11-|
A|----------11-------------------|
E|-------------------------------|
3:03
"Oh,oh,oh,oh,oh
I am just a mirage"
Then:
"Oh,oh,oh,oh,oh"
e|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------7h9h12-(12)-|
G|--------------9p8h9-------------|
D|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|
4:09
"I am just a mirage"
e|------------------------------7/9-7~~~-|
B|------------------7/9p7---7h9----------|
G|------------------------9--------------|
D|---------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------|
4:12
"Oh,oh,oh,oh,oh"
e|--------------7----------------------------------------|
B|----------------9h12p9--10p9---------------------------|
G|-----------------------------11-9h11p9/8h9--8h9p8------|
D|--------------------------------------------------9/11-|
A|-------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------|
4:19
e|------------------9h12~~~-|-14b16-14b16-14b16-14b16-14b16-14b16--12h14p12---12h14-|
B|-------------9-12---------|-------------------------------------------------------|
G|------8-9-11--------------|-------------------------------------------------------|
D|-9/11---------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|
4:24
e|----9-12-9---12p11p9---7/9-|
B|-12------------------------|
G|---------------------------|
D|---------------------------|
A|---------------------------|
E|---------------------------|. . . END
4:36
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