Mother Africa Chords & Tabs
Song Title: Mother Africa
Artist/Band: Santana
Album: Welcome
Tab by JC Rea(jcrp_21@hotmail.com)
Symbols:
p=pull-off
()=let ring
Tuning: Standard
It's a little difficult to know if the melody is played with an organ or with a
strange guitar effect. Anyway, it sounds good with a guitar, and that's why I decided to tab it out.
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-(11)-9----8------(11)---9----8-----8--------8--------8-------------|
G|--------10---8-------------10---8-----10p8-----10p8-----10p8---8-8--|
D|---------------8----------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
0:33
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-8--------8--------8-----------8--------8--------8-----------8--------8--------8-----------|
G|---10p8-----10p8-----10p8-8-8----10p8-----10p8-----10p8-8-8----10p8-----10p8-----10p8-8-8--|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-(11)-9----8------(11)-9----8------(11)-9----8------8--------8--------8-----------|
G|--------10---8-----------10---8-----------10---8------10p8-----10p8-----10p8-8-8--|
D|---------------8----------------8-------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
0:58
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------(8)-|
B|-8--------8--------8-------------8--------8--------8-----------8-------8-------------------x--|
G|---10p8-----10p8-----10p8-8-8------10p8-----10p8-----10p8-8-8----10p8----10p8---12-12p8-8-(8)-|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-(13)-11-----------------------------------|
B|---------14-13----(11)-----10--------------|
G|---------------13-------13----10----8------|
D|---------------------------------11---(8)--|
A|-------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------|
2:07
e|-(13)-11--------------------------------------------|
B|---------14-13----(11)-------10---------------------|
G|---------------13---------13----(10)----(8)---------|
D|-------------------------------------11--------(8)--|
A|--------------------------------------------11------|
E|----------------------------------------------------|
2:20
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/c/carlos_santana/mother_africa_tab.html ]
Then:
e|-(13)-11-----------------------------------|
B|---------14-13----(11)-----10--------------|
G|---------------13-------13----10----8------|
D|---------------------------------11---(8)--|
A|-------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------|
3:43
e|-(13)-11--------------------------------------------|
B|---------14-13----(11)-------10---------------------|
G|---------------13---------13----(10)----(8)---------|
D|-------------------------------------11--------(8)--|
A|--------------------------------------------11------|
E|----------------------------------------------------|
3:56
THEN AFRO RYTHM PART AGAIN:
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-(11)-9----8------(11)-9----8------(11)-9----8------8--------8--------8-----------|
G|--------10---8-----------10---8-----------10---8------10p8-----10p8-----10p8-8-8--|
D|---------------8----------------8-------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
4:28
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-8--------8--------8-----------8--------8--------8-----------8--------8--------8-----------|
G|---10p8-----10p8-----10p8-8-8----10p8-----10p8-----10p8-8-8----10p8-----10p8-----10p8-8-8--|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-(11)-9----8------(11)-9----8------(11)-9----8------8--------8--------8-----------|
G|--------10---8-----------10---8-----------10---8------10p8-----10p8-----10p8-8-8--|
D|---------------8----------------8-------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
5:00
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-8--------8--------8-----------8--------8--------8-----------8--------8--------8-----------|
G|---10p8-----10p8-----10p8-8-8----10p8-----10p8-----10p8-8-8----10p8-----10p8-----10p8-8-8--|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-8--------8--------8-----------8--------8--------8----------|
G|---10p8-----10p8-----10p8-8-8---10p8-----10p8-----10p8-8-8--|--->and so on. . . END
D|------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------|
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