From: Kaszi
Author/Artist: Carlos Santana & Rob Thomas
Title: Smooth
Album: Supernatural
transcribed by Karcsi Rétfalvi
kaszi3freemail.hu
this is for the lead guitar. there is a long and short
version to this song if your listening to the short
version, omit the bars labelled "skip"
intro
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Man it's a hot one
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............so cool
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My mu-equita, ...
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Youre ...
The ...
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And if ...
I would ..
I could ..
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Cause you're so smooth
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And it's ..
Well that's ..
You got ..
Gimme ..
Or ...
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I'll ...
If ...
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In every ...
I hear ....
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Out from ..
You feel ..
Turning ...
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And if ..
I would ..
I could ..
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Cause you're so smooth
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and its ...
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same emotion ....
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kinda ...
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make it ...
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/c/carlos_santana/smooth_tab_ver_6.html ]
Solo!
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REPEAT CHORUS (AND IT'S JUST LIKE THE OCEAN...)
*NOTE* FROM HERE ON THE LYRICS JUST REPEAT OVER, SO YOU'LL
JUST HAVE TO TRY AND FOLLOW IT ALONG
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-20p19p17-20p19p17-20p19p17-20p19p17--fade out---
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