This is Safina by Hayajan
written by Alaa Wardi
Tabbed by 5ala
Key:
| s strum
| u upstroke
| o let ring
| v pick note
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| ~~ long vibrato
| . stacatto
| x Mute note
| b half bend (generates arabic notes)
The song has 2 guitars, I'm only tabbing one of them. Namely the guitar played by Odai Shawagfeh
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Intro (00:00 - 00:19)===|
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(funky strumming with lots of left hand off the fingerboard, listen to track for patterns)
s s s u u
e|----------------------|
B|---8---3---1---0--0---|
G|---x---x---x---x--x---|
D|---9---4---2---2--2---|
A|---7---2---3---3--3---|
E|----------------------|
s s s
e|--------------------------|
B|---8---3---1---1-1-1-1-1--|
G|---x---x---x---x-x-x-x-x--|
D|---9---4---2---2-2-2-2-2--|
A|---7---2---3---3-3-3-3-3--|
E|--------------------------|
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Verse 1 (00:20-00:45)===|
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s s s s
e|-------------------|
B|---5---8---3---2---|
G|---x---x---x---x---| X4
D|---5---9---4---2---|
A|---3---7---2---0---|
E|-------------------|
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Interlude (00:46-00:50)===|
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s
e|-------------------|
B|---1---3-3-3-3-3---|
G|---0---0-0-0-0-0---|
D|---2---4-4-4-4-4---|
A|---3---5-5-5-5-5---|
E|-------------------|
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Chorus 1 (00:51-01:27)===|
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o o o o o o o o
e|-------------------------------|
B|------0------0------0------0---|
G|------0------0------0------0---| X2 (play this twice)
D|---x------0--------------------|
A|---2------x------x------x------|
E|---3------2------0------0------|
This next has lots of hammer-ons and pull-offs, but I will not include all of
those but will instead tell you when to pick
Its pretty straight forward to figure out
v v v v v
e|--------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------13p12-13p12------13p12-13p12---|
G|---12h14-12h14-12--------------12-----------------| X8 (play 8 times)
D|--------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------|
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Bridge (01:28-01:46)===|
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This is basically the intro again:
s s s u u
e|----------------------|
B|---8---3---1---0--0---|
G|---x---x---x---x--x---|
D|---9---4---2---2--2---|
A|---7---2---3---3--3---|
E|----------------------|
s s s
e|--------------------------|
B|---8---3---1---1-1-1-1-1--|
G|---x---x---x---x-x-x-x-x--|
D|---9---4---2---2-2-2-2-2--|
A|---7---2---3---3-3-3-3-3--|
E|--------------------------|
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Verse 2 (01:47-02:13)===|
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s s s s
e|-------------------|
B|---5---8---3---2---|
G|---x---x---x---x---| X4
D|---5---9---4---2---|
A|---3---7---2---0---|
E|-------------------|
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Interlude (02:14-02:18)===|
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s
e|-------------------|
B|---1---3-3-3-3-3---|
G|---0---0-0-0-0-0---|
D|---2---4-4-4-4-4---|
A|---3---5-5-5-5-5---|
E|-------------------|
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Chorus 2 (02:19-02:54)===|
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[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/h/hayajan/safina_tab.html ]
o o o o o o o o
e|-------------------------------|
B|------0------0------0------0---|
G|------0------0------0------0---| X2 (play this twice)
D|---x------0--------------------|
A|---2------x------x------x------|
E|---3------2------0------0------|
v v v v v
e|--------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------13p12-13p12------13p12-13p12---|
G|---12h14-12h14-12--------------12-----------------| X8 (play 8 times)
D|--------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------|
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Solo (02:55-03:12)===|
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Notes: the solo creates some Arabic notes at the bends. It bends up from 12 - 12.5
almost as if there was another fret between 12 and 13, thats the note you want to
be hitting.
. . ~~ ~ ~~
e|--------------------------10-----------------------------------|
B|---------12--12--12b---10----12---10b---------------------10---|
G|---12h14-------------------------------12--11--9--11--12-------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------|
. . ~~ ~ ~ ~
e|------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------10---------------------------------------|
G|---9h11-12--12--12b---11----12--11-9-----9--11p9-----9------------|
D|-------------------------------------12----------12-----12-10-9---|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------|
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Outro (03:13-end)===|
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ~~ h
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---11---------11---------11---------11---------11---------11------------11-------14-12p11------|
D|------12-14------12-14------12-14------12-14------12-14------12-14---------12-14----------14---|X12
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
(play palm muted till the end of the song here)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ~~ h
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---11---------11---------11---------11---------11---------11------------11-------14-12p11------|
D|------12-14------12-14------12-14------12-14------12-14------12-14---------12-14----------14---|X3
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
. . .
e|--------------|
B|--------------|
G|---11---------| X8 till end of song (fade-out)
D|------12-14---|
A|--------------|
E|--------------|
And there you go!
