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AMERICA (Bassline)
As recorded by Santana
(From the 2002 Album SHAMAN)
Words by P.O.D.
Music by P.O.D. and Santana
Arranged by Peter Lust
Transcribed by Peter Lust
Gtr I (D G C F) - '5-string arr for 4'
Intro
Q=106
4/4
Gtr I
Wx3 H Q E E H +E E E E
|------------|--------------|------------12s11----|
|------------|--------------|------------------12-|
|------------|-----------12-|-14----(14)----------|
|------------|--------------|---------------------|
+E Q. +Q. E H +E E E E
|----------------------|------------12s11----|
|-(12)s14----(14)------|------------------12-|
|-------------------12-|-14----(14)----------|
|----------------------|---------------------|
+E Q E +H H +E E E E
|---------------------|----------------|
|-(12)s14-------------|----------------|
|---------------------|----------------|
|----------12-(12)----|-7----(7)-7-9-5-|
+H +Q. E H +E E E E +E E E E +Q. E
|----------------|----------------|--------------------|
|----------------|----------------|--------------------|
|----------------|----------------|--------------------|
|-(5)----(5)---0-|-7----(7)-7-9S3-|-(3)-3s5-0-(0)---3S=|
H +E E E E +W H +Q. E +Q E E H
|----------------|------------|--------------|-----------------||
|----------------|------------|--------------|-----------------||
|----------------|------------|--------------|-----------7-----||
|-7----(7)-7-9-5-|-(5)--------|-7----(7)---3-|-(3)--5-0-(0)----||
1st Verse
Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E E
|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------9s7---|
|-7-------7---7-|-5-------5---5-|-0-----------0-|
Q E Q Q E Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E E
|--------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|--------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|--------------|---------------|---------------|---------9s7---|
|-3----------3S|=7-------7---7-|-5-------5---5-|-0-----------0-|
S E. S E. S E. S E. Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E E
|---------------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|-5---------7----7----|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|------5------0----0--|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|---3----3------------|-7-------7---7-|-5-------5---5-|-0-------0---0-|
|-3-|
E E E Q H Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E E
|---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
|-3-3-3---------|-7-------7---7-|-5-------5---5-|-0-------0---0--|
1st Chorus
|-3-|
E E E E E E E E E H +E E E E +H +E E E E H +E Q E
|-------------------||----------------|------------------|----------------|
|-----------9-9-9-9-||----------------|------------------|----------------|
|---4-5-7-9---------||----------------|----------------0-|----------------|
|-7-----------------||-7----(7)-7-9-5-|-(5)----(5)-5-5---|-7----(7)-7S=3--|
+E E E E +Q. E H +E E E E +H +Q. E
|-------------------|----------------|----------------|
|-------------------|----------------|----------------|
|-------------------|----------------|--------------0-|
|-(3)-3-3S0-(0)---3S|=7----(7)-7-9-5-|-(5)----(5)-----|
H +E E E E +E E E E Q. E
|----------------|--------------------||
|----------------|--------------------||
|----------------|-------------7------||
|-7----(7)-7-9S3-|-(3)-3-h5-0-(0)-----||
2nd Verse
Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E E
|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------9s7---|
|-7-------7---7-|-5-------5---5-|-0-----------0-|
Q E Q Q E Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E E
|--------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|--------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|--------------|---------------|---------------|---------9s7---|
|-3----------3S|=7-------7---7-|-5-------5---5-|-0-----------0-|
|-3-|
S E. S E. S E. S E. E E E Q E E E E Q E Q E E E
|---------------------|------------------|----------------|
|-5---------7----7----|-----9------------|------7----7----|
|------5------0----0--|------------------|------0------0--|
|---3----3------------|-7-7--------7-0-7-|-5-------5------|
|-3-|
E E E Q S S S S S S E E E E E E E E E
|------------------------|-------------------||
|--------------9-9-------|-----------9-9-----||
|---7--------7-----7-(7)-|---4-5-7s9-----7---||
|-0--------0----------0--|-7-----0---------0-||
2nd Chorus
H +E E E E +H +E E E E H +E Q E
|----------------|------------------|---------------|
|----------------|------------------|---------------|
|----------------|----------------0-|---------------|
|-7----(7)-7-9-5-|-(5)----(5)-5-5---|-7----(7)-7S=3-|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/s/santana/america_btab.html ]
+E E E E +Q. E H +E E E E
|-------------------|----------------|
|-------------------|----------------|
|-------------------|----------------|
|-(3)-3-3S0-(0)---3S|=7----(7)-7-9-5-|
+H +Q. E H +E E E E +E E E E +Q. E
|----------------|----------------|-------------------||
|----------------|----------------|-------------------||
|--------------0-|----------------|-------------------||
|-(5)----(5)-----|-7----(7)-7-9S3-|-(3)-3s5-0-(0)-----||
Interlude
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
W E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E H. E E E
|----------|-----------------|---------------7-4-2-|----------------|
|----------|-----------------|-----------5---------|-------------4--|
|----------|-----------------|-----5-2-0-----------|-----------4----|
|-7--------|-5-5-5---5-5-5---|-3-------------------|-2-------2------|
E Q E +Q +E. S S S Q E +H E. S +E E +E Q.
|------4-(4)--(4)---|--------2-(2)----|----------------------|
|---4---------------|-----2-----------|----------5-(5)-------|
|-2---------------0-|-0-0-------------|----5-(5)-------------|
|-------------------|-----------------|-3--------------3-----|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------4-6-----|-----------------|-----6-----------||
|-----4-6-----4---|-----------------|---4---4---------||
|---4-----------4-|-----------------|-4-------4-------||
|-2---------------|-2-2-2-2-2-0-1-2-|-----------2-0-2-||
Guitar solo
H +E E E E +H +E E Q
||-----------------|------------------|
||o----------------|------------------|
||o----------9-----|------------7-----|
||--7----(7)---7-5-|-(5)----(5)---5/--|
H +E E E E +E E E E Q Q 6x
|----------------|-----------------------||
|----------------|-----------------9----o||
|----------------|------------7---------o||
|-7----(7)-7-9S3-|-(3)-3-5-0-(0)--(0)----||
H +E E E E +H +E E Q
|----------------|------------------|
|----------------|------------------|
|----------9-----|------------7-----|
|-7----(7)---7-5-|-(5)----(5)---5/--|
E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E
|----16-16----------------|---------------------21----|
|----------16-------------|------17-19----------------|
|-14----------14-16-14----|------------19-19-19-------|
|----------------------15-|-(15)-------------------15-|
|--3--|
H +E E E E H. E E E
|---------------------|----------------14--||
|------------16-------|-------------14-----||
|-14----(14)----14-12-|-12-------12--------||
|---------------------|--------------------||
Outro Chorus
H +E E E E +H +E E E E H +E Q E
|----------------|------------------|---------------|
|----------------|------------------|---------------|
|----------------|----------------0-|---------------|
|-7----(7)-7-9-5-|-(5)----(5)-5-5---|-7----(7)-7S=3-|
+E E E E +Q. E H +E E E E +H +Q. E
|-------------------|----------------|----------------|
|-------------------|----------------|----------------|
|-------------------|----------------|--------------0-|
|-(3)-3-3S0-(0)---3S|=7----(7)-7-9-5-|-(5)----(5)-----|
H +E E E E +E E E E Q. E
|----------------|--------------------|
|----------------|--------------------|
|----------------|-------------7------|
|-7----(7)-7-9S3-|-(3)-3-h5-0-(0)-----|
H +E E E E +H +E E E E H +E Q E
|----------------|------------------|---------------|
|----------------|------------------|---------------|
|----------------|----------------0-|---------------|
|-7----(7)-7-9-5-|-(5)----(5)-5-5---|-7----(7)-7S=3-|
E E E E +Q. E H +E E E E +H +Q. E
|-----------------|----------------|----------------|
|-----------------|----------------|----------------|
|-----------------|----------------|--------------0-|
|-3-3-3S0-(0)---3S|=7----(7)-7-9-5-|-(5)----(5)-----|
E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E
|----16-16----------------|---------------------21----|
|----------16-------------|------17-19----------------|
|-14----------14-16-14----|------------19-19-19-------|
|----------------------15-|-(15)-------------------15-|
W W W
|----------|----------|------*|
|----------|----------|------*|
|----------|----------|------*|
|----------|----------|------*|
Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
- volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
-----------
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
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