Song: Santana - El Farol
Album: Supernatural
Tabbed By: javierdlf214@aol.com (Javier De La Fuente Jr.)
This is complete except for the end solo, which I am attempting now.
Until then, have fun with it.
-javierdlf214
Feel free to email comments or suggestions.
Standard Tuning
(Timing according to Track 2 on "Smooth" single.)
Intro (Acoustic)
:08
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|----------10-8-------||----------10----10----10---------------------------|
|--9-10-12------10-9--||--9-10-12----12----12----12-10-9-10-9h10p9--7-9-7-5|
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Riff 1a
:19
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|--13------13-12-----10-----------6-10--9----------------------------------|
|-----9-10-------7h9----5-7---4-7---------10--7h9-5h7-5-7-9-7-9------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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:37
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|--13----------13-12---8----------10----------6-10-9h10p9------------------|
|-----9-10--10-------7---7-9-999----5-7--4-7-------------10-7h9-7-5-7-9-7-9|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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Riff 2a
:56 1:01 1:05
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|----9---9-7--10-10h12\9-||----5-7-9-7--4--7-5-||--9--9-7--10-10/12-9-7-9--|
|--7---7-----------------||--7-----------------||-7-7----------------------|
|------------------------||--------------------||--------------------------|
|------------------------||--------------------||--------------------------|
1:10
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|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---5-7-9-7--4-1---2h4-2--1-2-4--2-4-5--4-5-7--5-7-9--12-10-9--------------|
|-7--------------2---------------------------------------------------------|
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Riff 1b
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/s/santana/el_farol_tab_ver_3.html ]
1:23
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|-13------13-12-------10----------6-10-9-----------------------------------|
|----9-10-------7-9-9----5-7--4-7--------10-7h9-7--5-7-9-7-9---------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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1:42
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|-13------13-12---8---------10----------6-10-9-----------------------------|
|----9-10-------7---7-9-999----5-7--4-7--------10-7h9-7-5-7-9-7-9----------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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Riff 2b
2:01 2:05 2:10
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|-----------------------||-----------------------||------------------------|
|---9---9-7--10-10h12-9-||---5-7-9-7-4-1---2h4-2-||--9-9-7-9-10-10h12-9-7-9|
|-7---7-----------------||-7-------------2-------||-7-7--------------------|
|-----------------------||-----------------------||------------------------|
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2:15 2:19 Tricky, but fun.
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|-----------------------||----------------6-8-6-----10-8-------------------|
|---5-7-9-7-4-1---4-2---||---5-7-9-7--7-9-------9-7------9h10p9-7-9--------|
|-7-------------2-------||-7-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------||-------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------||-------------------------------------------------|
2:24
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|---5-7-7/9-7-4-1---2h4-2-1-2-4--2-4-5--4-5-7--5-7-9--12-10-9--------------|
|-7---------------2--------------------------------------------------------|
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Riff 1c
2:35
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|---10-12-13------13-12-------10----------6-10-9h10p9----------------------|
|-9----------9-10-------7h9-9----5-7--4-7-------------10-7h9-7-5-7-9-7-9---|
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Solo
2:56
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