Santana – Persuasion (Bass Tab)
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PERSUASION (Bassline)
As recorded by Santana
(From the 1969 Album SANTANA)
Words and Music by Carlos Santana, Mike Carabello, David Brown, Jose Areas, Mike Shrieve & Gregg Rolie
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'David Brown - Bass'
Intro
Q=132
4/4
Gtr I
W W H E E E E E E E E E E S S E
|----------|----------|--------------|-------------------|
|----------|----------|--------------|-------------------|
|----------|----------|--------8---8-|-8-8---8---8-6h7h8-|
|----------|----------|--------------|-------------------|
E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E S S E
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|---8---8---8-6h7h8-|---8---8---8-6h7h8-|
|-------------------|-------------------|
1st Verse
E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E S S E
|-------------------||--------------------|
|-------------------||--------------------|
|---8---8---8-6h7h8-||---8---8---8-6h7h8--|
|-------------------||--------------------|
E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-6---6---6---6---|
|---8---8---8-6h7h8-|---8---8---8-6h7h8-|---8---8---8-6h7h8-|---6---6---6---6-|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-6---6---6---6---|-------------------|-------------------|-------------8-----|
|---6---6---6---6-|-8-8---8---8-6h7h8-|---8---8---8-6h7h8-|-------6-----------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|-8-8-8---6-6---8\--|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S E
|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----6---5-------|-------------------|
|-----------3-6-7-|-8-8---8---8-6h7h8-|
|-4-4---4---------|-------------------|
2nd Verse
E E E E E E S S E E E E S S S S E E E
|-------------------||----------------------|
|-------------------||-----6----------------|
|---8---8---8-6h7h8-||-8-8---8-8-8-6---6-7--|
|-------------------||---------------8------|
E E E S S S S E E E E E E S S S S E E E
|---------------------|---------------------|
|-----6---------------|-----6---------------|
|-8-8---8-8-8-6---6-7-|-8-8---8-8-8-6---6-7-|
|---------------8-----|---------------8-----|
E E E S S S S E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------------|------------------|
|-----6---------------|-6---6---6---6----|
|-8-8---8-8-8-6---6-7-|---6---6---6---6--|
|---------------8-----|------------------|
E E E E E S S E E E E E S S S S E E E
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-6-----------------|-----6---------------|
|-----4-5-6-6-6-6-7-|-8-8---8-8-8-6---6-7-|
|---7---------------|---------------8-----|
E E E S S S S E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------------|------------------|
|-----6---------------|-------------8----|
|-8-8---8-8-8-6---6-7-|-------6----------|
|---------------8-----|-8-8-8---6-6---8\-|
E E E E E E E E E E E S S S S E E E
|-----------------|---------------------|
|-----6-----------|-----6---------------|
|-------------6-7-|-8-8---8-8-8-6---6-7-|
|-4-4-------8-----|---------------8-----|
Interlude
E E E S S S S E E E e e e e e e e S S
|---------------------||-------------------|
|-----6---------------||-------------------|
|-8-8---8-8-8-6---6-7-||-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8p6-|
|---------------8-----||-------------------|
e e e e e e e S S e e e e e e e S S
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8p6-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8p6-|
|-------------------|-------------------|
Guitar Solo
e e e e e e e S S e e e e e e e S S
|-------------------||--------------------|
|-------------------||--------------------|
|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8p6-||-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8p6--|
|-------------------||--------------------|
e e e e e e e S S e e e e e e e S S
||--------------------|-------------------|
||o-------------------|-------------------|
||o-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8p6-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8p6-|
||--------------------|-------------------|
e e e e e e e S S e e e e e e e S S
|-------------------|--------------------||
|-------------------|-------------------o||
|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8p6-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8p6-o||
|-------------------|--------------------||
3rd Verse
E E E E E E E E E E E S S S S E E E E E E S S S S E E E
|-----------------||---------------------|---------------------|
|-----6-----------||-----6---------------|-----6---------------|
|---------------6-||-8-8---8-8-8-6---6-7-|-8-8---8-8-8-6---6-7-|
|-4-4---4-4-4-4---||---------------8-----|---------------8-----|
E E E S S S S E E E E E E S S S S E E E
|---------------------|---------------------|
|-----6---------------|-----6---------------|
|-8-8---8-8-8-6---6-7-|-8-8---8-8-8-6---6-7-|
|---------------8-----|---------------8-----|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S E E
|-----------------|-------------------|
|-6---6---6---6---|-6-----------------|
|---6---6---6---6-|-----4-5-6-6-6-6-7-|
|-----------------|---7---------------|
E E E S S S S E E E E E E S S S S E E E
|---------------------|---------------------|
|-----6---------------|-----6---------------|
|-8-8---8-8-8-6---6-7-|-8-8---8-8-8-6---6-7-|
|---------------8-----|---------------8-----|
Q E. S Q E. S Q E. S E E E E
|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-------------1-2--|
|-3--3--3-1--1--1-|-----------3------|
|-----------------|-4--4--4-3--------|
E E E S S +S S E E E E E E S S +S S E E E
|-----1-----------------|-----1-----------------||
|-3-3---3-3-(3)-3---1-2-|-3-3---3-3-(3)-3---1-2-||
|-----------------3-----|-----------------3-----||
|-----------------------|-----------------------||
Guitar Solo 2
e e e e e e e S S e e e e e e e e
|-------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|-----------------|
|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8p6-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|
|-------------------|-----------------|
e e e e e e e S S e e e e e e e S S e e e e e e e S S e e e e e e e e
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8p6-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8p6-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8p6-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------|
e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e S S
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8p6-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e S S e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e S S
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8p6-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8p6--|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S S S E
|-----------------|---------------------|
|-----------------|---------------------|
|---------------6s|=8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---|---------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S S S E
|-----------------|----------------------|
|-----------------|----------------------|
|---------------6s|=8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---|----------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S S S E
|-----------------|---------------------|
|-----------------|---------------------|
|---------------6s|=8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---|---------------------|
E E E E E E E E E S S +E E +S S E E E
|-----------------|--------------------------||
|-----------------|--------------------------||
|---------------6-|-8-8-6-(6)----------------||
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---|-----------8-(8)-8-7-4-1--||
Outro
E E E S S +S S E E E E E E S S S S S S E E
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----3-1-3-(3)-1-3---1-|-3-3-3-1-3-------------|
|-------------------3---|-------------3-3-3-1---|
|-1-1-------------------|---------------------4-|
E E E S S +S S S S S S E q Q H
|---------------------------|------------*|
|---------------------------|------------*|
|---------------------------|------------*|
|-1-1-1-0-1-(1)-1-1-1-1p0-1-|-1----------*|Duration Legend
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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
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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
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| - 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