Santana – The Game Of Love (Bass Tab)

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Song : Game of Love Artist: Santana Featuring Michelle Branch Tabber: James Pucyk ([email protected]) This is a nice bassline for 2 reasons. #1, it has a great groove and is the driving force in the song and #2, the fills, lead notes and excentuations used here are subtle, but very effective, a textbook example of good bassplaying. Aspiring Studio Bassists take Note. Note: For the first bar of the first verse don't play the Lead note into the E Chord.

            VERSE
              Tell..                                         
G|----------|------------------|-------------------|
D|----------|*----------------*|---------------5---|
A|----------|*--7--7----55-5--*|--7--7----55-57-75-|
E|-12/(14)\-|--7-------5-------|-7-------5---------|
              Play 3 times  

  PRE CHORUS
   So Please..     Don't you..    Cause..    Crying
G|--------------|---------------------|---------------|
D|--------------|-2-3-5--5---77---5---|---------------|
A|-7--7----55-5-|---------------57-75-|-7--7---999-9--|
E|--------5-----|---------------------|---------------|

           ..Candy Store   
G|----------------------------|
D|-----------------------10---|
A|-10-10---12121212121012--12-|
E|----------------------------|

Chorus
   It just..                 ..bat..
G|---------------|--------------------------------|
D|---------------|--------------------------------|
A|-7--7----5--5--|--7--7----5--5--2/3-3/5-5/7-7/9-|
E|--------5------|-7-------5----------------------|

G|--------------|---------------------------|
D|--------------|----------------------10---|
A|-7-7----5--5--|--7--7----121212121012--12-|
E|-------5------|-7-------------------------|

Verse 2          
G|---------------|-------------------------|
D|---------------|-------------5/7\5-------|
A|-7--7----55-5--|--7--7----55-------/7b\5-|
E|--------5------|-7-------5---------------|

G|--------------|-----------------------|
D|--------------|-----------------5-----|
A|-7--7----55-5-|--7--7----55-5-7---7-5-|
E|--------5-----|-7-------5-------------|

Pre Chorus 2
G|--------------|-----------------|---------------|
D|--------------|-5--5---77---5---|---------------|
A|-7--7----55-5-|-----------57-75-|-7-------------|
E|--------5-----|-----------------|----0---222-2--|

G|--------------------|
D|----------------5---|
A|--------------57-75-|
E|-3--3--555555-------|

Repeat Chorus

Post Chorus
G|--------------|----------------------------|
D|--------------|----------------------------|
A|-7--7----5--5-|-10--10--12121212121212/14\-|
E|--------5-----|----------------------------|

Bridge
   You Roll Me          Control me
G|----------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------|
A|-------2---2----2-3-4-5-----------|
E|-------------------------2---2-2--|

   Console me    Please hold me
G|-------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------|
E|-----3----3-------------5---5--|

   You Guide me    Divide me    Into    What....
G|----------------------------|-------------------------------|
D|----------------------------|-------------------------------|
A|----------------------------|---10--10-----1212121212121212-|
E|-----0-2--4-0------0-2-4-0--|-------------------------------|

Solo (Repeat this Twice during the Solo)
G|------------------|------------------|------------------|
D|*-----------------|------------------|------------------|
A|*7--7/12-12-12-12-|-5--5/10-10-12-14-|-7--7/12-12-12-12-|
E|------------------|------------------|------------------|

G|---------------|------------------|-----------------------|
D|---------------|------------------|-----------------------|
A|-5--5/10-9-7-5-|-7--7/12-12-12-12-|-5--5----10-10----1010-|
E|---------------|------------------|------10-------10------|

G|---------------------|
D|--------------------*|
A|---12--12--12-----12*|
E|-12--12--12--12/14---|

Repeat Pre Chorus 2 (End with a Slide from the E Second OCtave) Non Insturmental Chorus (Bass Tacit)

Outro Chorus
G|---------------|----------------------|-----------9-7----|
D|---------------|----------------------|---------------9\-|
A|-7--7----5--5--|---7--7---5-55-7-8-10-|-7--7---5---------|
E|-------55------|-77------5------------|-------5----------|

G|-------------------------------|---------------|
D|-------------------------------|---------------|
A|-7--7---7--10/1212121212121212-|-7--7----5--5--|
E|------7------------------------|-------55------|

G|----------------------|-----------------|
D|----------------------|-----------------|
A|---7--7---5-55-7-8-10-|-7--7----5--5-5/-|
E|-77------5------------|-------55--------|

G|-----------------------------|----------------------|
D|-----------------------------|----------------------|
A|-7-7---77-57-1212121212121212|-7--7/121212---5---5--|
E|-----7-----------------------|----------------------|

G|---------------------------|
D|---------------------------|
A|-7--7/1212---5--5-5-7-8-10-| Simile to Fade
E|---------------------------|