Carlos Santana

Carlos Santana - Mirage guitar tab

Song Title: Mirage

Artist/Band: Santana

Album: Borboletta(1974) and The Essential Santana disc 1(2002)

Tab by JC Rea(jcrp_21@hotmail.com)

Symbols:

h=hammer-on

p=pull-off

/=slide-up

b=bend

~=left hand vibrato

()=let ring

Tuning: This song has a strange tuning.It's not standard, but it's not a half step

down.Actually, in order to play this song identically the tuning required might be "one

quarter" step down. It's almost standard, but the original song doesn't fit standard

tuning at all. Anyway, it sounds good using a Standard tuning.

INTRO CHORDS

-During the "...ahh..." vocals:

-Dbm:x46654

-BMaj:x24442

-AMaj:577655

-Abm:466444

-Gb:244322

-F#m:244222

-During the organ intro:

-Dbm and F#m

1st CHORUS:

Chords:

-F#m and Dbm

F#m Dbm

"Oh,oh,oh,oh,oh,oh,

F#m Dbm

I am just a mirage,

F#m Dbm

Oh,oh,oh,oh,oh,oh,

F#m Dbm

I am just a mirage"

1st VERSE:

Chords:

-Dbm,Abm,BMaj and F#m

Dbm Abm

"When you look at me

BMaj F#m

Thru your crystal glass

Dbm Abm

You will see

BMaj F#m

That I am now your past

Dbm Abm

But you give

BMaj F#m

Your love to me

Dbm Abm

In your life

BMaj F#m

I wasn't meant to be"

2nd CHORUS, 2nd VERSE and 3rd CHORUS are identically played as 1st ones

SOLO:

e|-7h9-(9)----------------|

B|---------9-7------------|

G|-------------9p6-9-9h11-|

D|------------------------|

A|------------------------|

E|------------------------|

2:19

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------7h9-|

G|-------9---------------9h11---------------9----9-11-11h13p11p9-11-9h11-----|

D|-11-11---11------11-11------11------11-11---11-----------------------------|

A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

2:28

e|---9-7h9-12-14-|----14b16-14b16-14b16-14b16---14p12-14-12h14p12-----------------------------|

B|-9-------------|-14------------------------------------------------14p12-(14)--12h14-12h14-|

G|---------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|

D|---------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|

A|---------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|

E|---------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|

2:32

4th CHORUS:

"Oh,oh,oh,oh,oh"

e|----------------------------|

B|--------12p9----------------|

G|-------------11p9------11-9-|

D|------------------11p9------|

A|----------------------------|

E|----------------------------|

2:40

"I am just a mirage"

e|----------------------------------------------|

B|------------------12h14-14-12-----------------|

G|------------------------------13-13p11-9-11p9-|

D|----------------------------------------------|

A|----------------------------------------------|

E|----------------------------------------------|

2:44

"Oh,oh,oh,oh,oh"

e|--------------12h(14)---12-11p9-|

B|--------------------------------|

G|--------------------------------|

D|--------------------------------|

A|--------------------------------|

E|--------------------------------|

2:49

"I am just a mirage"

e|----------------------------------------------------|

B|------------------12h14-14-12-----------------------|

G|------------------------------13-13p11-9------------|

D|-----------------------------------------11-9-------|

A|----------------------------------------------9-7---|

E|--------------------------------------------------9-|

2:53

"I'm just a mirage,

fading away,

like water"

e|-----------9-------------------|

B|-----------9-9-----------------|

G|-----------9---11p9----11p9----|

D|----------11--------11------11-|

A|----------11-------------------|

E|-------------------------------|

3:03

"Oh,oh,oh,oh,oh

I am just a mirage"

Then:

"Oh,oh,oh,oh,oh"

e|--------------------------------|

B|--------------------7h9h12-(12)-|

G|--------------9p8h9-------------|

D|--------------------------------|

A|--------------------------------|

E|--------------------------------|

4:09

"I am just a mirage"

e|------------------------------7/9-7~~~-|

B|------------------7/9p7---7h9----------|

G|------------------------9--------------|

D|---------------------------------------|

A|---------------------------------------|

E|---------------------------------------|

4:12

"Oh,oh,oh,oh,oh"

e|--------------7----------------------------------------|

B|----------------9h12p9--10p9---------------------------|

G|-----------------------------11-9h11p9/8h9--8h9p8------|

D|--------------------------------------------------9/11-|

A|-------------------------------------------------------|

E|-------------------------------------------------------|

4:19

e|------------------9h12~~~-|-14b16-14b16-14b16-14b16-14b16-14b16--12h14p12---12h14-|

B|-------------9-12---------|-------------------------------------------------------|

G|------8-9-11--------------|-------------------------------------------------------|

D|-9/11---------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|

A|--------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|

E|--------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|

4:24

e|----9-12-9---12p11p9---7/9-|

B|-12------------------------|

G|---------------------------|

D|---------------------------|

A|---------------------------|

E|---------------------------|. . . END

4:36

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