Tabs
- Submitter: Apollonia93
- Tuning: Standard tuning
- Difficulty: Intermediate
The tuning is GDAe. This theme was written by Nino Rota and conducted by Carlo Savina and released for the official Godfather soundtrack in 1972: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbSMCyJkUmI Originally an instrumental, it would later have lyrics added in various languages. The Sicilian version `Brucia la terra` was most popular from making an appearance in The Godfather Part III. Other version are `Speak softly, love` in English, `Parla più piano` in Italian, `Pale plus bas` in French and `Amor háblame dulcemente` in Spanish. Here, I worked out the original score and transposed the harmonica and flute sections to the mandolin. As it`s an instrumental, the piece does not have a verse, bridge or chorus segments. If you would like to see my video lesson, click here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LRw15C3C4A [0:01 tonic G, mandolin and strings] e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------| A augmentedA|-------3-3-3-6-6-6-5-5-5-3-3-3-6-6-6-3-3-3-5-5-5-3-3-3----------------------| D MajorD|-5-5-5-------------------------------------------------6-6-6--8-8-8--5-5-5.-| G+G|----------------------------------------------------------------------------| all notes tremolo e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| A augmentedA|-------3-3-3-6-6-6-5-5-5-3-3-3-6-6-6-3-3-3-5-5-5-3-3-3--------------------| D MajorD|-5-5-5-------------------------------------------------5-5-5-4-4-4-3-3-3.-| G+G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| all notes tremolo e|-------------------------------------------------| A augmentedA|-------------2-2-2-5-5-5-------------2-2-2-3-3-3-| D MajorD|-3-3-3-6-6-6-------------3-3-3-6-6-6-------------| G+G|-------------------------------------------------| all notes tremolo e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| A augmentedA|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| D MajorD|-------1-1-1-8-8-8-6-6-6-5-5-5-8-8-8-6-6-6.-6-6-6-5-5-5.-5-5-5-------------| G+G|-5-5-5---------------------------------------------------------7-7-7-5-5-5-| all notes tremolo e|--------| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------| A augmentedA|-3-3-2--| |--1-1-1-5-5-5-3-3-3--------------|---------------------------------------------------| D MajorD|--------| |--------------------6-6-6-5-5-5.-|-5-5-5-8-8-8-5-5-5-3-3-3.-3-3-3-6-6-6-4-4-4-5-5-5.-| G+G|--------| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------| no tremolo all notes tremolo [0:47 transposed from harmonica] e|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| A augmentedA|---3-6-3/5-3-6-3-3/5-3------------|---3-6-3/5-3-6-3-3/5-3------------| D MajorD|-5---------------------5/6-8-5tr.-|-5---------------------6\5-4-3tr.-| G+G|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| e|------------------------|-------------------------------| A augmentedA|-----2-2/5tr------2-3tr-|-------------------------2-3tr-| D MajorD|-3-6----------3-6-------|---1-8-6-5-8-6-6h8p6-5-5-------| G+G|------------------------|-5-----------------------------|
[1:18 mandolin and strings] e|--------| |---------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------| A augmentedA|-3-3-2--| |--1-1-1-5-5-5-3-3-3--------------|--------------------------------------------------| D MajorD|--------| |--------------------6-6-6-5-5-5.-|-5-5-5-8-8-8-5-5-5-3-3-3.-3-3-3-6-6-6-4-4-4-5-5-5-| G+G|--------| |---------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------| no tremolo all notes tremolo [1:35 key change tonic Bb. Transposed from flute] Bb7Bb7 e|-1-|-------------------------------|------------------------------| A augmentedA|-1-|---6-9-8-6-9-6-6/8-6-----------|---6-9-8-6-9-6-6/8-6----------| D MajorD|-0-|-8-------------------9-11-8tr.-|-8-------------------8-7-6tr.-| G+G|-1-|-------------------------------|------------------------------| e|------------4-7-10-11tr-|-----------------------------| A augmentedA|-----5-8tr--------------|-----4-2-1-4-2.-2-1.-1-0-1tr-| D MajorD|-6-9--------------------|-1-4-------------------------| G+G|------------------------|-----------------------------| [2:05 mandolin and strings] e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------| A augmentedA|-------6-6-6-9-9-9-8-8-8-6-6-6-9-9-9-6-6-6-8-8-8-6-6-6-----------------------| D MajorD|-8-8-8-------------------------------------------------9-9-9-11-11-11-8-8-8.-| A augmentedA|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------| all notes tremolo e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| A augmentedA|-------6-6-6-9-9-9-8-8-8-6-6-6-9-9-9-6-6-6-8-8-8-6-6-6--------------------| D MajorD|-8-8-8-------------------------------------------------8-8-8-7-7-7-6-6-6.-| G+G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| all notes tremolo e|-------------------------------------------------| A augmentedA|-------------5-5-5-8-8-8-------------5-5-5-6-6-6-| D MajorD|-6-6-6-9-9-9-------------6-6-6-9-9-9-------------| G+G|-------------------------------------------------| all notes tremolo e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| A augmentedA|-------------4-4-4-2-2-2-1-1-1-4-4-4-2-2-2.-2-2-2-1-1-1.-1-1-1-5-5-5-6-6-6-| D MajorD|-1-1-1-4-4-4---------------------------------------------------------------| G+G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| all notes tremolo **** Tab 🏷Legend: tr tremolo (rapid up and down picking) . stop / slide up \ slide down h hammer on p pull off
Love Theme From The Godfather Mandolin tab
Mandolin tab in GDAe. Original score by Nino Rota with mandolin, harmonica, flute and strings transposals.