Love Theme From The Godfather Mandolin tab by Soundtracks

• 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|-------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|-5-5-5-------------------------------------------------6-6-6--8-8-8--5-5-5.-|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
                              all notes tremolo

e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------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|-5-5-5-------------------------------------------------5-5-5-4-4-4-3-3-3.-|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
                              all notes tremolo

e|-------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------2-2-2-5-5-5-------------2-2-2-3-3-3-|
D|-3-3-3-6-6-6-------------3-3-3-6-6-6-------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------|
                             all notes tremolo

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------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|-5-5-5---------------------------------------------------------7-7-7-5-5-5-|
                             all notes tremolo

e|--------|  |---------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|
A|-3-3-2--|  |--1-1-1-5-5-5-3-3-3--------------|---------------------------------------------------|
D|--------|  |--------------------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|--------|  |---------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|
 no tremolo                  all notes tremolo


  [0:47 transposed from harmonica]

e|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
A|---3-6-3/5-3-6-3-3/5-3------------|---3-6-3/5-3-6-3-3/5-3------------|
D|-5---------------------5/6-8-5tr.-|-5---------------------6\5-4-3tr.-|
G|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|

e|------------------------|-------------------------------|
A|-----2-2/5tr------2-3tr-|-------------------------2-3tr-|
D|-3-6----------3-6-------|---1-8-6-5-8-6-6h8p6-5-5-------|
G|------------------------|-5-----------------------------|


  [1:18 mandolin and strings]

e|--------|  |---------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
A|-3-3-2--|  |--1-1-1-5-5-5-3-3-3--------------|--------------------------------------------------|
D|--------|  |--------------------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|--------|  |---------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
 no tremolo                  all notes tremolo


  [1:35 key change tonic Bb. Transposed from flute]

  Bb7
e|-1-|-------------------------------|------------------------------|
A|-1-|---6-9-8-6-9-6-6/8-6-----------|---6-9-8-6-9-6-6/8-6----------|
D|-0-|-8-------------------9-11-8tr.-|-8-------------------8-7-6tr.-|
G|-1-|-------------------------------|------------------------------|

e|------------4-7-10-11tr-|-----------------------------|
A|-----5-8tr--------------|-----4-2-1-4-2.-2-1.-1-0-1tr-|
D|-6-9--------------------|-1-4-------------------------|
G|------------------------|-----------------------------|


  [2:05 mandolin and strings]

e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------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|-8-8-8-------------------------------------------------9-9-9-11-11-11-8-8-8.-|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
                    all notes tremolo

e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------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|-8-8-8-------------------------------------------------8-8-8-7-7-7-6-6-6.-|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
                    all notes tremolo

e|-------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------5-5-5-8-8-8-------------5-5-5-6-6-6-|
D|-6-6-6-9-9-9-------------6-6-6-9-9-9-------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------|
                    all notes tremolo

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------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|-1-1-1-4-4-4---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
                    all notes tremolo



**** Tab 🏷Legend:

tr   tremolo (rapid up and down picking)
.    stop
/    slide up
\    slide down
h    hammer on
p    pull off