Samba Pa Ti bass tab by Carlos Santana

SAMBA PA TI (Bassline)

As recorded by Santana
(From the 1970 Album ABRAXAS)

Music by Carlos Santana

Transcribed by Slowhand


Gtr I (E A D G) - 'David Brown - Bass'


 Q=88
 4/4
 Gtr I
 W     W     W
|----------|----------|------|
|----------|-5--------|------|
|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|-7----|

 W     W     W     W
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|-7--------|-5--------|------|
|-7--------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|-7----|


 W     W     W     W
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|-7--------|----------|-7----|
|-7--------|----------|-5--------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|


 W     +W      W     W
|----------|------------|----------|------|
|----------|------------|-7--------|-9----|
|-5--------|-(5)--------|----------|------|
|----------|------------|----------|------|


 W     W     +W      W
|----------|----------|------------||------|
|-7--------|----------|------------||-5----|
|----------|-5--------|-(5)--------||------|
|----------|----------|------------||------|


 W     W     W     W
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|-7--------|-5----|
|----------|-7--------|----------|------|
|-7--------|----------|----------|------|


 W     W     W     W
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|-7--------|------|
|----------|-7--------|----------|-5----|
|-7--------|----------|----------|------|


 W     W     +W      W
|----------|----------|------------|------|
|-7--------|----------|------------|-7----|
|----------|-5--------|-(5)--------|------|
|----------|----------|------------|------|


 W     W     W     +W
|----------|----------|----------|--------|
|-9--------|-7--------|----------|--------|
|----------|----------|-5--------|-(5)----|
|----------|----------|----------|--------|


 W     H  Q Q  W     H  Q S S S S
|----------|------------|----------|-------------------|
|-5--------|------------|----------|-------------5-----|
|----------|------------|----------|-5----5--5-7---7---|
|----------|-7----7--6--|-5--------|-------------------|


 W     H  Q Q  W     H  Q S S S S
|----------|------------|----------|-------------------||
|----------|------------|----------|-------------5-----||
|----------|------------|----------|-5----5--5-7---7---||
|-5--------|-7----7--6--|-5--------|-------------------||

 Double-Time Feel

 E S S E S S E S S E E  E S S E S S E S S E E  E S S E S S E S S E E
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-5---5-5---5-5---5-5---|-7---7-7---7-7---7-7---|-5---5-5---5-5---5-5---|
|-----------------------|---------------------7-|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|


 E S S E S S E S S E E   E S S E S S E S S E E  E S S E S S E S S E E
|-----------------------||------------------------|-----------------------|
|-7---7-7---7-7---7-7---||o-5---5-5---5-5---5-5---|-7---7-7---7-7---7-7---|
|---------------------7-||o---------------------5-|---------------------7-|
|-----------------------||------------------------|-----------------------|


 E S S E S S E S S E E  E S S E S S E S S E E 11x
|-----------------------|------------------------||
|-5---5-5---5-5---5-5---|-7---7-7---7-7---7-7---o||
|---------------------5-|---------------------7-o||
|-----------------------|------------------------||


                  |-3-| |-3-|
 E S S E S S E S S E E  E S S E E E E E E E E  E S S E S S E S S E E
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-5---5-5---5-5---5-5---|-7---7-7-----5-7-7-5---|-5---5-5---5-5---5-5---|
|---------------------5-|-----------7---------7-|---------------------5-|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|


 E S S E E S S E S S E  E S S E S S E S S E E
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-7---7-7-------7-7-5---|-5---5-5---5-5---5-5---|
|-------------7-------7-|---------------------5-|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|


 E S S E E S S E S S E  E S S E S S E S S E E
|-----------------------|-----------------------*|
|-7---7-7-------7-7-5---|-5---5-5---5-5---5-5---*|
|-------------7-------7-|---------------------5-*|
|-----------------------|-----------------------*|


Duration 🏷Legend
---------------
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
----------------
 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
-----------
 | - 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