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America Tab

Send "America" Ringtone to your Cell Phone

Transcribed by Juan Mejía Mancilla (simplementejonas@hotmail.com)
 Traa & Wuv 

Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Carlos Santana - Lead w/dist'
Gtr II (D G C F A D) - 'Marcos Curiel - Rhythm w/dist'
Gtr III (D G C F A D) - 'Marcos Curiel - Lead w/dist and Whammy pedal 2 octaves above pitch'

Intro
  Q=106
 4/4
  Gtr I
                       ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  H        E  E E E   +H.           +E.   S
|-------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------9-|-(9)-----------(9)---7-|
|---------------7---|-----------------------|
|-------------7-----|-----------------------|
|-------------------|-----------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| E E E E +E  E E E   +E  E E E E E  E  E
|-------------------|-----------------------|
|-------0-(0)-------|-----2-----2-----------|
|-----4-------4-----|-------4-----4---------|
|---4-----------4---|---------4------4------|
|-2---------------0-|-(0)---------------0---|
|-------------------|-----------------------|
|-Rhy Fig 1

 ~~~~~                                    ~~
                                                     |--3--|
  +Q    +E   E  +H           S   S  S  S  H          S  S  S  E
|-------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-(7)---(7)s12-(12)-------|-14p=12------------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------14p12-14---------12h14s12-10-|
|-------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|
|  E  E  E   E  +E  E E E   +E      E     E E +E  E  E        E
|-------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|------------0--(0)-------|-------------------------------------|
|--------4----------4-----|--------------------------4--------4-|
|-----4---------------4---|---------------4---------------------|
|--2----------------------|---------2-------------2-------------|
|-----------------------3-|-(3)-------------0-(0)---------------|
                                                  end Rhy Fig 1-|

w/Rhy Fig 1 x3
   ~~                                              ~~               ~~
        |--3--|               |-3--|
   Q    S  S  S  E  +E   E S  T  T T  S S    S  S  Q    a  E  E  E  Q
|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-12---14s12p10-12-(12)-10-9h12p10p9-10p9-|-10p=9---------------12-14---|
|-----------------------------------------|-------12---12s14-15---------|
|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------|


   E  E     S  S     S  S     S   S     S  S     S  S     S  T  T
|----------12-------12-------12--------12-------12-------12-15p12-|
|----15b17----15b17----15b17-----15b17----15b17----15b17----------|
|-14--------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|


   Q.         S  S  S   E.      E     E
|-15tr12-----15-15-15--15b17---15b17-15b17====|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|

                                                       ~~~~~~~~
   +Q      Q       E     S  S  S  S  S  S    S   S  S  S  +E   E Q   S  S  S  S
|-(15)r---15b17---15b17-15-12-15p12----12-|-----12------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------15----|-15-----15-13-(13)h15-------13-13-13-|
|-----------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|


      ~~~~~~~~~~~
   S  E.    E  E  +S   S  a  S  S  S  S  a  E    E   S  S  S  S  S  S  S   S  E  S  S  S  S
|---------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
|-15------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
|----14----14-14-(14)p12----------------------|---------------------------------------------|
|------------------------13p12----------12h14-|-12-----12-14-12-10-12-10--------10-------10-|
|------------------------------15-12-15-------|-----15--------------------12-10----12-10----|
|---------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|


   ~~~
   E.   S  Q     Q    E  S  S    E.    S  S  S  E  S  S  S  S  Q
|-----------------------------|------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------12-13p12---------|
|-----------------------12-14-|-14p===12-14-14-14----------12------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------14---|
|-12p==10-12-----------------|------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------------------|


  E  S  S  E  E  e   e  e  E    +E       +E    Q       Q       S  S  S  S
|----------------------------|--------------------------------12----------||
|------------12-13--12-13-15-|-(15)b17==(15)r-15b17---15b17------13-13-13-||
|---14-14-14-----------------|--------------------------------------------||
|----------------------------|--------------------------------------------||
|----------------------------|--------------------------------------------||
|----------------------------|--------------------------------------------||


 Verse 1