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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