• Song:

    Safina

  • Artist:

    Hayajan

This is Safina by Hayajan
written by Alaa Wardi
Tabbed by 5ala

Key:
| s   strum
| u   upstroke
| o   let ring
| v   pick note
| h   hammer-on
| p   pull-off
| ~   vibrato
| ~~  long vibrato
| .   stacatto
| x   Mute note
| b   half bend (generates arabic notes)


The song has 2 guitars, I'm only tabbing one of them. Namely the guitar played by Odai Shawagfeh

========================|
Intro (00:00 - 00:19)===|
========================|

(funky strumming with lots of left hand off the fingerboard, listen to track for patterns)

     s   s   s   u  u
e|----------------------|
B|---8---3---1---0--0---|
G|---x---x---x---x--x---|
D|---9---4---2---2--2---|
A|---7---2---3---3--3---|
E|----------------------|

     s   s   s   
e|--------------------------|
B|---8---3---1---1-1-1-1-1--|
G|---x---x---x---x-x-x-x-x--| 
D|---9---4---2---2-2-2-2-2--|
A|---7---2---3---3-3-3-3-3--|
E|--------------------------|



========================|
Verse 1 (00:20-00:45)===|
========================|

     s   s   s   s
e|-------------------|
B|---5---8---3---2---|
G|---x---x---x---x---|  X4
D|---5---9---4---2---|
A|---3---7---2---0---|
E|-------------------|



==========================|
Interlude (00:46-00:50)===|
==========================|

     s   
e|-------------------|
B|---1---3-3-3-3-3---|
G|---0---0-0-0-0-0---|
D|---2---4-4-4-4-4---|
A|---3---5-5-5-5-5---|
E|-------------------|



=========================|
Chorus 1 (00:51-01:27)===|
=========================|

     o  o   o  o   o  o   o  o
e|-------------------------------|
B|------0------0------0------0---|
G|------0------0------0------0---|  X2 (play this twice)
D|---x------0--------------------|
A|---2------x------x------x------|
E|---3------2------0------0------|

This next has lots of hammer-ons and pull-offs, but I will not include all of 
those but will instead tell you when to pick
Its pretty straight forward to figure out
 
     v           v   v           v    v
e|--------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------13p12-13p12------13p12-13p12---|
G|---12h14-12h14-12--------------12-----------------|  X8 (play 8 times)
D|--------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------|



=======================|
Bridge (01:28-01:46)===|
=======================|

This is basically the intro again:

     s   s   s   u  u
e|----------------------|
B|---8---3---1---0--0---|
G|---x---x---x---x--x---|
D|---9---4---2---2--2---|
A|---7---2---3---3--3---|
E|----------------------|

     s   s   s   
e|--------------------------|
B|---8---3---1---1-1-1-1-1--|
G|---x---x---x---x-x-x-x-x--| 
D|---9---4---2---2-2-2-2-2--|
A|---7---2---3---3-3-3-3-3--|
E|--------------------------|



========================|
Verse 2 (01:47-02:13)===|
========================|

     s   s   s   s
e|-------------------|
B|---5---8---3---2---|
G|---x---x---x---x---|  X4
D|---5---9---4---2---|
A|---3---7---2---0---|
E|-------------------|



==========================|
Interlude (02:14-02:18)===|
==========================|

     s   
e|-------------------|
B|---1---3-3-3-3-3---|
G|---0---0-0-0-0-0---|
D|---2---4-4-4-4-4---|
A|---3---5-5-5-5-5---|
E|-------------------|



=========================|
Chorus 2 (02:19-02:54)===|
=========================|

     o  o   o  o   o  o   o  o
e|-------------------------------|
B|------0------0------0------0---|
G|------0------0------0------0---|  X2 (play this twice)
D|---x------0--------------------|
A|---2------x------x------x------|
E|---3------2------0------0------|
 
     v           v   v           v    v
e|--------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------13p12-13p12------13p12-13p12---|
G|---12h14-12h14-12--------------12-----------------|  X8 (play 8 times)
D|--------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------|



=====================|
Solo (02:55-03:12)===|
=====================|

Notes: the solo creates some Arabic notes at the bends. It bends up from 12 - 12.5 
almost as if there was another fret between 12 and 13, thats the note you want to 
be hitting.

           .   .   ~~          ~                            ~~
e|--------------------------10-----------------------------------|
B|---------12--12--12b---10----12---10b---------------------10---|
G|---12h14-------------------------------12--11--9--11--12-------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------|

          .   .   ~~          ~        ~                        ~
e|------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------10---------------------------------------|
G|---9h11-12--12--12b---11----12--11-9-----9--11p9-----9------------|
D|-------------------------------------12----------12-----12-10-9---|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------|


====================|
Outro (03:13-end)===|
====================|

     .  .  .    .  .  .    .  .  .    .  .  .    .  .  .    .  .  .       .  .  .     ~~    h
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---11---------11---------11---------11---------11---------11------------11-------14-12p11------|
D|------12-14------12-14------12-14------12-14------12-14------12-14---------12-14----------14---|X12
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

(play palm muted till the end of the song here)

     .  .  .    .  .  .    .  .  .    .  .  .    .  .  .    .  .  .       .  .  .     ~~    h
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---11---------11---------11---------11---------11---------11------------11-------14-12p11------|
D|------12-14------12-14------12-14------12-14------12-14------12-14---------12-14----------14---|X3 
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|


     .  .  .    
e|--------------|
B|--------------|
G|---11---------| X8 till end of song (fade-out)
D|------12-14---|
A|--------------|
E|--------------|


And there you go!
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