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 
quarter" step down. It's almost standard, but the original song doesn't fit stan

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)-
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---12
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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