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Hold On

Santana
Tab
4.5(9)

This is tablature — fret positions rather than chord names. Wide lines scroll sideways on their own, so the page never does.

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Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 13:07:12 -0400

From: jordan L <jordanlockert@yahoo.com>

Subject: s/santana/hold_on.tab

artist: Santana

song: Hold On

album: Best of Santana

tablature explanation:

h=hammer on

p=pull-off

/=slide up(or indicates tremolo picking)

\=slide down

^=bend full

b=bend half

br=bend 3 semitones

^r or br=bend and release

key=G minor

transcribed by jordanlockert@yahoo.com

Solo 1:

...broken through

|--------------------------------------------6--8--^--10p8---6--10--6h8---|
|----------------------------------------/8-------------------------------|
|-5^-------3--3--5--------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------/5---3p0-----------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-1:39--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-17b---------17--15--17--17br--15h17p15----15--15------|
|---------------------------------------18--------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-1:47--------------------------------------------------|
|-18^---------18^---18-15------------------------------------|
|-------------------------18-15------------------------------|
|-------------------------------18-17-15----15-17--17^r^-----|
|----------------------------------------17------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|-1:51-------------------------------------------------------|

Solo 2:

...broken through

|-----------------------------------------6--6---6------6---8--8^---8^r-6----|
|-------------------------------------/8-------------8--------------------8--|
|-/7-------3----5------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------/5---3p0---------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-2:52--------------------------------2:55-----------------------------------|
|---5-6--8--6^---6------------------|
|-8---------------8p6--8--6^r-------|
|-----------------------------7-----|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-3:02------------------------------|
|-5b--5--3-----3---5p3----3-----3-------------|
|-----------6----------6-----6-----6^r\3------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|-3:07----------------------------------------|
|------------------15------------------|
|--------------18------18^--18^r-15----|
|-17^r-17--15--------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|-3:13---------------------------------|
|-15---17---18---18^--18^----18-----17---15--17p15------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------18p15------------------15-----|
|------------------------------------------------------17^-17p15---15-17----17^-|
|---------------------------------------------------------------17--------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-3:16--------------------------------------------------------------------------|

...the same ...this way

|-13p10-------------------------------20^---18-----------------|
|-------13^-13-10-----------------------------20---------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|-3:24--------------------------------3:28---------------------|

...without you

|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-15---16---17---18--17-16-15--------------------15---------|
|-----------------------------17^-17-15----15h17----15------|
|---------------------------------------17------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-3:33------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------15-17-17^--17p15------|
|----------------------------------15-------------------------|
|-17^-17--15h17------------17/18------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-3:38---------------------3:40-------------------------------|

...like you do

|-22b^-------22-21-20----20----20----20--22--20^------18-----|
|---------------------23----23----23---------------20--------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|-3:49-------------------------------------------------------|

...the same

|----17--------------18--------|
|-15--------------15-----------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|-3:54-------------------------|

...feel this way

|-18^-------18^----15----------------------------------------------|
|----------------18--18p15-----------------18p15-------------------|
|-------------------------17p15--15h17/19--------17p15--17p15------|
|------------------------------17---------------------17-----17----|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-3:58-------------------------------------------------------------|

...without you

|------------------------------------------------------------|
|-15//---15////////---15////////---15-18p15---------15-------|
|-----17^----------17^----------17^--------17p15h17^--15-----|
|-------------------------------------------------------17---|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|-4:03-------------------------------------------------------|
|-13------11--10----------------------------------10----------|
|-----------------13--11--10----------10--13---------11-------|
|-----------------------------12--11--------------------12----|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-4:07--------------------------------------------------------|

...like I do

|-----------------------------------------15--------------------|
|-18p15-15--18p15-15--18p15-15--18p15h18^---18p15-------15------|
|------------------------------------------------17p15----15----|
|-----------------------------------------------------17--------|
|-----------------------------------------******************----|

|-4:18------------------------------------(barely audible)------|

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