OYE COMO VA (Bassline)
As recorded by Santana
(From the 2000 Album OYE COMO VA)




 Words and Music by Tito Puente



Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Standard'


    Medium Latin Q=128
   4/4
    Gtr I
    E E Q  E E E E   Q  E E E E E E   E E Q  E E E E
||-----------------|--------7---5---|----------------|
||o-7--------7-----|------7---------|-7--------7-----|
||o--------------5-|----------------|--------------5-|
||-----------------|----------------|----------------|


  H    E E E E  4x q  E E E E E E   E E E E E E q
|------7---5----||----------------|----------------|
|--------------o||-7--7-7---7-7-7-|---7-7-7--------|
|--------------o||----------------|---------5-5-5--|
|---------------||----------------|----------------|


  q  q  E E E E   E E q  Q  q      E E Q  E E E E
|---------------|--------------||-----------------|
|-7--7--7-7-----|--------------||o-7--------7-----|
|-------------5-|---5-5-----5--||o--------------5-|
|---------------|--------------||-----------------|


  Q  E E E E E E   E E Q  E E E E   H    E E E E
|--------7---5---|----------------|------7---5----||
|------7---------|-7--------7-----|--------------o||
|----------------|--------------5-|--------------o||
|----------------|----------------|---------------||


                                     Guitar Solo
  q  E E E E E E   E E E E E E q      E E Q  E E E E
|----------------|----------------||-----------------|
|-7--7-7---7-7-7-|---7-7-7--------||o-7--------7-----|
|----------------|---------5-5-5--||o--------------5-|
|----------------|----------------||-----------------|


  Q  E E E E E E   E E Q  E E E E   H    E E E E  5x
|--------7---5---|----------------|------7---5----||
|------7---------|-7--------7-----|--------------o||
|----------------|--------------5-|--------------o||
|----------------|----------------|---------------||


    E E Q  E E E E   E E Q  Q  Q   3x     E E Q  E E E E
||-----------------|---------------||-||-----------------|
||o-7--------7-----|---4-5--6--7--o||-||o-7--------7-----|
||o--------------5-|--------------o||-||o--------------5-|
||-----------------|---------------||-||-----------------|


                   1.,2.
  Q  E E E E E E   E E Q  E E E E   H    E E E E
|--------7---5---|----------------|------7---5----||
|------7---------|-7--------7-----|--------------o||
|----------------|--------------5-|--------------o||
|----------------|----------------|---------------||


                                     Organ Solo
  3.
                            |-3-|
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E q q q     E E Q  E E E E
|-----------------|---------------||-----------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-||o-7--------7-----|
|-----------------|---------------||o--------------5-|
|-----------------|---------------||-----------------|


  Q  E E E E E E   E E Q  E E E E   H    E E E E  6x
|--------7---5---|----------------|------7---5----||
|------7---------|-7--------7-----|--------------o||
|----------------|--------------5-|--------------o||
|----------------|----------------|---------------||


  E E Q  E E E E   H    E E E E   q  E E E E E E
|----------------|------7---5---|----------------|
|-7--------7-----|--------------|-7--7-7---7-7-7-|
|--------------5-|--------------|----------------|
|----------------|--------------|----------------|


  E E E E E E q      E E Q  E E E E   Q  E E E E E E
|----------------||-----------------|--------7---5---|
|---7-7-7--------||o-7--------7-----|------7---------|
|---------5-5-5--||o--------------5-|----------------|
|----------------||-----------------|----------------|


  E E Q  E E E E   H    E E E E     E E E E E E E E
|----------------|------7---5----||-----------------|
|-7--------7-----|--------------o||-----------------|
|--------------5-|--------------o||-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|----------------|---------------||-----------------|


                                              |-3-|
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E Q Q Q
|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|


   Guitar Solo II
    E E Q  E E E E   Q  E E E E E E   E E Q  E E E E
||-----------------|--------7---5---|----------------|
||o-7--------7-----|------7---------|-7--------7-----|
||o--------------5-|----------------|--------------5-|
||-----------------|----------------|----------------|


  H    E E E E  6x q  E E E E E E   E E E E E E q
|------7---5----||----------------|----------------|
|--------------o||-7--7-7---7-7-7-|---7-7-7--------|
|--------------o||----------------|---------5-5-5--|
|---------------||----------------|----------------|


  q  q  E E E E   E E q  Q  q
|---------------|--------------*|
|-7--7--7-7---7-|---7----------*|
|---------------|-----5-----5--*|
|---------------|--------------*|




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Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for.  Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests.  Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for.  Low
melody durations appear below the staff

Tablature Legend
----------------
 h   - hammer-on
 p   - pull-off
 b   - bend
 pb  - pre-bend
 r   - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
 /\  - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
 s   - legato slide
 S   - shift slide
 - natural harmonic
[n]  - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
 ~   - vibrato
 tr  - trill
 T   - tap
 TP  - trem. picking
 PM  - palm muting
\n/  - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
 \n  - tremolo bar down
 n/  - tremolo bar up
/n\  - tremolo bar inverted dip
 =   - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
  - volume swell (louder/softer)
 x   - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
 o   - on rhythm slash represents single note slash

Misc Legend
-----------
 |  - bar
||  - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*|  - double bar (ending)
 :  - bar (freetime)
 $  - Segno
 &  - Coda
Tempo markers -  = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths