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{title: Smooth} {artist: Santana} {time: 4/4} {tempo: 116} {key: Am} {duration: 4:56} {meta: author Frans-Willem Post, 2026-05-06} {start_of_part: Intro} [Am] [F] [E7] [Am] [F] [E7] [Am] [F] [E7] [Am] [F] [E7] {end_of_part} {start_of_verse: Verse 1} man, it's a [Am]hot one, [F] [E7] like seven inches from the [Am]midday sun [F] [E7] well, I hear you whisper and the [Dm7]words melt every[Bdim7]one, but [E7/G#]you stay so [Am]cool [F] [E7] {end_of_verse} {start_of_verse: Verse 2} my mune[Am]quita, [F] [E7] my Spanish Harlem Mona [Am]Lisa [F] [E7] you're my reason for [Dm7]reason [Bdim7] the [E7/G#]step in my [Am]groove [F] [E7] {end_of_verse} {start_of_chorus: Chorus 1} and if you [Am]said, this life [F] ain't [E7]good enough I'd [Am]give my world [F] to [E7]lift you up I could [Am]change my life [F] to [E7]better suit your [Dm7]mood [F/C] [Bdim7] [G]cause you're so [Bsus4/F#]smooth [E7] {end_of_chorus} {start_of_chorus: Chorus 2} and it's [Am]just like the ocean [E7]under the moon well, that's the [Am]same the emotion that I [E7]get from you you [Am]got the kind of loving that could [E7]be so smooth [Dm7]give me your heart, make it [E7]real or else forget about it {end_of_chorus} {start_of_part: Link} [Am] [F] [E7] [Am] [F] [E7] {end_of_part} {start_of_verse: Verse 3} well, I'll tell you [Am]one thing, [F] [E7] if you would leave it'd be a [Am]crying shame [F] [E7] in every breath and every [Dm7]word, I hear your [Bdim7]name [E7/G#]calling me [Am]out [F] [E7] {end_of_verse} {start_of_verse: Verse 4} out from the [Am]barrio [F] [E7] you hear my rhythm on your [Am]radio [F] [E7] and you feel the turning of the [Dm7]world [F/C]so soft and [Bdim7]slow it's [E7/G#]turning you [Am]'round and [F] [E7]'round {end_of_verse} {start_of_chorus: Chorus 3} and if you [Am]said, this life [F] ain't [E7]good enough I'd [Am]give my world [F] to [E7]lift you up I could [Am]change my life [F] to [E7]better suit your [Dm7]mood [F/C] [Bdim7] [G]cause you're so [Bsus4/F#]smooth [E7] {end_of_chorus} {start_of_chorus: Chorus 4} and it's [Am]just like the ocean [E7]under the moon well, that's the [Am]same the emotion that I [E7]get from you you [Am]got the kind of loving that could [E7]be so smooth [Dm7]give me your heart, make it [E7]real or else forget about it {end_of_chorus} {start_of_part: Solo} [Am] [F] [E7] [Am] [F] [E7] [Am] [F] [E7] [Am] [F] [E7] [Am] [F] [E7] [Am] [F] [E7] [Am] [F] [E7] [Dm7] [F/C] [Bdim7] [Bsus4/F#] [E7] {end_of_part} {start_of_chorus: Chorus 5} and it's [Am]just like the ocean [E7]under the moon well, that's the [Am]same the emotion that I [E7]get from you you [Am]got the kind of loving that could [E7]be so smooth [Dm7]give me your heart, make it [E7]real or else forget about it {end_of_chorus} {start_of_part: Outtro, repeat} [Am] [F] [E7] or else forget about it {end_of_part}