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Surrender your whole being to a note, and gravity disappears...wi th one chord

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Carlos Santana
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: June 20
Composer
Jazz Guitarist
Musician
Singer
Singer-Songwriter
Autlán
Carlos Augusto Alves Santana
Whole
Chord
Disappears
Chords
Gravity
Note
Surrender
Disappear
Notes

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