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BLACK SABBATH
As recorded by Iced Earth
(From the 2002 Album TRIBUTE TO THE GODS)
Transcribed by Russ Elton (webmaster@abysslord.com)
Words and Music by Black Sabbath
Arranged by Russ Elton (webmaster@abysslord.com)
Gtr I (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Distortion Guitar'
Gtr II (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Clean Guitar'
Gtr III (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Lead Guitar'
Gtr IV (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Harmony Guitar'
Intro
Q=67
G5 C#5 G5 C#5
4/4
Gtr I
H H W H H W
||------------|----------|-----------|-------||||o-----------|----------|-----------|------o||||-------7----|----------|------7----|-------||||-------5----|-6--------|------5----|-6-----||||o-5---------|-4--------|-5---------|-4----o||||--3---------|----------|-3---------|-------||
Verse N.C. H H W H H W 5x||------------|----------|-----------|-------||||o-----------|----------|-----------|------o||||------------|----------|-----------|-------||||-------5----|----------|------5----|-------||||o-----------|-4--------|-----------|-4----o||||--3---------|----------|-3---------|-------||
Bridge G5 C#5 G5 C#5 H H H H H H W|-----------|--------------|-----------|------||-----------|--------------|-----------|------||------7----|--------------|------7----|------||------5----|-6------------|------5----|-6----||-5---------|-4----4tr5----|-5---------|-4----||-3---------|--------------|-3---------|------|
G5 C#5 G5 C#5 H H H Q. E H H W|-----------|------------------|-----------|------|||-----------|------------------|-----------|------|||------7----|------------------|------7----|------|||------5----|-6----------------|------5----|-6----|||-5---------|-4----4tr5--------|-5---------|-4----|||-3---------|-------------/12\-|-3---------|------||
Verse N.C. H H W H H W|-----------|----------|-----------|------||-----------|----------|-----------|------||-----------|----------|-----------|------||------5----|----------|------5----|------||-----------|-4--------|-----------|-4----||-3---------|----------|-3---------|------|
Gtr II W W H E E E E +E Q. +H||------------|----------|--------------|------------------||||o-----------|----------|------------3-|-(3)-------------o||||------------|----------|--------2-3---|-----3----(3)-----||||------------|----------|--------------|------------------||||o-----------|----------|--------------|-----------------o||||------------|----------|--------------|------------------||
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| Gtr I| H H W H H W||------------|----------|--------------|------------------||||o-----------|----------|--------------|-----------------o||||------------|----------|--------------|------------------||||-------5----|----------|------5-------|------------------||||o-----------|-4--------|--------------|--4--------------o||||--3---------|----------|-3------------|------------------||
W W H E E E E Q Q +H|-----------|----------|--------------|----3--(3)----||-----------|----------|------------3-|--------------||-----------|----------|--------2-3---|-3------------||-----------|----------|--------------|--------------||-----------|----------|--------------|--------------||-----------|----------|--------------|--------------|
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| H H W H H W|-----------|----------|--------------|--------------||-----------|----------|--------------|--------------||-----------|----------|--------------|--------------||------5----|----------|------5-------|--------------||-----------|-4--------|--------------|-4------------||-3---------|----------|-3------------|--------------|
W W E Q. Q Q E E E E E E E E|-----------|----------|--------------|------------------|||-----------|----------|--------------|------------------|||-----------|----------|--------2-----|-2---2-3-2---2-3--|||-----------|----------|---3-------3--|---3-------3------|||-----------|----------|--------------|------------------|||-----------|----------|--------------|------------------||
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| H H W H H W|-----------|----------|--------------|------------------|||-----------|----------|--------------|------------------|||-----------|----------|--------------|------------------|||------5----|----------|--------5-----|------------------|||-----------|-4--------|--------------|-4----------------|||-3---------|----------|-3------------|------------------||
Bridge G5 C#5 G5 C#5 Gtr I H H H H H H W|-----------|--------------|-----------|------||-----------|--------------|-----------|------||------7----|--------------|------7----|------||------5----|-6------------|------5----|-6----||-5---------|-4----4tr5----|-5---------|-4----||-3---------|--------------|-3---------|------|
G5 C#5 G5 C#5 G5 H H H Q. E H H W W|-----------|------------------|-----------|----------|------|||-----------|------------------|-----------|----------|------|||------7----|------------------|------7----|----------|------|||------5----|-6----------------|------5----|-6--------|------|||-5---------|-4----4tr5--------|-5---------|-4--------|-5----|||-3---------|-------------/12\-|-3---------|----------|-3----||
Verse
Q.=135
N.C.
12/8
Gtr III
PM----------------------------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 10x||--------------------------|--------------------------||||o-------------------------|-------------------------o||||----------5-7-8-7-5---5-7-|---------5-7-8-7-5---5-7--||||--5-5-5-8-----------8-----|-5-5-5-8-----------8------||||o-------------------------|-------------------------o||||--------------------------|--------------------------||
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| Gtr I
| PM----------------------------------------------|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 10x||--------------------------|--------------------------||||o-------------------------|-------------------------o||||--------------------------|--------------------------||||--------------------------|--------------------------||||o---------3-5-6-5-3---3-5-|---------3-5-6-5-3---3-5-o||||--3-3-3-6-----------6-----|-3-3-3-6-----------6------||
Bridge G5 F E5/B Eb5/Bb Gtr I W. W. W. W.|---------------|---------------|---------------|-------|||---------------|---------------|---------------|-------|||---------------|-2-------------|---------------|-------|||-5-------------|-3-------------|-9-------------|-8-----|||-5-------------|-3-------------|-7-------------|-6-----|||-3-------------|-1-------------|-7-------------|-6-----||
Guitar Solo G5 F E5/B Gtr III ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~ W. H. +Q E Q. H. +Q. Q.|----------------|---------------------|---------------------||----------------|---------------------|---------------------||----------------|---------------------|-3-------(3)---5b7---||-/5-------------|-3-------(3)--3h5----|---------------------||----------------|---------------------|---------------------||----------------|---------------------|---------------------|
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| Gtr I| W. W. W.|----------------|---------------------|---------------------||----------------|---------------------|---------------------||----------------|-2-------------------|---------------------||--5-------------|-3-------------------|-9-------------------||--5-------------|-3-------------------|-7-------------------||--3-------------|-1-------------------|-7-------------------|
Eb5/Bb ~~~~ Q. +E +E E +E E E +Q.|-----------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------||-5b7====(5)r(5)-5b7==(5)r---5b7==(5)r----||-----------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------|
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| W.|-----------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------||-8---------------------------------------||-6---------------------------------------||-6---------------------------------------|
G5 TP TP TP ~~~~~~~~~ Q. Q. Q. Q.|---------------------------------------||--3-----6------------8--------10-------||---------------------------------------||---------------------------------------||---------------------------------------||---------------------------------------|
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| PM---------------------------|
| Q. E S S E E E E E E E|---------------------------------------||---------------------------------------||---------------------------------------||-12------------------------------------||-10----10--10-10-10-10--10-10-10--10-0-||---------------------------------------|
F5 ~~~~~~ ~~~~~~ +Q E Q +E +E +E E +Q.|-----------------------------------------------||-(10)--8-10b11r====(10)-(10)b11r(10)-8-(8)-----||-----------------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------------|
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| PM---------------------------------|
| Q. E S S E E E E E E E|-----------------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------------||--10-------------------------------------------||---8------8----8-8---8----8-------8--8--8--8-0-||-----------------------------------------------|
E5 Eb5 ~~ Q. Q. E Q Q. Q Q Q Q Q E E|-15----15--------18p15---15------|-18---17---15-----17---18---17-18-||---------------------------------|----------------------------------||---------------------------------|----------------------------------||---------------------------------|----------------------------------||---------------------------------|----------------------------------||---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
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| PM---------------------| PM--------------------|
| Q. E S S E E E E E E E Q. E S S E E E E E E E|---------------------------------|----------------------------------||---------------------------------|----------------------------------||---------------------------------|----------------------------------||--9------------------------------|--8-------------------------------||--7-----7--7-7-7--7--7-7--7--7-0-|--6------6--6-6-6--6-6--6-6--6--0-||---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
G5 E E E E E E E E E E E E|-18p15----17p15-------20p15----18p15----||-------15----------15-------15-------15-||----------------------------------------||----------------------------------------||----------------------------------------||----------------------------------------|
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| PM------------------------|
| Q. E S S E E E E E E E|----------------------------------------||----------------------------------------||----------------------------------------||-12-------------------------------------||-10-------10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--0-||----------------------------------------|
F5 E E E E E E E E E E E E|-17p15----20p15------18p15----17p15----||-------15---------15-------15-------15-||---------------------------------------||---------------------------------------||---------------------------------------||---------------------------------------|
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| PM-----------------------|
| Q. E S S E E E E E E E|---------------------------------------||---------------------------------------||---------------------------------------||-10------------------------------------||--8--------8--8-8--8--8--8--8--8--8--0-||---------------------------------------|
E5 E +E E E +E E E +E E E +E E|-------------------------------------------------------------------||--------------15----------------15--------------15--------------15-||-17b19==(17)r----17b19==(17)r------17b19==(17)r----17b19==(17)r----||-------------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------|
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| PM--------------------------------------------|
| Q. E S S E E E E E E E|-------------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------||--9----------------------------------------------------------------||--7---------------7-------7---7--7--7-------7----7--7-------7----0-||-------------------------------------------------------------------|
Eb5 ~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~ E +Q E E E E +Q +Q.|----------------------------------------------------|||----------------------------------------------------|||-17b19==(17)r--17-17p==15-17b19==(17)---(17)r-------|||----------------------------------------------------|||----------------------------------------------------|||----------------------------------------------------||
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| PM--------------------------------|
| Q. E S S E E E E E S S E|----------------------------------------------------|||----------------------------------------------------|||----------------------------------------------------|||--8-------------------------------------------------|||--6-------------6--6-6--6--6-------6--6---6---6-6-0-|||----------------------------------------------------||
G Gtr IV ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ H. +Q. Q.||----------------------------------------|||o-12----------------(12)-------12-------|||----------------------------------------|||----------------------------------------|||o---------------------------------------|||----------------------------------------|
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| Gtr III| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| H. +Q. Q.||----------------------------------------|||o---------------------------------------|||--12----------------(12)-------12-------|||----------------------------------------|||o---------------------------------------|||----------------------------------------|
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| Gtr I
| PM---------------------------|
| Q. E S S E E E E E E E||----------------------------------------|||o---------------------------------------|||----------------------------------------|||---9------------------------------------|||o-10----10-10-10-10--10--10-10-10--10-0-|||----------------------------------------|
F ~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Q. +E E E Q. +E E E|---------------------------------------||-10----(10)-10---12-13------(13)-12p10-||---------------------------------------||---------------------------------------||---------------------------------------||---------------------------------------|
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| ~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~| Q. +E E E Q. +E E E|---------------------------------------||---------------------------------------||-10----(10)-10---12-14------(14)-12p10-||---------------------------------------||---------------------------------------||---------------------------------------|
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| PM-------------------------|
| Q. E S S E E E E E E E|---------------------------------------||---------------------------------------||---------------------------------------||--7------------------------------------||--8------8---8-8--8--8--8-8---8---8--0-||---------------------------------------|
1. Em Eb ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ H. +Q. Q. Q. +E E E H.|--------------------------------|----------------------------------|||-12------------(12)-----12------|-11----(11)-11p==10-8------------o|||--------------------------------|----------------------------------|||--------------------------------|----------------------------------|||--------------------------------|---------------------------------o|||--------------------------------|----------------------------------||
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| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| H. +Q. Q. Q. +E E E H.|--------------------------------|----------------------------------|||--------------------------------|---------------------------------o|||-12------------(12)-----12------|-12----(12)-12p==10-8-------------|||--------------------------------|----------------------------------|||--------------------------------|---------------------------------o|||--------------------------------|----------------------------------||
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| PM---------------------| PM--------------------|
| Q. E S S E E E E E E E Q. E S S E E E E E E E|--------------------------------|----------------------------------|||--------------------------------|---------------------------------o|||--------------------------------|----------------------------------|||--5-----------------------------|--5-------------------------------|||--7----7-7-7-7---7--7-7--7--7-7-|--6------6---6-6--6-6--6-6-6-6-0-o|||--------------------------------|----------------------------------||
2. Eb ~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ Q. +E E E H.|------------------------------------|||-11----(11)-11p==10-8---------------|||------------------------------------|||------------------------------------|||------------------------------------|||------------------------------------||
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|~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~| Q. +E E E H.|------------------------------------|||------------------------------------|||-12----(12)-12p==10-8---------------|||------------------------------------|||------------------------------------|||------------------------------------||
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| PM----------------------|
| Q. E S S E E E E E S S E|------------------------------------|||------------------------------------|||------------------------------------|||--5---------------------------------|||--6------6---6-6--6-6--6-6-6-6-6-0--|||------------------------------------||
Outro G5 F G5 Gtr I W. W. W.|---------------|---------------|---------------||---------------|---------------|---------------||---------------|-2-------------|---------------||-5-------------|-3-------------|-5-------------||-5-------------|-3-------------|-5-------------||-3-------------|-1-------------|-3-------------|
F G5 F W. W. W.|---------------|---------------|-------||---------------|---------------|-------||-2-------------|---------------|-2-----||-3-------------|-5-------------|-3-----||-3-------------|-5-------------|-3-----||-1-------------|-3-------------|-1-----|
G5 F E Q E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E|-----------------------|-----------------------||-----------------------|-----------------------||-----------------------|-2----2-2-2-2----2-2-2-||-5----5-5-5-5----5-5-5-|-3----3-3-3-3----3-3-3-||-5----5-5-5-5----5-5-5-|-3----3-3-3-3----3-3-3-||-3----3-3-3-3----3-3-3-|-1----1-1-1-1----1-1-1-|
G5 F5 G5 E Q Q. H. E E E E Q H.|-------------------|------------------*||-------------------|------------------*||-------------------|------------------*||-5-----------------|-5-3-3-5----------*||-5-----------------|-5-3-3-5----------*||-3-----------------|-3-1-1-3----------*|
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Duration Legend
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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
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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
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| - 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
