Black Sabbath - A national acrobat (2)
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This may not be the exact version, but is definitely a way to play it. Tune all strings 2 frets down Used symbols : v - vibrato h - hammer next note p - pull off to next note b - bend to pitch next note r - release bend > - articulate \ - slide high to low/next note / - slide low to high/next note P.M.- palm muted Main Riff (1): D------------------------------------------------------- A------------------------------------------------------- F------->->---------------------->->--5h4--------------- C--0h2--2-2--0h2--0h2--5-4--0h2--2-2------5--0-4h5------ G--------------------------------------------------5(v)- D------------------------------------------------------- Fill 1 : D------------------------------------------------------ A------------------------------------------------------ F------------7-7--------------------------------------- C--2-2--5-5--7-7--5-5---------------------------------- G--2-2--5-5--5-5--5-5---------------------------------- D--0-0--3-3-------3-3---------------------------------- I am the world that hides... Riff 2 : I think Iommi uses some kind of device here : D---------------------------------------------------- A---------------------------------------------------- F-------------------------------12\-----------12\---- C--0h2--0-0h2-0h2-5-4-0--0-0h2--12\--0-0-0-0--12\---- G---------------------------------------------------- D---------------------------------------------------- |- P.M.-| Main Solo (The one on the right track) : D--------------------------------------14p11-------------------------------- A--14p11----14p11-13-14p11-13-14p11----------14--14p11----14p11------------- F--------11-------------------------13-----------------11-------13-13-13p11- C--------------------------------------------------------------------------- G--------------------------------------------------------------------------- D--------------------------------------------------------------------------- D-------------------------14b16-14b16-14b16r14-11----11-11------------------ A-------------------------------------------------14-------14--------------- F----13-13-13-13b14r13-11-------------------------------------15\13\11------ C-13------------------------------------------------------------------------ G--------------------------------------------------------------------------- D--------------------------------------------------------------------------- D----------------------------------13b14-13b14-13b14-13b14-13b14-11----11--- A-------------------------------------------------------------------14------ F-13b15r13-11-13-13b15r13-11------------------------------------------------ C----------------------------13-13------------------------------------------ G--------------------------------------------------------------------------- D--------------------------------------------------------------------------- D----11-11\---------------------------------------14b16-14b16-14b16r14-11--- A-14-------14b16-14-11------------------------------------------------------ F----------------------13p11-13p11-13-13b14r13-11--------------------------- C--------------------------------------------------------------------------- G--------------------------------------------------------------------------- D--------------------------------------------------------------------------- D-14p11--------------------------------------------------------------------- A-------14-14p11----14p11--------------------------------------------------- F----------------13-------13-13b15r13-11-13-13b15r13-11--------------------- C-------------------------------------------------------13-11-13\----------- G--------------------------------------------------------------------------- D--------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fill 2 : This part 3 x D-------------------------------------|--------------- A-------------------------------------|--------------- F--7--7-7--2--------7--7-7--2---------|--------------- C--7--7-7--2-----5--7--7-7--2-----5---|-/9-9-9-9------ A--5--5-5--0--0--5--5--5-5--0--0--5---|-/9-9-9-9------ D----------------3----------------3---|-/7-7-7-7------ And into riff 3a : D----------------------------------------------------- A----------------------------------------------------- F----------------------------------------------------- C-----0--2/4--2-----0--2/4/6--2-----0--2/4--2--0------ G--4-------------4---------------4----------------4--- D----------------------------------------------------- Riff 3b: D----------------------------------------------------- A----------------------------------------------------- F-----0--2/4--2-----0--2/4/6--2-----0--2/4--2--0------ C--4-------------4---------------4----------------4--- G----------------------------------------------------- D----------------------------------------------------- ...And into some semisolo - psychedelic things that I haven't transcribed. Here's the lyrics / songflow : Riff 1 x 2 Riff 1 x 2 (second guitar enters) Fill 1 I am the ... /Riff 1 the universal ... Fill 1 Destruction of the ... /Riff1 is my one and only crime a n I've lived a ... d I found out what it ... The thoughts ... s The unborn child that ... o When little ... o I'm trapped inside ... n And flashing m... are cast into the ... u n The name that ... t The child that never ... i The deathly darkness ... l the fate of those ... . . . Riff 2 x... Riff 2 Well I know it's hard for you .... . Solo w/Riff2 Just remember love .... Looking back I've .... (Ha Ha !) Fill 2 Riff 3a x2 Riff 3b Riff 3a ...
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