Black Sabbath

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BLACK SABBATH

As recorded by Iced Earth

(From the 2002 Album TRIBUTE TO THE GODS)

Transcribed by Russ Elton ([email protected])

Words and Music by Black Sabbath

Arranged by Russ Elton ([email protected])

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||

||------------|----------|--------------|------------------||

| 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------------|

|-----------|----------|--------------|--------------|

| 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------||

|-----------|----------|--------------|------------------||

| 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||

||--------------------------|--------------------------||

| 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----|---------------------|

|----------------|---------------------|---------------------|

| 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----|

|-----------------------------------------|

| W.

|-----------------------------------------|

|-8---------------------------------------|

|-6---------------------------------------|

TP TP TP ~~~~~~~~~

Q. Q. Q. Q.

|---------------------------------------|

|--3-----6------------8--------10-------|

|---------------------------------------|

| PM---------------------------|

| Q. E S S E E E E E E E

|---------------------------------------|

|-12------------------------------------|

|-10----10--10-10-10-10--10-10-10--10-0-|

|---------------------------------------|

~~~~~~ ~~~~~~

+Q E Q +E +E +E E +Q.

|-----------------------------------------------|

|-(10)--8-10b11r====(10)-(10)b11r(10)-8-(8)-----|

|-----------------------------------------------|

| 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-|

|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|

| 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-|

|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|

E E E E E E E E E E E E

|-18p15----17p15-------20p15----18p15----|

|-------15----------15-------15-------15-|

|----------------------------------------|

| PM------------------------|

| Q. E S S E E E E E E E

|----------------------------------------|

|-12-------------------------------------|

|-10-------10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--0-|

|----------------------------------------|

E E E E E E E E E E E E

|-17p15----20p15------18p15----17p15----|

|-------15---------15-------15-------15-|

|---------------------------------------|

| PM-----------------------|

| Q. E S S E E E E E E E

|---------------------------------------|

|-10------------------------------------|

|--8--------8--8-8--8--8--8--8--8--8--0-|

|---------------------------------------|

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----|

|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

| 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-------||

|----------------------------------------------------||

| 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-||

|----------------------------------------------------||

Gtr IV

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

H. +Q. Q.

||----------------------------------------|

||o-12----------------(12)-------12-------|

||----------------------------------------|

||o---------------------------------------|

||----------------------------------------|

| Gtr III

| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

| H. +Q. Q.

||----------------------------------------|

||o---------------------------------------|

||--12----------------(12)-------12-------|

||----------------------------------------|

||o---------------------------------------|

||----------------------------------------|

| 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-|

||----------------------------------------|

~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~

Q. +E E E Q. +E E E

|---------------------------------------|

|-10----(10)-10---12-13------(13)-12p10-|

|---------------------------------------|

| ~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~

| Q. +E E E Q. +E E E

|---------------------------------------|

|-10----(10)-10---12-14------(14)-12p10-|

|---------------------------------------|

| PM-------------------------|

| Q. E S S E E E E E E E

|---------------------------------------|

|--7------------------------------------|

|--8------8---8-8--8--8--8-8---8---8--0-|

|---------------------------------------|

Em Eb

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

H. +Q. Q. Q. +E E E H.

|--------------------------------|----------------------------------||

|-12------------(12)-----12------|-11----(11)-11p==10-8------------o||

|--------------------------------|----------------------------------||

|--------------------------------|---------------------------------o||

|--------------------------------|----------------------------------||

| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

| H. +Q. Q. Q. +E E E H.

|--------------------------------|----------------------------------||

|--------------------------------|---------------------------------o||

|-12------------(12)-----12------|-12----(12)-12p==10-8-------------||

|--------------------------------|----------------------------------||

|--------------------------------|---------------------------------o||

|--------------------------------|----------------------------------||

| 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||

|--------------------------------|----------------------------------||

~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~

Q. +E E E H.

|------------------------------------||

|-11----(11)-11p==10-8---------------||

|------------------------------------||

|~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~

| Q. +E E E H.

|------------------------------------||

|-12----(12)-12p==10-8---------------||

|------------------------------------||

| 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-------------|

|-3-------------|-1-------------|-3-------------|

F G5 F

W. W. W.

|---------------|---------------|-------|

|-2-------------|---------------|-2-----|

|-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-|

|-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----------*|

|-3-----------------|-3-1-1-3----------*|

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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

/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip

- 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

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