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Black Sabbath [Tony Iommi!?], 1972 (from _Vol._4_) -- transcribed/tabbed for two guitars: tcg, '81, '89, '94 -- 4/4 // keys: D, F/Dm, C // Andante (pretty slow) -- Sequence: A1-A2-B-A1-A1-A3 (note repeat signs & textual notes) [may wanna throw out an "A" or two--unless you got a string orchestra!--like Sabbath--to keep "building" interest....] -- chords & notes easy enough, but timing "hellacious," so had to resort to the dreaded w-h-q-e-s-t shorthand: w = whole note; h = half; q = quarter; e = eighth; s = sixteenth q. = dotted quarter (etc.); [q] = quarter rest (etc.) q-q = tied quarters (also, ===== another aid to duration) q3 q3 q3 = quarter triplets (etc.) A:: GUIT 1 [first note an upbeat sixteenth: 1-&-2-duh-duh-duh-duh-dah] ---||----------------------------------|------------------------------------| ---||----------------------------------|---------------------------------0--| ---||o---------------------------------|-----------------------------0-2----| ---||o-----2/4-5-42-4================-|-----------------2/4-5-42-4--------| ---||----------------------------------|------------------------------------| ---||----------------------------------|------------------------------------| || [e.] s s s s s h [q-e.] s s s s s s s s s | GUIT 2 | || D [up&down "drag" strum] | ---||--------2---2=======--------------|---------2---2=======---------------| ---||--------3---3=======--------------|---------3---3=======---------------| ---||o-------2---2=======--------------|---------2---2=======---------------| ---||o--0================------0-------|---0=================------0--------| -0-||-----------------------0-----0----|-----------------------0-------0----| ---||----------------------------------|------------------------------------| e q e e---e e e e q e e-----e e e e [grace note] |--------------------------------------|------------------------------------| |----(0h)1-----------------------------|------------------------------------| |----------------2---2=================|===2====----------------------------| |--------------------------------------|------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------|------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------|------------------------------------| | q. e h---------------------q [h.] | | | | Dm7 | |------------5---5=======--------------|---------5---5======----------------| |------------6---6=======--------------|---------6---6======----------------| |------------5---5=======--------------|---------5---5======----------------| |--------3===============------3-------|---3================-------0--------| |---------------------------0-----0----|-----------------------0-------0----| |--------------------------------------|------------------------------------| q e e---e e e e q e e-----e e e e |--------------------------------------|------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------|---------------------------------0--| |--------------------------------------|-----------------------------0-2----| |----------2/4-5-42-4================-|-----------------2/4-5-42-4--------| |--------------------------------------|------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------|------------------------------------| | [e.] s s s s s h [q-e.] s s s s s s s s s | | | | D | |------------2---2=======--------------|---------2---2======----------------| |------------3---3=======--------------|---------3---3======----------------| |------------2---2=======--------------|---------2---2======----------------| |-------0================------0-------|---0================-------0--------| |---------------------------0-----0----|-----------------------0-------0----| |--------------------------------------|------------------------------------| q e e---e e e e q e e-----e e e e |--------------------------------------|------------------------------------| |----(0h)1-----------------------------|------------------------------------| |----------------2---2=================|===2====----------------------------| |--------------------------------------|------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------|------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------|------------------------------------| | q. e h---------------------q [h.] | | slow gliss sl.| | Dm7 G5 | |------------5---5=======--------------|---------5---5==========------------| |------------6---6=======--------------|---------6---6==========-----3-----| |------------5---5=======--------------|---------5---5==========-----0-----| |--------3===============------3-------|---3====================-----5-----| |---------------------------0-----0----|-----------------------------------| |--------------------------------------|------------------------------------| q e e---e e e e q e e-q q ___________________________________________________________________________ | A1:: -->to A::| |-------------------------------------|------------------------------------|| |--------2h3--2p0-----2==============-|--------2h3--2p0-----2=============-|| |-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------o|| |-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------o|| |-------------------------------------|------------------------------------|| |-------------------------------------|------------------------------------|| | [q] s s s s h [q] s s s s h || | || | Asus2 G5 Asus2 || |-------------------------------------|------------------------------------|| |---0=================0------3-------|---0=================0=====---------|| |---2=================2------0-------|---2=================2=====--------o|| |---2======---2=======2------5-------|---2======---2=======2=====---*----o|| |---------0===========0--------------|---------0===========0=====---0-----|| |-------------------------------------|------------------------------------|| q e e q q q e e q. e <_____________________________________> A2:: same as A1 ending, but omit *[final open "a" note]; go to B:: A3:: repeat & fade on measure 1 <____> of A1:: ending, all the while hoping your electric's in tune for "Supernaut"!... B:: [only GUIT1 shown; GUIT2: play chords as indicated] C Am ||------0---3---1--0h1p0-----0--------|-------------------------------------| ||--1--------------------3-------3-1--|--0-------0h1p0------0---------------| ||------------------------------------|------2----------2-------2=========--| ||------------------------------------|-------------------------------------| ||------------------------------------|-------------------------------------| ||------------------------------------|-------------------------------------| e e e e s3s3s3 e e s s e e s3s3s3 e e e-q G Bb(hold for 4)->A:: |-------------------------------|------------------------|-----------------|| |--3--1-0h1p0-----3--1-0h1p0----|------------------------|-----------------|| |--------------2--------------2-|--0------0----------0h2-h-3=============-o|| |-------------------------------|------------------------|----------------o|| |-------------------------------|------------------------|------GUIT2:--0--|| |-------------------------------|------------------------|-----------------|| e e s3s3s3 e e e s3s3s3 e q-e e-q. s s w e FINAL NOTE: This is as close to the recording as I could get ten years or so ago--but I recall that, when playing it with a guitar buddy, the Asus4 & G5 chords seemed to clash a bit with the "lead" melody, since the pitch ranges are so damn close. So I substituted the following voicings at one point, and it worked out pretty well: G5 Asus2 ______ ______ VII |||1|| VII |||||1 ||||2| |||||| |||||| |||2|| |||||4 ||||3| Now, about that string section....