Black Sabbath Tabs & Lyrics by Iced Earth
Black Sabbath
guitar tabs lyrics
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---------------------------------------|
|-6---------------------------------------|
G5
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-|
|---------------------------------------|
F5
~~~~~~ ~~~~~~
+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-|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
G5
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-|
|----------------------------------------|
F5
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-|
|---------------------------------------|
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----|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|
| 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-||
|----------------------------------------------------||
G
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-|
||----------------------------------------|
F
~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~
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-|
|---------------------------------------|
1.
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||
|--------------------------------|----------------------------------||
2.
Eb
~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~
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-------------|
|-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----------*|
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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
\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
-----------
| - 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
