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




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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