• Song:

    Sabbath Bloody Sabbath

  • Artist:

    Black Sabbath

  • Album:

    The Best of Black Sabba...

Band: Black Sabbath
Title: Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
Tuning: C#, A, D, G (I know it sounds kinda unwieldy, but just try it)
Key: - slide up 
     /- slide down 
     p- pull-off 
     h- hammer-on 
     ^- bend

Riff 1                                        
G |--|-----------------------------------------|
D |--|-----------------------------------------|
A |--|--2h4-4-4-4--4-2h4-4-4-4--4-0--2--4--7--4| x5
C#|\|-----------------------------------------|
                                         ^    
Chorus Riff                         x4  "Fill your head all full of lies"               
G |---|----------------9---9---9-10-11|--4---4---4---4-4-4-4-4-4|
D |---|-------------------------------|-------------------------|
A |--9|--9-9-9--9-9--7---7---7-7-8--9-|----2---2---2------------|
C#|---|-------------------------------|-------------------------|
                                    |__Start from beginning of riff after last octave. 

Riff 1 x5 (on fourth time play the riff shown below)

Riff 1 variation
G |--------------------------------2-----4-----|
D |------------------------------2-----4-------|
A |--2h4-4-4-4--4-2h4-4-4-4--4-0-----2-----4--9|
C#|--------------------------------------------|
                                              ^
Chorus Riff x4

G |--4---4---4-4-4---4---4---4-4-4-4-4-4|
D |-------------------------------------|
A |----2---2---2-2-2---2---2------------|
C#|-------------------------------------|

Riff 1 x5 (Riff 1 variation 3rd time)

Bridge
G |---------------------------------------------------------------|
D |--4--4-2-4--4-2-4-4-2-1---------4--4-2-4--4-2-4-4-2-1----------|
A |------------------------4-2-4\-----------------------4-2-0-2--|
C#|--------------------------------------------------------------7|

Riff 2                       x10                 x2   
G |-----------------------------|--6-6-6-4-6-6------|--6-6-6-4-6-6----------| Repeat entire Riff 2.
D |-----------------------------|--------------2-1--|--------------2-1------| Hold on last note while
A |-----------------------------|------------------4|------------------4-2--| guitar does light feedback.
C#|--0-0-3p2-3p2-3p0-0-0-3p2-3-4|-------------------|----------------------7|
                                |__Pause for guitar line, then play.

G |--------------------------------------------------| Play until song's fadeout
D |--------------------------------------------------| is complete.
A |--9h11-11-11-9-11-11--9-11-11-11p9-9-11-11-9-11-11|
C#|--------------------------------------------------|
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