• Song:

    Sabbath Bloody Sabbath

  • Artist:

    Black Sabbath

  • Album:

    The Best of Black Sabba...

Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
Album - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
Bassist - (The Greatest) Terry "Geezer" Butler

Bass tuned down 1 1/2 step

Intro (0:00)

 E|----------------------------------------------------------------|
 B|---------------------------------------------------------------*|
F#|--5h7-7-7-7---7-7-5h7-7-7-7--7-7---3----5--5---7--7--10--7--2--*|
C#|----------------------------------------------------------------|

1st Verse (x4) (bass fig 1) (0:14)

 E|------------------------------------------------------------------|
 B|----------------------------------------------------------------*-|
F#|--5h7-7-7-7---7-7-5h7-7-7-7--7-7--3----5--5---7--7--10---10--7-*-|
C#|------------------------------------------------------------------|

1st Chorus  (x3) (bass fig 2) (0:43)

 E|----------------------------------------------------/7--7--------7---------7----------|
 B|-7-----7--7------7--7--7--7---------7------7-----5---------5---5--------5-------5--6--|
F#|--------------7------------------7------7---------------------------------------------|
C#|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Then for the 4th time play this 

 E|-------------------------------------------7---------------------7--7--7--7--7--7----|
 B|-7-----7-7------7---7--7-------7-------7-------7---7-----------7---------------------|
F#|-------------7--------------7------7-------------------5---5-------------------------|
C#|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Then play the 1st verse riff once then play....

 E|----------------------------------------5------7----------------------------|
 B|--------------------------------------5------7------------------------------|
F#|--5h7-7-7-7---7-7-5h7-7-7-7--7-7---3------5------7---7--10--10---7----7--7-|
C#|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Play bass fig 1 4 times(1:25)

 E|----------------------------------------5------7------------------------------|
 B|--------------------------------------5------7-----------7--7--7--------------|
F#|--5h7-7-7-7---7-7-5h7-7-7-7--7-7---3------5------7---7-------------7----7--7-|
C#|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Play bass fig 1 once

2nd Chorus, play bass fig 2, 3 times (1:54)
Guitar solo, play fig 1 twice, then (2:25)

 E|----------------------------------------5------7----------------------------|
 B|--------------------------------------5------7------------------------------|
F#|--5h7-7-7-7---7-7-5h7-7-7-7--7-7---3------5------7---7--10--10---7----7--7-|
C#|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Then fig 1 once more

 E|------------------------------------------------------------------|
 B|----------------------------------------------------------------*-|
F#|--5h7-7-7-7---7-7-5h7-7-7-7--7-7--3----5--5---7--7--10---10--7-*-|
C#|------------------------------------------------------------------|

Interlude (3:01)

 E|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
 B|-7--7-7-7----7-7-7-----7---7---7--5-----4-4------------4----5---7-/-|
F#|-----------7---------7---7-----------------------7--7---------------|
C#|--------------------------------------------------------------------|

 E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 B|-7--7-7-7----7-7-7-----7---7---7--5-----4-4------------4----5---7-/--------|
F#|-----------7---------7---7-----------------------7--7-----------------2----|
C#|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

This part is played twice (3:19)
 E|-------------------------------------------|
 B|------------------------------------------*|
F#|------------------------------------------*|
C#|-0--0--3--2--3--2--3--0-----0--3--2--3--4--|

Bridge (x8) (3:26 1st time and 4:13 2nd time)

 E|-------------------------------------------|
 B|------------------------------------------*|
F#|------------------------------------------*|
C#|-0--0--3--2--3--2--3--0-----0--3--2--3--4--|

Instrumental Break (3:53 1st time and 4:41 the second)

 E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 B|-----------5-5-4-------------------5-5-4------------------5-5-4--------4---------|
F#|---------------------7-7-----------------------7-7-----------------7-7--------2--|
C#|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Ok, then it goes back to the part right before the bridge, it plays the bridge again and 
the instrumental again, then goes to..

(this part at 4:52 is in 9/8 time) (4:42)

 E|----------------|
 B|----------------|
F#|-2------2-7-9---|
C#|----------------|

Outro (double time, switches to 12/8 time)(4:55)

 E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
 B|-9--9---------9--9---------9--9-9-7---9--9--------9--9-9-7---9--9------|
F#|--------7--9---------7--9-----------9--------7--9----------9------7-9--|
C#|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|

Bass fig 3 (play that round 18 times maybe and than fade out...)

 E|-----------------------------------|
 B|-9---9--9--7------9---9----------7-|
F#|---------------9----------7--9-----|
C#|-----------------------------------|


End.

Tabbed By: SaV
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