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~From: Babis Patrikakis
IRON MAN - BLACK SABBATH
As every Black Sabbath song it consists of many little
riffs
which are (in order of appearance):
INTRO
--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
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(3)-----R-------1---------------|--------------------------------|
RIFF 1
--------------------------------|-- -- -- -- ------
------------------|
--------------------------------|-- -- -- -- ------------------------|
--------------------------------|-- -- -- -- ------------------------|
5-------8-------8---10--10------|13 12 13 12 13--8---8---10--10------|
3-------6-------6---8---8-------|11 10 11 10 11--6---6---8---8-------|
--------------------------------|-- -- -- -- ------------------------|
RIFF 2
--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
--------------------------------|-----------------------------
---|
--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
--------------------------------|6-5-6-5-6p5---------------------|
3-------6-------6---8---8-------|------------6---6---8---8-------|
--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
RIFF 3
--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
------------1-----------------
--|--------------------------------|
3---3---3-----------3-------2---|1---1---1-------0---1---1---2---|
--------------------------------|--------------1-----------------|
--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
------------1-------------------|--------------------------------|
3---3---3-----------3-------2---|1---1---1-----------------------|
-----
---------------------------|--------------------------------|
RIFF 4
--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
10------------------------------|8-------------------------------|
8-------------------------------|6-------------------------------|
--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
RIFF 5
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|--------------------------------|
--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
------------------------3-4-5---|------------------------3-4-5---|
5---5-------3---3-4-5-----------|5---5-------3---3-4-5-----------|
3---3---3-6---------------------|3---3---3-6---------------------|
--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
RIFF 6
--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
7---5---------------------------|--------------------------------|
------------7-------6-------5---|----3---------------------------|
--------------------------------|------------3---3-h-5---5-------|
--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
RIFF 7
--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
--------------------------------|--
------------------------------|
--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
(3)-------------R---------------|1-------------------------------|
RIFF 8A
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--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
8-p-6---8-------------------6h8-|6-------------------------------|
--
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--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
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--------------------------------|_____3_____-----_____3_____-----|
--------------------------------|5----6----5-----6----5(6)-------|
8-p-6---8-----------------------|--------------------------6-----|
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tr.
RIFF 8B (end of song)
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8-p-6---8-----------------------|
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Some explanations:
1.For the intro and RIFF 7 you must fret the low E string on the 1st
fret, prebend a whole step and then release (that's what the R means).
2.Blank columns (as in Riff 1) do not count in timing. They are used
only to distinguish the tab numbers.
3.p=p
ull-off h=hammer on
Song flow and lyrics:
[Intro] X3
[Riff 1] X2
w/Riff 2
Has he lost his mind? Can he see or is he blind?
Can he walk at all? Or if he moves will he fall?
[Riff 1]
w/Riff 2
Is he 'live or dead? Has he thoughts within his head?
We'll just pass him there. Why should we even care?
[Riff 3]
[Riff 1] X2
w/Riff 2
He was turned to steel in a great magnetic field
Where he traveled time for the future of mankind
w/Riff 4
Nobody wants him. He just stares at the world
[Riff 5]
w/Riff 4
Planning his
vengeance that he will soon unfold
[Riff 5]
[Riff 1] X2
w/Riff 2
Now the time is here for Iron Man to spread fear
Vengeance from the grave kills all the people he once saved
w/Riff 4
Nobody wants him. They just turn their heads
[Riff 5]
w/Riff 4
Nobody hepls him. Now he has his revenge
[Riff 5]
{Double Time}
[Riff 6] X2
[Solo 1]
[Riff 6] X2
{Half Time}
[Riff 5] X2
[Riff 1] X2
w/Riff 2
Heavy bolts of lead, fills his victims full of dread
Running as fast as they can, Iron Man lives again
[Riff 3]
{Double Time
. Bass enters}
[Riff 7] X2
[Riff 8A] X2
[Solo 2]
[Riff 8A] X3
[Riff 8B]
Date: Thu, 6 Jun 1996 22:00:20 -0500 (CDT)
From: Wim van Drongelen
Black Sabbath "Ironman Solo #1" of CD Paranoid
tabbed by Casper van Drongelen (Wimvan@itis.com) E-Mail me if you have
any questions or comments
If there is a " ^ " look above it what to do. P=Pull off H=Hammer SL=Slide
B=Bend
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------9----p--------9-9--
---p----------------------------p---------h----sl------9--9-----11^9--------
-----11^9--------------h---7---9----9^7------7-^9--9-^11------------------11
---------------11---------7^9-----------------9-----------------------------
------------------------
(Riff 1)
--------------[----------------9----p--]------------------------------------
------------------[------b(1)---9-----12^9-]---b(1)-----9-------------------
------------h---------[-9--11^-----------------]-11^-----------9---9--------
---------------9^11--11---[------------------------]------------------------
11---9-9--11------------------[------------------------]--------------------
----------------------------------[------------------------]----------------
------------------------
[-------------]--------------------p-------------9-----b----b---------------
----[-------------]-----p------------12^9-----9----------12^--12^--12-------
--------[-------------]---11^9-----------------11---------------------------
------------[-----RIFF--1-]-------------------------------------------------
----------------[-------------]---------------------------------------------
--------------------[-------------]-----------------------------------------
------------------------[-------------]-------------------------------------
--------------------------
b b
---------12^--12^---12--------
---9-9------------------------
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That's it, its pretty easy exept for Riff 1 you have to hold your hand in a
specific position to do it,it is very fast
wimvan@itis.com
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