Black Sabbath - Paranoid ( Album ) bass tab
BLACK SABBATH-PARANOID(1970)THE AlBUM
Track listing:
#1 War Pigs/Likes wall
#2 Paranoid
#3 Planet Caravan
#4 Iron man
#5 Electric Funeral
#6 Hand of Doom
#7 Rat Salad
#8 Fairies wear boots.
The tuning is in all songs EADG
Key:
/ Slide up
Slide down
X ghost note
(b) bend
R or Rest rest
h hammer on
p pull off
H hold
#1 WAR PIGS/ LIKES WALL
Intro(likes wall)
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------7s9-7-5-------|
A|-7----7-5---7-5-5h7-5---5-5h7--5--5-5-(5)---5---5--5---------7-5---|
E|----------7-----------7-------------------7---7------------------7-|
|----------------------------------7h9-9-9-9-|
|:------------5b5.5-(5)------5-7-9-----------|
|:-7--7-7-5-------------7--7-----------------|
|-----------7--------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-----------------------7b8-5--------:|
|-5--5-5-(5)---5---5--5-------7-5----:|
|------------7---7----------------7---|
|-------------------------7-7-7-7-7-7-7--------------7-9-------7-5---------|
|---------------------5h7----------------------5-7-9---------------7-5b6---|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-5--------------------7-7-7-----------5-5-5-----------7-|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Verse ''generals gathered in their masses''
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-5-7----------------------5-7------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
4 times repeat
|------------------------------------------------|
|:----------------------------------------------:|
|:-5-7----------------------5-7-----------------:|
|------------------------------------------------|
Interlude??
|-----------------------------9-7-(7)-------|
|---------------------------9---------9-7-5-|
|-5-7---------10-9--8--8--7-----------------|
|-------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------5b6---|
|-5-7---------10-9--8--8--7--5h7-------|
|--------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------9-7-(7)-------|
|---------------------------9---------9-7-5-|
|-5-7---------10-9--8--8--7-----------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------5b6---|
|-5-7---------10-9--8--8--7--5h7-------|
|--------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------5----6-7-8-------------------5b6-|
|-7-7-0-0-7-x-7---7---7-5h7----7-------7-7-7---7---7-5h7-----|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------5----6-7-8-------------------5b6----|
|-7-7-0-0-7-x-7---7---7-5h7----7-------7-7-7---7---7-5h7--------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
I think this is the verse.
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|:---------------------------5----------------------------5--|
|:-7-7-7-7-7-x-7---7---7-5h7----7-7-7-7-7-x-7---7---7-5h7----|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------5-|---------------------------5----:|
|-7-7-7-7-7-x-7---7---7-5h7---|-7-7-7-7-7-x-7---7---7-5h7------:|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
Interlude?
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------5b6----6-7-8-------------------5b6-|
|-7-------7-x-7---7---7-5h7------7--------7--7---7---7-5h7-----|
|---5-6-7------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------5b6----6-7s8-7-------------------5b6----|
|-7-x-----7-x-7---7---7-5h7------7---------7-x-7---7---7-5h7--------|
|-----6-6-----------------------------------------------------------|
Verse
|------9-9----------------------------9-9-----------------------|
|:---------------------------5b6----------------------------5b6-|
|:-7-7-----7-x-7---7---7-5h7------7-7-----7-x-7---7---7-5h7-----|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----9-9----------------------------9-9---------------------------|
|---------------------------5b6----------------------------5b6----:|
|-7-7-----7-x-7---7---7-5h7------7-7-----7-x-7---7---7-5h7--------:|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
Interlude
|------------------------------9-7-(7)-------|
|:---------------------------9---------9-7-5-|
|:-5-7---------10-9--8--8--7-----------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------5b6--:|
|-5-7---------10-9--8--8--7--5h7------:|
|--------------------------------------|
During 1st guitar solo
|-----9-9-----9-------9-------9----------9-9---9-------x-9-----9------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-7-7-----7-7---7-(7)---7-7-7---7-7--7-7-----7---7-(7)-----7-7---7-7--|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9------9-9-7-7----------------------|
|----------------------------------------------9---------5---5b6----|
|-7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7----7-7-----------7-7-5h7---7--------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------7---7-9s10s9-|
|---5-7s8-7-5b6-(5)---5-(5)-7s9---9----------|
|-------------------7------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|-9-7--------------------------------------------|
|-----9-7-5b6-(5)-7b9-(7)-(7)-7-5---5---5b6-(5)--|
|---------------------------------7---7----------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------7---7-9h10-9-|
|-------------5b6-(5)-7h9---9----------|
|-7-5---5-7-7--------------------------|
|-----7--------------------------------|
|-7------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---8-7-9-5-7b9-(7)-(7)-7-5-------5b6----7-5-------------------5b6---5b6---|
|---------------------------7-5--------7-----5-7-7-7-(7)-7-5-------7-------|
|-------------------------------7----------------------------7-------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|---5-7b8-7-5b6-(5)---5b5.5-(5)---5b5.5---5b6-(5)---5-|
|-7-----------------7-----------7-------7---------7---|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|-(5)-7s9-7-5-7p5---5b6-------5b5.5------|
|-----------------7-----7-5---------7----|
|---------------------------7------------|
|-------7-(7)---7h9-10-(10)-9-7-----------|
|---7-9-------9-----------------9-7-9-5-7-|
|-7---------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|-8-7-5---5-------5b6---5-7b8-(7)-7-5b6-(5)--|
|-------7---7-5-7-----7----------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------7-9-9-7-----------------|
|-----------------------------5b6-(5)----5-7b8-7-9---------9-7-5b6-(5)-7-56|
|-7-5---5-7-7-7-(7)--------------------7-----------------------------------|
|-----7-------------4-5-(5)-7----------------------------------------------|
|-----9-----9-----9-----9-----9------9-----9-----9-----9-----9--------|
|---9-----9-----9-----9-----9------9-----9-----9-----9-----9-----9----|
|-7-----7-----7-----7-----7-----7------7-----7-----7-----7-----7------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-9-----9-----9-----9-----9-----9-|
|-----9-----9-----9-----9-----9---|
|---7-----7-----7-----7-----7-----|
|---------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------7---7---7---|
|----------------------------------------7-----5---------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-(7)-7-7-7-7--7s5-5-5-5-5-(5)---5-------5-----|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------7h9-9-7h9-9-7h9-9------------------7-5--------|
|-------5-7-(7)-9----------------------------------7-----7-5----|
|-7-7-7------------------------------5-5-5-5-5-(5)-----------7--|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|-7------rest------------7--------5-(5)---5-5-5---5-------|
|---------------------------7-(7)-------7-------7---------|
|------------------------------------------|
|----5-(5)b6---------5---5---5b6-----------|
|-7----------7-(7)-7---7---7---------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------5-----------------|
|-7--------5-(5)---5-5-5-5-5-------|
|----7-(7)-------------------------|
|-------------------------------------9-------------9-9-|
|----5-(5)b6---------5---5---5--------------------------|
|-7----------7-(7)-7---7---7----7-7-7---7-7-(7)-7-7-----|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------9-------------9-9--------9-------------9-9----|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-7-7-7---7-7-(7)-7-7------7-7-7---7-7-(7)-7-7--------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-------9-------------9-9--------7-----------------5-|
|----------------------------------------------5h7---|
|-7-7-7---7-7-(7)-7-7------5-5-5---5-5-(5)-5-5-------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|-------7-----------------5---|
|---------------------5h7-----|
|-5-5-5---5-5-(5)-5-5---------|
|-----------------------------|
|-------5-----------------3--------5---------5p3-------3-5-|
|---------------------3h5------------------------5-3h5-----|
|-3-3-3---3-3-(3)-3-3--------3-3-3---3-3-(3)---------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|-2--2--2-(2)-3-3-3--2--2--2-2-2-5---|
|------------------------------------|
2nd solo
|-------------------------------------------|
|--------------7-5------------4-5-4-(4)-----|
|-7--7-7---7-7-----7--5--5--5-----------5---|
|--------7--------------------------------7-|
|---------------7-9-9-9-9-------------------------------|
|:--------7-5----------------------7-4-5-7-4-(4)--------|
|:-7--7-7-----7------------5--5-5----------------7-5----|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
5 times repeat
|------------7-9-9-7h9-9-7h9-9----------------------------|
|------5-7-9---------------------------7-5---7-5-(5)---5-:|
|-7--7--------------------------5-5-5------7---------7---:|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------7-9-9-9-9------------------------------|
|--------7-5----------------------7-4-5-7-4-(4)-------|
|-7--7-7-----7------------5--5-5----------------7-5---|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
Outro
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|-7-----------5--7-----------5--7-7-7-7-7-7-(7)-7-7-7-7-|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-(7)-7-7-7-7---7-7-7-7-7-7-(7)-7-7-7-5--7----------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
#2 Paranoid
Intro,Geezer comes in with a slide.
G|-----------7-9---7-9--------7-9---7-9--|
D|--------7-9---7-9--------7-9---7-9-----|
A|-2/7-7-7------------7-7-7--------------|
E|---------------------------------------|
Main riff
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------5-----|
|-7777777777777777-55555555-5-7--|
|--------------------------------|
Chorus
|-------------5--7------------------|
|:-----------5--7------------------:|
|:-77777777-3--5--7777777777777777-:|
|-----------------------------------|
Variation of main riff.
This is a variation of the main riff with a lick that's derived from the intro
|-----------------7-9--------------------|
|-------------7-9----------------5-------|
|-777777777777--------55555555----5-7----|
|----------------------------------------|
Bridge.''Can you help me?Occupy my brain!!''
|-------------------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-7777777777777777-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5----|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
This is how's the song built.
intro x1
main riff x2
chorus x1(remember the repeat)
main riff x1
vari x1
bridge
main riff x2
vari x2
main riff x4
vari x2
main riff x2
chorus x1(remember the repeat)
vari x2
main riff x1
vari x1
#3 Planet Caravan
Main riff.
G|------------7----------|
D|:--------7-9----7-7-5-:|
A|:-7--7-7-----5-5------:|
E|-----------------------|
Variation
G|------9-9-----|
D|----------7-7-|
A|-7-7----------|
E|--------------|
I don't know exactly how the song's built.
#4 Iron Man
Main riff
G|-----------------------------|
D|-----------------------------|
A|--5-5-77-10-9-10-9-10-55-77--|
E|-7---------------------------|
Chorus,brige whatever.
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------7-6-7-6-7--------------7-6-7-6-5--------------|
|------5----------7------------5---------7-----------5-----------|
|---77--7-6-5-5-5------------77-7-6-5-5-5----------77-7-6-5-5-5--|
''Nobody wants him.He just stares at the world.''
|-------9-7----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----9----9-7-5-----4-5-4-----------------7-8-9--------------7-8-9--|
|-7-------------5-5-------5-----5-7-7-7-8-9--------5-7-7-7-8-9-------|
|----------------7-----------7-7----------------7-7------------------|
Pre-solo
|---------------------------------------|
|-11-9---------------11-9---------------|
|-----11-10-9-7----------11-10-9-7------|
|--------------7-9-9--------------7-9-9-|
During guitar solo.
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------9h11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|
|----------------------------------------7-7-9-11--------------------------|
|7h9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-7h9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-7h9--9--------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------12-10-9-------------------------|
|9h11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-9h11-11-11-11-11-------9h11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------9------------------------------------------|
|9h11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-9h11---11-9-7-----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------11-9-7-7-7------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------7h9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-7h9-9|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------9h11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-9-9-9-9-9-9-7h9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-7h9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|9h11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-9h11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-9h11-11-11-11-11-11-11|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------|
|11--Pre-solo again.|
|-------------------|
|-------------------|
Start of the outro.(I don't know exactly how many notes geezer plays
but he plays it with a pic.The outro also.I play it with my fingers.)
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|--------------------------------------------------|
Outro(don't know exaclty how many notes.)
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-767-7-7-7-7-7-7-545-5-5-5-5-5-5-323-3-3-3-3-3-212-2-2-2-2-2-2-2|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
At the end:
|-------------|
|-------------|
|-2-3-2-3-2-3-|
|--------4----|
#5 Electric Funeral
Main riff,without vocals.
G|-----4-5-4-----------|
D|-------------4-5-4---|
A|-7-7-------7---------|
E|---------------------|
Main riff with vocals.''reflex in the sky,warn you you gonna die''
|This riff is always------|------------------|
|played at the beginning--|------------------|
|---2-1-0---of the main --|----------2-1-0---|
|-0------3--w.out vocals--|--0-0-0-0------3--|
The song speeds up.
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|-------------7-6-5----------------------|
|-000000000000-0-0--continue and speed up|
Very fast riff.
|------12-12-12-----12-12-12|
|-2-0-2--------2-0-2--------|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
''Buildings crashing down to a cracking ground''I call it bridge
|9-12-14-12-14-16-9-12-14-12-16-14-12--|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
''electric funeral''I call this the EF riff
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|-7-6-5-------7-6-5------7-6-5-----|
|------7-6-5-------7-6-5------7-6-5|
end of fast riff
|-7-7-7-9/12-7-7-7-9/12-7-7-7-9/12hold|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
This is how the song is built.
Main riff without vocals x4
Main riff with 8x
Main riff without 4x
Main riff with x8
Speed up
Fast riff 1x
Bridge x2
Fast riff x2
Bridge x4
Ef Riff x1
End x1
Main riff without x4
Main Riff with x8
Main riff without till the end.
#6 Hand of Doom
Main riff(also for the louder riff of this,but geezer throws some licks in then)
G|----------------------|
D|----------------------|
A|-3-3/5-5-5--5-55------|
E|----------------3-4-5-|
Here are some things that geezer does when the loud riff's playing.
|---------7-7-7-7-7|-----------------------|
|------------------|-----------------------|
|33/5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5|33/5-5-5--5-55/13------|
|------------------|-----------------3-4-5-|
Then,the song speeds up.
|Geezer changes the ends of this riff many-----|
|times,just listen to the bass.----------------|
|--------------------6-5-------------------5-6-|
|-8888888888888888-66---8888888888888888-66----|
"oh you,you know you must be blind''
|------------10-10-10-8----|
|----------------------10--|
|---6-5-8-8-6--------------|
|-8----6-------------------|
|------------|
|-----------:|
|-3-6-------:|
|----1-3-3---|
|------------------|
|-----------------:|
|-----------------:|
|-9-8-8-8-8-8-8-88-|
Solo is from a D-Major scale.I only know the end.
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|-888-6-88888-66-88--|
|--------|
|-------:|
|-3-1---:|
|----3---|
Just piece together,It's very,very easy.
#7 Rat Salad
!--------------------------------------------|------------------|
!----5---3--------------------5---3----------|------------------|
!------------5------------------------5------|--------3-3h4-----|
!----------------3-----------------------3-|--3--5---------6--|
riff 1 2x riff 2
---------------------------|--------------------3----|----------|
---------------------------|----------------3h5----5-|----------|
--3h4-----3h4-----3h4------|----------3--4-----------|---------3|
-------6-------6--------6--|---3---6-----------------|--3---6---|
(watch out for the bends that are in this riff.)
---------3-----3---5-5--3---------------3-----3---5-5--3-----|
----3h5-----5--------------5--3------------5--------------5--|
-4-------------------------------5-4-3-----------------------|
-------------------------------------------------------------|
main riff
------------------------------3--------|
--5--5------3-----5--5-----3-----5--5--|
---------5-----5--------5--------------|
---------------------------------------|
#8 Fairies wear boots.
It's a very though song!!
G-----------------------------------|
D---55-3---55-3----55-3--5-3-5-3----|
A-------5------5-------5----5---5---|
E-3------3------3-3-----------------|
G---------------------------------------------|
D---------5-77-5-77------5-77-5-77--7-5-7-5---|
A------5-7------------5-7---------5----5---5--|
E--5-5-------------5-5------------------------|
G------------------------------------------------|
D--------------7---9-7---------9-7------7-9-7----|
A------6-7---9---9-----9-7---9-----9-7-9-9---9-7-|
E--7-7---------------------7---------------------|
G-------------|
D--------2x---|
A--7--5-------|
E------7--5---|
G--------------------------------------------------------------------|
D-----------------9----11-9------------11-9---------9----11-9--------|
A-------7-9-10-11---11------11-9----11------11-9-11---11------11-----|
E-7-8-9---------------------------9-------------------------------9-9|
G--------------------------------|--------------|
D-----------------9----11-9------|--------2x----|
A-------7-9-10-11---11------11-9-|--7--5--------|
E-7-8-9--------------------------|--------7--5--|
Going home late last night
G------------------------|
D--------3--5------------|
A---------5--------------|
E-33-66------33-66-33-1--|
G---------------------------------------------------------|
D---------------------3-5----5-5--5-3--------5-5-5-3-----:|
A----------------3-5-----------------5-3------------5-3--:|
E--3--3-3--3-3--5----------3---------------3--------------|
Solo,groove with notes.
G--------------------3-5/6-5-3-3-5/6-3--------------------------------|
D-----------------3-5---------5-------5-3-----------------------------|
A--1-3/4--1-3/4--5-------------------------1--3/4-3-1--1--3/4-3-1-----|
E-3------3--------------------------------3----------3-------------3--|
G--5-3--3-----------------|-------------------|
D-----5---5---------------|-555555555555555555|repeat the 2nd,3th and 4th
A-------------1-3/4--3-1--|-------------------|riff.
E-----------3-------------|-------------------|
Outro
G-----12--12--12----12-10-10-10--10--|
D------------------------------------|
A---10--10--10--1010--8--8--8--88----|
E------------------------------------|
