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Black - Sabbath - A National Acrobat guitar tab

Title - A National Acrobat 1974

Artist - Black Sabbath

Album - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath

4/4 Time

Notation h = hammer on

p = pull-off

b = bend

\ = slide down

/ = slide up

. = staccato, don't let ring

r = rest

x = mute notes

Note - I worked this out on an acoustic guitar

So it is bound to have inaccuracies,

(especially with the hammer on and pull off)

Please add corrections

Riff 1 - 2 Bars - Intro repeat 4 times

e|--------------------------------------------------------|

B|--------------------------------------------------------|

G|---------------------------------------2----------------|

D|----------------------3--2----------------5------2-3-2--|

A|3h5--5.-5---5-3-5-3-5------3-5-5-5-5-3------3-----------|

E|-----------------------------------------------5--------|

Riff 2 - 2 Bars

D F C G

e|------------------------------------|

B|------------------------------------|

G|7---7--7----------5---5--5----------|

D|7---7--7-3---3--3-5---5--5-5---5--5-|

A|5---5--5-3---3--3-3---3--3-5---5--5-|

E|---------1---1--1----------3---3--3-| + riff 1

I am the world that hides the universal secret of all time

Destruction of the empty spaces is my one and only crime

Riff 3 - 2 Bars

Bb ? F G

e|------------------------------------|

B|------------------------------------|

G|1--1-1---2--2-2---------------------|

D|3--3-3---3--3-3---3--3-3---5--5-5---|

A|3--3-3---0--0-0---3--3-3---5--5-5---|

E|---------1--1-1---1--1-1---3--3-3---| + riff 1

I've lived a thousand times, I found out what it means to be believed

The thoughts and images, the unborn child that never was conceived.

Verse 2

When little worlds collide I'm trapped inside my embryonic cell

And flashing memories are casting into he never ending well

The name that scorns the face, the child that never sees the cause of man

The deathly darkness that belies the fate of those who never ran

Riff 4 - 2 Bars

e|-------------------------------------------------5----|

B|----------------------------------6\---x-x-x-x---6----|

G|----------------------------------5\---x-x-x-x---5----|

D|-----------------3----------------4\---x-x-x-x--------|

A|3h5.-r-r-3h5-3h5---5-3---3h5.-r-5-5\---x-x-x-x-5------|

E|-----------------------5----------------------------5-|

ran |try pull off to open strings on electric

Repeat Riff 4 for the rest of the lyrics and solo

Lyric

You've got to believe me. I'm talking to you

Well I know it's hard for you to know the reason why

And I know you'll understand more when it's time to die

Don't believe the life you have will be the only one

You have to let your body sleep to let your soul live on

I want you to listen. I'm trying to get through

Love has given life to you and now it's your concern

Unseen eyes of inner life will make your soul return

Still I look but not to touch, the seeds of life are sown

The curtain of the future falls, the secret stays unknown

Solo

Just remember love is life and hate is living death

Treat your life for what it's worth and live for every breath

Looking back I've lived and learned, but now I'm wondering

Here I wait and only guess what this next life will bring. Ha Ha

Riff 5 - 1 Bar

e|------------------------|

B|------------------------|

G|------------------------|

D|------------------------|

A|3/5--5-3--3-------------|

E|------------5\3--3-1--1-| X 3

Riff 6 - 1 Bar

e|--------------------------------|

B|--------------------------------|

G|--------------------------------|

D|7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|

A|7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|

E|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|

Riff 7 - 2 Bars

e|-----------------------------------------------|

B|-----------------------------------------------|

G|------4-------------4-7-4--------4-------------|

D|4-5-7----7--7-4-5-7--------4-5-7---7--5-4------|

A|-----------------------------------------------|

E|-----------------------------------------------| X 2

Riff 8- 2 Bars As above but start at 9th fret

e|------------------------------------------------------|

B|------------------------------------------------------|

G|--------9---------------9-12-9\--------9--------------|

D|9-10-12----12---9-10-12--------9-10-12---9--10-9------|

A|------------------------------------------------------|

E|------------------------------------------------------|

Then Riff 7

Riff 9

use 4th finger for 7,

1st finger for 5 then 3(stretch)

e|------------------------------|

B|------------------------------|

G|------------------------------|

D|--------------5-----3---5-3---|

A|7---7-7-7-7-7-3-----1---3-1---|

E|5---5-5-5-3-0-----------------| X 4

Riff 10 - 1st 2 bars

e|-----------------------------------|

B|-----------------------------------|

G|-----------------------------------|

D|----7-7-----5-7-----5-7---7-7p5----|

A|----------7-------7------------7---|

E|5----------------------------------|

2nd 2 bars

e|-----------------------------------|

B|-----------------------------------|

G|--------------9b--p7p5--9b--p7p5---|

D|----7-7-----5---------7---------7p5|

A|----------7------------------------|

E|5----------------------------------|

Repeat riff 10 X 2

Riff 11 - 1 bar

e|----------------|

B|----------------|

G|----------------|

D|777775777775----|

A|------------650-|

E|----------------| X 8

Riff 10

e|----------------|

B|----------------|

G|----------------|

D|5---4---5---4---|

A|3---2---3---2---|

E|----------------| X 4

Then strum 1/16 speed and slide up the neck

For 2 bars and finish on an A

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