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Paranoid Bass Tab by Black Sabbath, 


       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

I don't have everything exactly(I'm sure fairies wear boots and war pigs),
because I've run out of time.
I have also no rythyms added.Please Rate.
Good luck!

#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------------------------------------|

Enjoy!!!
O yeah,one more thing, all of the songs are tuned
a very very little bit higher than normal.

TABBED BY:JUSTIN VAN UUM



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