BLACK SABBATH - "ironman" Tablature
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#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the #
#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #
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~From: Babis Patrikakis <bpatr@theseas.ntua.gr>
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
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------------------|
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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-------|
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RIFF 2
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--------------------------------|6-5-6-5-6p5---------------------|
3-------6-------6---8---8-------|------------6---6---8---8-------|
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RIFF 3
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------------1-----------------
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3---3---3-----------3-------2---|1---1---1-------0---1---1---2---|
--------------------------------|--------------1-----------------|
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------------1-------------------|--------------------------------|
3---3---3-----------3-------2---|1---1---1-----------------------|
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RIFF 4
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10------------------------------|8-------------------------------|
8-------------------------------|6-------------------------------|
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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---------------------|
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RIFF 6
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7---5---------------------------|--------------------------------|
------------7-------6-------5---|----3---------------------------|
--------------------------------|------------3---3-h-5---5-------|
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RIFF 7
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--------------------------------|--
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(3)-------------R---------------|1-------------------------------|
RIFF 8A
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8-p-6---8-------------------6h8-|6-------------------------------|
--
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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 <wimvan@com>
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
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---------------------------------------------------------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-----------------------------
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(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------------------[------------------------]--------------------
----------------------------------[------------------------]----------------
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[-------------]--------------------p-------------9-----b----b---------------
----[-------------]-----p------------12^9-----9----------12^--12^--12-------
--------[-------------]---11^9-----------------11---------------------------
------------[-----RIFF--1-]-------------------------------------------------
----------------[-------------]---------------------------------------------
--------------------[-------------]-----------------------------------------
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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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