BLACK SABBATH - "a national acrobat" Tablature

From cedric.simillion@rug.ac.be Fri Apr 18 10:30:43 1997
Date: Fri, 4 Apr 1997 21:43:05 +0200
From: Cedric Simillion <cedric.simillion@rug.ac.be>
Subject: tab: "A National Acrobat" by Black Sabbath

Hi,
I would appreciate it if you would submit this file to the archive. For
one of the best Sabbath songs (I was amazed that it hadn't already been
posted).Would it be possible to mail me back (at
cedric.simillion@rug.ac.be,my brother's e-mail account,since mine is
only active within a week.)
THANK YOU for your attention and amazing archive !
BLACK SABBATH : A NATIONAL ACROBAT
from the album Sabbath Bloody Sabbath

Transcription by Thomas Simillion (hansolo@mail.dma.be)
This may not be the exact version, but is definitely a way to play it.

Tune all strings 2 frets down

Used symbols :

v - vibrato
h - hammer next note
p - pull off to next note
b - bend to pitch next note
r - release bend
> - articulate
\ - slide high to low/next note
/ - slide low to high/next note
P.M.- palm muted

Main Riff (1):

D-------------------------------------------------------
A-------------------------------------------------------
F------->->---------------------->->--5h4---------------
C--0h2--2-2--0h2--0h2--5-4--0h2--2-2------5--0-4h5------
G--------------------------------------------------5(v)-
D-------------------------------------------------------

Fill 1 :

D------------------------------------------------------
A------------------------------------------------------
F------------7-7---------------------------------------
C--2-2--5-5--7-7--5-5----------------------------------
G--2-2--5-5--5-5--5-5----------------------------------
D--0-0--3-3-------3-3----------------------------------

I am the world that hides...


Riff 2 :

I think Iommi uses some kind of device here :

D----------------------------------------------------
A----------------------------------------------------
F-------------------------------12\-----------12\----
C--0h2--0-0h2-0h2-5-4-0--0-0h2--12\--0-0-0-0--12\----
G----------------------------------------------------
D----------------------------------------------------
|- P.M.-|

Main Solo (The one on the right track) :

D--------------------------------------14p11----------------------------
----
A--14p11----14p11-13-14p11-13-14p11----------14--14p11----14p11---------
----
F--------11-------------------------13-----------------11-------13-13-13
p11-
C-----------------------------------------------------------------------
----
G-----------------------------------------------------------------------
----
D-----------------------------------------------------------------------
----

D-------------------------14b16-14b16-14b16r14-11----11-11--------------
----
A-------------------------------------------------14-------14-----------
----
F----13-13-13-13b14r13-11-------------------------------------15\13\11--
----
C-13--------------------------------------------------------------------
----
G-----------------------------------------------------------------------
----
D-----------------------------------------------------------------------
----

D----------------------------------13b14-13b14-13b14-13b14-13b14-11----1
1---
A-------------------------------------------------------------------14--
----
F-13b15r13-11-13-13b15r13-11--------------------------------------------
----
C----------------------------13-13--------------------------------------
----
G-----------------------------------------------------------------------
----
D-----------------------------------------------------------------------
----

D----11-11\---------------------------------------14b16-14b16-14b16r14-1
1---
A-14-------14b16-14-11--------------------------------------------------
----
F----------------------13p11-13p11-13-13b14r13-11-----------------------
----
C-----------------------------------------------------------------------
----
G-----------------------------------------------------------------------
----
D-----------------------------------------------------------------------
----

D-14p11-----------------------------------------------------------------
----
A-------14-14p11----14p11-----------------------------------------------
----
F----------------13-------13-13b15r13-11-13-13b15r13-11-----------------
----
C-------------------------------------------------------13-11-13\-------
----
G-----------------------------------------------------------------------
----
D-----------------------------------------------------------------------
----


Fill 2 :
This part 3 x
D-------------------------------------|---------------
A-------------------------------------|---------------
F--7--7-7--2--------7--7-7--2---------|---------------
C--7--7-7--2-----5--7--7-7--2-----5---|-/9-9-9-9------
A--5--5-5--0--0--5--5--5-5--0--0--5---|-/9-9-9-9------
D----------------3----------------3---|-/7-7-7-7------

And into riff 3a :

D-----------------------------------------------------
A-----------------------------------------------------
F-----------------------------------------------------
C-----0--2/4--2-----0--2/4/6--2-----0--2/4--2--0------
G--4-------------4---------------4----------------4---
D-----------------------------------------------------

Riff 3b:

D-----------------------------------------------------
A-----------------------------------------------------
F-----0--2/4--2-----0--2/4/6--2-----0--2/4--2--0------
C--4-------------4---------------4----------------4---
G-----------------------------------------------------
D-----------------------------------------------------


...And into some semisolo - psychedelic things that I haven't
transcribed.

Here's the lyrics / songflow :

Riff 1 x 2
Riff 1 x 2 (second guitar enters)

Fill 1 I am the ...
/Riff 1 the universal ...
Fill 1 Destruction of the ...
/Riff1 is my one and only crime

a
n I've lived a ...
d I found out what it ...
The thoughts ...
s The unborn child that ...
o
When little ...
o I'm trapped inside ...
n And flashing m...
are cast into the ...
u
n The name that ...
t The child that never ...
i The deathly darkness ...
l the fate of those ...
.
.
.
Riff 2 x...

Riff 2 Well I know it's hard for you ....
.

Solo
w/Riff2
Just remember love ....

Looking back I've ....
(Ha Ha !)
Fill 2

Riff 3a x2
Riff 3b
Riff 3a
...

Hey ! Somebody got Sabracadabra or Killing yourself to live ?
I can't seem to find it on the net.
Comments,corrections,donations : hansolo@mail.dma.be






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