BLACK SABBATH - "paranoid" Tablature

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In a previous article, bpatr@ntua.gr (Babis Patrikakis) says:


PARANOID - BLACK SABBATH

The following chords are the only ones used in this song (G2 means
only an alternative formation for G, it's not Gsus2 or something).

E D G C G2
-------------------------------
------------------------12-----
------------12----10----12-----
14----12----12----10----12-----
14----12----10----8------------
12----10-----------------------

Here are the rhythm figures used in the song (2'-' = 8th note)

FIGURE 1A

E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-|E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-|D-D-D-D-D-D-D-D-|G-D-----E---G2--|

FIGURE 1B

E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-|E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-|D-D-D-D-D-D-D-D-|G-D-----E-------|

FIGURE 2

E---------------|C-------D-------|E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-|E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-|

FIGURE 3

E---------------|----------------|D---------------|----------------|

INTRO (4'-' = 8th note)
--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
--------------------------------|--------12-h14----------12------|
(12)h14-----(12)h14-----(12)h14-|12-h14----------12-h14------14--|
12----------12----------12------|--------------------------------|

KEY:
h = hammer on
(12) = this note hardly takes time to sound

Finally, song flow and lyrics (Figure 1 = Figure 1A + Figure 1B)

[INTRO] X4
w/Figure 1
Finished with my woman cause she ...
People think I'm insane because I am ...
[Figure 2] X2
w/Figure 1
All day long I think of things but ...
Think I'll lose my mind if I don't ...
w/Figure 3
Can you help me? Are you for my ...
[Figure 1A] X2
w/Figure 1
I need someone to show me the things ...
I can't see the things that make ....
[Solo over Figure 1A]
[Figure 1A] X2
w/Figure 1
Make a joke and I will sigh and you ..
Happiness I cannot feel and ...
[Figure 2] X2
w/Figure 1A
And so as you hear these words ...
I tell you to enjoy life I ....
[Figure 1]

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