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Tuning: C# F# B E
SABBATH BLOODY SABBATH (Bassline)
As recorded by Black Sabbath
(From the 1974 Album SABBATH BLOODY SABBATH)
Words and Music by Tony Iommi, Ozzy Osbourne, Geezer Butler & Bill Ward
Gtr I (C# F# B E) - 'Geezer Butler - Bass - 1 1/2 steps down: C# F# B E'
[Intro]
Q=66
4/4
Gtr I (1 1/2 steps down: C# F# B E)
W H Q E E
E |----------|--------------|
B |----------|--------------|
F#|----------|-----------2/-|
C#|----------|--------------|
S S S S E S S S S S S E S S E. S +E E +S E S Q
E |-----------------------------|-------------------------|
B |-----------------------------|----------------5b6-5----|
F#|-5h7-7-7-7-7-7-5h7-7-7-7-7-7-|-3--5-(5)-7-(7)-------7--|
C#|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
[1st Verse]
~ ~ ~
S S S S E S S S S S S E S S E. S +E E +S E S Q
E |------------------------------|-------------------------|
B |------------------------------|----------------5b6-5----|
F#|-5h7-7-7-7-7-7-5h7-7-7-7-7-7\-|-3--5-(5)-7-(7)-------7--|
C#|------------------------------|-------------------------|
~ ~ ~
S S S S E S S S S S S E S S E. S +E E +S E S Q
E |------------------------------|-------------------------|
B |------------------------------|----------------5b6-5----|
F#|-5h7-7-7-7-7-7-5h7-7-7-7-7-7\-|-3--5-(5)-7-(7)-------7--|
C#|------------------------------|-------------------------|
~ ~ ~
S S S S E S S S S S S E S S E. S +E E +S E S Q
E |------------------------------|-------------------------||
B |------------------------------|----------------5b6-5----||
F#|-5h7-7-7-7-7-7-5h7-7-7-7-7-7\-|-3--5-(5)-7-(7)-------7--||
C#|------------------------------|-------------------------||
[Chorus]
|-3-|
E. S S S S S +S E S S S E E. S +E E +S E S E E E
E |----------------------------|----/7-(7)-------7---7-----|
B |-7--7-7---7-7-(7)-7---7---7-|-5---------5-(5)---5---5-6-|
F#|--------7-----------7---7---|---------------------------|
C#|----------------------------|---------------------------|
|-3-|
E. S S S S S +S E S S S E E. S +E E +S E S E E E
E |----------------------------|----7-(7)-------7---7-----|
B |-7--7-7---7-7-(7)-7---7---7-|-5--------5-(5)---5---5-6-|
F#|--------7-----------7---7---|--------------------------|
C#|----------------------------|--------------------------|
|-3-|
E. S S S S S +S E S S S E E. S +E E +S E S E E E
E |----------------------------|----7-(7)-------7---7-----|
B |-7--7-7---7-7-(7)-7---7---7-|-5--------5-(5)---5---5-6-|
F#|--------7-----------7---7---|--------------------------|
C#|----------------------------|--------------------------|
E. S +S S E +S E S S S E E. S +E E +S S S S S S S S
E |----------------------------|-7----------------7-7-7-7-7-7-||
B |-7--7-(7)---7-(7)-7---7---7-|----7-(7)-------7-------------||
F#|----------7---------7---7---|----------5-(5)---------------||
C#|----------------------------|------------------------------||
~ ~ ~
S S S S E S S S S S S E S S E. S +E E +S E S Q
E |------------------------------|-------------------------|
B |------------------------------|----------------5b6-5----|
F#|-5h7-7-7-7-7-7-5h7-7-7-7-7-7\-|-3--5-(5)-7-(7)-------7--|
C#|------------------------------|-------------------------|
~ ~ ~
S S S S E S S S S S S E S S S S S S S S E +S E +S E S S
E |------------------------------|-----5-----7-------5b6-(5)--------||
B |------------------------------|---5-----7---7-(7)---------7-7-7--||
F#|-5h7-7-7-7-7-7-5h7-7-7-7-7-7\-|-3-----5--------------------------||
C#|------------------------------|----------------------------------||
[2nd Verse]
~ ~ ~
S S S S E S S S S S S E S S E. S +E E +S E S Q
E |------------------------------|-------------------------|
B |------------------------------|----------------5b6-5----|
F#|-5h7-7-7-7-7-7-5h7-7-7-7-7-7\-|-3--5-(5)-7-(7)-------7--|
C#|------------------------------|-------------------------|
~ ~ ~
S S S S E S S S S S S E S S E. S +E E +S E S Q
E |------------------------------|-------------------------|
B |------------------------------|----------------5b6-5----|
F#|-5h7-7-7-7-7-7-5h7-7-7-7-7-7\-|-3--5-(5)-7-(7)-------7--|
C#|------------------------------|-------------------------|
~ ~ ~
S S S S E S S S S S S E S S S S S S S S E +S S +S S E S S
E |-----------------------------|-----5-----7-----------------------|
B |-----------------------------|---5-----7---------7b9-(7)-7-------|
F#|-5h7-7-7-7-7-7-5h7-7-7-7-7-7-|-3-----5-----7-(7)-----------7-7-7-|
C#|-----------------------------|-----------------------------------|
~ ~ ~
S S S S E S S S S S S E S S S S S S S S E +S S +S S E S S
E |-----------------------------|-----5-----7-----------------------|
B |-----------------------------|---5-----7---------7b9-(7)-7-------|
F#|-5h7-7-7-7-7-7-5h7-7-7-7-7-7-|-3-----5-----7-(7)-----------7-7-7-|
C#|-----------------------------|-----------------------------------|
[Chorus]
|-3-|
E. S S S S S +S E S S S E E. S +E E +S E S E E E
E |----------------------------|----7-(7)-------7---7-----|
B |-7--7-7---7-7-(7)-7---7---7-|-5--------5-(5)---5---5-6-|
F#|--------7-----------7---7---|--------------------------|
C#|----------------------------|--------------------------|
|-3-|
E. S S S S S +S E S S S E E. S +E E +S E S E E E
E |----------------------------|----/7-(7)-------7---7-----|
B |-7--7-7---7-7-(7)-7---7---7-|-5---------5-(5)---5---5-6-|
F#|--------7-----------7---7---|---------------------------|
C#|----------------------------|---------------------------|
|-3-|
E. S S S S S +S E S S S E E. S +E E +S E S E E E
E |----------------------------|----7-(7)-------7---7-----|
B |-7--7-7---7-7-(7)-7---7---7-|-5--------5-(5)---5---5-6-|
F#|--------7-----------7---7---|--------------------------|
C#|----------------------------|--------------------------|
E. S +S S E +S E S S S E E. S +E E +S S S S S S S S
E |----------------------------|-7----------------7-7-7-7-7-7-|
B |-7--7-(7)---7-(7)-7---7---7-|----7-(7)-------7-------------|
F#|----------7---------7---7---|----------5-(5)---------------|
C#|----------------------------|------------------------------|
E. S +E E +S S S S S S S S
E |-7----------------7-7-7-7-7-7---||
B |----7-(7)-------7---------------||
F#|----------5-(5)-----------------||
C#|--------------------------------||
[Guitar Solo]
~ ~
S S S S E S S S S S S E S S
E ||-------------------------------|
B ||o------------------------------|
F#||o-5h7-7-7-7-7-7-5h7-7-7-7-7-7\-|
C#||-------------------------------|
~ ~ ~
E. S +E E +S E S Q S S S S E S S S S S S E S S
E |--------------------------||-------------------------------|
B |----------------5b6-5----o||-------------------------------|
F#|-3--5-(5)-7-(7)-------7--o||-5h7-7-7-7-7-7-5h7-7-7-7-7-7\--|
C#|--------------------------||-------------------------------|
S S S S S S E +S E +S
~ ~ ~
S S S S E S S S S S S E S S E. S +E E +S E S Q
E |------------------------------|--------------------------|
B |------------------------------|----------------5b6-5-----|
F#|-5h7-7-7-7-7-7-5h7-7-7-7-7-7\-|-3--5-(5)-7-(7)-------7---|
C#|------------------------------|--------------------------|
~ ~ ~
S S S S E S S S S S S E S S E. S +E E +S E S Q
E |------------------------------|-------------------------|
B |------------------------------|----------------5b6-5----|
F#|-5h7-7-7-7-7-7-5h7-7-7-7-7-7\-|-3--5-(5)-7-(7)-------7--|
C#|------------------------------|-------------------------|
[Interlude]
1.
E S S S S E +S E S S S S S E. S +E E +S E. E E
E ||------------------------------|-------------------------||
B ||o-7-7-7-7---7-(7)-7---7---7-7-|-5--7-(7)-------4--5-7/-o||
F#||o---------7---------7---7-----|----------7-(7)---------o||
C#||------------------------------|-------------------------||
[Breakdown]
2.
Segno $
E. S +E E +S E. E E W S S S S S S S S S S S S S E.
E |------------------------|----------||---------------------------------||
B |-5--7-(7)-------4--5-7\-|----------||o-------------------------------o||
F#|----------7-(7)---------|-2--------||o-------------------------------o||
C#|------------------------|----------||--0-0-3s2-3s2-3-0---0-3s2-3-4----||
[Bridge]
S S S S S S S S S S S S S E. S S S S S S S S S S S S S E.
E ||-------------------------------|------------------------------|
B ||o------------------------------|------------------------------|
F#||o------------------------------|------------------------------|
C#||--0-0-3s2-3s2-3-0---0-3s2-3-4--|-0-0-3s2-3s2-3-0---0-3s2-3-4--|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S E.
E |------------------------------|
B |------------------------------|
F#|------------------------------|
C#|-0-0-3s2-3s2-3-0---0-3s2-3-4--|
1. 2.
S S S S S S S S S S S S S E. S S S S S S S S S S S S S E.
E |-------------------------------||------------------------------|
B |------------------------------o||------------------------------|
F#|------------------------------o||------------------------------|
C#|-0-0-3s2-3s2-3-0---0-3s2-3-4---||-0-0-3s2-3s2-3-0---0-3s2-3-4--|
[Instrumental Break]
Q E. S +S E S +E E Q E. S +S E S +E E
E |-----------------------|-----------------------|
B |-------5-(5)-4---------|-------5-(5)-4---------|
F#|---------------7-(7)---|---------------7-(7)---|
C#|-----------------------|-----------------------|
Dal Segno al Coda
Q E. S +S E S +S E. W
E |------------------------|-------||
B |-------5-(5)-4-------4\-|-------||
F#|---------------7-(7)----|-2-----||
C#|------------------------|-------||
[Outro]
Double Time Q.=144
Coda &
9/8 12/8
|-3-|
W S S S Q E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E
E |----------------||-----------------------|------------------------|
B |----------------||-9--9-------9--9-------|-9--9-9p7---9--9--------|
F#|-2--------2-7h9-||--------7h9--------7h9-|----------9--------7h9--|
C#|----------------||-----------------------|------------------------|
Q E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E
E |-----------------------|-----------------------|------------------------|
B |-9--9-9p7---9--9-------|-9--9-9p7---9--9-----7-|-9--9-9p7---9--9-----7--|
F#|----------9--------7h9-|----------9------7h9---|----------9------7h9----|
C#|-----------------------|-----------------------|------------------------|
Q E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E
E |-----------------------|-----------------------|------------------------|
B |-9--9-9p7---9--9-----7-|-9--9-9p7---9--9-----7-|-9--9-9p7---9--9-----7--|
F#|----------9------7h9---|----------9------7h9---|----------9------7h9----|
C#|-----------------------|-----------------------|------------------------|
[Outro Guitar Solo]
Q E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E
E |-----------------------|-----------------------||-------------------------|
B |-9--9-9p7---9--9-----7-|-9--9-9p7---9--9-----7-||o-9--9-9p7---9--9-----7--|
F#|----------9------7h9---|----------9------7h9---||o----------9------7h9----|
C#|-----------------------|-----------------------||-------------------------|
Q E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E 4x
E |-----------------------|-----------------------|-------------------------||
B |-9--9-9p7---9--9-----7-|-9--9-9p7---9--9-----7-|-9--9-9p7---9--9-----7--o||
F#|----------9------7h9---|----------9------7h9---|----------9------7h9----o||
C#|-----------------------|-----------------------|-------------------------||
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Duration Legend
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; a - acciaccatura;
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted;
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests.
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration).
| (n) - note tied to previous
| h - hammer-on
| p - pull-off
| /\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
| s - legato slide
| |-3-| - triplet
| b - bend
| ~ - vibrato
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E S S E |-----5-----7---------------------| B |---5-----7---------5b6-(5)-------| F#|-3-----5-----7-(7)---------7-7-7-| C#|---------------------------------|