Guitar tab for Paranoid (var.46) by Black Sabbath free download and read or play online: file .txt, 6.01 kb has 1151 views and 0 downloads.
Paranoid
Written by Black Sabbath
Performed on the album Paranoid
Tabbed by Brandon Williams
bwillia1074@cs.com
I noticed that the other tabs were off a little bit. In the other posts, it shows it
being played around the 7th and 9th frets but that is incorrect. I saw an interview in
Guitar World magazine with Tony Iommi and he said that he's seen a lot of guitarists play
it that way. He also mentioned that is the incorrect method. This is the CORRECT tab.
Tablature explanation:
h hammer-on
p pull-off
pm palm mute
/ slide
~ bendy
^ bend
Riff 1:
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------12h14---------12---|
|-12h14-12h14-12h14-12h14--------12h14----14-|
|-12----12----12-----------------------------|
Riff 2:
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------12-|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------12-|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------12-|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------12----------|
|-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-10-12-14----|
|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10----10-12----|
pm.......................................................................
Riff 3:
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|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|-14----10--12-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-|
|-12----8---10-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|
pm ...............................................
Riff 4:
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|-14--------12--------14--------12-|
|-12--------10--------12--------10-|
Solo:
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|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-14^p12-14~~--14-12-14p12----------------------------------|
|--------------------------14/12-10h12-10h12-------10-------|
|--------------------------------------------10h12----12-12-|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------12-14-14^^^14-12h14-14^^^12-14--12-------|
|-------------12h14-14--/14------------------------------------14-14-|
|-10h12-12/14--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------12-------------------15^-15^-15^^15--12-15p12----|
|---------------12--15-15^--15^--15-12--------------------------15-|
|------------/14---------------------------------------------------|
|-12h14-14-14------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-15p12----------------12---------------------------------------------|
|-------15-15p12----12----15p12---------------------------------------|
|----------------14^------------14-14p12----12-14^^p12---14^-12h14p12-|
|----------------------------------------14---------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---12---------------------------------------------------12----------------|
|-14---14-14p12------12------------------------12--12h14----14-12-14-12-14-|
|---------------14--------12-10-12p10----12/14-----------------------------|
|-------------------------------------12-----------------------------------|
Riff 5:
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------12-------|
|-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-10-12-14-|
|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10----10-12-|
pm.......................................................................
Lyrics:
Finished with my woman 'cause she couldn't help me with my mind
People think I'm insane because I am frowning all the time
All day long I think of things but nothing seems to satisfy
Think I'll lose my mind if I don't find something to pacify
Can you help me? Occupy my brain
Oh yeah
I need someone to show me the things in life that I can't find
I can't see the things that make true happiness, I must be blind
Make a joke and I will sigh and you will laugh and I will cry
Happiness I cannot feel and love to me is so unreal
And so as you hear these words telling you now of my state
I tell you to enjoy life, I wish I could but it's too late
Song flow:
riff 1, 4 times
riff 2, twice (finished with my women...)
riff 3, twice
riff 2, twice (all day long...)
riff 4, once (can you help me...)
riff 2, twice
riff 2, twice (I need someone...)
Solo (which is backed by riff 2, 4 times)
riff 2, twice
riff 2, twice (make a joke...)
riff 3, twice
riff 2, twice (and so as you hear...)
riff 2, once
riff 5, once