PARANOID (Bassline)
As recorded by Black Sabbath
(From the 1970 Album PARANOID)


 Words and Music by Anthony Iommi, John Osbourne, William Wrad and Terance Butler



Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Standard'


 Intro
  Fast Rock Q=164
 4/4
  Gtr I
  Wx3          H    Q  Q       Q.   E +Q   Q
|------------|-------------||-----------------|
|------------|-------------||o----------------|
|------------|---------2/--||o-7----7-(7)--7--|
|------------|-------------||-----------------|


                     1st Verse
  E E E E E E E E     E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----7-9-----7-9--||-----------------|-----------------|
|-7-9-----7-9-----o||-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------o||-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|------------------||-----------------|-----------------|


                           ~
  E E E E E E E E   E Q.   Q  E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-5-------------|-----------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|---5----7--5---|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|-----------------|-------------7-|-----------------|


  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E Q.   Q  E E
|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-5-------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|---5----7--5---|
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------7-|


    E E E E E E E E   E E Q  E E Q    E E E E E E E E
||------------------|-----5------7--|-----------------|
||o-----------------|---5------7----|-----------------|
||o-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7S|=3------5------|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
||------------------|---------------|-----------------|


                     2nd Verse
  E E E E E E E E     E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|------------------||-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------o||-----------------|-----------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-o||-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|------------------||-----------------|-----------------|


  E E E E E E E E   E Q.   Q  E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-5-------------|-----------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|---5----7--5---|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|-----------------|-------------7-|-----------------|


  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E Q.   Q  E E
|-------------7-9-|-----------------|---------------||
|---------7-9-----|-----------------|-5-------------||
|-7-7-7-7---------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|---5----7--5---||
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------7-||


 Bridge
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|---7---7---7---7-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-5---5---5---5---|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|


  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|---7---7---7---7-|---9---9---9---9-|---9---9---9---9-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-5---5---5---5---|-7---7---7---7---|-7---7---7---7---|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|


  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E     E E E E E E E E
|---7---7---7---7-|---7---7---7---7-||------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------||o-----------------|
|-5---5---5---5---|-5---5---5---5---||o-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|-----------------|-----------------||------------------|


  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E Q.   Q  E E
|-----------------|-----------------|----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-5-------------o||
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|---5----7--5---o||
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------7--||


   3rd Verse
    E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
||------------------|-------------7-9-|-----------------|
||o-----------------|---------7-9-----|-----------------|
||o-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7---------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|


                       Guitar Solo
  E Q.   Q  E E         E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|----------------||-||------------------|------------------|
|-5-------------o||-||o-----------------|------------------|
|---5----7--5---o||-||o-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
|-------------7--||-||------------------|------------------|


  E E E E E E E E   E Q.   Q  E E  4x     E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|----------------||-||-------------------|
|-----------------|-5-------------o||-||o------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|---5----7--5---o||-||o-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
|-----------------|-------------7--||-||-------------------|


  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E Q.   Q  E E
|-------------7-9-|-----------------|----------------||
|---------7-9-----|-----------------|-5-------------o||
|-7-7-7-7---------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|---5----7--5---o||
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------7--||


   4th Verse
    E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
||o-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|


  E Q.   Q  E E         E E E E E E E E   E E Q  E E Q
|----------------||-||------------------|-----5------7---|
|-5-------------o||-||o-----------------|---5------7-----|
|---5----7--5---o||-||o-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7S|=3------5-------|
|-------------7--||-||------------------|----------------|


                                           5th Verse
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E         E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|------------------||-||-------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------o||-||o------------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-o||-||o-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
|-----------------|------------------||-||-------------------|


  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E Q.   Q  E E
|-------------7-9-|-----------------|----------------||
|---------7-9-----|-----------------|-5-------------o||
|-7-7-7-7---------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|---5----7--5---o||
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------7--||


    E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
||o-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|


  1.                2.
  E Q.   Q  E E     E Q.   Q.   E
|----------------||---------------*|
|-5-------------o||-5-------------*|
|---5----7--5---o||---5----7------*|
|-------------7--||---------------*|




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Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
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.  Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for.  Low
melody durations appear below the staff

Tablature Legend
----------------
 h   - hammer-on
 p   - pull-off
 b   - bend
 pb  - pre-bend
 r   - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
 /\  - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
 s   - legato slide
 S   - shift slide
 - natural harmonic
[n]  - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
 ~   - vibrato
 tr  - trill
 T   - tap
 TP  - trem. picking
 PM  - palm muting
\n/  - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
 \n  - tremolo bar down
 n/  - tremolo bar up
/n\  - tremolo bar inverted dip
 =   - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
  - volume swell (louder/softer)
 x   - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
 o   - on rhythm slash represents single note slash

Misc Legend
-----------
 |  - bar
||  - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*|  - double bar (ending)
 :  - bar (freetime)
 $  - Segno
 &  - Coda
Tempo markers -  = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths