Iron Man
Performed by Black Sabbath on the album Paranoid
Transcribed By Brandon Williams
bwillia1074@cs.com
I noticed that the tab already posted on this website was a little off. This is the CORRECT tablature!
Tablature Explanation:
^ means to bend string
p means to pull off to designated string
\ means to slide to designated fret
Riff 1:
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-2-(bend up and back down)-0-|
Riff 2:
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|Can also be played like the riff below
|-4\7-7\9-9-12\11-12\11-12\11-7-7\9-9-|
|-2\5-5\7-7-10\9--10\9--10\9--5-5\7-7-|
|-------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-9\12--12\14-14-17\16-17\16-17\16--12-12\14-14-|
|-7\10--10\12-12-15\14-15\14-15\14--10-10\12-12-|
Riff 3:
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-2\5-5\7-7-10p9--10p9--10p9--5-5\7-7-|
|-------------------------------------|
Riff 4:
|-------------------|-----------|
|-------------------|-----------|
|-------------------|-----------|
|-------------------|-----------|
|------5------------|-----------|
|--7-7---7--6-5-5-5-|-0-4\5-5-6-|
Riff 5:
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|Can also be played like the riff
|-9--7--4-4---------------7-8-9--4-4---------------7-8-9-|below
|-7--5--2-2--5-6-7--7-8-9--------2-2--5-6-7--7-8-9-------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|-9--7---------------------7-8-9---------------------7-8-9-|
|-7--5--9-9-------7--7-8-9--------9-9-------7--7-8-9-------|
|-------7-7--7-10-----------------7-7--7-10----------------|
Riff 6:
|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|
|-11-9------------------|
|-----11-10-9-----------|
|-------------7---------|
|---------------7-7/9-9-|
Riff 7:
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|Can also be played like the riff below
|-4-4---------------7-8-9--4-4---------------7-8-9-|
|-2-2--5-6-7--7-8-9--------2-2--5-6-7--7-8-9-------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------7-8-9---------------------7-8-9-|
|-9-9-------7--7-8-9--------9-9-------7--7-8-9-------|
|-7-7--7-10-----------------7-7--7-10----------------|
Solo 1:
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------5----------5-5-----------|
|-------------------------4-4-4h6---6--6p4-------6p4---4h6-|
|-----2-2h4-4p2---2-4-4/6------------------6---------6-----|
|-2-4-----------4------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------9-----------------------------------9--------------|
|-------------9--12p9-----9-------------------------129----9-129-|
|-6---11-11^----------11----9-9^------------9-11^------119-------|
|---------------------------------11-9-9h11----------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/b/black_sabbath/iron_man_tab.html ]
|----------------9-12^----9--------12^---12^^12---12^^12-129----9--------|
|----9-129-----9---12^------12-9-9---------------------------12---12-12^-|
|-11-------119-----------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----9---------9-----------------------------------------------------|
|-12^---129---9---129-------------------------------------------------|
|----------11---------11-11p9---9-9--------------9-9--------------9---|
|----------------------------11-----11p9----9h11-----11p9----9-11-9-9-|
|----------------------------------------11---------------11----------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|------------------------6-4-----------------|
|-9h11-9h11-9h11-9h11--------6-5-4-2---------|
|------------------------------------2-2/4-4-|
|--------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------4-5-4-5p4h5p4p0-|
|-7h5-7---5h7p5-----7h5-7-------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
Solo 2:
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-------------7---7-9-9^^^--9^^^---9^^--7---7/9-|
|-----5---7/9---9-------------------------9-----|
|-6/7---7---------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------10-10h12-12^-12^-12^^-10-12p10-----10---------------------|
|-8---10/12---------------------------------------12-12\10-8-11-8-----|
|---9--------------------------------------12---------------------9-7-|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------7---7-9-9^^-9^^-9^^^^-|
|-9\7-5--7p5----5h7-------5-7-7/9---9-------------------|
|------------7------5h7---------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-9^-9^^-9p7----7-------------------------------------|
|------------9------9\7-5-7---5-7-7^^--7^^--7^^^-5----|
|---------------------------------------------------7-|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
Lyrics:
I am Iron Man!
Has he lost his mind? Can he see or is he blind?
Can he walk at all? Or if he moves, will he fall?
Is he alive or dead? Has he thoughts within his head?
We'll just pass him there, why should we even care?
He was turned to steel in the great magnetic field
When he traveld time for the future of mankind
Nobody wants him, he just stares at the world
Planning his vengence that he will soon unfurl
Now the time is here for Iron Man to spread fear
Vengence from the grave kills the people he once saved
Nobody wants him, they just turn their heads
Nobody helps him, now he has his revenge
Heavy bolts of lead fills his victoms full of dread
Running as fast as they can, Iron Man lives again
Song Flow:
Intro and first verse:
riff 1, three times (I am Iron Man!)
riff 2, twice
riff 3, twice (Has he lost his mind?...)
riff 2, once
riff 3, twice (Is he alive or dead?...)
riff 4, two and a half times
2nd verse:
riff 2, twice
riff 3, twice (He was turned to steel...)
riff 5, twice (Nobody wants him...)
3rd verse:
riff 2, twice
riff 3, twice (Now the time is here...)
riff 5, twice (Nobody wants hime...)
riff 6, twice
solo 1
riff 6, twice
riff 7, twice
4th verse:
riff 2, twice
riff 3, twice (Heavey bolts of lead...)
riff 4, two and a half times
now there's a drum solo (Not transcribed in this tab)
riff 1, twice
Solo 2
