Transcribed by www.mikesguitarsite.co.ukWords and Music by Tony Iommi, John
Michael "Ozzy" Osbourne, Bill Ward & Terence "Geezer" ButlerGtr I, II (E A D G B E)
- 'Toni Iommi dist electric'
Intro
Q=69
4/4
Gtrs I, II
H W H H +W
|------|----------|--------------|--------|
|------|----------|--------------|--------|
|------|----------|--------------|--------|
|------|----------|--------------|--------|
|------|----------|--------------|--------|
|------|----------|-----*0pb2r===|=(0)----|
drum intro *bent string behind nut
+Q. +E H +W +Q +E. S +H +W
|---------------------|------------|-------------------------|--------|
|---------------------|------------|-------------------------|--------|
|---------------------|------------|-------------------------|--------|
|---------------------|------------|-------------------------|--------|
|---------------------|------------|-------------------------|--------|
|-(0)b1---(1)-0pb2r===|=(0)--------|-([0])--(0)-0pb2==(0)r===|=(0)----|
Q Q E E E. S S S S S E E E E E S S
|----------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------------------|
|-9S=12--12s14-14s(17)-|-17s16-17s16-17S12-12s14-14-14----|
|-7S=10--10s12-12s(15)-|-15s14-15s14-15S10-10s12-12-12h15-|
Q Q E E E. +S S S S S E E E E E S S
|-----------------------|--------------------------------||
|-----------------------|--------------------------------||
|-----------------------|--------------------------------||
|-----------------------|--------------------------------||
|-9S=12--12s14-14--(14)-|-17s16-17s16-17S12-12s14-14-----||
|-7S=10--10s12-12--(12)-|-15s14-15s14-15S10-10s12-12-xS0-||
|-Rhy Fig 1 end Rhy Fig 1-|
Verse 1
Q=76
~
Q Q E E Q S S S S S S E E E E E
||---------------|--------------------------||
||o--------------|-------------------------o||
||---------------|--------------------------||
||---------------|-5p4-5p4-5p4--------------||
||o----5--5s7-7--|-------------5-5s7-7s15\-o||
||--7------------|--------------------------||
|-Rhy Fig 2 end Rhy Fig 2-|
Rhy Fig 1
Rhy Fig 2 x2
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E Q E +E Q E E E E. S E E E E
||------------------------|-------------------||
||o-----------------------|------------------o||
||------------------------|-------------------||
||------------------------|-------------------||
||o------5b5.5-(5.5)------|------------------o||
||--7-7--------------7--6-|-5-5-5--0-4-5-5-6--||
~
E Q E +E Q E E E Q H
|-----------------------|-------------|
|-----------------------|-------------|
|-----------------------|-------------|
|-----------------------|-------------|
|------5b5.5-(5.5)------|-------------|
|-7-7--------------7--6-|-5-5-5-------|
Rhy Fig 1 x2
Verse 2 & 3
$
Rhy Fig 2 x2
Chorus 1 & 2 to Coda
(from D.S. after repeat)
W W E E S S E S S E S S E E E S S E S S E S S E
||-----------|----------|------------------------|---------------------------||
||o----------|----------|------------------------|--------------------------o||
||-----------|-7--------|------------------------|---------------------------||
||--9--------|-7--------|------------------7-8-9-|------------------7-8-9----||
||o-7--------|-5--------|-9-9------7-7-8-9-------|-9-9------7-7-8-9---------o||
||--0--------|----------|-7-7-7-10---------------|-7-7-7-10------------------||
|-Rhy Fig 3 end Rhy Fig 3-|
Rhy Fig 1 x2 - D.S. al Coda
Interlude
Double Time Q=152
&
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q
||---------------------|-----------------||
||o--------------------|----------------o||
||---------------------|-----------------||
||--11-9---------------|-----------------||
||o--------11---10---9-|---7------------o||
||---------------------|-------7-7h9-9---||
Guitar Solo
Gtr I
E E E A E S S E E E E E E E E E E E S S E E E S S E E E
|---------------------|--------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------|---------------9--9-|---------9-9--------------|
|---------------------|------9-9-9h11---11-|-11p9--------11p9----9h11-|
|-----7-7h9-9p7---7-9-|-9s11---------------|------11----------11------|
|-7h9-----------9-----|--------------------|--------------------------|
~~
Q E E E E S S E E E E +E E E E E
|-------------------9---------|-------------------------|
|-------------9-------12p9----|-9-----------------------|
|-----(9)-11-11pb13--------11-|-9-9-9b10-(10)-----------|
|-11--------------------------|---------------11-9-9h11-|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
E E E E S S S S E S S
|--------------9------------------|
|-----------9----12p9------9-12p9-|
|-9-11b12-(12)--------11p9--------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
E E S S S S E E Q E E E E Q E +E
|----------------------------|-9--------12b13--12b14r(12)-|
|----9-12p9------9-12-12b14--|---12-9-9-------------------|
|-11--------11p9------12b13--|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
~~~~~~
S +E S S S E E E Q
|-12b14r(12)-9h12p9----9------------|
|-------------------12---12-12pb14--|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
E E S S E E E S S E
|-------9-------------9---------|
|-12b14---12p9-----9----12p9----|
|--------------11-(9)--------11-|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
S S E E E S S E E E E E S S E E E E E
|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------(0)--|
|-11p9----9-9--------------|-9-9--------------9------|
|------11-----11p9----9h11-|-----11p9----9h11--------|
|------------------11------|----------11-------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|
A Q. A E +Q A Q
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|-9h11----9h11-(11)--9h11--|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
+E A Q. A Q A Q A Q. A E +Q A Q
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|-(11)-9h11----9h11--9h11--|-9h11----9h11-(11)--9h11---|
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
+E A Q. A Q A Q E E E E E E E E E E E E +E E Q
|--------------------------||---------------------|-------------------||
|--------------------------||o--------------------|------------------o||
|--------------------------||---------------------|-------------------||
|-(11)-9h11----9h11--9h11--||--11-9---------------|-------------------||
|--------------------------||o--------11---10---9-|---7--------------o||
|--------------------------||---------------------|-------7-(7)-9-9---||
Half Time Q=76
Rhy Fig 3
Rhy Fig 1 x2
Verse 4
Rhy Fig 2 x2
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/b/black_sabbath/iron_man_tab_ver_25.html ]
1.,2. 3. Double Time Q=152
~~ ~~~
E Q E +E Q E E E E. S E E E E E E H. +W
||------------------------|-------------------||-------------|--------||
||o-----------------------|------------------o||-------------|--------||
||------------------------|-------------------||-------------|--------||
||------------------------|-------------------||-------------|--------||
||o------5b5.5-(5.5)------|------------------o||-------------|--------||
||--7-7--------------7--6-|-5-5-5--0-4-5-5-6--||-5-5-5-------|-(5)----||
Intro - interlude
+H H Wx4 Q +H. +W +W
|-------------|------------|----------------|------------|--------|
|-------------|------------|----------------|------------|--------|
|-------------|------------|----------------|------------|--------|
|-------------|------------|----------------|------------|--------|
|-------------|------------|----------------|------------|--------|
|-(5)---------|------------|-0b2===(2)r=====|=(0)--------|-(0)----|
+W W +W +W +W
|------------|-------------|------------|------------|--------|
|------------|-------------|------------|------------|--------|
|------------|-------------|------------|------------|--------|
|------------|-------------|------------|------------|--------|
|------------|-------------|------------|------------|--------|
|-(0)--------|-0pb2r=======|=(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(0)----|
Outro
~~~~~~~ ~ ~~
|-3-| |---3----|
E E Q +Q. S S W E E H. q q q Q E E E Q
||-------------------|----------|-------------|--------------------||
||o------------------|----------|-------------|-------------------o||
||-------------------|----------|-------------|--------------------||
||-------------------|----------|-------------|-4-5-4-5--4-5-4-----||
||o-7p5-7--(7)---5h7p|=5--------|-7p5-7-------|----------------5--o||
||-------------------|----------|-------------|--------------------||
Outro - Solo
Gtr I
A Q E E E E E E E E Q +E Q +E
|--------------------|----------------------------------|
|--------------------|----------------------------------|
|--------------7-----|-7----9--9b12r=====(9)-9b12r==(9)-|
|------5---7s9-----9-|----------------------------------|
|-5h7----7-----------|----------------------------------|
|--------------------|----------------------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| A Q E E E E E A E Q +E E +E E Q
|--------------------|----------------------------------|
|--------------------|----------------------------------|
|--------------7-7s9-|-9b12r==(9)---9b12-(9)------------|
|------5-7-7s9-------|----------------------------------|
|-5h7----------------|----------------------------------|
|--------------------|----------------------------------|
E +E E E E Q.
|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|
|-9b12r(9)-7---7h9------|
|------------9----------|
|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|
|
| ~
| E +E E E E E Q
|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|
|-9b12r(9)-7-9-7h9--9---|
|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|
~~~
+Q E E E E E A E Q Q E +S S S S E
|----------------10-10h12-|-12b14---12b14---------12b14r(12)p10-12p====10---------|
|------8---10s12----------|-------------------------------------------------x-----|
|-(9)----9----------------|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|
|
| ~~~
| H E E Q Q +E E +E E E +S S
|-------------------------|-14----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------8-------------|-17b18r=(17)---17pb19-(17)-----------17pb19r===(17)p15-|
|--9----------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|
E E A E E E E E E
|-10---------------------------|
|-------12-12s10-8S===10-8-----|
|--------------------------9-7-|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|
| S S E A E E A E E Q
|------------------------------|
|-17p15------------------------|
|-------16-16s14-0-10s=9-7-7---|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
S S E S S E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q +E E +E +E Q
|---------------------|-----------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------|-----------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------|---------7---7-9-|-9b12r=(9)-9b12==(12)r(9)-9b12====|
|-9s7-5-7p5---5h7-----|-5-7-7s9---9-----|----------------------------------|
|-----------7-----5h7-|-----------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------|-----------------|----------------------------------|
|
| W W H Q Q
|---------------------|-----------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------|-----------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------|-----------------|--------------------------9b12r===|
|---------------------|-----------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------|-----------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------|-----------------|----------------------------------|
|-3-|
+E +E Q Q S S S E
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|-(9)r(9)---9b12-----9b12--7h9p7---|
|--------------------------------9-|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|
| +E Q +E H
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|-(9)--9b12r=====(9)---------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
Q A E E Q E E Q Q E +E E E
|------------------|---------------------------||
|------------------|---------------------------||
|-7----------------|---------------------------||
|----9s7-5-7---5-7-|---7b8---7b8---7b8r(7)-5---||
|------------------|-------------------------7-||
|------------------|---------------------------||
|
| H E E Q A E E E E E E E E
|------------------|---------------------------||
|------------------|---------------------------||
|------------------|---------------------------||
|----------7s9-9---|-9s7---5-7p==5-7p===5------||
|------------------|-----------------------7-5-||
|------------------|---------------------------||
Outro
Gtrs I, II
~~~~~~~ ~ ~~
E E Q +Q. S S W E E H.
||-------------------|----------|-----------|
||o------------------|----------|-----------|
||-------------------|----------|-----------|
||-------------------|----------|-----------|
||o-7p5-7--(7)---5h7p|=5--------|-7p5-7-----|
||-------------------|----------|-----------|
1.,2. 3.
|-3-| |---3---| |-3-| |---3---|
Q Q Q Q E E E Q Q Q Q Q E E E Q E E Q H
|------------------||-----------------|-------------*|
|-----------------o||-----------------|-------------*|
|------------------||-----------------|-------------*|
|-4-5-4-5-4-5-4----||-4-5-4-5-4-5-4---|-------------*|
|---------------5-o||---------------7-|-7-5-7-------*|
|------------------||-----------------|-------------*|
