IRON MAN
As recorded by Black Sabbath
(From the 1970 Album PARANOID)
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Toni Iommi - dist electric'
Gtr 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)----|
+Q. +E H +W +Q +E. S +H +W
|-----------------------|------------|-------------------------|--------|
|-----------------------|------------|-------------------------|--------|
|-----------------------|------------|-------------------------|--------|
|-----------------------|------------|-------------------------|--------|
|-----------------------|------------|-------------------------|--------|
|-(0)b1====(0)r-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
|-----------------------|----------------------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------------------|
|-9--12--12-14-14--(17)-|-17-16-17-16-17-12-12-14-14-14----|
|-7--10--10-12-12--(15)-|-15-14-15-14-15-10-10-12-12-12h15-|
Q Q E E E. +S S S S S E E E E E S S
|-----------------------|--------------------------------||
|-----------------------|--------------------------------||
|-----------------------|--------------------------------||
|-----------------------|--------------------------------||
|-9--12--12-14-14--(14)-|-17-16-17-16-17-12-12-14-14-----||
|-7--10--10-12-12--(12)-|-15-14-15-14-15-10-10-12-12-xS0-||
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--5-7-7--|-------------5-5-7-7s15\-o||
||--7------------|--------------------------||
Q Q E E E. +S S S S S E E E E E S S
|-----------------------|--------------------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------------------------|
|-9--12--12-14-14--(14)-|-17-16-17-16-17-12-12-14-14-----|
|-7--10--10-12-12--(12)-|-15-14-15-14-15-10-10-12-12-xS0-|
~
Q Q E E Q S S S S S S E E E E E
||---------------|--------------------------||
||o--------------|-------------------------o||
||---------------|--------------------------||
||---------------|-5p4-5p4-5p4--------------||
||o----5--5-7-7--|-------------5-5-7-7s15\-o||
||--7------------|--------------------------||
~~
E Q E +E Q E E E E. S E E E E
||----------------------|-------------------||
||o---------------------|------------------o||
||----------------------|-------------------||
||----------------------|-------------------||
||o------5b5.5-(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)------|-------------|
|-7-7------------7--6-|-5-5-5-------|
Q Q E E E. +S S S S S E E E E E S S
||------------------------|---------------------------------||
||o-----------------------|--------------------------------o||
||------------------------|---------------------------------||
||------------------------|---------------------------------||
||o-9--12--12-14-14--(14)-|-17-16-17-16-17-12-12-14-14-----o||
||--7--10--10-12-12--(12)-|-15-14-15-14-15-10-10-12-12-xS0--||
Verse 2 & 3
$
~
Q Q E E Q S S S S S S E E E E E
||---------------|--------------------------||
||o--------------|-------------------------o||
||---------------|--------------------------||
||---------------|-5p4-5p4-5p4--------------||
||o----5--5-7-7--|-------------5-5-7-7s15\-o||
||--7------------|--------------------------||
Chorus 1 & 2
W W E E S S E S S E S S E E E S S E S S E S S E
|----------|----------|------------------------|---------------------------|
|----------|----------|------------------------|---------------------------|
|----------|-7--------|------------------------|---------------------------|
|-9--------|-7--------|------------------7-8-9-|------------------7-8-9----|
|-7--------|-5--------|-9-9------7-7-8-9-------|-9-9------7-7-8-9----------|
|-0--------|----------|-7-7-7-10---------------|-7-7-7-10------------------|
To Coda
W W E E S S E S S E S S E E E S S E S S E S S E
|----------|----------|------------------------|---------------------------|
|----------|----------|------------------------|---------------------------|
|----------|-7--------|------------------------|---------------------------|
|-9--------|-7--------|------------------7-8-9-|------------------7-8-9----|
|-7--------|-5--------|-9-9------7-7-8-9-------|-9-9------7-7-8-9----------|
|-0--------|----------|-7-7-7-10---------------|-7-7-7-10------------------|
Q Q E E E. +S S S S S E E E E E S S
|-----------------------|--------------------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------------------------|
|-9--12--12-14-14--(14)-|-17-16-17-16-17-12-12-14-14-----|
|-7--10--10-12-12--(12)-|-15-14-15-14-15-10-10-12-12-xS0-|
D.S. al Coda
Q Q E E E. +S S S S S E E E E E S S
|-----------------------|--------------------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------------------------|
|-9--12--12-14-14--(14)-|-17-16-17-16-17-12-12-14-14-----|
|-7--10--10-12-12--(12)-|-15-14-15-14-15-10-10-12-12-xS0-|
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-(9)-----------|
|-11--------------------------|--------------11-9-9h11-|
|-----------------------------|------------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------|
E E E E S S S S E S S
|-------------9------------------|
|----------9----12p9------9-12p9-|
|-9-11b12-(9)--------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---||
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/b/black_sabbath/iron_man_tab_ver_4.html ]
Half Time Q=76
E E S S E S S E S S E E E S S E S S E S S E
||-------------------------|-------------------------||
||o------------------------|------------------------o||
||-------------------------|-------------------------||
||-------------------7-8-9-|------------------7-8-9--||
||o-9-9------7-7-8-9-------|-9-9------7-7-8-9-------o||
||--7-7-7-10---------------|-7-7-7-10----------------||
Q Q E E E. +S S S S S E E E E E S S
||------------------------|---------------------------------||
||o-----------------------|--------------------------------o||
||------------------------|---------------------------------||
||------------------------|---------------------------------||
||o-9--12--12-14-14--(14)-|-17-16-17-16-17-12-12-14-14-----o||
||--7--10--10-12-12--(12)-|-15-14-15-14-15-10-10-12-12-xS0--||
Verse 4
~
Q Q E E Q S S S S S S E E E E E
||---------------|--------------------------||
||o--------------|-------------------------o||
||---------------|--------------------------||
||---------------|-5p4-5p4-5p4--------------||
||o----5--5-7-7--|-------------5-5-7-7s15\-o||
||--7------------|--------------------------||
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)------|------------------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===(0)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==(9)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-------*|
|------------------||-----------------|-------------*|
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
