Black Sabbath
Paranoid
Tuning- EBGDAE (normal)
Tabbed by Q Huang
Intro:
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------
G|-------------------7h9-----7-------------------------------------
D|--7h9-7h9-7h9--7h9-----7h9---9-----------------------------------
A|--7---7---7------------------------------------------------------
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------
Riff 1 Ending 1 Ending 2
E|--------------------------------|---------|----------------------
B|--------------------------------|-7-----7-|-7--------------------
G|--------------------------------|-5-7-9-5-|-5-7-9----------------
D|--9999-9999-9999-9999-7777-7777-|---5-7---|---5-7----------------
A|--7777-7777-7777-7777-5555-5555-|---------|----------------------
E|--------------------------------|---------|----------------------
pm............................
Riff 2:
E|----|-----|------------------------------------------------------
B|----|-----|------------------------------------------------------
G|----|-----|------------------------------------------------------
D|--9-|-5-7-|-9999-9999-9999-9999----------------------------------
A|--7-|-3-5-|-7777-7777-7777-7777----------------------------------
E|----|-----|------------------------------------------------------
pm...................
Riff 3
E|------------------|-----------------| this is 2 guitar parts, 1 just playing
B|------------------|-----------------| the -9-|-7-| and the other one softly
G|------------------|-----------------| -7-|-5-|
D|--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-| playing -9-| pm 8 times and -7-| pm 8 times.
A|--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-| -7-| -5-|
E|------------------|-----------------| but this is best if U aren't with a friend
pm............. pm............. and by URself
Solo
E|-------------------|-------------------|----------------------|
B|-------------------|-------------------|----------------------|
G|-12p9----9---------|-----9----9--------|----------------------|
D|------12-----------|-------12---12-9---|----------------------|
A|-------------------|-------------------|-10h12-10h12-10\7-7---|
E|-------------------|-------------------|----------------------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/b/black_sabbath/paranoid_tab_ver_18.html ]
E|------------------|------------------|---------------------------|
B|------------------|------------------|-----8-10-10b12r10p8-10b12=|
G|------------------|----------7h9-9---|-7-9-----------------------|
D|------------------|------7h9---------|---------------------------|
A|-10-7---7---------|-7h10-------------|---------------------------|
E|------------------|------------------|---------------------------|
E|-------------------|--------------------|-------------------|
B|=r10p8-10--8-------|--------------17-15-|-17----17----17-15-|
G|-------------9-9-9-|-7-9-9-9-9/16-------|-------------------|
D|-------------------|--------------------|-------------------|
A|-------------------|--------------------|-------------------|
E|-------------------|--------------------|-------------------|
E|-17b19-17b19-17b19r17p15-17p15----|-15p12----------------------------|
B|-------------------------------17-|-------15-15p12-------------------|
G|----------------------------------|----------------14-12-14-14p12----|
D|----------------------------------|-------------------------------14-|
A|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
E|--------------------------|-----------------------------------|
B|--------------------------|-----------------------------------|
G|-12----12-14b16r14-12-----|-14b16--12h14p12----12-------------|
D|----14--------------------|-----------------14----14----------|
A|--------------------------|--------------------------12h13h14-|
E|--------------------------|-----------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------|---------------------|-------------|
B|-----------------------------|---------------------|-------------|
G|-----------------------------|-----------12--------|-------------|
D|-12--------------------------|-12--12-14----14-12--|-14-12----14-|
A|-----14-12-14p12----12h13h14-|---------------------|-------------|
E|-----------------15----------|---------------------|-------------|
Outro
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------
D|--9999-9999-9999-9999-7777-7777---------7------------------------
A|--7777-7777-7777-7777-5555-5555---------5------------------------
E|------------------------------------------3b0--------------------
pm............................
Order:
Intro x4
Riff 1 2x 1st ending, 2nd ending
Riff 2 2x
Riff 1 2x 1st ending, 2nd ending
Riff 3 2x
Riff 1 2x 1st ending, 1st ending, 1st ending, 2nd ending
Riff 1 4x 1st ending only 2nd guitar playing the solo
Riff 1 2x 1st ending, 1st ending, 1st ending, 2nd ending
Riff 2 2x
Riff 1 3x 1st ending only
Outro
tablature explanation:
b--> bend
r--> release bend
h--> hammer-on
p--> pull-off
=--> hold bend
/--> slide up
\--> slide down
Tabbed by Q Huang