Paranoid
Written by Black Sabbath
Performed on the album Paranoid
Tabbed by Brandon Williams
bwillia1074@cs.com
I noticed that the other tabs were off a little bit. In the other posts, it shows it
being played around the 7th and 9th frets but that is incorrect. I saw an interview in
Guitar World magazine with Tony Iommi and he said that he's seen a lot of guitarists play
it that way. He also mentioned that is the incorrect method. This is the CORRECT tab.
Tablature explanation:
h hammer-on
p pull-off
pm palm mute
/ slide
~ bendy
^ bend
Riff 1:
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------12h14---------12---|
|-12h14-12h14-12h14-12h14--------12h14----14-|
|-12----12----12-----------------------------|
Riff 2:
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------12-|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------12-|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------12-|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------12----------|
|-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-10-12-14----|
|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10----10-12----|
pm.......................................................................
Riff 3:
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|-14----10--12-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-|
|-12----8---10-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|
pm ...............................................
Riff 4:
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|-14--------12--------14--------12-|
|-12--------10--------12--------10-|
Solo:
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-14^p12-14~~--14-12-14p12----------------------------------|
|--------------------------14/12-10h12-10h12-------10-------|
|--------------------------------------------10h12----12-12-|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/b/black_sabbath/paranoid_tab_ver_7.html ]
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------12-14-14^^^14-12h14-14^^^12-14--12-------|
|-------------12h14-14--/14------------------------------------14-14-|
|-10h12-12/14--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------12-------------------15^-15^-15^^15--12-15p12----|
|---------------12--15-15^--15^--15-12--------------------------15-|
|------------/14---------------------------------------------------|
|-12h14-14-14------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-15p12----------------12---------------------------------------------|
|-------15-15p12----12----15p12---------------------------------------|
|----------------14^------------14-14p12----12-14^^p12---14^-12h14p12-|
|----------------------------------------14---------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---12---------------------------------------------------12----------------|
|-14---14-14p12------12------------------------12--12h14----14-12-14-12-14-|
|---------------14--------12-10-12p10----12/14-----------------------------|
|-------------------------------------12-----------------------------------|
Riff 5:
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------12-------|
|-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-10-12-14-|
|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10----10-12-|
pm.......................................................................
Song flow:
riff 1, 4 times
riff 2, twice (finished with my women...)
riff 3, twice
riff 2, twice (all day long...)
riff 4, once (can you help me...)
riff 2, twice
riff 2, twice (I need someone...)
Solo (which is backed by riff 2, 4 times)
riff 2, twice
riff 2, twice (make a joke...)
riff 3, twice
riff 2, twice (and so as you hear...)
riff 2, once
riff 5, once
