WAR PIGS (Bassline)
As recorded by Black Sabbath
(From the 1970 Album PARANOID)
Words and Music by Frank Iommi, John Osbourne, William Ward, Terence Butler
Transcribed by Jake Brown
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Bass'
Intro
Q=56
12/8
Gtr I
|3-| |3|
Q. E E E Q E a S S S S a E Q E E +E S E S Q E a S S S S S S
|------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|------------------------------|-----------------------7s9-7-5-------|
|-7----7-5---7-5-5h7-5---5-5h7-|-5--5-5-(5)---5---5--5---------7-5---|
|----------7-----------7-------|------------7---7------------------7-|
|3| |--3---| |-3-| |-3-| |3|
Q E E E S E +S Q E S S S S S S E S
||----------------------------------7h9-9-9-9-|
||o------------5b5.5-(5)------5-7-9-----------|
||o-7--7-7-5-------------7--7-----------------|
||-----------7--------------------------------|
|3-| |3| |-3-| |3|
Q E E +E S E S Q E E S E S E
|-------------------------------------||
|-----------------------7b8-5--------o||
|-5--5-5-(5)---5---5--5-------7-5----o||
|------------7---7----------------7---||
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E S S E E S S S S S S S S S E E E S S S S E E E E S S S S E
|-------------------------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-------------7-9-------7-5---------||
|---------------------5h7---------------|-------5-7-9---------------7-5b6---||
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-------------------|-7-7-7-----------5-5-5-----------7-||
|---------------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
Faster Q=88
$
4/4
S S E Q H W S S E Q H W
|---------------|----------|----------------|------||
|---------------|----------|----------------|------||
|-5-7-----------|----------|-5-7\-----------|------||
|---------------|----------|----------------|------||
Verse
S S E Q H W S S E Q H W 4x
||----------------|----------|---------------|-------||
||o---------------|----------|---------------|------o||
||o-5-7-----------|----------|-5-7-----------|------o||
||----------------|----------|---------------|-------||
Interlude
|3| |3| |3-| |3|
S S E Q Q e e Q Q E S E S +E S E S
|------------------|-----------9-7-(7)-------|
|------------------|---------9---------9-7-5-|
|-5-7---------10-9-|-8--8--7-----------------|
|------------------|-------------------------|
S S E Q Q e e Q Q Q S S E
|------------------|--------------------|
|------------------|--------------5b6---|
|-5-7---------10-9-|-8--8--7--5h7-------|
|------------------|--------------------|
|3| |3| |3-| |3|
S S E Q Q e e Q Q E S E S +E S E S
|------------------|-----------9-7-(7)-------|
|------------------|---------9---------9-7-5-|
|-5-7---------10-9-|-8--8--7-----------------|
|------------------|-------------------------|
To Coda
S S E Q Q e e Q Q Q S S E
|------------------|--------------------||
|------------------|--------------5b6---||
|-5-7---------10-9-|-8--8--7--5h7-------||
|------------------|--------------------||
S S S S E S S S S S S S S E S S S S E S S S S S S S S E
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|---------------------------5-|---6-7-8-------------------5b6-|
|-7-7-0-0-7-x-7---7---7-5h7---|-7-------7-7-7---7---7-5h7-----|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
S S S S E S S S S S S S S E S S S S E S S S S S S S S E
|-----------------------------|----------------------------------||
|---------------------------5-|---6-7-8-------------------5b6----||
|-7-7-0-0-7-x-7---7---7-5h7---|-7-------7-7-7---7---7-5h7--------||
|-----------------------------|----------------------------------||
Verse
~ ~
S S S S E S S S S S S S S E S S S S E S S S S S S S S E
||------------------------------|-----------------------------|
||o---------------------------5-|---------------------------5-|
||o-7-7-7-7-7-x-7---7---7-5h7---|-7-7-7-7-7-x-7---7---7-5h7---|
||------------------------------|-----------------------------|
~ ~
S S S S E S S S S S S S S E S S S S E S S S S S S S S E
|-----------------------------|---------------------------------||
|---------------------------5-|---------------------------5----o||
|-7-7-7-7-7-x-7---7---7-5h7---|-7-7-7-7-7-x-7---7---7-5h7------o||
|-----------------------------|---------------------------------||
Interlude
S S S S E S S S S S S S S E S S S S E S S S S S S S S E
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|---------------------------5b6-|---6-7-8-------------------5b6-|
|-7-------7-x-7---7---7-5h7-----|-7-------7-x-7---7---7-5h7-----|
|---5-6-7-----------------------|-------------------------------|
S S S S E S S S S S S S S E S S a S S E S S S S S S S S E
|-------------------------------|------------------------------------||
|---------------------------5b6-|---6-7s8-7-------------------5b6----||
|-7-x-----7-x-7---7---7-5h7-----|-7---------7-x-7---7---7-5h7--------||
|-----6-6-----------------------|------------------------------------||
Verse
S S S S E S S S S S S S S E S S S S E S S S S S S S S E
||------9-9-----------------------|-----9-9-----------------------|
||o---------------------------5b6-|---------------------------5b6-|
||o-7-7-----7-x-7---7---7-5h7-----|-7-7-----7-x-7---7---7-5h7-----|
||--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
S S S S E S S S S S S S S E S S S S E S S S S S S S S E
|-----9-9-----------------------|-----9-9---------------------------||
|---------------------------5b6-|---------------------------5b6----o||
|-7-7-----7-x-7---7---7-5h7-----|-7-7-----7-x-7---7---7-5h7--------o||
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
Interlude
|3| |3| |3-| |3|
S S E Q Q e e Q Q E S E S +E S E S
||-------------------|-----------9-7-(7)-------|
||o------------------|---------9---------9-7-5-|
||o-5-7---------10-9-|-8--8--7-----------------|
||-------------------|-------------------------|
S S E Q Q e e Q Q Q S S E
|------------------|--------------------||
|------------------|--------------5b6--o||
|-5-7---------10-9-|-8--8--7--5h7------o||
|------------------|--------------------||
Guitar Solo
S S S S S S S S +S S S S S S S S S S S S E S S +S S S S S S S S
|-----9-9-----9-------9-------9-----|-----9-9---9-------x-9-----9------|
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-7-7-----7-7---7-(7)---7-7-7---7-7-|-7-7-----7---7-(7)-----7-7---7-7--|
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E S S S S S S E
|---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9-|-----9-9-7-7----------------------|
|---------------------------------|-------------9---------5---5b6----|
|-7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---|-7-7-----------7-7-5h7---7--------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
S S a S S S +S S S +S S S S S S a S S
|-------------------------------7---7-9s10s9-|
|---5-7s8-7-5b6-(5)---5-(5)-7s9---9----------|
|-------------------7------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
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S S S S S +S S +S +S S S S S S S +S
|-9-7--------------------------------------------|
|-----9-7-5b6-(5)-7b9-(7)-(7)-7-5---5---5b6-(5)--|
|---------------------------------7---7----------|
|------------------------------------------------|
S S S S E S S +S a S S S S a E S
|-------------------------7---7-9h10-9-|
|-------------5b6-(5)-7h9---9----------|
|-7-5---5-7-7--------------------------|
|-----7--------------------------------|
S S S S E S +S +S S S S S S E S S S S E S S +S S S S S S E
|-7-----------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|---8-7-9-5-7b9-(7)-(7)-7-5-------5b6-|---7-5-------------------5b6---5b6----|
|---------------------------7-5-------|-7-----5-7-7-7-(7)-7-5-------7--------|
|-------------------------------7-----|-----------------------7--------------|
S S S S S +S S S +S S S S S +S S S
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|---5-7b8-7-5b6-(5)---5b5.5-(5)---5b5.5---5b6-(5)---5-|
|-7-----------------7-----------7-------7---------7---|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
+S S S S S S S S E S S S E S
|----------------------------------------|
|-(5)-7s9-7-5-7p5---5b6-------5b5.5------|
|-----------------7-----7-5---------7----|
|---------------------------7------------|
S S S S +S S T T S +S S S S S S S S
|-------7-(7)---7h9-10-(10)-9-7-----------|
|---7-9-------9-----------------9-7-9-5-7-|
|-7---------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S +S S S +S
|--------------------------------------------|
|-8-7-5---5-------5b6---5-7b8-(7)-7-5b6-(5)--|
|-------7---7-5-7-----7----------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
S S S S E S S +S E S +S S S +S S S S S S S S S S S S S +S S E
|-------------------------------------|-------------7-9-9-7-------------------|
|-----------------------------5b6-(5)-|---5-7b8-7-9---------9-7-5b6-(5)-7-5b6-|
|-7-5---5-7-7-7-(7)-------------------|-7-------------------------------------|
|-----7-------------4-5-(5)-7---------|---------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-----9-----9-----9-----9-----9---|---9-----9-----9-----9-----9--------|
|---9-----9-----9-----9-----9-----|-9-----9-----9-----9-----9-----9----|
|-7-----7-----7-----7-----7-----7-|-----7-----7-----7-----7-----7------|
|---------------------------------|------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-9-----9-----9-----9-----9-----9-|
|-----9-----9-----9-----9-----9---|
|---7-----7-----7-----7-----7-----|
|---------------------------------|
E E E S S +S S E E E S S E E S S +S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------|---------------------7---7---7---|
|-----------------------|-----------------7-----5---------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-(7)-7-7-7-7-|-7s5-5-5-5-5-(5)---5-------5-----|
|-----------------------|---------------------------------|
D.S. al Coda
E E E S S +S S a S S a S S a S S E E E S S +S S S S S S E
|-----------------7h9-9-7h9-9-7h9-9-|-----------------7-5--------||
|-------5-7-(7)-9-------------------|---------------7-----7-5----||
|-7-7-7-----------------------------|-5-5-5-5-5-(5)-----------7--||
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------||
Interlude
&
E E Q H W E. S +E E +S S S S S S E W
|-------------|----------|----------------------------|------|
|-------------|----------|----------------------------|------|
|-7-----------|----------|-7--------5-(5)---5-5-5---5-|------|
|-------------|----------|----7-(7)-------7-------7---|------|
E. S +E E +S S S S S S E W
|--------------------------------|----------|
|----5-(5)b6---------5---5---5b6-|----------|
|-7----------7-(7)-7---7---7-----|----------|
|--------------------------------|----------|
E. S +E E +S S S S S S E W
|----------------------------|------|
|----------------5-----------|------|
|-7--------5-(5)---5-5-5-5-5-|------|
|----7-(7)-------------------|------|
E. S +E E +S S S S S S E S E S E S S +S E S E E
|------------------------------|-------9-------------9-9-|
|----5-(5)b6---------5---5---5-|-------------------------|
|-7----------7-(7)-7---7---7---|-7-7-7---7-7-(7)-7-7-----|
|------------------------------|-------------------------|
S E S E S S +S E S E E S E S E S S +S E S E E
|-------9-------------9-9-|-------9-------------9-9----|
|-------------------------|----------------------------|
|-7-7-7---7-7-(7)-7-7-----|-7-7-7---7-7-(7)-7-7--------|
|-------------------------|----------------------------|
S E S E S S +S E S E E S E S E S S +S E S S S E
|-------9-------------9-9-|-------7-----------------5-|
|-------------------------|---------------------5h7---|
|-7-7-7---7-7-(7)-7-7-----|-5-5-5---5-5-(5)-5-5-------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
S E S E S S +S E S S S E
|-------7-----------------5---|
|---------------------5h7-----|
|-5-5-5---5-5-(5)-5-5---------|
|-----------------------------|
S E S E S S +S E S S S E S E S E S S +S S S S S S S S
|-------5-----------------3-|-------5---------5p3-------3-5-|
|---------------------3h5---|---------------------5-3h5-----|
|-3-3-3---3-3-(3)-3-3-------|-3-3-3---3-3-(3)---------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------------|
Q E. S +E E E E Q Q E E E E
|-------------------|-----------------||
|-------------------|-----------------||
|-2--2--2-(2)-3-3-3-|-2--2--2-2-2-5---||
|-------------------|-----------------||
Outro
Q E E S S E S S E Q E. S S E S +S S E
|--------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------7-5---|---------4-5-4-(4)-----|
|-7--7-7---7-7-----7-|-5--5--5-----------5---|
|--------7-----------|---------------------7-|
Q E E S S S S S S S S E. S E. S S S S S +S S E
||---------------7-9-9-9-9-|------------------------------|
||o--------7-5-------------|---------7-4-5-7-4-(4)--------|
||o-7--7-7-----7-----------|-5--5-5----------------7-5----|
||-------------------------|------------------------------|
Q E S S S S S S a S S a S S E E E. S S S S S +S S E 5x
|------------7-9-9-7h9-9-7h9-9-|---------------------------||
|------5-7-9-------------------|--------7-5---7-5-(5)---5-o||
|-7--7-------------------------|-5-5-5------7---------7---o||
|------------------------------|---------------------------||
Q E E S S S S S S S S E. S E. S S S S S +S S E
|--------------7-9-9-9-9-|-----------------------------|
|--------7-5-------------|---------7-4-5-7-4-(4)-------|
|-7--7-7-----7-----------|-5--5-5----------------7-5---|
|------------------------|-----------------------------|
E E Q Q E E E E Q Q E E S E S E S S +S S E E E
|---------------|----------------|-------------------------|
|---------------|----------------|-------------------------|
|-7-----------5-|-7\-----------5-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-(7)-7-7-7-7-|
|---------------|----------------|-------------------------|
S E S E S S +S S E E E S E S E S S +S S E E E E E Q H
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------*|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------*|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-(7)-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-(7)-7-7-7-5-|-7-----------*|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------*|
