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PARANOID
As recorded by Megadeth
(From the 2001 Album HIDDEN TREASURES)
Transcribed by Gabriel Ortiz
Words and Music by Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler, and Bill Ward
Arranged by Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler, and Bill Ward
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Untitled'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Untitled'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Untitled'
Intro
Fast Rock Q=187
E5 N.C.
4/4
Gtr I
W W
|------------------------|-----------------|
|------------------------|-----------------|
|------------------------|-----------------|
|------------------------|-----------------|
|------------------------|-----------------|
|------------------------|-----------------|
|
| Gtr II
| A Q. A Q. A Q E E E E E E E E
|------------------------|-----------------|
|------------------------|-----------------|
|------------------------|-----7h9-----7h9-|
|-7h=9----7h=9----7h=9---|-7h9-----7h9-----|
|-7-(7)---7-(7)---7-(7)--|-----------------|
|------------------------|-----------------|
E5 N.C.
A Q. A Q. A Q E E E E E E E E
|------------------------|------------------|
|------------------------|------------------|
|------------------------|-----7h9-----7h9--|
|-7h=9----7h=9----7h=9---|-7h9-----7h9------|
|-7-(7)---7-(7)---7-(7)--|------------------|
|------------------------|------------------|
|
| A Q. A Q. A Q E E E E E E E E
|------------------------|------------------|
|------------------------|------------------|
|------------------------|-----7h9-----7h9--|
|-7h=9----7h=9----7h=9---|-7h9-----7h9------|
|-7-(7)---7-(7)---7-(7)--|------------------|
|------------------------|------------------|
E5 N.C.
Gtrs I, II
A Q. A Q. A Q E E E E E E E E
||-------------------------|------------------||
||o------------------------|-----------------o||
||-------------------------|-----7h9-----7h9--||
||--7h=9----7h=9----7h=9---|-7h9-----7h9------||
||o-7-(7)---7-(7)---7-(7)--|-----------------o||
||-------------------------|------------------||
Verse
$
$$
E5
Gtrs I, II
PM---------------------------------
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||------------------|-----------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|
||------------------|-----------------|
||--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|
||o-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
To Coda
To Coda
D5 G5 D5 E5 N.C.
---------------|
E E E E E E E E E E +Q q E E
|-----------------|----------------------||
|-----------------|---------------------o||
|-----------------|-12-7-(7)--9--12h13---||
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-12-7-(7)--9----------||
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-10-5-(5)--7---------o||
|-----------------|----------------------||
Pre-Verse
D.S. al Coda
E5 C5 D5 E5
Gtrs I, II
PM------------------------------|
W H H E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||-----------|-----------|-----------------|-------------------||
||o----------|-----------|-----------------|------------------o||
||--9--------|-5----7----|-----------------|-------------------||
||--9--------|-5----7----|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9---||
||o-7--------|-3----5----|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--o||
||--0--------|-----------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---||
Chorus
&
E5 D5
W +W W +W
||-----------|------------|----------|---------||
||o----------|------------|----------|--------o||
||--9--------|-(9)--------|-7--------|-(7)-----||
||--9--------|-(9)--------|-7--------|-(7)-----||
||o-7--------|-(7)--------|-5--------|-(5)----o||
||--0--------|-(0)--------|----------|---------||
Pre-Verse
E5
PM---------------------------------
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||------------------|-----------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|
||------------------|-----------------|
||--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|
||o-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
D.S.S. al Dbl. Coda
D5 G5 D5 E5 N.C.
---------------|
E E E E E E E E E E +Q q E E
|-----------------|----------------------||
|-----------------|---------------------o||
|-----------------|-12-7-(7)--9--12h13---||
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-12-7-(7)--9----------||
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-10-5-(5)--7---------o||
|-----------------|----------------------||
Guitar Solo
&&
E5
Gtr I
~~
E E E E E E E E E E +Q H
|-------12-12-------12-12-------12-|------------------------|
|-12----12-12-12----12-12-12----12-|-12---------------------|
|-14b16-------14b16-------14b16----|----12-(12)-------------|
|----------------------------------|---------------14-------|
|----------------------------------|------------------------|
|----------------------------------|------------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| ~~
| E E E E E E E E E E E E H
|-------12-12-------12-12-------12-|------------------------|
|-12----12-12-12----12-12-12----12-|-12---------------------|
|-14b16-------14b16-------14b16----|----12--12--12----------|
|----------------------------------|---------------14-------|
|----------------------------------|------------------------|
|----------------------------------|------------------------|
|
| Gtr III
| PM--------------------------------------------------------
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|----------------------------------|------------------------|
|----------------------------------|------------------------|
|----------------------------------|------------------------|
|--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---7--7-7-7-7-|
|--0-----0--0--0-----0--0--0-----0-|--0--0---0---0--0-0-0-0-|
D5 G5 D5 E5 N.C.
E S S E E E E E E E E +Q Q E E
|----------------------------|---------------------------|
|----------------------------|------------------------12-|
|----------------------------|---------------------------|
|-12-14p12----12-------------|---------------------------|
|----------14----14-13-12-10-|-12b14-10-(10)-------------|
|----------------------------|----------------12\--------|
|
| E S S E E E E E E E E +Q Q E E
|----------------------------|---------------------------|
|----------------------------|------------------------17-|
|----------------------------|---------------------------|
|-12-14p12----12-------------|---------------------------|
|----------14----14-13-12-10-|-12b14-10-(10)-------------|
|----------------------------|----------------12\--------|
|
|-------------------------|
| E E E E E E E E E E +Q q E E
|----------------------------|---------------------------|
|----------------------------|---------------------------|
|----------------------------|-12-----7--(7)---9---12h13-|
|--7--7-----7--7--7--7--7--7-|-12-----7--(7)---9---------|
|--5--5-----5--5--5--5--5--5-|-10-----5--(5)---7---------|
|----------------------------|---------------------------|
E5
S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E
|-12p10----12p10----12p10----12p10----|-12p10----12p10----12p10----12p10----|
|-------12-------12-------12-------12-|-------12-------12-------12-------12-|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|
| S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E
|-17p15----17p15----17p15----17p15----|-17p15----17p15----17p15----17p15----|
|-------17-------17-------17-------17-|-------17-------17-------17-------17-|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|
| PM------------------------------------------------------------------------
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|--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-----7--7-----7--7-----7-|
|--0-----0--0-----0--0-----0--0-----0-|--0-----0--0-----0--0-----0--0-----0-|
D5 G5 D5 E5 N.C.
S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E
|-12p10----12p10----12p10----12p10----|-12p10----12p=10----12p10----12p10-------|
|-------12-------12-------12-------12-|-------12--------12-------12-------12----|
|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|
| S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E
|-17p15----17p15----17p15----17p15----|-17p15----17p=15----17p15----17p15-------|
|-------17-------17-------17-------17-|-------17--------17-------17-------17----|
|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|
|----------------------------------|
| E E E E E E E E E E +Q q E E
|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-12-----7-(7)--------9-------12h===13----|
|--7-----7--7-----7--7-----7--7-----7-|-12-----7-(7)--------9-------------------|
|--5-----5--5-----5--5-----5--5-----5-|-10-----5-(5)--------7-------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
E5
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-15-12----12-15-12-15-12----12-15-12-15-12----12-|
|-------14----------------14----------------14----|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-20-17----17-20-17-20-17----17-20-17-20-17----17-|
|-------19----------------19----------------19----|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|
| PM----------------------------------------------
| E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|--9-----9-----9-----9-----9-----9-----9-----9----|
|--7-----7-----7-----7-----7-----7-----7-----7----|
|--0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0----|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/m/megadeth/paranoid_tab_ver_4.html ]
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-15-12----12-17-12----12-15-12----12-17-12----12-|
|-------14----------14----------14----------14----|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-20-17----17-22-17----17-20-17----17-22-17----17-|
|-------19----------19----------19----------19----|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|
|-------------------------------------------|
| E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|--9-----9-----9-----9-----9-----9-----9-----9----|
|--7-----7-----7-----7-----7-----7-----7-----7----|
|--0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0----|
D5
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-15-12----12----------------12-15----------------|
|-------14----14-12----12-14-------14-12-14-12-14-|
|-------------------14----------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-15-12----12----------------12-15----------------|
|-------14----14-12----12-14-------14-12-14-12-14-|
|-------------------14----------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|
| PM---------------------------------------|
| E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|--7-----7-----7-----7-----7-----7-----7-----7----|
|--5-----5-----5-----5-----5-----5-----5-----5----|
|-------------------------------------------------|
G5 D5 E5 N.C.
S S H +E S S +S S
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-12----14b16=========(14)-14-14r(14)-12--|
|----14-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|
| S S H +E E E
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-12----14b16=========(14)-14-----14------|
|----14-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|
| E E +Q q E E
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-12-----7-----(7)--9------12h====13------|
|-12-----7-----(7)--9---------------------|
|-10-----5-----(5)--7---------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
E5
Q. S +S E. E. E E. E. E. Q +E.
|--------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-14b15=========14-(14)-14----14----14-|--14----14----14----14r=======(14)---|
|--------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|
| TP TP TP TP
| Q +H. +H. +Q
|--------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-14-------(14)r=======================|=(14)--------------------(14)--------|
|--------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|
| PM----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|--------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|--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--7--7----7---7-------7-|
|--0-----0---0---0-------0--0-----0--0-|---0--0-----0--0--0----0---0-------0-|
D5
|-----3-----| |-----3-----| |-----3-----| |-----3-----|
E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-15----12----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------14----12----------------14----12----------------------------|
|-------------------------14----12----------------14----12----------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------14----12----|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-14-16----14----12-14-13----12----13-14-12----------------------12-------|
|----------------------------------------------12----14-12-14----------12-|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|
| PM------------------------------------------------------------|
| E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--7--------7--------7--------7--------7--------7--------7--------7-------|
|--5--------5--------5--------5--------5--------5--------5--------5-------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G5 D5 E5 N.C.
E. E +E. Q Q
|-----------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------||
|-10----12b14r=====(12)-------------||
|-----------------------12\---------||
|
| E. S +Q H
|-----------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------||
|-------10----(10)------------------||
|-12--------------------12\---------||
|
| E E +Q q E E
|-----------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------||
|-12--7--------(7)-------9---12h13--||
|-12--7--------(7)-------9----------||
|-10--5--------(5)-------7----------||
|-----------------------------------||
Pre-Verse
E5
Gtrs I, II
PM---------------------------------
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||------------------|-----------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|
||------------------|-----------------|
||--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|
||o-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
D5 G5 D5 E5 N.C.
---------------|
E E E E E E E E E E +Q q E E
|-----------------|----------------------||
|-----------------|---------------------o||
|-----------------|-12-7-(7)--9--12h13---||
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-12-7-(7)--9----------||
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-10-5-(5)--7---------o||
|-----------------|----------------------||
Verse
E5
PM---------------------------------
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||------------------|-----------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|
||------------------|-----------------|
||--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|
||o-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
D5 G5 D5 E5 N.C.
---------------|
E E E E E E E E E E +Q q E E
|-----------------|----------------------||
|-----------------|---------------------o||
|-----------------|-12-7-(7)--9--12h13---||
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-12-7-(7)--9----------||
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-10-5-(5)--7---------o||
|-----------------|----------------------||
Pre-Verse
E5 C5 D5 E5
PM------------------------------|
W H H E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||-----------|-----------|-----------------|-------------------||
||o----------|-----------|-----------------|------------------o||
||--9--------|-5----7----|-----------------|-------------------||
||--9--------|-5----7----|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9---||
||o-7--------|-3----5----|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--o||
||--0--------|-----------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---||
Verse
E5
PM---------------------------------
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||------------------|-----------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|
||------------------|-----------------|
||--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|
||o-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
D5 G5 D5 E5 N.C.
---------------|
E E E E E E E E E E +Q q E E
|-----------------|----------------------||
|-----------------|---------------------o||
|-----------------|-12-7-(7)--9--12h13---||
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-12-7-(7)--9----------||
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-10-5-(5)--7---------o||
|-----------------|----------------------||
Outro
E5 D5 G5 D5 E5 N.C.
PM------------------------------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +Q q E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-12-7-(7)--9--12h13-|
|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-12-7-(7)--9--------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-10-5-(5)--7--------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-----------------|--------------------|
E5 D5 G5 D5 E5
PM------------------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +Q q Q
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------*|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------*|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-12-7-(7)--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-|-12-7-(7)--9-----*|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-10-5-(5)--7-----*|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-----------------|-----------------*|
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
