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AFTER FOREVER (Bassline)
As recorded by Black Sabbath
(From the 1971 Album MASTER OF REALITY)

Words and Music by Tony Iommi, Bill Ward, Ozzy Osbourne & Geezer Butler

Gtr I (D G C F) - 'Geezer Butler - Bass (1 step down / D G C F)'

 [Intro]
 Q=96
 Segno $ 
 4/4
 Gtr I (1 step down - DGCF)
    H.       S  S  E    H.       S  S  S  S
F|----------------12-|-14-------------12h14-|
C|----------12h14----|----------12h14-------|
G|-12----------------|----------------------|
D|-------------------|----------------------|


    H.       +E   E    H.      +E  E
F|-------------------|-----------------|
C|-------------------|-----------------|
G|-12-------(12)-12\-|-----------------|
D|-------------------|-5-------(5)-5/--|


    H.       S  S  E    H     +S   E.  S  S  S  S
F|----------------12-|-14----(14)-14--------12h14-|
C|----------12h14----|----------------12h14-------|
G|-12----------------|----------------------------|
D|-------------------|----------------------------|


    H     +S   E.  Q     H    +S  E. E E
F|---------------------|------------------||
C|---------------------|------------------||
G|-12----(12)-12--12\--|------------------||
D|---------------------|-5----(5)-5--5-5/-||


 [Verses 1 & 3]
                                                                     To Coda
     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 E S S  5x
F||--------------------------------------|------------------------------------||
C||o-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------o||
G||o-5s7-7-7-7---7-7-7s10-10-10-10---5-5-|-5s7-7-7-7---7-7-10-10-10-10-9---5-o||
D||--------------------------------------|------------------------------------||


   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 E E
F|-------------------------------------|---------------------------------||
C|-------------------------------------|---------------------------------||
G|-5s7-7-7-7---7-7-7s10-10-10-10---5-5-|-5s7-7-7-7---7-7-10-10-10-10-9---||
D|-------------------------------------|---------------------------------||


 [Interlude]
 Double Segno $$
    H.       S  S  E    H.       S  S  S  S
F|----------------12-|-14-------------12h14-|
C|----------12h14----|----------12h14-------|
G|-12----------------|----------------------|
D|-------------------|----------------------|


    H.       +E   E    H.      +E  E
F|-------------------|----------------|
C|-------------------|----------------|
G|-12-------(12)-12\-|----------------|
D|-------------------|-5-------(5)-5/-|


    H.       S  S  E    H     +S   E.  S  S  S  S
F|----------------12-|-14----(14)-14--------12h14-|
C|----------12h14----|----------------12h14-------|
G|-12----------------|----------------------------|
D|-------------------|----------------------------|


    H     +S   E.  Q     H    +S  E. E E
F|---------------------|------------------||
C|---------------------|------------------||
G|-12----(12)-12--12\--|------------------||
D|---------------------|-5----(5)-5--5-5/-||


 [Verses 2 & 4]
                                                              To Double Coda
     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 E S S  5x
F||--------------------------------------|------------------------------------||
C||o-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------o||
G||o-5s7-7-7-7---7-7-7s10-10-10-10---5-5-|-5s7-7-7-7---7-7-10-10-10-10-9---5-o||
D||--------------------------------------|------------------------------------||


   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 Q
F|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------||
C|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------||
G|-5s7-7-7-7---7-7-7s10-10-10-10---5-5-|-5s7-7-7-7---7-7-10-10-10-10-9--||
D|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------||


 [Bridge]                       
   W          H.       Q     E E E E S S S S     +S  S E   E E E S S S E. E E
F|----------|--------------|-----------------------------|--------------------|
C|----------|--------------|---------7-5---5b5.5-(5)-----|--------------------|
G|----------|--------------|-------------7-----------7-5-|---------3-3--------|
D|----------|---------17\--|-5---5-----------------------|-3---3-------3--5---|


   E E E E S S S S     +S  S E   E E E S S S E. E E
F|-----------------------------|--------------------|
C|---------7-5---5b5.5-(5)-----|--------------------|
G|-------------7-----------7-5-|---------3-3--------|
D|-5---5-----------------------|-3---3-------3--5---|


   E E E E S S S S     +S  S E   E E E S S S E. E E
F|-----------------------------|---------------------||
C|---------7-5---5b5.5-(5)-----|---------------------||
G|-------------7-----------7-5-|---------3-3---------||
D|-5---5-----------------------|-3---3-------3--5----||


     E E E E S S S S     +S  S E   E E E S S S E. E E
F||------------------------------|--------------------|
C||o---------9-7---7b7.5-(7)-----|--------------------|
G||o-------------9-----------9-7-|---------5-5--------|
D||--7---7-----------------------|-5---5-------5--7---|


                                     Dal Segno al Coda
   E E E E S S S S     +S  S E   E E E S S S E. E E
F|-----------------------------|-----------------------||
C|---------9-7---7b7.5-(7)-----|----------------------o||
G|-------------9-----------9-7-|---------5-5----------o||
D|-7---7-----------------------|-5---5-------5--7------||


  Coda &
                                                                     |--3--|
     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 E  E  E
F|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------------||
C|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------------||
G|-5s7-7-7-7---7-7-7s10-10-10-10---5-5-|-5s7-7-7-7---7-7-10-10-10-10-9-10-11--||
D|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------------||


 [Bridge]
             |-3-|                         |-3-|
   e. S e. S S S S S S +S  S E   e. S e. S S S S S S +E  E
F|-----------------------------|---------------------------|
C|------7--7-------------------|------7--7-----------------|
G|-----------5h6p5---5-(5)-5---|-----------5h6p5---5-(5)---|
D|-5--5------------8---------8-|-5--5------------8-------8-|


             |-3-|
   e. S e. S S S S S S +S  S E
F|-------------------------------|
C|------7--7---------------------|
G|-----------5h6p5---5-(5)-5-----|
D|-5--5------------8---------8---|


                               [Guitar Solo]
             |-3-|
   e. S e. S S S S S S +E   E    E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
F|----------------------------||-------------------------------|
C|------7--7------------------||-------------------------------|
G|-----------5h6p5---5-(5)\---||-------------------------------|
D|-5--5------------8--------5-||-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-6-|


   E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
F|-------------------------------|
C|-------9-9-------------7h9-7h9-|
G|---------------------9---------|
D|-7-7-7-----7-7-7-7-7-----------|


   E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
F|-------------------------------|
C|-------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------|
D|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-6-|


   E S S S S S S S S S S S S E   E S S E S S +S  E S S S S S
F|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
C|-----------------9-7-9-8-7-9-|-------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
D|-7-5-6-7-7-7-7-7-------------|-7---7-7---7-(7)-7-7-7-7-5-6---|


   E S S E S S +S  E S S S S S
F|-----------------------------|
C|-----------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|
D|-7---7-7---7-(7)-7-7-7-7-5-6-|


                             Dal Segno Segno al Double Coda
   E S S E S S +S  E S S S S S   E S S E S S S S S S S S E
F|-----------------------------|---------------------------||
C|-----------------------------|---------------------------||
G|-----------------------------|---------------------------||
D|-7---7-7---7-(7)-7-7-7-7-5-6-|-7---7-7---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-||


 Double Coda &&
   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 E E
F|-------------------------------------|---------------------------------||
C|-------------------------------------|---------------------------------||
G|-5s7-7-7-7---7-7-7s10-10-10-10---5-5-|-5s7-7-7-7---7-7-10-10-10-10-9---||
D|-------------------------------------|---------------------------------||


 [Outro]
    H.       S  S  E    H     +S   E.  S  S  S  S
F|----------------12-|-14----(14)-14--------12h14-|
C|----------12h14----|----------------12h14-------|
G|-12----------------|----------------------------|
D|-------------------|----------------------------|


    H.       +E   E    H.      +E  E
F|-------------------|----------------|
C|-------------------|----------------|
G|-12-------(12)-12\-|----------------|
D|-------------------|-5-------(5)-5/-|


    H.       S  S  E    Q.    E  +S   E.  S  S  S  S
F|----------------12-|-14----14-(14)-14--------12h14-|
C|----------12h14----|-------------------12h14-------|
G|-12----------------|-------------------------------|
D|-------------------|-------------------------------|


    H     +S   E.  S  S  S  S    H.       S  S  E
F|----------------------12h14-|----------------12-||
C|----------------12h14-------|----------12h14----||
G|-12----(12)-12--------------|-12----------------||
D|----------------------------|-------------------||


      a  S  S  S  a  S  S  S  a  S  S  S  a  S  S  S  a  S  S  S  S  4x
F||--12h14-14-14-12h14-14-14-12h14-14-14-12h14-14-14-12h14-14-14-14--||
C||o----------------------------------------------------------------o||
G||o----------------------------------------------------------------o||
D||------------------------------------------------------------------||


    E H..
F|-14--------*|
C|-----------*|
G|-----------*|
D|-----------*|

**************************************
Duration Legend

W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; a - acciaccatura;
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted;
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.
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration).

|  +()   -  note tied to previous
|   h    -  hammer-on
|   p    -  pull-off
|   /\   -  slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
|   s    -  legato slide
| |-3-|  -  triplet
|   b    -  bend
|   |    -  bar
|   ||   -  double bar
|  ||o   -  repeat start
|  o||   -  repeat end
**************************************

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