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SABBATH BLOODY SABBATH (Bassline)
As recorded by Black Sabbath
(From the 1974 Album SABBATH BLOODY SABBATH)

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

Gtr I (C# F# B E) - 'Geezer Butler - Bass - 1 1/2 steps down: C# F# B E'

 [Intro]
 Q=66
 4/4
  Gtr I (1 1/2 steps down: C# F# B E)
    W          H    Q  E E
E |----------|--------------|
B |----------|--------------|
F#|----------|-----------2/-|
C#|----------|--------------|


    S S S S E S S S S S S E S S   E. S +E  E +S  E   S Q
E |-----------------------------|-------------------------|
B |-----------------------------|----------------5b6-5----|
F#|-5h7-7-7-7-7-7-5h7-7-7-7-7-7-|-3--5-(5)-7-(7)-------7--|
C#|-----------------------------|-------------------------|


  [1st Verse]
        ~                 ~                             ~
    S S S S E S S S S S S E S S    E. S +E  E +S  E   S Q
E |------------------------------|-------------------------|
B |------------------------------|----------------5b6-5----|
F#|-5h7-7-7-7-7-7-5h7-7-7-7-7-7\-|-3--5-(5)-7-(7)-------7--|
C#|------------------------------|-------------------------|


          ~               ~                             ~
    S S S S E S S S S S S E S S    E. S +E  E +S  E   S Q
E |------------------------------|-------------------------|
B |------------------------------|----------------5b6-5----|
F#|-5h7-7-7-7-7-7-5h7-7-7-7-7-7\-|-3--5-(5)-7-(7)-------7--|
C#|------------------------------|-------------------------|


          ~               ~                             ~
    S S S S E S S S S S S E S S    E. S +E  E +S  E   S Q
E |------------------------------|-------------------------||
B |------------------------------|----------------5b6-5----||
F#|-5h7-7-7-7-7-7-5h7-7-7-7-7-7\-|-3--5-(5)-7-(7)-------7--||
C#|------------------------------|-------------------------||


  [Chorus]
                                                     |-3-|
    E. S S S S S +S  E S S S E   E.  S +E  E +S  E S E E E
E |----------------------------|----/7-(7)-------7---7-----|
B |-7--7-7---7-7-(7)-7---7---7-|-5---------5-(5)---5---5-6-|
F#|--------7-----------7---7---|---------------------------|
C#|----------------------------|---------------------------|


                                                    |-3-|
    E. S S S S S +S  E S S S E   E. S +E  E +S  E S E E E
E |----------------------------|----7-(7)-------7---7-----|
B |-7--7-7---7-7-(7)-7---7---7-|-5--------5-(5)---5---5-6-|
F#|--------7-----------7---7---|--------------------------|
C#|----------------------------|--------------------------|


                                                    |-3-|
    E. S S S S S +S  E S S S E   E. S +E  E +S  E S E E E
E |----------------------------|----7-(7)-------7---7-----|
B |-7--7-7---7-7-(7)-7---7---7-|-5--------5-(5)---5---5-6-|
F#|--------7-----------7---7---|--------------------------|
C#|----------------------------|--------------------------|


    E. S +S  S E +S  E S S S E   E. S +E  E +S  S S S S S S S
E |----------------------------|-7----------------7-7-7-7-7-7-||
B |-7--7-(7)---7-(7)-7---7---7-|----7-(7)-------7-------------||
F#|----------7---------7---7---|----------5-(5)---------------||
C#|----------------------------|------------------------------||


          ~               ~                             ~
    S S S S E S S S S S S E S S    E. S +E  E +S  E   S Q
E |------------------------------|-------------------------|
B |------------------------------|----------------5b6-5----|
F#|-5h7-7-7-7-7-7-5h7-7-7-7-7-7\-|-3--5-(5)-7-(7)-------7--|
C#|------------------------------|-------------------------|


          ~               ~                                  ~
    S S S S E S S S S S S E S S    S S S S S S E +S  E   +S  E S S
E |------------------------------|-----5-----7-------5b6-(5)--------||
B |------------------------------|---5-----7---7-(7)---------7-7-7--||
F#|-5h7-7-7-7-7-7-5h7-7-7-7-7-7\-|-3-----5--------------------------||
C#|------------------------------|----------------------------------||


 [2nd Verse]
          ~               ~                             ~
    S S S S E S S S S S S E S S    E. S +E  E +S  E   S Q
E |------------------------------|-------------------------|
B |------------------------------|----------------5b6-5----|
F#|-5h7-7-7-7-7-7-5h7-7-7-7-7-7\-|-3--5-(5)-7-(7)-------7--|
C#|------------------------------|-------------------------|


          ~               ~                             ~
    S S S S E S S S S S S E S S    E. S +E  E +S  E   S Q
E |------------------------------|-------------------------|
B |------------------------------|----------------5b6-5----|
F#|-5h7-7-7-7-7-7-5h7-7-7-7-7-7\-|-3--5-(5)-7-(7)-------7--|
C#|------------------------------|-------------------------|


            ~             ~                                   ~
    S S S S E S S S S S S E S S   S S S S S S E +S  S   +S  S E S S
E |-----------------------------|-----5-----7-----------------------|
B |-----------------------------|---5-----7---------7b9-(7)-7-------|
F#|-5h7-7-7-7-7-7-5h7-7-7-7-7-7-|-3-----5-----7-(7)-----------7-7-7-|
C#|-----------------------------|-----------------------------------|


            ~             ~                                   ~
    S S S S E S S S S S S E S S   S S S S S S E +S  S   +S  S E S S
E |-----------------------------|-----5-----7-----------------------|
B |-----------------------------|---5-----7---------7b9-(7)-7-------|
F#|-5h7-7-7-7-7-7-5h7-7-7-7-7-7-|-3-----5-----7-(7)-----------7-7-7-|
C#|-----------------------------|-----------------------------------|


 [Chorus]
                                                    |-3-|
    E. S S S S S +S  E S S S E   E. S +E  E +S  E S E E E
E |----------------------------|----7-(7)-------7---7-----|
B |-7--7-7---7-7-(7)-7---7---7-|-5--------5-(5)---5---5-6-|
F#|--------7-----------7---7---|--------------------------|
C#|----------------------------|--------------------------|


                                                     |-3-|
    E. S S S S S +S  E S S S E   E.  S +E  E +S  E S E E E
E |----------------------------|----/7-(7)-------7---7-----|
B |-7--7-7---7-7-(7)-7---7---7-|-5---------5-(5)---5---5-6-|
F#|--------7-----------7---7---|---------------------------|
C#|----------------------------|---------------------------|


                                                    |-3-|
    E. S S S S S +S  E S S S E   E. S +E  E +S  E S E E E
E |----------------------------|----7-(7)-------7---7-----|
B |-7--7-7---7-7-(7)-7---7---7-|-5--------5-(5)---5---5-6-|
F#|--------7-----------7---7---|--------------------------|
C#|----------------------------|--------------------------|


    E. S +S  S E +S  E S S S E   E. S +E  E +S  S S S S S S S
E |----------------------------|-7----------------7-7-7-7-7-7-|
B |-7--7-(7)---7-(7)-7---7---7-|----7-(7)-------7-------------|
F#|----------7---------7---7---|----------5-(5)---------------|
C#|----------------------------|------------------------------|


    E. S +E  E +S  S S S S S S S
E |-7----------------7-7-7-7-7-7---||
B |----7-(7)-------7---------------||
F#|----------5-(5)-----------------||
C#|--------------------------------||


  [Guitar Solo]
            ~               ~
      S S S S E S S S S S S E S S
E ||-------------------------------|
B ||o------------------------------|
F#||o-5h7-7-7-7-7-7-5h7-7-7-7-7-7\-|
C#||-------------------------------|


                         ~            ~               ~
    E. S +E  E +S  E   S Q      S S S S E S S S S S S E S S
E |--------------------------||-------------------------------|
B |----------------5b6-5----o||-------------------------------|
F#|-3--5-(5)-7-(7)-------7--o||-5h7-7-7-7-7-7-5h7-7-7-7-7-7\--|
C#|--------------------------||-------------------------------|


                              ~
    S S S S S S E +S  E   +S  E S S
E |-----5-----7---------------------|
B |---5-----7---------5b6-(5)-------|
F#|-3-----5-----7-(7)---------7-7-7-|
C#|---------------------------------|


          ~               ~                             ~
    S S S S E S S S S S S E S S    E. S +E  E +S  E   S Q
E |------------------------------|--------------------------|
B |------------------------------|----------------5b6-5-----|
F#|-5h7-7-7-7-7-7-5h7-7-7-7-7-7\-|-3--5-(5)-7-(7)-------7---|
C#|------------------------------|--------------------------|


          ~               ~                             ~
    S S S S E S S S S S S E S S    E. S +E  E +S  E   S Q
E |------------------------------|-------------------------|
B |------------------------------|----------------5b6-5----|
F#|-5h7-7-7-7-7-7-5h7-7-7-7-7-7\-|-3--5-(5)-7-(7)-------7--|
C#|------------------------------|-------------------------|


   [Interlude]
                                   1.
      E S S S S E +S  E S S S S S   E. S +E  E +S  E. E E
E ||------------------------------|-------------------------||
B ||o-7-7-7-7---7-(7)-7---7---7-7-|-5--7-(7)-------4--5-7/-o||
F#||o---------7---------7---7-----|----------7-(7)---------o||
C#||------------------------------|-------------------------||


                                       [Breakdown]
  2.
                                       Segno $
    E. S +E  E +S  E. E E    W            S S S S S S S S S S S S S E.
E |------------------------|----------||---------------------------------||
B |-5--7-(7)-------4--5-7\-|----------||o-------------------------------o||
F#|----------7-(7)---------|-2--------||o-------------------------------o||
C#|------------------------|----------||--0-0-3s2-3s2-3-0---0-3s2-3-4----||


   [Bridge]
      S S S S S S S S S S S S S E.   S S S S S S S S S S S S S E.
E ||-------------------------------|------------------------------|
B ||o------------------------------|------------------------------|
F#||o------------------------------|------------------------------|
C#||--0-0-3s2-3s2-3-0---0-3s2-3-4--|-0-0-3s2-3s2-3-0---0-3s2-3-4--|


    S S S S S S S S S S S S S E.
E |------------------------------|
B |------------------------------|
F#|------------------------------|
C#|-0-0-3s2-3s2-3-0---0-3s2-3-4--|


  1.                               2.
    S S S S S S S S S S S S S E.     S S S S S S S S S S S S S E.
E |-------------------------------||------------------------------|
B |------------------------------o||------------------------------|
F#|------------------------------o||------------------------------|
C#|-0-0-3s2-3s2-3-0---0-3s2-3-4---||-0-0-3s2-3s2-3-0---0-3s2-3-4--|


  [Instrumental Break]
    Q  E. S +S  E S +E  E   Q  E. S +S  E S +E  E
E |-----------------------|-----------------------|
B |-------5-(5)-4---------|-------5-(5)-4---------|
F#|---------------7-(7)---|---------------7-(7)---|
C#|-----------------------|-----------------------|


                  Dal Segno al Coda
    Q  E. S +S  E S +S  E.   W
E |------------------------|-------||
B |-------5-(5)-4-------4\-|-------||
F#|---------------7-(7)----|-2-----||
C#|------------------------|-------||


                    [Outro]
                    Double Time Q.=144
  Coda &
  9/8               12/8
             |-3-|
    W        S S S    Q  E E E E Q  E E E E   Q  E E E E Q  E E E E
E |----------------||-----------------------|------------------------|
B |----------------||-9--9-------9--9-------|-9--9-9p7---9--9--------|
F#|-2--------2-7h9-||--------7h9--------7h9-|----------9--------7h9--|
C#|----------------||-----------------------|------------------------|


    Q  E E E E Q  E E E E   Q  E E E E Q  E E E E   Q  E E E E Q  E E E E
E |-----------------------|-----------------------|------------------------|
B |-9--9-9p7---9--9-------|-9--9-9p7---9--9-----7-|-9--9-9p7---9--9-----7--|
F#|----------9--------7h9-|----------9------7h9---|----------9------7h9----|
C#|-----------------------|-----------------------|------------------------|


    Q  E E E E Q  E E E E   Q  E E E E Q  E E E E   Q  E E E E Q  E E E E
E |-----------------------|-----------------------|------------------------|
B |-9--9-9p7---9--9-----7-|-9--9-9p7---9--9-----7-|-9--9-9p7---9--9-----7--|
F#|----------9------7h9---|----------9------7h9---|----------9------7h9----|
C#|-----------------------|-----------------------|------------------------|


                                                    [Outro Guitar Solo]
    Q  E E E E Q  E E E E   Q  E E E E Q  E E E E     Q  E E E E Q  E E E E
E |-----------------------|-----------------------||-------------------------|
B |-9--9-9p7---9--9-----7-|-9--9-9p7---9--9-----7-||o-9--9-9p7---9--9-----7--|
F#|----------9------7h9---|----------9------7h9---||o----------9------7h9----|
C#|-----------------------|-----------------------||-------------------------|


    Q  E E E E Q  E E E E   Q  E E E E Q  E E E E   Q  E E E E Q  E E E E   4x
E |-----------------------|-----------------------|-------------------------||
B |-9--9-9p7---9--9-----7-|-9--9-9p7---9--9-----7-|-9--9-9p7---9--9-----7--o||
F#|----------9------7h9---|----------9------7h9---|----------9------7h9----o||
C#|-----------------------|-----------------------|-------------------------||


************************************
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). 

|  (n)  -  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
|    ~  -  vibrato
************************************

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