IRON MAN (Bassline)
As recorded by Black Sabbath
(From the 1970 Album PARANOID)

Words and Music by Anthony Frank Iommi, John Osbourne, William Ward & Terence Butler

Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Terence "Geezer" Butler - Bass'

  [Intro]
  Q=69
  4/4          6/4            4/4
  Gtr I
   Wx6          W              W
G|------------|--------------|------|
D|------------|--------------|------|
A|------------|--------------|------|
E|------------|--------------|------|


           H=H
   H    Q   S E.   Q  Q  E  a  E Q    S S S S S S E E  a  E Q
G|---------------|------------------|---------------------------||
D|---------------|------------------|-5-4-5-4-5-4---------------||
A|---------10p9\-|----5--5-(5)s7-7--|-------------5-5-(5)s7-7\--||
E|---------------|-7----------------|---------------------------||


  [1st Verse]
    Slightly Faster Q=76
     Q  Q  E  a  E Q    S S S S S S E E  a  E Q   5x
G||-------------------|---------------------------||
D||o------------------|-5-4-5-4-5-4--------------o||
A||o----5--5-(5)s7-7--|-------------5-5-(5)s7-7--o||
E||--7----------------|---------------------------||


                       1.,2.
     E Q  E +E  Q  E   E E E. S S S S S S S E    3x
G||------------------|---------------------------||
D||o-----------------|----------7-5-7-5-7-5-----o||
A||o------5-(5)------|----------------------7---o||
E||--7-7--------7--6-|-5-5-5--0------------------||


  3.
   E E q  H      Q  Q  E  a  E Q    S S S S S S E E  a  E Q
G|-------------|------------------|--------------------------|
D|-------------|------------------|-5-4-5-4-5-4--------------|
A|-------------|----5--5-(5)s7-7--|-------------5-5-(5)s7-7--|
E|-5-5-5-------|-7----------------|--------------------------|


   Q  Q  E  a  E Q    S S S S S S E E  a  E Q
G|------------------|--------------------------|
D|------------------|-5-4-5-4-5-4--------------|
A|----5--5-(5)s7-7--|-------------5-5-(5)s7-7--|
E|-7----------------|--------------------------|


  [2nd & 3rd Verses]
     Q  Q  E  a  E Q    S S S S S S E E  a  E Q
G||-------------------|--------------------------|
D||o------------------|-5-4-5-4-5-4--------------|
A||o----5--5-(5)s7-7--|-------------5-5-(5)s7-7--|
E||--7----------------|--------------------------|


   Q  Q  E  a  E Q    S S S S S S E E  a  E Q
G|------------------|---------------------------|
D|------------------|-5-4-5-4-5-4---------------|
A|----5--5-(5)s7-7--|-------------5-5-(5)s7-7---|
E|-7----------------|---------------------------|


 [Chorus]
   Q  E E +S  E S S E S   Q  Q  S S S S S S S S   E E S  S E S S E S S E
G|------9-(9)-7---------|-----------------------|------------------------|
D|----9---------9-8-7-7-|-----------4h5-4-------|------------------7-8-9-|
A|-7--------------------|-5--5--4s5-------5-4p0-|----------7-7-8-9-------|
E|----------------------|-----------------------|-7-7-7-10---------------|


   E E S  S E S S E S S E   Q  E E +S  E S S E S
G|------------------------|------9-(9)-7---------|
D|------------------7-8-9-|----9---------9-8-7-7-|
A|----------7-7-8-9-------|-7--------------------|
E|-7-7-7-10---------------|----------------------|


   Q  Q  S S S S S S S S   E E S  S E S S E S S E
G|-----------------------|------------------------|
D|-----------4h5-4-------|------------------7-8-9-|
A|-5--5--4s5-------5-4p0-|----------7-7-8-9-------|
E|-----------------------|-7-7-7-10---------------|


  1.
   E E S  S E S S E S S E   Q  Q  E  a  E Q    S S S S S S E E  a  E Q
G|------------------------|------------------|--------------------------|
D|------------------7-8-9-|------------------|-5-4-5-4-5p4--------------|
A|----------7-7-8-9-------|----5--5-(5)s7-7--|-------------5-5-(5)s7-7--|
E|-7-7-7-10---------------|-7----------------|--------------------------|


   Q  Q  E  a  E Q    S S S S S S E E  a  E Q
G|------------------|-----------------------------||
D|------------------|-5-4-5-4-5p4----------------o||
A|----5--5-(5)s7-7--|-------------5-5-(5)s7-7----o||
E|-7----------------|-----------------------------||


                            [Interlude]
  2.                        Double Time Q=152
                            2/2
   E E S  S E S S E S S E     E Q   E  +E   Q  E   +E  Q  E E E E E
G|------------------------||---------------------|------------------|
D|------------------7-8-9-||-11-9----------------|------------------|
A|----------7-7-8-9-------||-------11-(11)-10--9-|-(9)-7------------|
E|-7-7-7-10---------------||---------------------|--------9-7h9-7h9-|


     E Q   E  +E   Q  E   +E  Q  E E E E E
G|----------------------|------------------||
D|-/11-9----------------|------------------||
A|--------11-(11)-10--9-|-(9)-7------------||
E|----------------------|--------9-7h9-7h9-||


 [Guitar Solo]
   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
G|-----------------|------------------|
D|-----------------|------------------|
A|-----------------|------------------|
E|-9-9-9-9-9-9-7-8-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-7-8--|


   E E E E E  E E  E    E  E  E  E  E  E E  E
G|-------------------|------------------------|
D|--------------9----|-11-11-11-11-11-11-9-10-|
A|---------9s11---11-|------------------------|
E|-9-9-9-0-----------|------------------------|


    E  E E  E E  E E E   E E E E a E Q.
G|----11-9-------------|------------------|
D|-11------11-9--------|------------------|
A|--------------11-9-7-|-9-7--------------|
E|---------------------|-----9-8-8s9-0----|


   E E E E E E E E   E Q  E E E a  E E
G|-----------------|-------------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------9-|
A|-----------------|---7----7---9s11---|
E|-9-9-9-9-9-9-7-8-|-9----9---7--------|


    E  E  E  E  E  E E  E    E E  E  E E  E  E E
G|------------------------|----------------------|
D|-11-11-11-11-11-11-9-10-|-11-9-10-11-9-10-11-9-|
A|------------------------|----------------------|
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 E E E E E E   E
G|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------|
D|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------|
A|-11-9-7-9-7-------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------/11--|
E|------------9-7-8-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-7-8-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9------|


    E  E  E  a  E  E  E  a  E  E    E  a  E  E  E  a  E  E  E  E
G|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
D|-11-11-11-10s11-11-11-10s11-11-|-11-10s11-11-11-10s11-11-11-11-|
A|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|


    E Q   E  +E   Q  E   +E  Q  E E E E E
G|---------------------|-------------------|
D|-11-9----------------|-------------------|
A|-------11-(11)-10--9-|-(9)-7-------------|
E|---------------------|--------9-7h9-7h9--|


                                         
    E Q   E  +E   Q  E   +E  Q  E E E E E
G|---------------------|------------------||
D|-11-9----------------|------------------||
A|-------11-(11)-10--9-|-(9)-7------------||
E|---------------------|--------9-7h9-7h9-||


 Half Time Q=76
 4/4
   E E S  S E S S E S S E   E E S  S E S S E S S E
G|------------------------|--------------------------|
D|------------------7-8-9-|------------------7-8-9---|
A|----------7-7-8-9-------|----------7-7-8-9---------|
E|-7-7-7-10---------------|-7-7-7-10-----------------|


   E E S  S E S S E S S E   E E S  S E S S E S S E
G|------------------------|------------------------|
D|------------------7-8-9-|------------------7-8-9-|
A|----------7-7-8-9-------|----------7-7-8-9-------|
E|-7-7-7-10---------------|-7-7-7-10---------------|


   Q  Q  E  a  E Q    S S S S S S E E  a  E Q
G|------------------|---------------------------|
D|------------------|-5-4-5-4-5p4---------------|
A|----5--5-(5)s7-7--|-------------5-5-(5)s7-7---|
E|-7----------------|---------------------------|


   Q  Q  E  a  E Q    S S S S S S E E  a  E Q
G|------------------|--------------------------||
D|------------------|-5-4-5-4-5p4--------------||
A|----5--5-(5)s7-7--|-------------5-5-(5)s7-7--||
E|-7----------------|--------------------------||


 [4th Verse]
   Q  Q  E  a  E Q    S S S S S S E E  a  E Q
G|------------------|----------------------------|
D|------------------|-5-4-5-4-5-4----------------|
A|----5--5-(5)s7-7--|-------------5-5-(5)s7-7----|
E|-7----------------|----------------------------|


   Q  Q  E  a  E Q    S S S S S S E E  a  E Q
G|------------------|--------------------------|
D|------------------|-5-4-5-4-5-4--------------|
A|----5--5-(5)s7-7--|-------------5-5-(5)s7-7--|
E|-7----------------|--------------------------|


                      1.,2.
     E Q  E +E  Q  E   E E E. S S S S S S S E   3x
G||------------------|--------------------------||
D||o-----------------|----------7s6-7-5-7-5----o||
A||o------5-(5)------|--------7-------------7--o||
E||--7-7--------7--6-|-5-5-5--------------------||


                               [Interlude]
   3.          Double Time Q=152
               2/2                              
   E E H.        +H     H       a E E S S S S S S S S S S S S
G|-------------|-------------||--------------------------------|
D|-------------|-------------||--------------------------------|
A|-------------|-------------||-5s7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
E|-5-5-5-------|-(5)---------||--------------------------------|


   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 11x
G|---------------------------------||-----------------------------------||
D|---------------------------------||o---------------------------------o||
A|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-||o-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-o||
E|---------------------------------||-----------------------------------||


     S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S   E S S E S S S S S S S S S S
G||----------------------------------|------------------------------|
D||o---------------------------------|------------------------------|
A||o-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
E||----------------------------------|------------------------------|


   E S S E S S S S S S S S S S   E S S E S S S S S S S S S S
G|-----------------------------|------------------------------||
D|-----------------------------|-----------------------------o||
A|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-o||
E|-----------------------------|------------------------------||


  [Guitar Solo]
     E E E S S S S S S S S S S
G||----------------------------|
D||o---------------------------|
A||o-7-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
E||----------------------------|


   E E E S S S S S S S S S S   E E E S S S S S S S S S S
G|---------------------------|-----------------------------|
D|---------------------------|-----------------------------|
A|-5-4-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-4-3-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---|
E|---------------------------|-----------------------------|


   E E E S S S S S S S S S S  3x
G|----------------------------||
D|---------------------------o||
A|-3-2-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-o||
E|----------------------------||


  [Outro]
     E E E S S S S S S S S S S   E E E S S S S S S S S S S
G||----------------------------|-----------------------------|
D||o---------------------------|-----------------------------|
A||o-7-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-5-4-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|
E||----------------------------|-----------------------------|


                              1.
   E E E S S S S S S S S S S   E E E S S S S S S S S S S
G|---------------------------|----------------------------||
D|---------------------------|---------------------------o||
A|-4-3-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-3-2-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-o||
E|---------------------------|----------------------------||


  2.
   |-3-| |-3--|
   Q Q Q Q Q  Q   E E E S S S S S S S S S S   E E E S S S S S S S S S S
G|--------------|---------------------------|----------------------------|
D|--------------|---------------------------|----------------------------|
A|-3-2----------|-7-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-5-4-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
E|-----3-2-3-/7-|---------------------------|----------------------------|


                               |-3-| |-3--|
   E E E S S S S S S S S S S   Q Q Q Q Q  Q   E E q  H
G|---------------------------|--------------|-------------*|
D|---------------------------|--------------|-------------*|
A|-4-3-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-3-2----------|-7-5-7-------*|
E|---------------------------|-----3-2-3-/7-|-------------*|

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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
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