Iron Man Bass Tab
I am 100% positive this is how Geezer plays it. I’ve seen him do it with my own eyes.
Main Riff
G--------------------------------------------
D----------------5-4-5-4-5-4--------------
A-------5-5-7-7--------------5-5-7-7---
E-----7------------------------------------- Join in after guitar plays this first.
Do this 6 times
Riff 2
G--------------------------------------
D--------------------------------------
A--------5-----------------------------
E---7-7----7-6-5-5-5-0-4-5-5-6 - Do this 3 times leaving out the last 5 notes for the
drums on the last time
Riff 3
G------------------------------------
D-----2---2--------0----0--------
A-------3---3-2-1---2----2-1-0---
E------------------------------------The bass does something different from the guitar here.
Nobody wants him………….
Riff 4
G------------------------2-3-4----
D-----------0-2-2-3-4------------
A----2-2-2------------------------
E-----------------------------------
Do this 2 times then go back to the line above and do that once then this again 2 times
Restart the whole song then after you do that play this directly after the line above.
Riff 5
G-----6-4----------------------------------
D-----------6-5-4-2------------------------
A---------------------2-2>4----------------
E------------------------------------------- 2 times
I don’t know what to do during the solo so make something up.
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/b/black_sabbath/iron_man_btab_ver_3.html ]
Here’s the order of the song according to the riffs
Main----- 6x
2nd---------3x (leaving out the last 5 notes the last time)
3rd---------1x
4th---------2x
3rd---------1x
4th---------2x
Main------4x
3rd---------1x
4th---------2x
3rd--------1x
4th--------2x
5th--------2x
Solo
5th--------2x
4th--------4x
Main-----4x
2nd--------3x (leaving out the last 5 notes the last time)
When the drums are hitting the Hi-Hat play this
G---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A-----7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7
E---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Just keep hitting 7 fast
Then when the guitar starts going
E------------------------------------------------
B-------------------------------------------------
G--------------------------------------------------
D---------------------------------4-6-4-6-4------
A-----6-4-6-4-6-4------6-4-6-----------------4----
E--------------------------------------------------- So on..
Do this:
G-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-2-2-2
E--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Do that until the song ends
-Chris
