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Paranoid
Written by Black Sabbath
Performed on the album Paranoid
Tabbed by Brandon Williams
bwillia1074@cs.com

I noticed that the other tabs were off a little bit.  In the other posts, it shows it 
being played around the 7th and 9th frets but that is incorrect.  I saw an interview in 
Guitar World magazine with Tony Iommi and he said that he's seen a lot of guitarists play 
it that way.  He also mentioned that is the incorrect method.  This is the CORRECT tab. 

Tablature explanation:
h	hammer-on
p	pull-off
pm	palm mute
/	slide
~	bendy
^	bend

Riff 1:
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------12h14---------12---|
|-12h14-12h14-12h14-12h14--------12h14----14-|
|-12----12----12-----------------------------|

Riff 2:
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------12-|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------12-|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------12-|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------12----------|
|-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-10-12-14----|
|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10----10-12----|
pm.......................................................................

Riff 3:
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|-14----10--12-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-|
|-12----8---10-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|
pm             ...............................................

Riff 4:
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|-14--------12--------14--------12-|
|-12--------10--------12--------10-|

Solo:
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-14^p12-14~~--14-12-14p12----------------------------------|
|--------------------------14/12-10h12-10h12-------10-------|
|--------------------------------------------10h12----12-12-|
[ Tab from: http://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/b/black_sabbath/paranoid_tab_ver_7.html ]
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------12-14-14^^^14-12h14-14^^^12-14--12-------|
|-------------12h14-14--/14------------------------------------14-14-|
|-10h12-12/14--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|

|-----------------12-------------------15^-15^-15^^15--12-15p12----|
|---------------12--15-15^--15^--15-12--------------------------15-|
|------------/14---------------------------------------------------|
|-12h14-14-14------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|

|-15p12----------------12---------------------------------------------|
|-------15-15p12----12----15p12---------------------------------------|
|----------------14^------------14-14p12----12-14^^p12---14^-12h14p12-|
|----------------------------------------14---------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|

|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---12---------------------------------------------------12----------------|
|-14---14-14p12------12------------------------12--12h14----14-12-14-12-14-|
|---------------14--------12-10-12p10----12/14-----------------------------|
|-------------------------------------12-----------------------------------|

Riff 5:
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------12-------|
|-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-10-12-14-|
|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10----10-12-|
pm.......................................................................


Song flow:

riff 1, 4 times
riff 2, twice (finished with my women...)
riff 3, twice
riff 2, twice (all day long...)
riff 4, once (can you help me...)

riff 2, twice
riff 2, twice (I need someone...)
Solo (which is backed by riff 2, 4 times)

riff 2, twice
riff 2, twice (make a joke...)
riff 3, twice

riff 2, twice (and so as you hear...)
riff 2, once
riff 5, once

Comments

kurtlives said June 21, 2006 at 18:07

this song has lyrics,, uh oh! anyways ekajratt the song does start with an E power chord (duh morons).

BDR_23 said March 19, 2006 at 16:04

How does this song go? I think you tabed it right, I haven't heard that song in a long time.

kurdt rocks said December 28, 2005 at 11:57

it a good tab well done

Sabbath89 said October 11, 2005 at 18:12

It's good except for the intro:

|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------12h14--------12h14-|
|-14----14----14-12h14-----------12h14-------|
|-12----12----12-----------------------------|

Jolly-dk-cola said August 28, 2005 at 07:34

Great...i give it a 9..

But i think, you have to many og these:

Riff 2

-----------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------
14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14
12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12

my advice - listen to the song and find out! Im not 110% sure but...

Good job though!!

travis jones said June 18, 2005 at 19:44

Nice tab
i give that a 10\10

ekajratt said May 22, 2005 at 20:29

It's supposed to start with an E power chord!

ekajratt said May 22, 2005 at 20:27

You copied That out of a book! I own it! Cheater!

mastermike581 said March 29, 2005 at 14:16

oh wait yeah it does, sorry my bad

mastermike581 said March 29, 2005 at 14:13

wha?? this sounds nothing like paranoid

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