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From cedric.simillion@rug.ac.be Fri Apr 18 10:30:43 1997 Date: Fri, 4 Apr 1997 21:43:05 +0200 From: Cedric Simillion Subject: tab: "A National Acrobat" by Black Sabbath Hi, I would appreciate it if you would submit this file to the archive. For one of the best Sabbath songs (I was amazed that it hadn't already been posted).Would it be possible to mail me back (at cedric.simillion@rug.ac.be,my brother's e-mail account,since mine is only active within a week.) THANK YOU for your attention and amazing archive ! BLACK SABBATH : A NATIONAL ACROBAT from the album Sabbath Bloody Sabbath Transcription by Thomas Simillion (hansolo@mail.dma.be) This may not be the exact version, but is definitely a way to play it. Tune all strings 2 frets down Used symbols : v - vibrato h - hammer next note p - pull off to next note b - bend to pitch next note r - release bend > - articulate \ - slide high to low/next note / - slide low to high/next note P.M.- palm muted Main Riff (1): D------------------------------------------------------- A------------------------------------------------------- F------->->---------------------->->--5h4--------------- C--0h2--2-2--0h2--0h2--5-4--0h2--2-2------5--0-4h5------ G--------------------------------------------------5(v)- D------------------------------------------------------- Fill 1 : D------------------------------------------------------ A------------------------------------------------------ F------------7-7--------------------------------------- C--2-2--5-5--7-7--5-5---------------------------------- G--2-2--5-5--5-5--5-5---------------------------------- D--0-0--3-3-------3-3---------------------------------- I am the world that hides... Riff 2 : I think Iommi uses some kind of device here : D---------------------------------------------------- A---------------------------------------------------- F-------------------------------12\-----------12\---- C--0h2--0-0h2-0h2-5-4-0--0-0h2--12\--0-0-0-0--12\---- G---------------------------------------------------- D---------------------------------------------------- |- P.M.-| Main Solo (The one on the right track) : D--------------------------------------14p11---------------------------- ---- A--14p11----14p11-13-14p11-13-14p11----------14--14p11----14p11--------- ---- F--------11-------------------------13-----------------11-------13-13-13 p11- C----------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- G----------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- D----------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- D-------------------------14b16-14b16-14b16r14-11----11-11-------------- ---- A-------------------------------------------------14-------14----------- ---- F----13-13-13-13b14r13-11-------------------------------------15\13\11-- ---- C-13-------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- G----------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- D----------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- D----------------------------------13b14-13b14-13b14-13b14-13b14-11----1 1--- A-------------------------------------------------------------------14-- ---- F-13b15r13-11-13-13b15r13-11-------------------------------------------- ---- C----------------------------13-13-------------------------------------- ---- G----------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- D----------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- D----11-11\---------------------------------------14b16-14b16-14b16r14-1 1--- A-14-------14b16-14-11-------------------------------------------------- ---- F----------------------13p11-13p11-13-13b14r13-11----------------------- ---- C----------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- G----------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- D----------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- D-14p11----------------------------------------------------------------- ---- A-------14-14p11----14p11----------------------------------------------- ---- F----------------13-------13-13b15r13-11-13-13b15r13-11----------------- ---- C-------------------------------------------------------13-11-13\------- ---- G----------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- D----------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- Fill 2 : This part 3 x D-------------------------------------|--------------- A-------------------------------------|--------------- F--7--7-7--2--------7--7-7--2---------|--------------- C--7--7-7--2-----5--7--7-7--2-----5---|-/9-9-9-9------ A--5--5-5--0--0--5--5--5-5--0--0--5---|-/9-9-9-9------ D----------------3----------------3---|-/7-7-7-7------ And into riff 3a : D----------------------------------------------------- A----------------------------------------------------- F----------------------------------------------------- C-----0--2/4--2-----0--2/4/6--2-----0--2/4--2--0------ G--4-------------4---------------4----------------4--- D----------------------------------------------------- Riff 3b: D----------------------------------------------------- A----------------------------------------------------- F-----0--2/4--2-----0--2/4/6--2-----0--2/4--2--0------ C--4-------------4---------------4----------------4--- G----------------------------------------------------- D----------------------------------------------------- ...And into some semisolo - psychedelic things that I haven't transcribed. Here's the lyrics / songflow : Riff 1 x 2 Riff 1 x 2 (second guitar enters) Fill 1 I am the ... /Riff 1 the universal ... Fill 1 Destruction of the ... /Riff1 is my one and only crime a n I've lived a ... d I found out what it ... The thoughts ... s The unborn child that ... o When little ... o I'm trapped inside ... n And flashing m... are cast into the ... u n The name that ... t The child that never ... i The deathly darkness ... l the fate of those ... . . . Riff 2 x... Riff 2 Well I know it's hard for you .... . Solo w/Riff2 Just remember love .... Looking back I've .... (Ha Ha !) Fill 2 Riff 3a x2 Riff 3b Riff 3a ... Hey ! Somebody got Sabracadabra or Killing yourself to live ? I can't seem to find it on the net. Comments,corrections,donations : hansolo@mail.dma.be ^Z