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Date: Wed, 9 Apr 2003 20:57:24 -0500
From: Evelyn Barlow 
Subject: b/black_sabbath/black_sabbath_live.tab

Black Sabbath (Live Version)
From the album,"Live Evil" (1982)
Tabbed by Ian Barlow
Started: 3:24 p.m.
Finished:5:03 p.m.
Written by Osbourne, (but sung by Dio on this album)
Iommi, Butler, and Ward
I'm not sure if Bill Ward is the drummer on the album,
I think it's another guy.
 
I don't know if Tony's guitar is tuned down, it sounds
like it, but I play it with standard tuning.
 

A few things to tell you before you start playingg this
song.  First, it's almost exactly like the studio
version, except the intro and the solo is slightly
different.  Second, you can play the intro however you
want; you can play with your fingers or a pick.  I
think Tony fingerpicks it, but I use a pick.  Do
whatever is most comfortable for you.  Last, I'm not
going to do the solo because it is almost like the
studio version.  So find it somewhere else.  Here's
a tip: when your playing the intro and you get to the
part where you hold the 5th and 6th frets on the 2nd
and 3rd strings and then you switch to the 5th, 6th,
and 5th frets on the 1st, 2nd, and...hell, I'll just
draw it for you.
 

This part.  If you don't know what part it is,
then listen to the album.
 
----[-------5-----][-----5---][------3---]----------
----[---6----6----][----5-5--][-----4-4--]----------
----[--5------5---][---5---5-][----3---3-]----------
----[-0-----------][--5------][---0------]-and-so-on
----[-------------][---------][----------]----------
----[-------------][---------][----------]----------
           1            2           3
           ^            ^           ^
       I divided them into sections and labeled
       them with numbers so I wouldn't have to
       explain what part I was talking about.
 

Anyway, when you switch from 1 to 2 (look at the
note above to understand the numbers.) It gets
kinda hard to switch back and forth especially
because you play it kinda fast so before you
play it, practice switching back and forth
between the two over and over again until you
can do it smoothly.  Then you'll be playin'
like a pro.
 
Oh yeah, I almost forgot.  When you play this
song, turn the gain up all the way.  But if
you don't like that scratchy sound when you
play then set the gain where ever you want.
Just make sure it's distorted and not clean
tone.  We all know that it's a huge pain in
the ass to walk all the way over to your amp
and switch from clean to distortion, (unless
you have one of those boards that have
buttons that you press with your foot to
change from clean to distorted.)and in this
song you have to do that.  (When you switch
from the intro to the main riff.)  But instead
of walking all the way back to your amp all
you have to do is turn the volume down to
about 4 or 5.  It wont sound clean but it
will sound less distorted.  Then when you
get to the main riff just turn the volume up.
 

Now here's the song:
 
 
 

Intro                 
                         (repeat about 15 times,
                          gradually increasing
                          speed.)
-------0-----0------0--0-------------------------
------0-----0--------0--0------------------------
*----5-----5----------5--5-----------------------
*---7-----7--------------------------------------
---0-----0---------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------
 

--------0---0------------5---------5---------3---
------0--0-------------6--6------5--5------4--4--
-----5----5-----------5----5----5----5----3----3-
----7----------------0---------5---------0-------
---0---------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------
 

-------3-----------------------------------------
-----3--3--------9---9---6---5---4---3---3---2---
----3----3------7---9---5---5---3---3---2---2----
---3-----------0---9---0---5---0---3---0---2-----
-------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------
 
            Main riff
---------]----------------------------------------
-----3---]----------------------------------------
----2--*-]----------------------------------------
---0---*-]----5---5-------------------------------
---------]----5------4/5-trill--(4)/--------------
---------]----3-----------------------------------
 
                              Verse
---------------------------]---------------------
---------------------------]---------------------
---------------------------]---------------------
--5--5---------------------]----5----------------
--5-----4~----(4)/(15)\(4)-]-------4-------------
--3------------------------]--3------------------
 
Listen to the album to figure out how many times
to play each part.
 

            Thing before solo
--------]----------------------------------------
--------]----------------------------------------
--------]----------------------------------------
---5----]----------------------------------------
---5----]-----------3-5-6--3-5---3-5-------------
---3----]---3-3-3-6------------6-----------------
 
           I'm not sure if Tony does a palm mute
           at this part.  On the studio version
           he does.  You do whatever you think
           sounds best.
 
That's pretty much the whole song.  Like I said
before,  I'm not going to do the solo.  It's
pretty much like the one on the studio version,
but you know how Tony is, he never plays the
same solo he played on the album at concerts.
This song is actually kind of easy (except for
the solo.)  If you really want to know the solo
that bad, then go get it somewhere else.
 
--- Evelyn Barlow
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