'Iron Man' by Black Sabbath - Guitar Tutorial

Gtp chords: Iron Man
Song lyrics:

Chords: show

Choose a fret
            Intro

E|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|
G|-------------------------|
D|-------------------------|
A|-------------------------|Bend using string above nut or pre-bend
e|0----^----2-----^------0-|down with tremlo and release


Main riff

E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--4------7----7---/9---9---12	-12	-12	------9---7--/9--9---|
D|--4------7----7---/9---9---12	-12	-12	------9---7--/9--9---|
A|--2------5----5---/7---7---10 9- 10 9-10 9-------7---5--/7--7-|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

If you listen carefully out of each speaker you'll hear (during the verse) the is an overlap of guitars (i.e. 2 guitars) so one speaker in the verse goes:

E|----------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------|
A|--2-----5---5---/7---7---109-109-109-----7---5---/7--7-|
E|----------------------------------------------------------|

Interlude 1 Interlude 1.5

E|---------------------------------------------------- e:---------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------- b:---------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------- g:---------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------- d:---------------------|
A|-----------5--------------------------------------- a:-------------5--------|
E|---7--7------7--6--5--5--5---0--4--5--5--6 e:-----7--7-------7--6--5--5--5-|

Interlude 2

E|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---9-------7--------------------------------------------------|
D|---9-------7------------------------------------------7--8--9-|
A|---7-------5--------------------5---7----7--8--9--------------|
E|------------------7---7----7----------------------------------|

Interlude 3

E|-----------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------|
D|---11---9--------------------------------------|
A|-------------11---10---9---7-------------------|
E|-----------------------------------7--7--h9--9-|

Solo 1

E|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------9-------|
D|---------------------------------------------9--9--9h11-----11p9-----|
A|----------7--9--9p7-----7--9----9/11------------------------------11-|
E|---7h9----------------9----------------------------------------------|

E|------------------------------------------9----------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------9----------12p9-----------9--9--9--------|
G|--9--9-----------------------11-----------------------11-----9--9--9---------|
D|--11p9-------9---11---11-----------------------------------------11--9--9h11-|
A|----------11-----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|

E|-------------9-------------------------------------------------------------9-|
B|-----------9---12p9--------9--12p9------9--12p9-------9--12--12---12--9-9----|
G|-9-11-(13)-----------11p9-----------11-----------11p9----------13------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|

E|-12-(14)--14--12-(14)----9h12p9--------9-----------------|
B|-----------------------------12------12--12-(14)-12-(14)-|
G|---------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------|

E|-9-------------9-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----12p9----9----12p9--------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------11-----------11--11p9---9--9-----------------9--9----------------9-|
D|-----------------------------------11----11p9----9h11--------11p9---9h11---9-|
A|------------------------------------------------11--------------------11-----|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|

E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-9h11---9h11------9h11--9h11--9h11------9h11------9h11------9h11--9h11--9h11-|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Interlude 4

E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------4--5--4--5--4h5p4p0-|
A|----7----5----7------5h7p5--------7---5----7---------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Solo 2

E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------7------7-----9--9-(11)--9-(11)--9-(11)---7-|
D|--------------5------7/ 9-------9----------------------------------------|
A|-----5-h7------7---------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

E|--------------------------------------------10---12-(14)-12(14)--12(14)---10-|
B|------------------------8-------10/12----------------------------------------|
G|---7--9----------9-----------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----9-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|

E|----------10---------------------|
B|-----------12----------12-----10-|
G|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|

E|---10----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------12--10------------10----------------------------------------|
G|----------------------12-----------12-------9------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------12-----------/7-|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------|

E|-----------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------7-|
D|-5---7p5-------5---7-----------5---7--7/ 9------9----|
A|----------------7-----------5---7--------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------|

E|-------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------|
G|-7---9---9(12)--9(12)--9(12)--9(11)--9(11)-|
D|-------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------|

E|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---7h9p7-------7------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------9--------7----5---7-----5---7----7(9)---7(9)---7(9)---5-|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------|

end

E|--------------|
B|--------------|
G|--------------|
D|--------------|
A|---7---5---7-|
E|--------------|

And Thats it! as you can hear there is a third solo played over the second but it sounds good enough like that The solos really aren't as hard as they look as they are based on the simple pentatonic scale but the hard thing is getting the stresses right to make it sound even better. 
So the complete song goes:

Intro x3
Main x2
Verse x2
main x1
verse x 2
interlude 1 x2
interlude 1.5 x1
main x2
verse x2
interlude2 x2
main x2
verse x2
interlude2 x2
interlude3 x2
solo1 x1
interlude3 x2
interlude2 x4
main x2
verse x2
interlude1 x2
interlude1.5 x1
intro x2
interlude4 x2
solo2 x1
interlude4 x3
end x1
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