'Iron Man' by Black Sabbath - Guitar Tutorial
Gtp chords: Iron Man
Song lyrics:
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