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War Pigs Bass

(ver. 2)
Black Sabbath
                               WAR PIGS (Bassline)
                          As recorded by Black Sabbath
                         (From the 1970 Album PARANOID)

Words and Music by Frank Iommi, John Osbourne, William Ward, Terence Butler


Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Bass'

 Intro
  Q=56
 12/8
  Gtr I
                                         |3-| |3|
  Q.   E E E Q E a S S S S a E   Q  E E +E  S E S Q  E a S S S S S S
|------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|------------------------------|-----------------------7s9-7-5-------|
|-7----7-5---7-5-5h7-5---5-5h7-|-5--5-5-(5)---5---5--5---------7-5---|
|----------7-----------7-------|------------7---7------------------7-|


           |3| |--3---|       |-3-| |-3-| |3|
    Q  E E E S E     +S  Q  E S S S S S S E S
||----------------------------------7h9-9-9-9-|
||o------------5b5.5-(5)------5-7-9-----------|
||o-7--7-7-5-------------7--7-----------------|
||-----------7--------------------------------|


          |3-| |3|      |-3-| |3|
  Q  E E +E  S E S Q  E E   S E S E
|-------------------------------------||
|-----------------------7b8-5--------o||
|-5--5-5-(5)---5---5--5-------7-5----o||
|------------7---7----------------7---||


                      |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
  E E E E E E S S E E S S S S S S S S S   E E E S S S S E E E E S S S S   E
|-------------------------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-------------7-9-------7-5---------||
|---------------------5h7---------------|-------5-7-9---------------7-5b6---||
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-------------------|-7-7-7-----------5-5-5-----------7-||
|---------------------------------------|-----------------------------------||


  Faster Q=88
  $
 4/4
  S S E Q  H      W          S S  E Q  H      W
|---------------|----------|----------------|------||
|---------------|----------|----------------|------||
|-5-7-----------|----------|-5-7\-----------|------||
|---------------|----------|----------------|------||


   Verse
    S S E Q  H      W          S S E Q  H      W     4x
||----------------|----------|---------------|-------||
||o---------------|----------|---------------|------o||
||o-5-7-----------|----------|-5-7-----------|------o||
||----------------|----------|---------------|-------||


 Interlude
                           |3| |3|  |3-| |3|
  S S E Q  Q   e e   Q  Q  E S E S +E  S E S
|------------------|-----------9-7-(7)-------|
|------------------|---------9---------9-7-5-|
|-5-7---------10-9-|-8--8--7-----------------|
|------------------|-------------------------|


  S S E Q  Q   e e   Q  Q  Q  S S E
|------------------|--------------------|
|------------------|--------------5b6---|
|-5-7---------10-9-|-8--8--7--5h7-------|
|------------------|--------------------|


                           |3| |3|  |3-| |3|
  S S E Q  Q   e e   Q  Q  E S E S +E  S E S
|------------------|-----------9-7-(7)-------|
|------------------|---------9---------9-7-5-|
|-5-7---------10-9-|-8--8--7-----------------|
|------------------|-------------------------|


                           To Coda
  S S E Q  Q   e e   Q  Q  Q  S S E
|------------------|--------------------||
|------------------|--------------5b6---||
|-5-7---------10-9-|-8--8--7--5h7-------||
|------------------|--------------------||


  S S S S E S S S S S S S S E   S S S S E S S S S S S S S E
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|---------------------------5-|---6-7-8-------------------5b6-|
|-7-7-0-0-7-x-7---7---7-5h7---|-7-------7-7-7---7---7-5h7-----|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|


  S S S S E S S S S S S S S E   S S S S E S S S S S S S S E
|-----------------------------|----------------------------------||
|---------------------------5-|---6-7-8-------------------5b6----||
|-7-7-0-0-7-x-7---7---7-5h7---|-7-------7-7-7---7---7-5h7--------||
|-----------------------------|----------------------------------||


   Verse
                              ~                             ~
    S S S S E S S S S S S S S E   S S S S E S S S S S S S S E
||------------------------------|-----------------------------|
||o---------------------------5-|---------------------------5-|
||o-7-7-7-7-7-x-7---7---7-5h7---|-7-7-7-7-7-x-7---7---7-5h7---|
||------------------------------|-----------------------------|


                            ~                             ~
  S S S S E S S S S S S S S E   S S S S E S S S S S S S S E
|-----------------------------|---------------------------------||
|---------------------------5-|---------------------------5----o||
|-7-7-7-7-7-x-7---7---7-5h7---|-7-7-7-7-7-x-7---7---7-5h7------o||
|-----------------------------|---------------------------------||


 Interlude
  S S S S E S S S S S S S S E     S S S S E S S S S S S S S E
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|---------------------------5b6-|---6-7-8-------------------5b6-|
|-7-------7-x-7---7---7-5h7-----|-7-------7-x-7---7---7-5h7-----|
|---5-6-7-----------------------|-------------------------------|


  S S S S E S S S S S S S S E     S S a S S E S S S S S S S S E
|-------------------------------|------------------------------------||
|---------------------------5b6-|---6-7s8-7-------------------5b6----||
|-7-x-----7-x-7---7---7-5h7-----|-7---------7-x-7---7---7-5h7--------||
|-----6-6-----------------------|------------------------------------||


   Verse
    S S S S E S S S S S S S S E     S S S S E S S S S S S S S E
||------9-9-----------------------|-----9-9-----------------------|
||o---------------------------5b6-|---------------------------5b6-|
||o-7-7-----7-x-7---7---7-5h7-----|-7-7-----7-x-7---7---7-5h7-----|
||--------------------------------|-------------------------------|


  S S S S E S S S S S S S S E     S S S S E S S S S S S S S E
|-----9-9-----------------------|-----9-9---------------------------||
|---------------------------5b6-|---------------------------5b6----o||
|-7-7-----7-x-7---7---7-5h7-----|-7-7-----7-x-7---7---7-5h7--------o||
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------||


   Interlude
                             |3| |3|  |3-| |3|
    S S E Q  Q   e e   Q  Q  E S E S +E  S E S
||-------------------|-----------9-7-(7)-------|
||o------------------|---------9---------9-7-5-|
||o-5-7---------10-9-|-8--8--7-----------------|
||-------------------|-------------------------|


  S S E Q  Q   e e   Q  Q  Q  S S E
|------------------|--------------------||
|------------------|--------------5b6--o||
|-5-7---------10-9-|-8--8--7--5h7------o||
|------------------|--------------------||


 Guitar Solo
  S S S S S S S S +S  S S S S S S S   S S S S E S S +S  S S S S S S S
|-----9-9-----9-------9-------9-----|-----9-9---9-------x-9-----9------|
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-7-7-----7-7---7-(7)---7-7-7---7-7-|-7-7-----7---7-(7)-----7-7---7-7--|
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------|


  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S   S S S S S S E S S S S S S E
|---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9-|-----9-9-7-7----------------------|
|---------------------------------|-------------9---------5---5b6----|
|-7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---|-7-7-----------7-7-5h7---7--------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|


  S S a S S S   +S  S S +S  S S S S S a  S S
|-------------------------------7---7-9s10s9-|
|---5-7s8-7-5b6-(5)---5-(5)-7s9---9----------|
|-------------------7------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|


  S S S S S   +S  S   +S  +S  S S S S S S   +S
|-9-7--------------------------------------------|
|-----9-7-5b6-(5)-7b9-(7)-(7)-7-5---5---5b6-(5)--|
|---------------------------------7---7----------|
|------------------------------------------------|


  S S S S E S S   +S  a S S S S a  E S
|-------------------------7---7-9h10-9-|
|-------------5b6-(5)-7h9---9----------|
|-7-5---5-7-7--------------------------|
|-----7--------------------------------|


  S S S S E S   +S  +S  S S S S S E     S S S S E S S +S  S S S S   S E
|-7-----------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|---8-7-9-5-7b9-(7)-(7)-7-5-------5b6-|---7-5-------------------5b6---5b6----|
|---------------------------7-5-------|-7-----5-7-7-7-(7)-7-5-------7--------|
|-------------------------------7-----|-----------------------7--------------|


  S S S   S S   +S  S S     +S  S S     S S   +S  S S
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|---5-7b8-7-5b6-(5)---5b5.5-(5)---5b5.5---5b6-(5)---5-|
|-7-----------------7-----------7-------7---------7---|
|-----------------------------------------------------|


  +S  S S S S S S S E   S S S E     S
|----------------------------------------|
|-(5)-7s9-7-5-7p5---5b6-------5b5.5------|
|-----------------7-----7-5---------7----|
|---------------------------7------------|


  S S S S +S  S T T  S  +S  S S S S S S S
|-------7-(7)---7h9-10-(10)-9-7-----------|
|---7-9-------9-----------------9-7-9-5-7-|
|-7---------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|


  S S S S S S S S S   S S S   +S  S S   +S
|--------------------------------------------|
|-8-7-5---5-------5b6---5-7b8-(7)-7-5b6-(5)--|
|-------7---7-5-7-----7----------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|


  S S S S E S S +S  E S +S  S S   +S    S S S   S S S S S S S S S   +S  S E
|-------------------------------------|-------------7-9-9-7-------------------|
|-----------------------------5b6-(5)-|---5-7b8-7-9---------9-7-5b6-(5)-7-5b6-|
|-7-5---5-7-7-7-(7)-------------------|-7-------------------------------------|
|-----7-------------4-5-(5)-7---------|---------------------------------------|


  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S   S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-----9-----9-----9-----9-----9---|---9-----9-----9-----9-----9--------|
|---9-----9-----9-----9-----9-----|-9-----9-----9-----9-----9-----9----|
|-7-----7-----7-----7-----7-----7-|-----7-----7-----7-----7-----7------|
|---------------------------------|------------------------------------|


  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-9-----9-----9-----9-----9-----9-|
|-----9-----9-----9-----9-----9---|
|---7-----7-----7-----7-----7-----|
|---------------------------------|


  E E E S S +S  S E E E   S S E E S S +S  S S S S S S S
|-----------------------|---------------------7---7---7---|
|-----------------------|-----------------7-----5---------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-(7)-7-7-7-7-|-7s5-5-5-5-5-(5)---5-------5-----|
|-----------------------|---------------------------------|


                                                    D.S. al Coda
  E E E S S +S  S a S S a S S a S S   E E E S S +S  S S S S S E
|-----------------7h9-9-7h9-9-7h9-9-|-----------------7-5--------||
|-------5-7-(7)-9-------------------|---------------7-----7-5----||
|-7-7-7-----------------------------|-5-5-5-5-5-(5)-----------7--||
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------||


 Interlude
  &
  E E Q  H      W          E. S +E  E +S  S S S S S E   W
|-------------|----------|----------------------------|------|
|-------------|----------|----------------------------|------|
|-7-----------|----------|-7--------5-(5)---5-5-5---5-|------|
|-------------|----------|----7-(7)-------7-------7---|------|


  E. S +E    E +S  S S S S S E     W
|--------------------------------|----------|
|----5-(5)b6---------5---5---5b6-|----------|
|-7----------7-(7)-7---7---7-----|----------|
|--------------------------------|----------|


  E. S +E  E +S  S S S S S E   W
|----------------------------|------|
|----------------5-----------|------|
|-7--------5-(5)---5-5-5-5-5-|------|
|----7-(7)-------------------|------|


  E. S +E    E +S  S S S S S E   S E S E S S +S  E S E E
|------------------------------|-------9-------------9-9-|
|----5-(5)b6---------5---5---5-|-------------------------|
|-7----------7-(7)-7---7---7---|-7-7-7---7-7-(7)-7-7-----|
|------------------------------|-------------------------|


  S E S E S S +S  E S E E   S E S E S S +S  E S E E
|-------9-------------9-9-|-------9-------------9-9----|
|-------------------------|----------------------------|
|-7-7-7---7-7-(7)-7-7-----|-7-7-7---7-7-(7)-7-7--------|
|-------------------------|----------------------------|


  S E S E S S +S  E S E E   S E S E S S +S  E S S S E
|-------9-------------9-9-|-------7-----------------5-|
|-------------------------|---------------------5h7---|
|-7-7-7---7-7-(7)-7-7-----|-5-5-5---5-5-(5)-5-5-------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|


  S E S E S S +S  E S S S E
|-------7-----------------5---|
|---------------------5h7-----|
|-5-5-5---5-5-(5)-5-5---------|
|-----------------------------|


  S E S E S S +S  E S S S E   S E S E S S +S  S S S S S S S
|-------5-----------------3-|-------5---------5p3-------3-5-|
|---------------------3h5---|---------------------5-3h5-----|
|-3-3-3---3-3-(3)-3-3-------|-3-3-3---3-3-(3)---------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------------|


  Q  E. S +E  E E E   Q  Q  E E E E
|-------------------|-----------------||
|-------------------|-----------------||
|-2--2--2-(2)-3-3-3-|-2--2--2-2-2-5---||
|-------------------|-----------------||


 Outro
  Q  E E S S E S S E   Q  E. S S E S +S  S E
|--------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------7-5---|---------4-5-4-(4)-----|
|-7--7-7---7-7-----7-|-5--5--5-----------5---|
|--------7-----------|---------------------7-|


    Q  E E S S S S S S S S   E. S E. S S S S S +S  S E
||---------------7-9-9-9-9-|------------------------------|
||o--------7-5-------------|---------7-4-5-7-4-(4)--------|
||o-7--7-7-----7-----------|-5--5-5----------------7-5----|
||-------------------------|------------------------------|


  Q  E S S S S S S a S S a S S   E E E. S S S S S +S  S E  5x
|------------7-9-9-7h9-9-7h9-9-|---------------------------||
|------5-7-9-------------------|--------7-5---7-5-(5)---5-o||
|-7--7-------------------------|-5-5-5------7---------7---o||
|------------------------------|---------------------------||


  Q  E E S S S S S S S S   E. S E. S S S S S +S  S E
|--------------7-9-9-9-9-|-----------------------------|
|--------7-5-------------|---------7-4-5-7-4-(4)-------|
|-7--7-7-----7-----------|-5--5-5----------------7-5---|
|------------------------|-----------------------------|


  E E Q  Q  E E   E  E Q  Q  E E   S E S E S S +S  S E E E
|---------------|----------------|-------------------------|
|---------------|----------------|-------------------------|
|-7-----------5-|-7\-----------5-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-(7)-7-7-7-7-|
|---------------|----------------|-------------------------|


  S E S E S S +S  S E E E   S E S E S S +S  S E E E   E E Q  H
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------*|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------*|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-(7)-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-(7)-7-7-7-5-|-7-----------*|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------*|
            
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