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Paranoid chords by Black Sabbath (Ver. 2)

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Tuning: Standard tuning


Paranoid - Black Sabbath (1970)
Written By: Terrence 'Geezer' Butler, Tony Iommi,
            John 'Ozzy' Osbourne and Bill Ward.
Chorded/Tabbed By: Zack Oxford.

4/4 TIME @ 164 BPM (2 Min. 44 Sec.) in 'G'.

Chords Used:
-----------
              GUITAR
         Chord diagramE MajorE  Chord diagramA augmentedA  Chord diagramD MajorD  Chord diagramG+G  Chord diagramBB  e
       -------------------
E4   -  12 12  x  x  x  x
E5*  -  12 14  x  x  x  x  -> 'INTRO' Only
Chord diagramE5E5   -  12 14 14  x  x  x
Chord diagramD5D5   -  10 12 12  x  x  x
Chord diagramG5G5   -   x 10 12 12  x  x
Chord diagramG/DG/D  -   x  x 12 12 12  x
Chord diagramC5C5   -   8 10 10  x  x  x

INTRO: [8 M]
-----

|E4 E5*  E4 E5*  E4 E5* |NC      |E4 E5*  E4 E5*  E4 E5* |NC      |
|E4 E5*  E4 E5*  E4 E5* |NC      |E4 E5*  E4 E5*  E4 E5* |NC      |

*** 'INTRO' Guitar TAB ('h' = Hammer ON) -

  E4 E5*     E4 E5*     E4 E5*   NC                                \
e|------------------------------|--------------------------------|  |
Chord diagramBB|------------------------------|--------------------------------|  |
Chord diagramG+G|------------------------------|--------------------------------|  > x4
Chord diagramD MajorD|------------------------------|--------12-h14----------12------|  |
Chord diagramA augmentedA|12h14------12h14------12h14---|12-h14----------12-h14------14--|  |
Chord diagramE MajorE|12---------12---------12------|--------------------------------|  |
  1    +  2  +    3  +  4    +   1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +     /

VERSE #1: [8 M] See 'VERSE' TAB, Below -
--------

|Chord diagramE5E5                      |Chord diagramE5E5                 |Chord diagramD5D5                   |
 Fin-ished  with  my  wo-  man  'cause  she   could-n't  help  me

|Chord diagramG5G5   Chord diagramD5D5   Chord diagramE5E5   Chord diagramG/DG/D |Chord diagramE5E5                      |Chord diagramE5E5                 |
 with my   mind      Peo-ple  think  I’m  in-  sane   be-cause  I

|Chord diagramD5D5                |Chord diagramG5G5  Chord diagramD5D5    Chord diagramE5E5      |
  am  frown-  ing   all the   time

*** 'VERSE' TAB  (Play for all 5 Verses) -

  Chord diagramE5E5
e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
Chord diagramBB|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
Chord diagramG+G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|14--14--14--14--14--14--14--14--|14--14--14--14--14--14--14--14--|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|14--14--14--14--14--14--14--14--|14--14--14--14--14--14--14--14--|
Chord diagramE MajorE|12--12--12--12--12--12--12--12--|12--12--12--12--12--12--12--12--|
  1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +    1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +

  Chord diagramD5D5                               Chord diagramG5G5  Chord diagramD5D5          Chord diagramE5E5      Chord diagramG/DG/D
e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
Chord diagramBB|--------------------------------|------------------------12------|
Chord diagramG+G|--------------------------------|12----------------------12------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|12--12--12--12--12--12--12--12--|12--12----------14------12------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|12--12--12--12--12--12--12--12--|10--12----------14--------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10--|----10----------12--------------|
  1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +    1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +

  Chord diagramE5E5
e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
Chord diagramBB|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
Chord diagramG+G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|14--14--14--14--14--14--14--14--|14--14--14--14--14--14--14--14--|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|14--14--14--14--14--14--14--14--|14--14--14--14--14--14--14--14--|
Chord diagramE MajorE|12--12--12--12--12--12--12--12--|12--12--12--12--12--12--12--12--|
  1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +    1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +

  Chord diagramD5D5                               Chord diagramG5G5  Chord diagramD5D5          Chord diagramE5E5
e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
Chord diagramBB|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
Chord diagramG+G|--------------------------------|12------------------------------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|12--12--12--12--12--12--12--12--|12--12----------14--------------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|12--12--12--12--12--12--12--12--|10--12----------14--------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10--|----10----------12------0---0---|
  1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +    1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +

INTERLUDE #1: [8 M]
------------

|Chord diagramE5E5     Chord diagramC5C5|    Chord diagramD5D5  |Chord diagramE5E5      |Chord diagramE5E5      |Chord diagramE5E5     Chord diagramC5C5|    Chord diagramD5D5  |Chord diagramE5E5      |Chord diagramE5E5      |

*** 'INTERLUDE #1' and 'INTERLUDE #2' TAB ('\' = Slide DOWN) -

  Chord diagramE5E5     Chord diagramC5C5      Chord diagramD5D5   Chord diagramE5E5                                                 \
e|----------|--------|------------------------|------------------------|  |
Chord diagramBB|----------|--------|------------------------|------------------------|  |
Chord diagramG+G|----------|--------|------------------------|------------------------|  > x2
Chord diagramD MajorD|14----\10-|10--12--|14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-|14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-|  |
Chord diagramA augmentedA|14----\10-|10--12--|14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-|14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-|  |
Chord diagramE MajorE|12----\8--|8---10--|12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|  |
  1 2 3 4+   1 2 3 4  1  +   2  +  3  +  4  +  1  +   2  +  3  +  4  +   /

VERSE #2: [8 M]
--------

|Chord diagramE5E5                     |Chord diagramE5E5                 |Chord diagramD5D5                   |
 All day  long  I  think  of  things,  but   noth-ing  seems  to

|Chord diagramG5G5  Chord diagramD5D5    Chord diagramE5E5 Chord diagramG/DG/D |Chord diagramE5E5                        |Chord diagramE5E5                 |
 sat-is-   fy      Think I'll  lose  my  mind  if  I  don't  find

|Chord diagramD5D5                 |Chord diagramG5G5 Chord diagramD5D5    Chord diagramE5E5    |
  some-  thing  to   pa-ci-   fy

BRIDGE: [8 M] See 'BRIDGE' TAB, Below -
------

|Chord diagramE5E5      |                 Chord diagramE5E5 |Chord diagramD5D5            |                      |
          Can you  help  me?          Thought  you  were  my  friend

|Chord diagramE5E5      |            |Chord diagramD5D5      |        |
             Whoa,     yeah

*** 'BRIDGE' TAB -

  Chord diagramE5E5               NC Chord diagramD5D5                Chord diagramE5E5                Chord diagramD5D5
e|--------|----------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
Chord diagramBB|--------|----------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
Chord diagramG+G|--------|----------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|14------|------14--|12------|--------|14------|--------|12------|--------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|14------|------14--|12------|--------|14------|--------|12------|--------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|12------|------12--|10------|--------|12------|--------|10------|--------|
  1 2 3 4  1 2 3 4 +  1 2 3 4  1 2 3 4  1 2 3 4  1 2 3 4  1 2 3 4  1 2 3 4

RE-INTRO #1: [8 M] Play 1st 4 Measures Of 'VERSE' TAB TWICE -
-----------

|Chord diagramE5E5    |Chord diagramE5E5    |Chord diagramD5D5    |Chord diagramG5G5 Chord diagramD5D5  Chord diagramE5E5  Chord diagramG/DG/D  |Chord diagramE5E5    |Chord diagramE5E5    |Chord diagramD5D5    |Chord diagramG5G5 Chord diagramD5D5  Chord diagramE5E5  Chord diagramG/DG/D  |

VERSE #3: [8 M]
--------

|Chord diagramE5E5                    |Chord diagramE5E5                    |Chord diagramD5D5               |
 I need  some-  one  to  show  me  the  things  in  life  that

|Chord diagramG5G5 Chord diagramD5D5      Chord diagramE5E5   Chord diagramG/DG/D |Chord diagramE5E5                       |Chord diagramE5E5                     |
 I  can't   find      I can't  see  the  things  that  make  true  hap-

|Chord diagramD5D5             |Chord diagramG5G5   Chord diagramD5D5   Chord diagramE5E5       |
  pi-  ness  I   must be   blind

GUITAR SOLO: [16 M] Play 1st 4 Measures Of 'VERSE' TAB 4 TIMES -
-----------

|Chord diagramE5E5     |Chord diagramE5E5     |Chord diagramD5D5     |Chord diagramG5G5 Chord diagramD5D5  Chord diagramE5E5 Chord diagramG/DG/D |Chord diagramE5E5     |Chord diagramE5E5     |Chord diagramD5D5     |Chord diagramG5G5 Chord diagramD5D5  Chord diagramE5E5 Chord diagramG/DG/D |
|Chord diagramE5E5     |Chord diagramE5E5     |Chord diagramD5D5     |Chord diagramG5G5 Chord diagramD5D5  Chord diagramE5E5 Chord diagramG/DG/D |Chord diagramE5E5     |Chord diagramE5E5     |Chord diagramD5D5     |Chord diagramG5G5 Chord diagramD5D5  Chord diagramE5E5 Chord diagramG/DG/D |

RE-INTRO #2: [8 M] Play 1st 4 Measures Of 'VERSE' TAB TWICE -
-----------

|Chord diagramE5E5     |Chord diagramE5E5     |Chord diagramD5D5     |Chord diagramG5G5 Chord diagramD5D5  Chord diagramE5E5 Chord diagramG/DG/D |Chord diagramE5E5     |Chord diagramE5E5     |Chord diagramD5D5     |Chord diagramG5G5 Chord diagramD5D5  Chord diagramE5E5 Chord diagramG/DG/D |

VERSE #4: [8 M]
--------

|Chord diagramE5E5                  |Chord diagramE5E5                    |Chord diagramD5D5                  |
 Make a  joke  and  I  will  sigh,  and  you  will  laugh,  and

|Chord diagramG5G5 Chord diagramD5D5     Chord diagramE5E5  Chord diagramG/DG/D |Chord diagramE5E5                    |Chord diagramE5E5                    |
 I  will   cry      Hap-pi-  ness  I  can-  not  feel,  and  love

|Chord diagramD5D5           |Chord diagramG5G5 Chord diagramD5D5    Chord diagramE5E5      |
  to  me  is   so un-   real

INTERLUDE #2: [8 M]
------------

|Chord diagramE5E5     Chord diagramC5C5|    Chord diagramD5D5  |Chord diagramE5E5      |Chord diagramE5E5      |Chord diagramE5E5     Chord diagramC5C5|    Chord diagramD5D5  |Chord diagramE5E5      |Chord diagramE5E5      |

VERSE #5: [8 M]
--------

|Chord diagramE5E5                    |Chord diagramE5E5                 |Chord diagramD5D5                   |
 And, so  as  you  hear  these  words  tel-  ling  you  now    of

|Chord diagramG5G5 Chord diagramD5D5   Chord diagramE5E5    Chord diagramG/DG/D |Chord diagramE5E5                  |Chord diagramE5E5                 |
    my   state      I tell  you  to  en-  joy  life  I  wish

|Chord diagramD5D5              |Chord diagramG5G5   Chord diagramD5D5    Chord diagramE5E5      |
  I  could  but   it's too   late

CODA: [8 M] Play 'VERSE' TAB, EXCEPT hold final 'E5' to end -
----

|Chord diagramE5E5     |Chord diagramE5E5     |Chord diagramD5D5     |Chord diagramG5G5 Chord diagramD5D5  Chord diagramE5E5  Chord diagramG/DG/D |Chord diagramE5E5     |Chord diagramE5E5     |Chord diagramD5D5     |Chord diagramG5G5 Chord diagramD5D5  Chord diagramE5E5  |

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