A National Acrobat tab by Black Sabbath

Tune all strings 2 frets down

Used symbols :

 v  - vibrato
 h  - hammer next note
 p  - pull off to next note
 b  - bend to pitch next note
 r  - release bend
 >  - articulate
 \  - slide high to low/next note
 /  - slide low to high/next note
P.M.- palm muted


Main Riff (1):

D-------------------------------------------------------
A-------------------------------------------------------
F------->->---------------------->->--5h4---------------
C--0h2--2-2--0h2--0h2--5-4--0h2--2-2------5--0-4h5------
G--------------------------------------------------5(v)-
D-------------------------------------------------------


Fill 1 :

D------------------------------------------------------
A------------------------------------------------------
F------------7-7---------------------------------------
C--2-2--5-5--7-7--5-5----------------------------------
G--2-2--5-5--5-5--5-5----------------------------------
D--0-0--3-3-------3-3----------------------------------

   I am the world that hides...


Riff 2 :

I think Iommi uses some kind of device here :

D----------------------------------------------------
A----------------------------------------------------
F-------------------------------12\-----------12\----
C--0h2--0-0h2-0h2-5-4-0--0-0h2--12\--0-0-0-0--12\----
G----------------------------------------------------
D----------------------------------------------------
                                    |- P.M.-|

Main Solo (The one on the right track) :

D--------------------------------------14p11--------------------------------
A--14p11----14p11-13-14p11-13-14p11----------14--14p11----14p11-------------
F--------11-------------------------13-----------------11-------13-13-13p11-
C---------------------------------------------------------------------------
G---------------------------------------------------------------------------
D---------------------------------------------------------------------------

D-------------------------14b16-14b16-14b16r14-11----11-11------------------
A-------------------------------------------------14-------14---------------
F----13-13-13-13b14r13-11-------------------------------------15\13\11------
C-13------------------------------------------------------------------------
G---------------------------------------------------------------------------
D---------------------------------------------------------------------------

D----------------------------------13b14-13b14-13b14-13b14-13b14-11----11---
A-------------------------------------------------------------------14------
F-13b15r13-11-13-13b15r13-11------------------------------------------------
C----------------------------13-13------------------------------------------
G---------------------------------------------------------------------------
D---------------------------------------------------------------------------

D----11-11\---------------------------------------14b16-14b16-14b16r14-11---
A-14-------14b16-14-11------------------------------------------------------
F----------------------13p11-13p11-13-13b14r13-11---------------------------
C---------------------------------------------------------------------------
G---------------------------------------------------------------------------
D---------------------------------------------------------------------------

D-14p11---------------------------------------------------------------------
A-------14-14p11----14p11---------------------------------------------------
F----------------13-------13-13b15r13-11-13-13b15r13-11---------------------
C-------------------------------------------------------13-11-13\-----------
G---------------------------------------------------------------------------
D---------------------------------------------------------------------------


Fill 2 :
                   This part 3 x
D-------------------------------------|---------------
A-------------------------------------|---------------
F--7--7-7--2--------7--7-7--2---------|---------------
C--7--7-7--2-----5--7--7-7--2-----5---|-/9-9-9-9------
A--5--5-5--0--0--5--5--5-5--0--0--5---|-/9-9-9-9------
D----------------3----------------3---|-/7-7-7-7------

And into riff 3a :

D-----------------------------------------------------
A-----------------------------------------------------
F-----------------------------------------------------
C-----0--2/4--2-----0--2/4/6--2-----0--2/4--2--0------
G--4-------------4---------------4----------------4---
D-----------------------------------------------------

Riff 3b:

D-----------------------------------------------------
A-----------------------------------------------------
F-----0--2/4--2-----0--2/4/6--2-----0--2/4--2--0------
C--4-------------4---------------4----------------4---
G-----------------------------------------------------
D-----------------------------------------------------


...And into some semisolo - psychedelic things that I haven’t
transcribed.

Here’s the lyrics / songflow :

Riff 1 x 2
Riff 1 x 2 (second guitar enters)

Fill 1  I am the ...
/Riff 1 the universal ...
Fill 1  Destruction of the ...
/Riff1  is my one and only crime

 a
 n      I’ve lived a ...
 d      I found out what it ...
        The thoughts ...
 s      The unborn child that ...
 o
        When little ...
 o      I’m trapped inside ...
 n      And flashing m...
        are cast into the ...
 u
 n      The name that ...
 t      The child that never ...
 i      The deathly darkness ...
 l      the fate of those ...
 .
 .
 .
Riff 2 x...

Riff 2 Well I know it’s hard for you ....
 .

Solo
w/Riff2
       Just remember love ....

       Looking back I’ve ....
       (Ha Ha !)


Fill 2


Riff 3a x2
Riff 3b
Riff 3a
...