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Song: Orchid
Artist:Black Sabbath (Tony Iommi)
Album: Master Of Reality
Transcriber: Michael R. James

This is played on a steel string acoustic guitar
Iommi finger picks this song with:

		t  thumb
		i  index finger		   
		m  middle finger	   
Intro: t + i
					    t m i t m i t m i t m i
-------------10--8--10--5--5--5--5--5-5--|----0-----0-----0-----0----------|
---6--8--10------------------------------|------1-----1-----1-----1--------|
-----------------------------------------|----------------------------0-/--|
-------------8---7--8---3--3--3--3--3-3--|-----------------------------/-0-|
---5--7--8-------------------------------|--3-----3-----3-----3------------|
-----------------------------------------|---------------------------------|

t m i t m i t m i t m i          t m i t m i t m i t m i
|----1-----1-----1-----1---------|----1-----1-----1-----1-----------|
|------3-----3-----3-----3-------|------0-----0-----0-----0---------|
|--------------------------0-/---|----------------------------0-/---|  \/
|--0-----0-----0-----0------/-0--|-----------------------------/-0--|  /\
|--------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--3-----3-----3-----3-------------|

   t m i t m i t m i t m i t m i t m i t m i t m i t m i t m i t m i t m i
|----5-----5-----5-----5-----5-----8-----7-----5-----0-----0-----0-----0---------|
|------------------------------------------------------1-----1-----1-----1-------|
|------5-----5-----5-----5-----5-----9-----4-----5--------------------------0-/--|
|--3-----3-----3-----3-----3-----7-----5-----3-------------------------------/-0-|
|--------------------------------------------------3-----3-----3-----3-----------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

   t m i t m i t m i t m i t m i t m i t m i t m i t m i t m i t m i t m i
|----3-----3-----3-----3-----3-----3-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----
|------3-----3-----3-----3-----3-----3-----3-----3-----3-----3-----3-----3---
|--0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------3-----2-----3-----3-----3-----3------
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------



	\/      during this part (G) Iommi plays the open G string
	/\      1 octive higher that shown.  I play the G on the 3rd
		fret of the E string because of my absence of a bass.