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.
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