From [email protected] Sun May 4 10:26:40 1997
Date: Mon, 31 Mar 1997 03:04:49 -0800 (PST)
From: Martin Roulston
To: [email protected]
Subject: National Acrobat — Black Sabbath Guitar Tab
Tabbed by Martin — [email protected]
Title — A National Acrobat 1974
Artist — Black Sabbath
Album — Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
4/4 Time
Notation h = hammer on
P = pull-off
B = bend
= slide down
/ = slide up
. = staccato, don’t let ring
R = rest
X = mute notes
Note — I worked this out on an acoustic guitar
So it is bound to have inaccuracies,
(especially with the hammer on and pull off)
Please add corrections
Riff 1 — 2 Bars — Intro repeat 4 times
E|———————————————————|
B|———————————————————|
G|—————————————2—————-|
D|———————-3—2—————-5——2-3-2—|
A|3h5—5.-5—5-3-5-3-5——3-5-5-5-5-3——3————|
E|————————————————5———|
Riff 2 — 2 Bars
D F C G
E|————————————|
B|————————————|
G|7—7—7———-5—5—5———-|
D|7—7—7-3—3—3-5—5—5-5—5—5-|
A|5—5—5-3—3—3-3—3—3-5—5—5-|
E|———1—1—1———-3—3—3-| + riff 1
I am the world that hides the universal secret of all time
Destruction of the empty spaces is my one and only crime
Riff 3 — 2 Bars
Bb ? F G
E|————————————|
B|————————————|
G|1—1-1—2—2-2———————|
D|3—3-3—3—3-3—3—3-3—5—5-5—|
A|3—3-3—0—0-0—3—3-3—5—5-5—|
E|———1—1-1—1—1-1—3—3-3—| + riff 1
I’ve lived a thousand times, I found out what it means to be believed
The thoughts and images, the unborn child that never was conceived.
Verse 2
When little worlds collide I’m trapped inside my embryonic cell
And flashing memories are casting into he never ending well
The name that scorns the face, the child that never sees the cause of man
The deathly darkness that belies the fate of those who never ran
Riff 4 — 2 Bars
E|————————————————-5—-|
B|———————————-6—x-x-x-x—6—-|
G|———————————-5—x-x-x-x—5—-|
D|——————3—————-4—x-x-x-x———|
A|3h5.-r-r-3h5-3h5—5-3—3h5.-r-5-5—x-x-x-x-5——|
E|————————5—————————-5-|