From [email protected] Fri Apr 18 10:30:43 1997
Date: Fri, 4 Apr 1997 21:43:05 +0200
From: Cedric Simillion
To: [email protected]
Subject: tab: «A National Acrobat» by Black Sabbath
Hi,
I would appreciate it if you would submit this file to the archive. For
One of the best Sabbath songs (I was amazed that it hadn’t already been
Posted).Would it be possible to mail me back (at
[email protected],my brother’s e-mail account,since mine is
Only active within a week.)
THANK YOU for your attention and amazing archive !
BLACK SABBATH : A NATIONAL ACROBAT
From the album Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
Transcription by Thomas Simillion ([email protected])
This may not be the exact version, but is definitely a way to play it.
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—————————-
