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Iron Man

Tuning: Standard (E A D G)
Tabbed By:Jordan (questions or comments e-mail me at sandman12_23_91@yahoo.com)
I have a live version and from what it shows of Geezer this is 100% correct.

G|---------------------|   (Bass dosen't do this but you can if you want)
D|---------------------|
A|-7b----7b----7b---7b-|
E|---------------------|

G|--------------------------|
D|-----------545454---------| x6 (Guitar plays this riff x1 before bass comes in)
A|---5-5-7-7--------5-5-7-7-|
E|-7------------------------|

G|----------------------------|          G|-----------------|
D|----------------------------| x2 then  D|-----------------|
A|-----5----------------------|          A|-----5-----------|
E|-7-7---7-6-5-5-5--0-3-4-5-6-|          E|-7-7---7-6-5-5-5-|

G|--------------------------|
D|-----------545454---------| x4
A|---5-5-7-7--------5-5-7-7-|
E|-7------------------------|

G|---9-7----------7-5------|
D|-------9-7---------7-5---|
A|-7---------9-5---------7-| < use a wah pedal there it should sound right
E|-------------------------|

G|---------------------5-|
D|---------------5-5h9---| x2
A|---------5-5h9---------|
E|-5-5-5h9---------------|

G|---9-7----------7-5------|
D|-------9-7---------7-5---| x2
A|-7---------9-5---------7-| < use a wah pedal there it should sound right
E|-------------------------|

G|---------------------5-|
D|---------------5-5h9---| x2
A|---------5-5h9---------|
E|-5-5-5h9---------------|

G|--------------------------|
D|-----------545454---------| x4
A|---5-5-7-7--------5-5-7-7-|
E|-7------------------------|

G|---9-7----------7-5------|
D|-------9-7---------7-5---| x2
A|-7---------9-5---------7-| < use a wah pedal there it should sound right
E|-------------------------|

G|---------------------5-|
D|---------------5-5h9---| x2
A|---------5-5h9---------|
E|-5-5-5h9---------------|

G|---9-7----------7-5------|
D|-------9-7---------7-5---| x2
A|-7---------9-5---------7-| < use a wah pedal there it should sound right
E|-------------------------|

G|---------------------5-|
D|---------------5-5h9---| x2
A|---------5-5h9---------|
E|-5-5-5h9---------------|

G|-6-4-----------------|
D|-----6-4-------------| x2
A|---------6-4---------|
E|-------------0-4-6-7-|

G|--------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------|
A|-4(keep playing this very quickly from 3:20-3:40)-|
E|--------------------------------------------------|

G|-6-4-----------------|
D|-----6-4-------------| x2
A|---------6-4---------|
E|-------------0-4-6-7-|

G|---------------------5-|
D|---------------5-5h9---| x4
A|---------5-5h9---------|
E|-5-5-5h9---------------|

G|--------------------------|
D|-----------545454---------| x4
A|---5-5-7-7--------5-5-7-7-|
E|-7------------------------|

G|---------------------------|
D|---------------------------| x2
A|-----5---------------------|
E|-7-7---7-6-5-5-5-0-3-4-5-6-|

G|-----------------|
D|-----------------|
A|-----5-----------|
E|-7-7---7-6-5-5-5-|

G|------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-7(keep playing this very quickly till the end of the song)-|
E|------------------------------------------------------------|