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Rat Salad

Black Sabbath
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Song

Rat Salad

Black Sabbath - Paranoid (1970)

e|-----------------------------------------|
b|-----------------------------------------|
g|-3~~~~~--------------3~~~~~--------------|
d|--------3h5-3---------------3h5----------|
a|--------------5-----------------5--------|
E|----------------3\----------------3/15\3-|
e|---------------------------------|
b|---------------------------------|
g|---------------------------------| 2x
d|---------------------------------|
a|-----3-3h4p3---3h4p3---3h4p3-----|
E|-3-6---------6-------6-------6-3-|
e|-------------------|-------------------|
b|-------------------|-------------------|
g|-------------------|-------------------| 2x
d|-------------------|-------------------|
a|-----3-4-3h4p3-----|-------------------|
E|-3-6-----------6-3-|-------------------|

(Drum Fill)

e|------------------------------------------|
b|--------------------------6-8-8b10-8~-8-8-|
g|---------------3-5-5b7-5~-----------------|
d|-----------3-5----------------------------|
a|-----3-4-5--------------------------------|
E|-3-6--------------------------------------|
e|-------15-15----15----15----15----15----|
b|-15-------18b20-18b20-18b20-18b20-18b20-|
g|-17b19----------------------------------|
d|----------------------------------------|
a|----------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------|

Solo:

e|---------------------------------------------------|
b|---------------------------------------------------|
g|-/3-2~~~-2h3-5-2h3p2---2-------------2-3-5p2-2-----|
d|---------------------3---3p2---2h3h5-----------3-2-|
a|-----------------------------5---------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------------------------|
b|-------------------------------------------------------------|
g|-----------------------------------2-3-5-2h3p2-2-------------|
d|-2-3-2h3p2---2h3p2---2h3p2---2h3h5---------------3p2---2-----|
a|-----------5-------5-------5-------------------------5---3h5-|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-----------------------------------------------------|
b|-----------------------------------------------------|
g|-------2-5p2---2h3p2---2-------------2-3-5-5/7-5-5\3-|
d|-2h3-5-------5-------5---3p2---2-3-5-----------------|
a|-----------------------------5-----------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------|
e|----------------------------------------------------|
b|----------------------------------------------------|
g|-3p2-2h3p2-0-2-----------2--------------------------|
d|---------------3p2-2h3h5---3h4p3-3/5-5-5~~~~~~~~~~~-|
a|----------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------|
e|-------------------|-------------------|
b|-------------------|-------------------|
g|-------------------|-------------------| 2x
d|-------------------|-------------------|
a|-----3-4-3h4p3-----|-------------------|
E|-3-6-----------6-3-|-------------------|

(Drum Fill)

e|------------------------------------------|
b|--------------------------6-8-8b10-8~-8-8-|
g|---------------3-5-5b7-5~-----------------|
d|-----------3-5----------------------------|
a|-----3-4-5--------------------------------|
E|-3-6--------------------------------------|
e|-------15-15----15----15----15----15----|
b|-15-------18b20-18b20-18b20-18b20-18b20-|
g|-17b19----------------------------------|
d|----------------------------------------|
a|----------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------|

(Drum Solo for 20 Bars)

After Drum Solo:

e|-------------------|-------------------|
b|-------------------|-------------------|
g|-------------------|-------------------| 2x
d|-------------------|-------------------|
a|-----3-4-3h4p3-----|-------------------|
E|-3-6-----------6-3-|-------------------|

(Drum Fill)

e|------------------------------------------|
b|--------------------------6-8-8b10-8~-8-8-|
g|---------------3-5-5b7-5~-----------------|
d|-----------3-5----------------------------|
a|-----3-4-5--------------------------------|
E|-3-6--------------------------------------|
e|-------15-15----15----15----15----15----|
b|-15-------18b20-18b20-18b20-18b20-18b20-|
g|-17b19----------------------------------|
d|----------------------------------------|
a|----------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------|

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