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The Writ

Black Sabbath
Bass Tab

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Black Sabbath

The Writ - Bass

Sabotage

Fade in bass intro w/ effect

     ||---------------------------------------------------------------------
     ||-7h9---------7h9---------7h9------7h9---------7h9---------7h9--------
     ||---------------------------------------------------------------------
     ||-----7-7-7-7-----7-7-7-7-----7--------7-7-7-7-----7-7-7-7-----7-7-7-7

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-7h9------2h4---------2h4---------2h4------2h4---------2h4---------2h4-

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

     -----7--------2-2-2-2-----2-2-2-2-----2--------2-2-2-2-----2-2-2-2-----

What kind of people do you think we are?...

     ----------||-----------------------------------------------------------
     ------2h4-||--7h9---------7h9---------7h9-------7h9---------7h9--------
     ----------||-----------------------------------------------------------
     -2--------||------7-7-7-7-----7-7-7-7------7--------7-7-7-7-----7-7-7-7

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

-7h9------2h4---------2h4---------2h4------2h4-----------2h4---------2h

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     -----7--------2-2-2-2-----2-2-2-2-----2----------2-2-2-2-----2-2-2-2---

Are you metal? Are you man?...

     -------||--------14----------14----------------------------------------
     4------||-----14----14----14----14----------14----------14--------7h9--
     -------||--12----------12----------12-----14---14----14----14----------
     --2----||-----------------------------12----------12----------12------7

Ladys

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-------7h9---------7h9------7h9---------7h9---------7h9------7h9-----14

     ------------------------------------------------------------------12---
     -7-7-7-----7-7-7-7-----7--------7-7-7-7-----7-7-7-7-----7--------------

digging gold from you... Bass break

     -14----------14----------------------------------||--------------------
     ----14----14----14----------14----------14-------||-2h4-2h4-2h4---2h4-2
     -------12----------12----14----14----14----14----||--------------------
     ----------------------12----------12----------12-||-------------2------

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

h4-2h4---2h4-2h4-2h4---2h4-2h4-2h4---7h9-7h9--7h9---7h9-7h9-7h9---7h9-7

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     -------2-------------2-------------2--------------7-------------7------

You bought and sold me with your

     -------------------------------------||--------------------------------
     h9-7h9---7h9-7h9-7h9---7h9-7h9-7h9---||-7h9-7h9-7h9---7h9-7h9-7h9---7h9
     -------------------------------------||--------------------------------
     -------7-------------7-------------7-||-------------7-------------7----

lying words...

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-7h9-7h9---7h9-7h9-7h9---2h4-2h4-2h4---2h4-2h4-2h4---2h4-2h4-2h4---2h4-

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     ---------7-------------7-------------2-------------2-------------2-----

Are you Satan? Are you man?

     ------------||--------14----------14-----------------------------------
     -2h4-2h4----||-----14----14----14----14----------14----------14--7h9-7h
     ------------||--12----------12----------12----14----14----14-----------
     ---------2--||-----------------------------12----------12--------------

Vultures sucking

     ---------------------------------------------------------14----------14
     9-7h9---7h9-7h9-7h9---7h9-7h9-7h9---7h9-7h9-7h9-------14----14----14---
     ---------------------------------------------------12----------12------
     ------7-------------7-------------7-------------7----------------------

gold from you... The search is on so you just...

     -----------------------------------||------------------14--------||----
     --14----------14----------14-------||---------------14-----------||----
     -----12----14----14----14----14----||-----5/12\--12------12-12\--||----
     --------12----------12----------12-||-5-7------------------------||-7--

A smiling

     -------------------------------------------------------------||--------
     ---------------------------------------------------------7-9-||--------
     ------------------------10--9-7h9-7-------------10-9-7h9-----||-7-7--7-
     ------9-----9--9-9-7-9--------------9--9-9-7-9---------------||--------

face it means the world to me... fill My life it start

     ----------------------------------------|--------------||--------------
     ------------------6-7-7-7---9--7-6-6-6--|6-6-6-8---6-6-||---11-11-9----
     -6-7-9--9-4-6-7-9-----------------------|--------8-----||-----------11-
     ----------------------------------------|--------------||-9------------

ed,some...

-----------||Geezer throws in /=slide up Thats it...piece it

------9-11-||in different licks \=slide down together.

---11------||here off of C# h=hammer-on

-9---------||minor pentonic p=pull-off

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