Iron Man Bass Tab



I am 100% positive this is how Geezer plays it. I’ve seen him do it with my own eyes.



Main Riff

G--------------------------------------------

D----------------5-4-5-4-5-4--------------

A-------5-5-7-7--------------5-5-7-7---

E-----7-------------------------------------   Join in after guitar plays this first.

Do this 6 times 

Riff 2

G--------------------------------------

D--------------------------------------

A--------5-----------------------------

E---7-7----7-6-5-5-5-0-4-5-5-6 -  Do this 3 times leaving out the last 5 notes for the                                                                            

drums on the last time                     

Riff 3

G------------------------------------          

D-----2---2--------0----0--------

A-------3---3-2-1---2----2-1-0---

E------------------------------------The bass does something different from the guitar here.

Nobody wants him………….    



Riff 4

G------------------------2-3-4----

D-----------0-2-2-3-4------------

A----2-2-2------------------------

E-----------------------------------

Do this 2 times then go back to the line above and do that once then this again 2 times 



Restart the whole song then after you do that  play this directly after the line above.

Riff 5

G-----6-4----------------------------------

D-----------6-5-4-2------------------------

A---------------------2-2>4----------------

E------------------------------------------- 2 times



I don’t know what to do during the solo so make something up.



Here’s the order of the song according to the riffs

Main----- 6x

2nd---------3x       (leaving out the last 5 notes the last time)

3rd---------1x

4th---------2x

3rd---------1x

4th---------2x

Main------4x

3rd---------1x

4th---------2x

3rd--------1x

4th--------2x

5th--------2x

Solo

5th--------2x

4th--------4x

Main-----4x

2nd--------3x     (leaving out the last 5 notes the last time)



When the drums are hitting the Hi-Hat play this

G---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

D-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

A-----7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7

E---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Just keep hitting 7 fast

Then when the guitar starts going

E------------------------------------------------

B-------------------------------------------------

G--------------------------------------------------

D---------------------------------4-6-4-6-4------

A-----6-4-6-4-6-4------6-4-6-----------------4----

E--------------------------------------------------- So on..



Do this:

G-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

D-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

A6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-2-2-2

E--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Do that until the song ends

 

	-Chris