Orchid
Artist:Black Sabbath (Tony Iommi)
Album: Master Of Reality
Transcriber: Michael R. James
This is played on a steel string acoustic guitar
Iommi finger picks this song with:
t thumb
i index finger
m middle finger
Intro: t + i
t m i t m i t m i t m i
-------------10--8--10--5--5--5--5--5-5--|----0-----0-----0-----0----------|
---6--8--10------------------------------|------1-----1-----1-----1--------|
-----------------------------------------|----------------------------0-/--|
-------------8---7--8---3--3--3--3--3-3--|-----------------------------/-0-|
---5--7--8-------------------------------|--3-----3-----3-----3------------|
-----------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
t m i t m i t m i t m i t m i t m i t m i t m i
|----1-----1-----1-----1---------|----1-----1-----1-----1-----------|
|------3-----3-----3-----3-------|------0-----0-----0-----0---------|
|--------------------------0-/---|----------------------------0-/---| \/
|--0-----0-----0-----0------/-0--|-----------------------------/-0--| /\
|--------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--3-----3-----3-----3-------------|
[ Tab from: http://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/b/black_sabbath/orchid_tab_ver_2.html ]
t m i t m i t m i t m i t m i t m i t m i t m i t m i t m i t m i t m i
|----5-----5-----5-----5-----5-----8-----7-----5-----0-----0-----0-----0---------|
|------------------------------------------------------1-----1-----1-----1-------|
|------5-----5-----5-----5-----5-----9-----4-----5--------------------------0-/--|
|--3-----3-----3-----3-----3-----7-----5-----3-------------------------------/-0-|
|--------------------------------------------------3-----3-----3-----3-----------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
t m i t m i t m i t m i t m i t m i t m i t m i t m i t m i t m i t m i
|----3-----3-----3-----3-----3-----3-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----
|------3-----3-----3-----3-----3-----3-----3-----3-----3-----3-----3-----3---
|--0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------3-----2-----3-----3-----3-----3------
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------- \/ during this part (G) Iommi plays the open G string
/\ 1 octive higher that shown. I play the G on the 3rd
fret of the E string because of my absence of a bass
|