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Spiral Architect by Black Sabbath
Spiral Architect
Tune your guitar down 1 and 1/2 semitones to play this song.
E - C#
A - F#
D - B
G - E
B - G#
e - C#
INTRO:
Let all notes ring. Play each bar four times.
|----0---|----0---|----8---|--------------|
|---6-6--|---8-8--|---6-6--|----0-----0---|
|--7---7-|--9---9-|--7---7-|---6-6---4-4--|
|-0------|-0------|-0------|--7---7-5---5-|
|--------|--------|--------|-0-----0------|
|--------|--------|--------|--------------|
Opening Riff (in the begining he plays this (1) then he switches to the riff below (2))
(1)
F#5 B5 (played mostly on the upbeat)
e:-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B:-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G:-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D:----7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7----------------------------------------|
A:--7-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5----------------------------------------|
E:--5----------------------------------------------------------------|
(2)
F#5 B Major (played mostly on the upbeat)
e:-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B:----7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7----------------------------------------|
G:----7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7----------------------------------------|
D:--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7----------------------------------------|
A:--5----------------------------------------------------------------|
E:--7----------------------------------------------------------------|
Bridge:
e:-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B:-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G:-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D:--7--10-9-7-9-7----7---------------------7-------------------------|
A:----------------10---10-8-10-8-7-8-7-8-7-5-------------------------|
E:-------------------------------------------------------------------|
Then back to the opening riff for a little
Then he plays the Bridge once more, opening the Main Riff
Main Riff:
B5 F#5 A5G#5 B5
e:-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B:-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G:-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D:--7-7-7----5-4-7-7-7-7---------------------------------------------|
A:--5-5-57-7-3-2-5-5-5-5---------------------------------------------|
E:-------5-5---------------------------------------------------------|
Then he throughs in another kind of Bridge Riff, leading back to the Opening Riff.
Bridge:
e:-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B:-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G:--7--7-10--10-9--9-8--8-7------------------------------------------|
D:--7--7-10--10-9--9-8--8-7------------------------------------------|
A:--5--5-8---8--7--7-6--6-5------------------------------------------|
E:-------------------------------------------------------------------|
(This could possibly sound better if it was appegiated, depends on what you want.
i arppegiate it ;))
After playing these riffs in certain combinations, he plays this really sweet lick that
possibly be considered the "solo". Here it is. On the record the violin plays it but
are the notes on the guitar.
Solo:
e:-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B:-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G:-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D:----------------------------------------10--9-----10--12--10-12----|
A:------8--10------12--10------8--10--12---------12------------------|
E:--10---------10----------10----------------------------------------|
play 2x
e:-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B:-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G:-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D:--12-10-9-10-9-7-9-7-5-7-5-3-0-------------------------------------|
A:-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E:-------------------------------------------------------------------|
Then back to the opening riff.
Sorcerers of madness
Selling me their time
Child of God sitting in the sun
Keeping peace of mind
Fictional seduction
On a black snow sky
Sadness kills the superman
Even fathers cry
Of all the things I value most of all
I look inside myself
And see my world
And know that it is good
You know that I should
Superstitious centuries
Didn't time go slow
Separating sanity
Watching children grow
Synchronated undertaker
Spiral skies
Silver ships on plasmic oceans
In disguise
Of all the things I value most in life
I see my memories
And feel their warmth
And know that they are good
You know that I should
Watching eyes of celluloid
Tell you how to live
Metaphoric motories
Say give, give, give
Laughter giving, love is showing
Me the way
Spiral building architect
I build, you pay
Of all the things I value most of all
I look upon my Earth
And feel the warmth
And know that it is good
You know that I should
You know that I should
You know that I should
You know that I should
You know that I should
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version 2
Fig1
|-------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----|
|-----6---6-------6---6-------6---6-------6---6---|
|---7-------7---7-------7---7-------7---7-------7-|
|-0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----|
|-----8---8-------8---8-------8---8-------8---8---|
|---7-------7---7-------7---7-------7---7-------7-|
|-0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------8-----------8-----------8-----------8-----|
|-----6---6-------6---6-------6---6-------6---6---|
|---7-------7---7-------7---7-------7---7-------7-|
|-0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|-------0-----------0-----------0-----------0------|
|-----6---6-------4---4-------6---6-------4---4----|
|---7-------7---5-------5---7-------7---5-------5--|
|-0-----------0-----------0-----------0------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
fig2
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|----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------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7------|
|-0--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---0--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
fig 3
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------3------------------------------------3-|
|-2-2--5^5-2-5\2---------------------2------5^5-2-5\2---------------------2-|
|----------------7\5-5\3-2h3p0-2h3p0-0----------------7\5-5\3-2h3p0-2h3p0-0-|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
fig 4
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-7-7-7-------------5---4----7---7-7-7-7--------------------|
|-7-7-7---7--7--7---5---4----7---7-7-7-7--------------------|
|-5-5-5---7--7--7---3---2----5---5-5-5-5--------------------|
|---------5--5--5-------------------------------------------|
of all the things i value most...
|--------2--------------5-----------4-----------3-----------------|
|------3---3----------6---6-------5---5-------4---4---------------|
|----2-------2------5-------5---4-------4---3-------3-------------|
|-0---------------0-----------0-----------0-----------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------2--------------5-----------4-----------3-----------------|
|------3---3----------6---6-------5---5-------4---4---------------|
|----2-------2------5-------5---4-------4---3-------3-------------|
|-0---------------0-----------0-----------0-----------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
Sorcerers of madness
Selling me their time
Child of God sitting in the sun
Keeping peace of mind
Fictional seduction
On a black snow sky
Sadness kills the superman
Even fathers cry
Of all the things I value most of all
I look inside myself
And see my world
And know that it is good
You know that I should
Superstitious centuries
Didn't time go slow
Separating sanity
Watching children grow
Synchronated undertaker
Spiral skies
Silver ships on plasmic oceans
In disguise
Of all the things I value most in life
I see my memories
And feel their warmth
And know that they are good
You know that I should
Watching eyes of celluloid
Tell you how to live
Metaphoric motories
Say give, give, give
Laughter giving, love is showing
Me the way
Spiral building architect
I build, you pay
Of all the things I value most of all
I look upon my Earth
And feel the warmth
And know that it is good
You know that I should
You know that I should
You know that I should
You know that I should
You know that I should
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version 3
intro x4 x4
C#||------------0---------||--||------------0---------||
G#||*--------6-----6-----*||--||*--------8-----8-----*||
E ||------7-----------7---||--||------9-----------9---||
B ||---0------------------||--||---0------------------||
F#||*--------------------*||--||*--------------------*||
C#||----------------------||--||----------------------||
x4
C#||--------------8---------||
G#|*-----------6-----6-----*||
E ||------7-------------7---||
B ||---0--------------------||
F#|*-----------------------*||
C#||------------------------||
C#|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G#|----------0-----------------0-----------------0-------------------0-------|
E |-------6-----6-----------4-----4-----------6-------6-----------4-----4----|
B |----7-----------7-----5-----------5-----7-------------7-----5-----------5-|
F#|-0-----------------0-----------------0-------------------0----------------|
C#|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
x4
C#||------------8---------||
G#||*--------6-----6-----*||
E ||------7-----------7---||
B ||---0------------------||
F#||*--------------------*||
C#||----------------------||
Sorcerers of madness
Selling me their time
Child of God sitting in the sun
Keeping peace of mind
Fictional seduction
On a black snow sky
Sadness kills the superman
Even fathers cry
Of all the things I value most of all
I look inside myself
And see my world
And know that it is good
You know that I should
Superstitious centuries
Didn't time go slow
Separating sanity
Watching children grow
Synchronated undertaker
Spiral skies
Silver ships on plasmic oceans
In disguise
Of all the things I value most in life
I see my memories
And feel their warmth
And know that they are good
You know that I should
Watching eyes of celluloid
Tell you how to live
Metaphoric motories
Say give, give, give
Laughter giving, love is showing
Me the way
Spiral building architect
I build, you pay
Of all the things I value most of all
I look upon my Earth
And feel the warmth
And know that it is good
You know that I should
You know that I should
You know that I should
You know that I should
You know that I should
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