Paranoid Chords

by Black Sabbath
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Difficulty: absolute beginner
Tuning: E A D G B E
Capo: no capo
Author McKrispee [pro] 97.
3 contributors total, last edit on Jan 12, 2025
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Chords

D
E
Em
G
C

Strumming

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[Intro]
(Power Chords)
D / E  D / E  D / E    (x4)
 
[Verse]
Em                                D                G    D   Em (G)
Finished with my woman 'cause she couldn't help me with my mind
Em                              D             G   D    Em (G)
People think I'm insane because I am frowning all the time
 
Em    C  D  Em
Em    C  D  Em
 
Em                                 D                G D  Em (G)
All day long I think of things but nothing seems to satisfy
Em                                 D                 G D  Em (G)
Think I'll lose my mind if I don't find something to pacify
 
[Bridge]
Em
   Can you help me
D            Em
  Occupy my brain
   D
Oh yeah
 
[Riff]
Em        D    G D Em (G)
Em        D    G D Em (G)
 
[Verse]
Em                            D                   G  D    Em (G)
I need someone to show me the things in life that I can't find
Em                                    D            G    D   Em (G)
I can't see the things that make true happiness, I must be blind
 
[Solo]
Em        D    G D Em (G)
Em        D    G D Em (G)
Em        D    G D Em (G)
Em        D    G D Em (G)
 
[Riff]
Em        D    G D Em (G)
Em        D    G D Em (G)
 
[Verse]
Em                               D                 G  D   Em (G)
Make a joke and I will sigh and you will laugh and I will cry
Em                           D            G  D  Em (G)
Happiness I cannot feel and love to me is so unreal
 
Em    C  D  Em
Em    C  D  Em
 
Em                                D            G  D  Em (G)
And so as you hear these words telling you now of my state
Em                          D                G    D   Em (G)
I tell you to enjoy life, I wish I could but it's too late
 
[Outro]
Em        D    G D Em (G)
Em        D    G D Em
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Paranoid – Black Sabbath
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12 comments
Skatewey
I agree with you alex... great tab as a base...i tried to submit a full lyric version with a tabbed intro but didn't get thru the peer review cos they said there were too many (& mostly incomplete..!) versions already... perhaps I'll try re-submitting for the 3rd time...
+3
alexmcnamee61
Really good, would love a complete version with the line "Can you help me occupy my brain?" as it has different chords but otherwise great.
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PanzerBock
The original chords are powerchords... Ozzy sings the right note to "complete" them
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