Black Sabbath – A National Acrobat (Guitar)

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[Main Riff]
N.C.
e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------|
A|------------------7-6-----------9p7-------6-7-6|
E|7-9-9--9--7-9-7-9------7-9-9--9------7--7------|
[Verse 1]
C#m      E                    B         F#
I am the world that hides the universal secret of all time

C#m         E            B            F#
Destruction of the empty spaces is my one and only crime

A          G#          E                   F#
I've lived 1000 times, I found out what it means to be believed

A                G#          E                 F#
The thoughts and images, the unborn child that never was conceived

C#m         E                   B                 F#
When little worlds collide, I'm trapped inside my embryonic cell

C#m          E            B             F#
And flashing memories are cast into the never-ending well

A             G#                   E                F#
The name that scorns the face, the child that never sees the cause of man

A           G#            E                  F#
The deathly darkness that belies the fate of those who never ran
[Bridge Riff] This is played following the general pattern of the C# and B chords
e|-----------------------------------|
B|---------------------------9\------|
G|---------------------------9\------|
D|---------------------------9\------|
A|--------------7--------------------|
E|7-9---7-9-7-9---9-7-9-7-9----------|
[Bridge]
C#                       B
You gotta believe, yeah, I'm talking to you

C#                B        C#     B    C#
Well, I know it's hard for you to know the reason why

C#         B      C#                        B       C#
And I know you'll understand more when it's time to die

C#                B        C#               B    C#
Don't believe the life you have will be the only one

C#                   B    C#                B        C#
You have to let your body sleep to let your soul live on

C#         B  C#      C#            B   C#
I want you to listen, I'm trying to get through

C#             B       C#               B    C#
Love has given life to you and now it's your concern

C#         B  C#         B                   C#
Unseen eye of inner life will make your soul return

C#             B          C#        B        C#
Still, I look, but not to touch the seeds of life are sown

C#             B      C#         B            C#
Curtain of the future falls, the secret stays unknown
[Outro]
C#            B       C#       B              C#
Just remember love is life and hate is living death

C#                  B         C#        B              C#
Treat your life for what it's worth and live for every breath

C#                B         C#       B        C#
Looking back I've lived and learned, but now, I'm wondering

C#               B    C#         B                   C#
Here, I wait and only guess what this next life will bring, haha!
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