War Pigs Lyrics

To: jamesb@animal-farm.nevada.edu
Posted by: stevep@snowhite.cis.uoguelph.ca (Steve Portigal)
To: rec.music.makers.guitar.tablature
Date: 27 Oct 1993 10:46:42 -0500
WARPIGS
Black Sabbath
As almost all of Black Sabbath's tunes it consists of some basic riffs
and a solo (or two). This one however contains also some fills. These
riffs and fills are:
RIFF 1
RIFF2
tr.
RIFF 3
RIFF 4
RIFF 5
9---------------|----------9-9-9-|9s7-------------|----------7-7-7-|
7---------------|----------7-7-7-|7s5-------------|----------5-5-5-|
7s9-------------|----------9-9-9-|9s7-------------|----------------|
5s7-------------|----------7-7-7-|7s5-------------|----------------|
RIFF 6A RIFF 6C (end of song)
RIFF 6B
RIFF 7
FILL 1 FILL 2 FILL 3
tr.
p = Pull-off
s = Slide
All three notes of the 4p2p0 lick in Fill 1 should equal the time of a
quarter. Thus, they should look like this in a standard transcription:
__3__
Timing is exact with 2 '-'s an 8th, 4 '-'s a quarter etc.
The song flow and lyrics are:
Riff 1
Riff 1
w/
Generals gathered in their masses
Just like witches at black masses
Evil minds that plot destruction
Sorcerers of death's construction
ill 1
In the fields are bodies burning
ill 2
As the war machine keeps turning
ill 3
Death and hatred to mankind
Poisoning their brainwashed minds, Oh Lord yeah
Riff 2
Riff 3
Riff 4
w/
Politicians hide themselves away
They only started the war
Why should they go out to fight
They leave that all to the poor
Riff 3
Riff 4
w/
Time will tell on their power minds
Making war just for fun
Treating people just like pawns in chess
Wait til the judgement day comes
Riff 2
(not transcribed in this post)
Riff 5
Riff 1
Riff 1
w/
Now in darkness world stops turning
As you hear the bodies burning
No more warpigs have the power
And as God has struck the hour
ill 1
Day of judgement, God is calling
ill 2
On their knees the warpigs crawling
ill 3
Begging mercy for their sins
Satan laughing spreads his wings, Oh Lord yeah
Riff 2
Riff 6
Riff 6
Riff 6
Riff 7
(not transcribed in this post)
Riff 6
Riff 6
| Steve Portigal, Dep't of CIS, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, N1G 2W1 |
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