Warning Chords
Warning by Black Sabbath is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
A Bit Of Finger:
|--------------------------------------7h9-------------------
|----------------------------------7h9--------------7h9------
|-5h7--5---7-------7---5--7----------------7------------5--7-
|------------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------7h9----------------------------------
|-----------------7h9----------7h9-------------------------
|-7----5--7---------------7--------5--7----and so on-------
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0:57
Geezer thows in different E and D octaves
||-9\---------------------------------------------------5^-------||
||----7--5h7--7---7--7--5-------7--5h7--7--7--7-7-7-5-7----------||
||------------------------7-5-7----------------------------------||
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Geezer grooves on these notes..he throws in other stuff though
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||--5h7--5h7--5h7---5h7--7-5--------------------------5-7-7-5---5||
||---------------------------7-5-7-----------------/7---------7--||
||----------------------------------5----5-----5-----------------||
1:20
|---------------------------------------5^-----------------
|-5h7--7--7--7-5-------5h7--7--7--7-5----------------------
|----------------7-5-7----------------7--------------------
|----------------------------------------------------------
2:10
1:38 For guitar solo Geezer holds
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||--5----------3---------8------5---||-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-5-5-5-5-
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E and D, but then start doing some groovin off of E and D pentonics
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-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3--5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-
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thats pretty much it..its just a long jam, kinda groove through it
...and off to Warning. /=slide up h=hammer-on
this is basically the little blues-thing done from
about 3:45 to 7:00, and also at the end of the song
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|-----------------------------------------------------------
|-------8-----------------------8---------------------------
|-10-10----10-10-8-8\-----10-10----10-10-8-8\---------------
|----------------------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------------10-12---
|-8-8-8-8--8-8--8-8--8-9-10-10-10-10--10-10-10-10--10-12---------
|----------------------------------------------------------------
|------------------------------------|----------------------
|-----3----3----------------3----3---|-5--3-------------------
|-5-5----5---5---3-4----5-5----5---5-|-------5-3--------------
|--------------5---------------------|----------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------
|-------8----8----10-8--------------8----8------------------
|-10-10---10---10------10-8---10-10---10---10----3-4--------
|----------------------------------------------5------------
7:03 Solo
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||-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5
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-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-
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-5-5-5-5---5---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-
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7-7-7-7-7--5\--3-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--5\--3-5-7
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Groove off these notes........................
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-------------------------------9----5-----7------------------
-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--7-----7----7-----7--5--7--9--7---
-----------------------------------------------------------5-
Bluesy Part
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----5-----------||-----5-----5-----5-7-5--------5-----5-----5
-7----7-----7---||-5h7---5h7---5h7-------7--5h7---5h7---5h7--
--------9-------||-------------------------------------------
Just groove around these notes
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-7--5----|-----------------5------------7b(9)-7-5----|-------
------7--|-7--7--5-----5-7----7--5---5------------7--|-7-7-7-
---------|----------7--------------7-----------------|-------
just keep groovin...
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-7-7-7-7-7-----5-6-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-----5-6-7-7-7-7-7-7-||--
-----------7-8-----------------------7-8-----------------||--
groove on this
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-----------------5-----------7b(9)-7-5----||-guitar-riffs--||
-7--7--5-----5-7----7-5---5------------7--||---------------||
----------5-------------7-----------------||---------------||
Keep groovin...
-------------------------------9-7-------------------5-------
-------------------7-5-------------9-------------5h7---------
-7-5-7---5-6-7-5-7-----5-7-5-7--------5--5--5--7-------3-3-3-
-------7-----------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------|-----------------------
------5------------------5-----------|-----------------------
-/5-7---7-5-3-2-2-2-/5-7---7-5-3-3-3-|-5-5-3--3-------------3
-------------------------------------|-----------5-3--3-4-5--
-------------------|---------------||This songs just a jam
-------------------|-back to vocal-||to fill CD space so they
--5-5-3--3---------|-----riffs-----||just do alot of groovin,
-----------5-3-4-5-|---------------||just go along with it.
/=slide up b=bend h=hammer-on
\=slide down ( )=bend to p=pull-off
8:23
|----------------------------------------------------------
|---------5-----5-----5-7^-7-5----5----5----5--7^-7-5------
|-------7-----7-----7-----------7----7----7----------------
|-/7\------------------------------------------------------
Solo:8:35
|---------------------------------9-9-7-7---7-9-9-77-------
|---------------------7^-7-5--------------9----------9-9-7-
|-7-7-5---5-7-7-7-5----------7--7--------------------------
|-------7-----------7--------------------------------------
|--------------------9-9-7-7-------------------------9-9-9-9-
|-----5-7-7^-7-5-------------7-------------5-----5-7---------
|-7-7------------7-7-----------7-7-5---------5-7-------------
|------------------------------------7-5-7-------------------keep groovin
|----------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------5--------------------------
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-and so on--
|---------------------------7-5----------------------------
Solo:9:23
|----9-9-7-7----------------------9-9-7-7------------------
|------------9-9---5-7-7^-7-5-------------9-9---5-7-7^-7-5-
|-77-------------7------------7-7-------------7------------
|----------------------------------------------------------
12:50
|----------------------------------------------------------
|----------7^-7-5---------5-7-5---------7^-7-5-------------
|-7-7-5-7---------7-7-5-7-------7-7-5-7--------------------
|----------------------------------------------------------
12:58
|------------7-5---7-5-------------5-3---5-3---------------
|----------7-----7-----7-5-------5-----5-----5-3-----------
|-5-5-5--5-----------------3-3-3---------------------------
|------------------------------------------------
|----------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------3-5-3------------------------------------
|-5-5-3-------3-5-------back to blues prograssion---------
|-------5-3-5----------------------------------------------