Iron Man Guitar tab video
Black Sabbath
Make your own Iron Man tab video, freeNo editing. No card. 10 minutes free.- Instrument
- Guitar
- Difficulty
- Easy
- Tuning
- E A D G B E
- Key
- Do maggiore
- Tempo
- 70 BPM
About this riff
The main 'Iron Man' riff is built on slow, heavy power chords with a two-note bend that gives it its lumbering, mechanical feel, making it approachable for beginners at this 70 BPM pace. The challenge is less about speed and more about timing, palm muting, and locking in with the plodding kick drum so the groove feels menacing rather than sloppy. Learning it teaches you how tone, phrasing, and space can make a simple part iconic, plus the faster gallop section later in the song is a good step-up exercise.
Did you know?
Ozzy Osbourne came up with the title after hearing Tony Iommi's main riff for the first time at rehearsal, saying it sounded like 'a big iron bloke walking about,' and the band briefly used 'Iron Bloke' as a working title before Geezer Butler wrote the sci-fi lyrics around it. The song has no connection to the Marvel character, which wasn't available in the UK at the time. Iommi has said the riff was meant to evoke something heavy sneaking up behind you, working in tandem with Bill Ward's thumping bass drum.
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