War Pigs

(Interpolating Luke’s Wall)

Words and Music by Frank Iommi, John Osbourne,
William Ward and Terence Butler

Preamble  3
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Slowly q. = 38 ( jq = iq )
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         
                
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     
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3

       
           


    3
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     
         
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    
 
3 3

                                
                 

Intro

 
Faster q = 88 ( jq = jq )

          
   
    
                            

Verse
1. Gen - ’rals gath - ered in their mass - es,
 just like witch - es at black

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 
               

        

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 mass - es.
 E - vil minds that plot de -

       
  

              


struc - tion, sor - cer - er of death’s con - struc - tion.

           
         
                

In the fields the bod - ies burn - ing,


       
  

              

as the war mach - ine keeps turn - ing.

 Death and ha - tred to man -

           
 
   
 
                   

kind, poi - son - ing their brain - washed minds.

 Lord, yeah.Oh,

            

            
              


Interlude

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6

                  
3

      
         


 
   

   
    
       
                   
   
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3

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                           
   

 
 
    
                   
 
    
 


Interlude

                           
              
                            
       

Bridge

 
Pol - i - ti - cian’s hide them - selves a - way, they on - ly start - ed the war.

                       

                       
    

 
Why should they go out

              
  
    
    
    
  
   


to fight? They leave that all to the poor. Yeah.

                        

          
              
    

  
Interlude

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

                             
        
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 Bridge

  
Time will tell on their pow - er minds,

                  
         
 
       
            
   


mak - ing war just for fun.

             
       
               



Treat - ing peo - ple just like pawns in chess,

             
  
     
     
     
   
 

 
wait till their judge - ment day comes. Yeah.

 
        
      
                  
 


Interlude

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6

                  
3

       
   
  


 
     

          
   
   
  
                     
   

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                
          
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   
 
    
   
        
              
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Guitar Solo

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
      
   

     
             


                             
                              
        

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                               
       

 
                             
                              
        


                             
                               
       

    
                          
              
 

 
 
     

 

      

 
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 
                      
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       
                       
      

 
           
         
  
             

Verse
2. Now in dark - ness, world stops turn - ing,

       
  

              

ash - es where the bod - ies burn - ing.

 No more war pigs have the pow -

           
                 

        

- er.
 Hand of God has struck the hour.

           
         
                

Day of judge - ment, God is call - ing,


       
  

              

on their knees, the war pigs crawl - ing.


       
                 
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 Beg - ging mer - cies for their sins,

 
         

  

                



Sat - an laugh - ing, spreads his wings. Oh, Lord, yeah.

       
  

              


Interlude

  
          
       
                 
 

 
 

                   
             
  

 
 
         
                   

                       
   

 
            
                      
 

 
             
           
          
          
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 
   
           
                 


  
    
                                     
          


                             
                              
        

  
                             
                              
        

    
 
   

                                    
 
  
  





                              

                
         
        

 
                   
 
            
   
 
    

                                
                         
       
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  
                                 
                             
       

 
                                  
                    
     

 
                        
                            
          


                    
             
    
     


 
                          
              
   


      
                           

                        
      

 
         
     
            
                      
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*Tape speeds up.

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                          
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