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Paranoid

Black Sabbath

MetalEasy for beginners4 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

Em
D××
G
C×

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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                  Em                                D                G   D   Em 
1. Finished with my woman `cause she couldn't help me with my mind. 
                                    D              G   D   Em 
    People think I'm insane because I am frowning all the time. 
 
 Em - C - D - Em   /   Em - C - D - Em 
 
    Em                                  D                G D  Em 
2. All day long I think of things but nothing seems to satisfy 
                                        D                 G D Em 
    Think I'll lose my mind if I don't find something to pacify 
 
 Em                    D                   Em         D 
    Can you help me,     need you for my brain. Oh  yeah 
 
Em - D - G D Em   /   Em - D - G D Em 
 
   Em                               D                 G  D     Em 
3. I need someone to show me the things in life that I can't find. 
    Em                                      D            G    D  Em 
    I can't see the things that make true happiness, I must be blind 
 
Em - D - G D Em   /   Em - D - G D Em 
 
    Em                               D                 G  D     Em 
4. Make a joke and I will sigh and you will laugh and I will cry. 
     Em                           D             G  D  Em 
    Happiness I cannot feel and love to me is so unreal 
 
Em - C - D - Em   /   Em - C - D - Em 
 
     Em                                 D              G  D    Em 
5. And so as you hear these words now telling you now of my state 
    Em                             D                 G    D   Em 
    I tell you to enjoy life,  I wish I could, but it's too late 
 
Em - D - G  D Em   /   Em - D - G D Em 
 
          
 

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Chord set

Em · D · G · C

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.