Obsidian tab by Trevor Hall

Tabs

• Capo on 3rd

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Key: A minorAm

Difficulty: Novice

Obsidian by Trevor Hall

These are the different fingerstyle progressions that make up
most of the song:

 F*         G*         A*
 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +   1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +   1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|--------0-------|  |--------0-------|  |--------0-------|
BB|--1-----------1-|  |--1-----------1-|  |--1-----------1-|
G+G|----0--------(0)|  |----0--------(0)|  |----2--------(2)|
D MajorD|3-----3-----3---|  |----------------|  |----------------|
A augmentedA|----------------|  |----------------|  |0-----0-----0---|
E MajorE|----------------|  |3-----3-----3---|  |----------------|

And these are the chords, dont know exactly what they are called
besides Am. If you know I would definitely appreciate a comment

A minorAm    -02210
F*    --3010 (Fmaj7sus2? -chord not played but used in picking,
          also more likely could be A6m7 or something...)
C1    -33210 (C6sus4?)
G1    320010 (G6add10?)


Notes:

I found that it varies on whether or not he plays one or two notes at
the end of the picking progression (I stuck it in the intro because
its clear he definitely does it there, but he plays the BB string
AND the G+G string sometimes throughout the song on the 4+ beat)
So use it if you want here and there, it sounds beautiful
either way

Also on G* you can play the open G+G string to start out the picking
progression instead of the low G+G on the E MajorE string

The chorus is mostly drums and chants, so just bang on any part of
the guitar body and let it out!!!


Intro:
Repeat x4

 A minorAm        A minorAm        A minorAm        Fmaj7sus2
 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|--------0-------|--------0-------|--------0-------|--------0-------|
BB|--1-----------1-|--1-----------1-|--1-----------1-|--1-------------|
G+G|----2---------2-|----2---------2-|----2---------0-|----0-----------|
D MajorD|----------------|----------------|----------------|3-----3---------|
A augmentedA|0-----0-----0---|0-----0-----0---|0-----0-----0---|----------------|
E MajorE|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

~Pause~

Verse:

He said

A*
Black like Obsidian
A*
Land of the Indian
A*
Sound out the call
A*
This is mother's dominion

A*
Bird of the thunder
A*
We don't go under
A*
We sing aloud
A*
We don't care for opinion

A*
Oh sky horses
A*
Ancestor forces
A*
I hear the language
A*
I hear the language

A*
Deep
A*
Wake from your sleep
A*
Swallow up the message
A*
And tell me what you see

Bridge 1:
   F*       F*        F*       F*
I see constellations burning, burning, burning, burning
    G*       G*        G*       G*
All the worlds they are turning, turning, turning, turning
    A*     A*         A*        A*
But the music is my fortress, fortress, fortress, fortress
   F*     F*        F*      F*
See I heard it in a chorus, chorus, chorus, chorus

Bridge 2:
A minorAm             C1
Last night I saw a blazing stallion
A minorAm               C1
Running through the fields of Babylon
     G1
His dark mane on fire
C1      G1
Singing of a spiritual empire

Chorus:
A minorAm
(Way, hey, hay yah yah yah, hey yah yah yah, hey yah yah)
C1
(Way, hey, hay yah yah yah, hey yah yah yah, hey yah yah)
A minorAm
(Way, hey, hay yah yah yah, hey yah yah yah, hey yah yah)
C1
(Way, hey, hay yah yah yah, hey yah yah yah, hey yah yah)

Intro x2 then back into verse:

Verse:
A*       A*
It's my war cry
A*     F*
echo, echo, echo, echo
A*    A*
Oh skies
A*     F*
echo, echo, echo

A*
This is my tribe
    A*
All is inside
A*
Mother speaking
     A*
The lion Shiva

A*
Body temple
      A*
The sum my whole
A*
Listen closely
    A*
The sound of Ohm

A*
Bow and arrow
      A*
Steadily we aim
A*
Tell all of the people
         A*
We shoot out the fray

A*
Skulls on our neck
       A*
Third eye go ablaze
A*
Evil come 'round
        A*
Her sword she raise


Bridge 1:
   F*       F*        F*       F*
I see constellations burning, burning, burning, burning
    G*       G*        G*       G*
All the worlds they are turning, turning, turning, turning
    A*     A*         A*        A*
But the music is my fortress, fortress, fortress, fortress
   F*     F*        F*      F*
See I heard it in a chorus, chorus, chorus, chorus


Bridge 2:
A minorAm             C1
Last night I saw a blazing stallion
A minorAm               C1
Running through the fields of Babylon
     G1
His dark mane on fire
C1      G1
Singing of a spiritual empire

A minorAm             C1
Last night I saw a blazing stallion
A minorAm         C1
Coming with a full battalion
     G1
His black tongue spit flames
C1       G1
Burning up our evil ways


Chorus: x2, x3, or even x4 to fade out
A minorAm
(Way, hey, hay yah yah yah, hey yah yah yah, hey yah yah)
C1
(Way, hey, hay yah yah yah, hey yah yah yah, hey yah yah)
A minorAm
(Way, hey, hay yah yah yah, hey yah yah yah, hey yah yah)
C1
(Way, hey, hay yah yah yah, hey yah yah yah, hey yah yah)