The Face of Oblivion
by High on fire
from Blessed Black Wings
Tuning: C-F-Bb-Eb-G-C
tabbed by Willothius
[Great song that's not to hard to play except maybe riff 9, but especially the 2nd part
kicks ass...No solo's, also i'm not sure about fingerpositions AT ALL since i just
what sounded right. ]
Riff 1:|---------------------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------------------||-9-----5-----------------------7-------5-----------------7\6/7---7---||-7-----5-7-----7-2-----3/8~~~--5-2-----5-7-----7-2-------5\4/5---5---||-0---0---7---0-5-3---0-------0---0---0---7---0-5-3---0-3-------0-----|
Riff 2:|---------------------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------------------||-9-----5-----------------------7-------5-----------------7\6/7-------||-7-----5-7-----7-2-------------5-2-----5-7-----7-2-------5\4/5-8-5---||-0---0---7---0-5-3---0-1/6~~~0---0---0---7---0-5-3---0-1-------6-3---|
Riff 3:|---------------------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------------------||-9-----5-----------------------7-------5-----------------7\6/7---7---||-7-----5-7-----7-2-------------5-2-----5-7-----7-2-------5\4/5-2-5---||-0---0---7---0-5-3---0-1/4~~~0---0---0---7---0-5-3---0-1-------0-----|
1x Riff 1 Gtr I only
1x Riff 2 Gtr I + II
1x Riff 3
1x Riff 2
Riff 4: [Not 100% sure on this one]|-------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------0-||-----7-------6-------8-------2-----0-------||-0-7---0-6/8---0-5/6---0-0h3---0h3---0h5---|
2x Riff 4 (semi-clean)
1x Riff 3 [verse 1]
1x Riff 2 [verse 1]
Chorus 1:|---------------------------------|------------------------------------||---------------------------------|------------------------------------||---------------------------------|------------------------------------||---------------------------------|------------------------------------||-8---------8-8-8-8---------------|---8-5\4/5-8\5---5/8---5p2-----8----||-6-0-0-0-0-6-6-6-6-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-6-------6\3-0-3/6-0-3p0-0-0-6-0--|
Chorus 2:|---------------------------------|--------------------------------------||---------------------------------|--------------------------------------||---------------------------------|--------------------------------------||---------------------------------|--------------------------------------||-8---------8-8-8-8---------------|---8/12---8\5---5/8---5p2-----8-------||-6-0-0-0-0-6-6-6-6-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-6/10-0-6\3-0-3/6-0-3p0-0-0-6-0-----|
Chorus 3:|---------------------------------|----------------------------------------||---------------------------------|----------------------------------------||---------------------------------|----------------------------------------||-----------------------------5---|--------------------------------7-------||-8---------8-8-8-8-------7-5-7---|-----7p5h7---9h10p5---5h7p2-2-2-5---8-5-||-6-0-0-0-0-6-6-6-6-0-0-0-------0-|-0-0-------0--------0-------------0-6-3-|
2x Chorus 1
1x Riff 3 [verse 2]
1x Riff 2 [verse 2]
1x Chorus 2
1x Chorus 3
1x Chorus 2
1x Chorus 3
Riff 5:|--------------------------------------||--------------------------------------||--------------------------------------||--------------------------------------||---9/14---10/13---8/15---5/9---5-4-3--||-0-7/12-0--8/11-0-6/13-0-3/7-0-3-2-1--|
4x Riff 5
1x Riff 3 [verse 3]
1x Riff 2 [verse 3]
2x Riff 4 (semi-clean)
1x Chorus 2 [solo!]
1x Chorus 3 [solo!]
1x Chorus 2 [solo!]
1x Chorus 3 [solo!]
8x Riff 5 (8th time hold the last chord)
Second part of the song:
------------------------
Gtr I: Slight distortion
Gtr II: Clean
Gtr III: Full distortion
Riff 6:|---------------------------------------------------------------------||-----0-1-----------------------------0-1-----------------------------||---------2---0-2-------------------------2---0-2---------------------||---2-------3-----2---0-2-----------2-------3-----2---0-2-3-2h3p2-0---||-0-----------------3-----2---0-2-0-----------------3---------------3-||---------------------------3-----------------------------------------|
Riff 7:|-----------------------------------||--------------------1-0-------0----||------------------------2-0-2---0--||----3-2-0--------------------------||----------3-2-0--------------------||--1-------------3-3----------------|
Riff 8: [1st time...] [2nd time...]||---------------------------------------|----------------------------------|| |---------|||---------------------------------------|----------------------------------|| |---------|||o--------------------------------------|---------------------------------o|| |---------|||---------------------------------------|----------------------------------|| |---------|||o---8-7-5-4---5-7---10-8------12-10----|---8-7-5-4---5-7---8-6-----5-3---o|| |---5-3-0-|||--5---------5-----8------8/10-------10-|\5---------5-----6-----6\3-----3--|| |-3-------|
2x Riff 6 Gtr I
1x Riff 7 Gtr I
1x Riff 8 Gtr I
2x Riff 6 Gtr I + II
1x Riff 7 Gtr I + II
1x Riff 8 Gtr III /w drums
Riff 9:||-------------------------------------------|------------------------------------||||-------------------------------------------|------------------------------------||||o------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------o||||--2-10-9-7-6-2-7-9----12-10-------14-12----|-2-10-9-7-6-2-7-9---10-8-----7-5----||||o-0-8--7-5-4-0-5-7-10-10-8--10-12-12-10-12-|-0-8--7-5-4-0-5-7-8-8--6-8-5-5-3-5-o||||-------------------8--------8--10-------10-|------------------6------6-3-----3--||
2x Riff 9 Gtr III
Riff 10:|-------------------------|------------------------------------------||-------------------------|------------------------------------------||-------------------------|------------------------------------------||--2----------5-----7-----|-2-10-9-7-6-2-7-9----12-10-------14-12----||--0----------3-----5-----|-0-8--7-5-4-0-5-7-10-10-8--10-12-12-10-2--||-------------------------|------------------8--------8--10-------0--|
|-------------------------|------------------------------------||-------------------------|------------------------------------||-------------------------|------------------------------------||--2----------3-----------|-2-10-9-7-6-2-7-9---10-8-----7-5----||--0----------1-----5-----|-0-8--7-5-4-0-5-7-8-8--6-8-5-5-3-2--||-------------------3-----|------------------6------6-3-----0--|
2x Riff 10
1x Riff 9
Finish:|-----------||-----------||-----------||-----------||-7 \ \ \---||-5 \ \ \ --|
