The Face of Oblivion Tabs & Lyrics by High On Fire

The Face of Oblivion

guitar tabs lyrics

High On Fire

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:
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|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-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:
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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:
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|-7 \ \ \---|
|-5 \ \ \ --|