Formal Obsession Guitar Tabs by Ill Nino

Ill Nino: Formal Obsession

Transcribed by: Andrew Zara (disturbedfreak0520@yahoo.com)

Date last modified: March 22, 2008

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Tuning: Drop D (D,A,D,G,B,E)

Riff 1
Guitar 1
E|---7-----------7-----------7---------------------|
B|-------7---8-------7---8-------7---8---7---7---7-|
G|-9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---|
D|-------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------|

Riff 1
Guitar 2 (Increase bend slowly until full step up)
E|-----------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------|
D|-2-2-2-2-2-2b-2b-2b-2b-2b-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2b-2b-2b-2b-2b-0-0-|
   * * * * * *  *  *  *  *  * * * * * * * *  *  *  *  *  * *
E|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------2-2-2-2-|
D|-2-2-2-2-2-2b-2b-2b-2b-2b-0-0-2-2-2-2-|
   * * * * * *  *  *  *  *  * * * * * *

Riff 2   "Some days are senseless and so helpless..."
E|---------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------|
D|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
A|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
D|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|

E|---------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------|
D|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-8-8-8-8-8-8--10-8-|
A|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-8-8-8-8-8-8--10-8-|
D|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-8-8-8-8-8-8--10-8-|
                         * * * *
E|-----------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------|
D|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
A|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
D|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|

E|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-|
A|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-|
D|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-|
                         * * * *

Riff 2a   "...que no!!!!!!"
E|-------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------|
D|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-(2)-(2)-(2)-|
A|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-(2)-(2)-(2)-|
D|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-(2)-(2)-(2)-| 
     * * * *   * * * *   * * * *   * * * *

Play Riff 1   "I wanna severe..."
Play Riff 2   "Some days are senseless and so helpless..."
Play Riff 2a  "...que no!!!!!!"

Riff 3 (Release palm mutes when necessary)
E|-----------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------|
G|-7-7-9-9-9-7-7-10-10-10-7-7-9-9-9-7-7-10-10-10-|
D|-----------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------|
   * * * * * * * *  *  *  * * * * * * * *  *  *

Riff 4   "Why!!"
E|-----------------|
B|-----------------|
G|-----------------|
D|-0-2-2-0-0-3-3-0-|
A|-0-2-2-0-0-3-3-0-|
D|-0-2-2-0-0-3-3-0-|

Riff 5
E|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------|
D|-3-3-0----3-3-0----0----0-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
A|-3-3-0----3-3-0----0----0-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
D|-3-3-0----3-3-0----0----0-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
                            * * * * * *

Play Riff 2   "Some days are senseless and so helpless..."
Play Riff 2a  "But you don't know jack shit!!!"


Notation:

10^        = bend a quarter step.
10b11      = bend a half step.
10b12      = bend a full step.
10b12r10   = bend and release.
[10]12     = pre-bend.
[10]12r10  = pre-bend and release.
{14}       = pick the 14th fret while holding the most 
             previous bend.
<17>       = touch the string above the 17th fret while 
             previous note(s) is(are) still ringing.

10b13*     = tremolo bar bend, from the 10th fret to the 13th fret.
7d4*       = tremolo bar dive, from the 7th fret to the 4th fret. 
12~*       = tremolo bar vibrato.

x   =  mute with fret-hand
*   =  palm mute
X\\ =  pick slide
h   =  hammer-on
p   =  pull-off
~   =  vibrato
t   =  finger tap
/   =  slide up
\   =  slide down
h.  =  natural harmonics
a   =  artificial harmonics
(9) =  ghost note
tm  =  trem picking
tr  =  trill

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