Song:Obstacle
Artist: Poison the Well
Album: Distance Only Makes the Heart Grow Fonder
Transcribed by: BJ Woodward (sk8ing_woody@hotmail.com)
TUNING D#
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x x x x x x x
(very strange rhythm here)
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||----1-1----1---1----1---1----1---1---1---1--------------|| "as the weakened, attempt to stand"
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||---------------------------------------------|| "the cold wind of progression, causes their downfall"
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x x x x x
CHORUS (lead)
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[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/p/poison_the_well/obstacle_tab.html ]
CHORUS (rhythm)
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(picking is played by 2nd guitar)
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RIFF D1
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x x x x x x x x x x x x x
RIFF D2
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x x x x x x x x x x x x x
RIFF D3
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x x x x x x x x x x x x x
SOLO (Pull-offs and Hammer-ons are not marked)
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