Phobos Tab

Song: Phobos
Artist: Emanuel
Album: Black Earth Tiger

Tabbed By: Alex Barrera

Email: albballer8@aol.com

Tuning: Full Step Down + Drop D (CGCFAD)

I cant quite make out the wah riff in the breakdown, so if you can help, contact me and 
will give you credit. And I cant be bothered to do that creepy sounding riff at the end. 
you can, don’t hesitate to share it with me.

And this song is yet to be tabbed, so…

Let’s go!


Intro:

With wah, delay, and some other effects:
D|-5~---|
A|-3~---|
F|-2~---|
C|-0~---|
G|-0~---|
C|-0~---|

Main Riff:

D|-20-20-20---------------------------------------------|
A|----------17-17-17-18-18-18---------------------------|
F|----------------------------17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17---|
C|------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------|
C|------------------------------------------------------|X2

D|------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------|
F|------------------------------------------------------|
C|-------------------17-17-17-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19---|
G|-17-17-17-20-20-20------------------------------------|
C|------------------------------------------------------|

D|------------------------------------------------------|
A|-17-17-17-20-20-20------------------------------------|
F|-------------------17-17-17-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19---|
C|------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------|
C|------------------------------------------------------|

Verse:

* indicates use of about 4 beats of delay.

D|----5------------5---------|
A|-3*---6---6---3*---6---6---|
F|-2------7-----2------7-----|
C|-0------------0------------|
G|---------------------------|
C|---------------------------|

D|----3------------3---5-3---|
A|-1*---3---3---1*---3-------|
F|-0------3-----0------------|
C|-2------------2------------|
G|--------------3------------|
C|---------------------------|

Repeat Verse riff, while main riff plays over it.


Chorus:
D|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|
F|-----------------------------------|
C|---------5h7---------5h7-----------|
G|---3h5---------3h5---------3h5-----|
C|-0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0---|

D|--------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------|
F|--------------------------------------|
C|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8----5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|
G|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8----5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|
C|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8----5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|

Repeat it twice, then:

D|-------------------------------------|
A|---------8h10---------8h10-----------|
F|---5h7----------5h7----------5h7-----|
C|-0-----0------0-----0------0-----0---|
G|-------------------------------------|
C|-------------------------------------|

D|--------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------|
F|--------------------------------------|
C|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8----5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|
G|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8----5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|
C|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8----5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|

End chorus with:
D|----------5------|
A|--------6---6~---|
F|------7----------|
C|-0~--------------|
G|-0~--------------|
C|-0~--------------|


Verse:
D|----5------------5---------|
A|-3*---6---6---3*---6---6---|
F|-2------7-----2------7-----|
C|-0------------0------------|
G|---------------------------|
C|---------------------------|

D|----3------------3---5-3---|
A|-1*---3---3---1*---3-------|
F|-0------3-----0------------|
C|-2------------2------------|
G|--------------3------------|
C|---------------------------|

Again, repeat main riff. In case you don’t want to scroll back up…

Main Riff:

D|-20-20-20---------------------------------------------|
A|----------17-17-17-18-18-18---------------------------|
F|----------------------------17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17---|
C|------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------|
C|------------------------------------------------------|X2

D|------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------|
F|------------------------------------------------------|
C|-------------------17-17-17-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19---|
G|-17-17-17-20-20-20------------------------------------|
C|------------------------------------------------------|

D|------------------------------------------------------|
A|-17-17-17-20-20-20------------------------------------|
F|-------------------17-17-17-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19---|
C|------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------|
C|------------------------------------------------------|

Again, play into the chorus:

Chorus:
D|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|
F|-----------------------------------|
C|---------5h7---------5h7-----------|
G|---3h5---------3h5---------3h5-----|
C|-0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0---|

D|--------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------|
F|--------------------------------------|
C|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8----5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|
G|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8----5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|
C|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8----5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|

Repeat it twice, then:

D|-------------------------------------|
A|---------8h10---------8h10-----------|
F|---5h7----------5h7----------5h7-----|
C|-0-----0------0-----0------0-----0---|
G|-------------------------------------|
C|-------------------------------------|

D|--------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------|
F|--------------------------------------|
C|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8----5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|
G|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8----5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|
C|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8----5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|

Breakdown:

Fast Part:
D|--------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------|
F|------5-----7-----5-----7---5h7---5---|
C|--------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------|
C|-0-0----0-0---0-0---0-0---0-----0-----|

Then:

Guitar 1:
D|-----------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------|
F|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10---12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12---|
C|-x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x-----x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x---|
G|-8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8----10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10---|
C|-----------------------------------------------------|

Guitar 2:
D|--------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------|
F|--------------------------------------|
C|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8----5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|
G|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8----5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|
C|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8----5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|

Repeat entire piece twice.

Breakdown (Slow Part)

‘b’ indicates a note bend from the note to the left of the b, to the sound of the note 
of the b.

D|-------------------------|
A|-------------------------|
F|-------------------------|
C|-0-0-----0-0-0-0---------|
G|-0-0-----0-0-0-0---------|
C|-0-0-5b7-0-0-0-0-5b7-7---|

D|---------------------|
A|---------------------|
F|---------------------|
C|-8---8-8-5-5-3-5-3---|
G|-8---8-8-5-5-3-5-3---|
C|-8---8-8-5-5-3-5-3---|
Repeat slow part 4 times, on 2nd repeat, a little wah solo is playd, but I cant quite 
it out.

Anyways, the chorus is played again:

Chorus:
D|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|
F|-----------------------------------|
C|---------5h7---------5h7-----------|
G|---3h5---------3h5---------3h5-----|
C|-0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0---|

D|--------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------|
F|--------------------------------------|
C|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8----5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|
G|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8----5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|
C|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8----5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|

Repeat it twice, then:

D|-------------------------------------|
A|---------8h10---------8h10-----------|
F|---5h7----------5h7----------5h7-----|
C|-0-----0------0-----0------0-----0---|
G|-------------------------------------|
C|-------------------------------------|

D|--------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------|
F|--------------------------------------|
C|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8----5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|
G|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8----5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|
C|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8----5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|

Outro:

Guitar 1, With Wah:
D|--------------------------------------|
A|-10-8----8----------------------------|
F|------10---10-9-10-9----9----9-10-7---|
C|---------------------10---10----------|
G|--------------------------------------|
C|--------------------------------------|

Guitar 1 repeats until end.

Guitar 2:
D|---------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------|
F|---------------------------------------------------|
C|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|
G|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|
C|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|


D|-----------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------|
F|-----------------------------------------------------------|
C|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10---|
G|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10---|
C|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10---|


End on:
D|---------------------------------------------------|
A|-10-8----8-----------------------------------------|
F|------10---10-9-10-9----9----9-10-7b8b7b8b7b8b7~---|
C|---------------------10---10-----------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------|
C|---------------------------------------------------|

You are now officially awesome for being able to play this song.

The entire album is tuned this way, so keep that in mind in case you want to tab another 
of their songs.