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Obsessions Rule Compulsions' Fool

©2001   Charles A. Measday

Updated 13-Jul-2007

Guitar Pro-generated melody and rhythm guitar tracks in MP3 (735K) and MIDI formats. I can't sing; more precisely, you wouldn't want to hear me attempt to sing!

I knew my originality was too good to be true. Faith No More has a song, "From Out of Nowhere", with a line "Obsession rules me ..." And I already had it listed on my OCD Music page!

Cast adrift upon the ocean of life
Every breeze is a storm.
I've got no rudder and I've got no sail
Don't know which way I am going.

Chorus:
Feel buffeted upon all sides
North and South
East and West.
Tossed about
Left and right
Up and down.
My mind can't get no rest.

Moving through a fog that never lets up
No beginning, no end.
I can't see the light on everyone else
Only darkness my ken.

Chorus

Obsessions rule me, thoughts prey on my mind
Always more, never less.
Compulsions fool me, promise time after time
Some relief from distress.

Chorus

Music

When I actually play the song, I'm a little imprecise about the timing between lines, so take the transcriptions below with a grain of salt. I play the rhythm guitar part for the verses delicately and then wallop the chords on the chorus - like waves crashing, you know! Since I can't sing, I don't know if the melody is singable or better used as a guitar solo.

Power Tab-generated images:


Tablature

Melody (Lead Guitar):

     Verse ...
E||--------------------6--6--|--5-------------------|-----------------------|
B||--5--5--6--5--------------|-----8~---------8-----|--6-----5-----------5--|
G||--------------7--5--------|-------------------7--|-----5-----7~----------|
D||--------------------------|----------------------|-----------------------|
A||--------------------------|----------------------|-----------------------|
E||--------------------------|----------------------|-----------------------|


--------------------6--6--|--5-------------------|-----------------------|
--5--5--6--5--------------|-----8~---------8-----|--6-----5--5-----------|
--------------7--5--------|-------------------7--|-----5--------7~-------|
--------------------------|----------------------|-----------------------|
--------------------------|----------------------|-----------------------|
--------------------------|----------------------|-----------------------|

  Chorus ...
-----------------6--8--6--|-------------8--6----|---------------------|
--8--6--8--8--8-----------|----8~---------------|--8~---------6-------|
--------------------------|---------------------|----------------8----|
--------------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
--------------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
--------------------------|---------------------|---------------------|


---------------------|----------6--8--6-------|--------8--6---------|
---------------8--6--|--8----8-------------8~-|----------------8~---|
--5~-----------------|------------------------|---------------------|
---------------------|------------------------|---------------------|
---------------------|------------------------|---------------------|
---------------------|------------------------|---------------------|


----------------------|--------------------||
---------8----8----6--|--------------------||
------5---------------|--8----5~-----------||
----------------------|--------------------||
----------------------|--------------------||
----------------------|--------------------||

Rhythm Guitar:

     Verse ...
E||-------------------6--6--|--5--3----------7----|--5----3--3----------|
B||--5--5--6----x--x--6--6--|--6--5----------8----|--6----5--3----------|
G||--5--5--5----x--x--------|-----5----------7----|--5----5--4----------|
D||-------------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
A||-------------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
E||-------------------------|---------------------|---------------------|


-------------------6--6--|--5--3----------7----|--5----3----3--------|
--5--5--6----x--x--6--6--|--6--5----------8----|--6----5----3--------|
--5--5--5----x--x--------|-----5----------7----|--5----5----4--------|
-------------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
-------------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
-------------------------|---------------------|---------------------|

  Chorus ...
  G  G  G    G  G  C  C       G        C  C       G          F  F7
--3--3--3----3--3--3--3--|----3--------3--3----|--3----------1--1----|
--3--3--3----3--3--5--5--|----3--------5--5----|--3----------1--4----|
--4--4--4----4--4--5--5--|----4--------5--5----|--4----------2--2----|
--5--5--5----5--5--5--5--|----5--------5--5----|--5----------3--3----|
--5--5--5----5--5--3--3--|----5--------3--3----|--5----------3--3----|
-------------------------|----3----------------|--3------------------|


  C            G  G     G    G  G  C  C    G           C  C    G
--0------------3--3--|--3----3--3--3--3----3--|--------3--3----3----|
--1------------3--3--|--3----3--3--5--5----3--|--------5--5----3----|
--0------------4--4--|--4----4--4--5--5----4--|--------5--5----4----|
--2------------5--5--|--5----5--5--5--5----5--|--------5--5----5----|
--3------------5--5--|--5----5--5--3--3----5--|--------3--3----5----|
--0------------------|---------------------3--|----------------3----|


        G    G    F     F7   C
--------3----3----1--|--1----0------------||
--------3----3----1--|--4----1------------||
--------4----4----2--|--2----0------------||
--------5----5----3--|--3----2------------||
--------5----5----3--|--3----3------------||
---------------------|-------0------------||

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