The Big Black Chords
The Big Black by Orange Goblin is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Tuning: Drop-D
Tabbed by: Kerim B. Jansson (one-weak)
s - slide
PM - palm mute
h - hammer on
Intro
Guitar 1:
00:00 ( after the second time, Guitar 2 joins in)
e||------------------------------------------------------||
B||------------------------------------------------------||
G||----------------7s(b9)7-------7s(b9)7---------------------||
D||------------5-7-------8~-8~-------8-7-7s8-7-----------||
A||---7-7--5-7---------------------------------8---------||
E||------------------------------------------------------||
00:50
Guitar 2
e||------------------------------------------------------||
B||------------------------------------------------------||
G||-----------4-6----------------------------------------||
D||--6-6--4-6-----4s6-4-------4s6-4----------------------||
A||---------------------5~-5~-------5-4-4s5-4------------||
E||-------------------------------------------7-6~-6~----||
01:06
Guitar 2
e||------------------------------------------------------||
B||------------------------------------------------------||
G||------------------------------------------------------||
D||----------4s6-4------4s6-4----------------------------||
A||------2-4-------5-~5----------5-4-4s5-4---------------||
E||--4-6-----------------------------------7-------------||
Chorus
01:17
Both guitars (heavy distortion)
e||-----------------------------------------------------------------||
B||-----------------------------------------------------------------||
G||-----------------------------------------------------------------||
D||--2--2---0--2--5--7--7s14--12--8--8---8s14--12--8--7--8--7--3----||
A||--2--2---0--2--5--7--7s14--12--8--8---8s14--12--8--7--8--7--3----||
E||--2--2---0--2--5--7--7s14--12--8--8---8s14--12--8--7--8--7--3----||
Verse
02:05
{----------------PM----------------}
e||------------------------------------------------------------------||
B||------------------------------------------------------------------||
G||------------------------------------------------------------------||
D||-2--2--2--2--2--2--5--2--2--2--2--2---8--7-----7--6------3--3--0--||
A||-2--2--2--2--2--2--5--2--2--2--2--2---8--7-----7--6------3--3--0--||
E||-2--2--2--2--2--2--5--2--2--2--2--2---8--7-----7--6------3--3--0--||
Guitar 2 in the background
e||------------------------------------------------------------------||
B||--------------------------------------------0--------0------------||
G||------------------------------------------2---2----1---1----------||
D||------------------------------------------------------------------||
A||------------------------------------------------------------------||
E||------------------------------------------------------------------||
Chorus
02:54
Verse
03:19
Interlude
04:09
e||--------------------|---------------------------------------------||
B||--------------------|---third time--------------------------------||
G||--------------------|---------------------------------------------||
D||--2--5--7--8--3--0--|--2--5--7--8--3--8--3--7--3--6--3------------||
A||--2--5--7--8--3--0--|--2--5--7--8--3--8--3--7--3--6--3------------||
E||--2--5--7--8--3--0--|--2--5--7--8--3--8--3--7--3--6--3------------||
Verse
04:33
Chorus
05:22
Outro
05:46
Guitar 1
e||------------------------------------------------------------------||
B||------------------------------------------------------------------||
G||--------------------------7-7-7h(b9)--------------------------------||
D||--0h2-2-0-0h2-2-0-0h2-2-------------------------------------------||
A||--0h2-2-0-0h2-2-0-0h2-2-------------------------------------------||
E||--0h2-2-0-0h2-2-0-0h2-2-------------------------------------------||