Obsidian
By: Trevor Hall
Medicine Songs
Capo 3
[Intro] x4
Am (5 2 3 1)
[Verse 1]
He said
Am Am
Black like Obsidian. Land of the Indian.
Am Am
Sound out the call. This is mother's dominion.
Am Am
Bird of the thunder. We don't go under.
Am Am
We sing aloud. We don't care for opinion.
Am Am
Oh sky horses. Ancestor forces.
Am Am
I hear the language. I hear the language.
Am Am
Deep. Wake from your sleep.
Am
Swallow up the message.
Am
And tell me what you see.
[Pre-Chorus]
F
I see constellations burning, burning, burning, burning.
G
All the worlds they are turning, turning, turning, turning.
Am
But the music is my fortress, fortress, fortress, fortress.
F
See I heard it in a chorus, chorus, chorus, chorus.
[Chorus]
Am C
Last night I saw a blazing stallion
Am C
Running through the fields of Babylon
G
His dark mane on fire.
C G
Singing of a spiritual empire.
[Instrumental]
Am
Way, hey, hay yah yah yah,
Am
hey yah yah yah, hey yah yah.
C
Way, hey, hay yah yah yah,
C
hey yah yah yah, hey yah yah.
Am
Way, hey, hay yah yah yah,
Am
hey yah yah yah, hey yah yah.
C
Way, hey, hay yah yah yah,
C
hey yah yah yah, hey yah yah.
[Intro x2 then back into verse]
[Verse 2]
Am Am
It's my war cry.
Am F*
echo, echo, echo, echo.
Am A*
Oh skies.
Am F*
echo, echo, echo.
Am Am
This is my tribe. All is inside.
Am Am
Mother speaking. The lion Shiva.
Am Am
Body temple. The sum my whole.
Am Am
Listen closely. The sound of Ohm.
Am Am
Bow and arrow. Steadily we aim.
Am Am
Tell all of the people. We shoot out the fray.
Am Am
Skulls on our neck. Third eye go ablaze.
Am Am
Evil come 'round. Her sword she raise.
