Obvs by Jamie xx Lyric and Guitar Chords

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If you are looking for Obvs guitar chords, you’ve come to the right place.
You can play Obvs by Jamie xx using guitar or guitar.
This song by Jamie xx can also be played by that instruments.
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Obvs guitar chords has rhythm and included in In Colour (2015) album.
You can also find another musical genres, including jazz guitar chords, country music guitar chords, pop guitar chords, world music guitar chords, and rock guitar chords here.

Obvs by Jamie xx Guitar Chords



Note: The only difference between the intro and the section 1 part is that the first
arpeggio is played once
more in section 1 to fit the beat. The intro still sounds right since the drums don’t
kick in until the
verse. Having said that, I don’t know if it’s just the version I have or if Jamie
actually intended it.


e|--9-------9-------9-------9-------8-------8-------8--------------------------------------------|
B|---9-------9-------9-------9-------9-------9-------9-------9--------9--------9--------9--------|
G|----10------10------10------10------10------10------10------10-------10-------10-------10------|
D|------11------11------11-----10------10-------10-----10-------10-8-----10-8-----10-8-----10-8--|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-----------------------------------------|
B|-11--------11-------11--------11---------|
G|---10-------10--------10--------10-------|
D|-----10-------10--------10--------10-----|
A|-------11-------11--------11--------11---|
E|-----------------------------------------|

[Section 1]
starts at 00:11


e|--9-------9-------9-------9-------9-------8-------8-------8--------------------------------------------|
B|---9-------9-------9-------9-------9-------9-------9-------9-------9--------9--------9--------9--------|
G|----10------10------10------10------10------10------10------10------10-------10-------10-------10------|
D|------11------11------11------11-----10------10-------10-----10-------10-8-----10-8-----10-8-----10-8--|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-----------------------------------------|
B|-11--------11-------11--------11---------|
G|---10-------10--------10--------10-------|
D|-----10-------10--------10--------10-----|
A|-------11-------11--------11--------11---|
E|-----------------------------------------|

[Bassline]
There are a heap of variations on the basslines throughout the song. Here are the ones I
could identify that
are playable on a standard guitar/bass. If you had to play it exactly like the original
you’d need to some
hectic low strings since he goes into really low octaves.
Either way you should mix it up because I’m almost certain that the bass is actually
never repeated. Every
bar is ever so slightly different….

BASSLINE 1


e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------3---------------------------------------1------3-------|
A|-4--------------3-4---4-3-----------------3-------4------------------------|
E|-------------------------4--1--------------------------------1-------------|

BASELINE 2


e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------1-------3------|
A|-4----------------------3----------------3-------1-------------------------|
E|---------------------------4-1---------------------------------------------|

[Section 2.1]
starts at 00:50

Lead steel drum type sound


e|---------------------------------------------------9--9-----9-----9-----8-8-------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------------9--9-----9-----9-----9--|
G|17----17----17----15-15-13-13----13----13----12-12-10-10----10----10----8-8-10-10----10----10----10-|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

While the steel drum plays the guitar plays a faint delayed note on repeat

Guitar


e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------9---9------------------------------9---9-----|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

[Section 2.2]
starts at 01:40 after the sick pause
Marimba/glock thing


e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|13-13-13-13-13-13-13-11-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-11-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-8-6-6-6-6-6-6-8-9-|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

[Guitar solo (kinda)]
I don’t know if he’s using a delay effect or the guitar is actually playing every note
but for the sake of not
spamming the tab with one note for ages I’ve just showed the basic gist.


e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-11-11-11-11b11.5-11-11b12------ slowly bend up towards 13 ----------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

(Note: he doesn’t actually get to 13 on the B string until he plays the next part)


e|-13----------13------------13----------------------------------------------|
B|--13---x7-----13---x4-------13---x3--------------9----11b12b11---9----9----|
G|---15----------13------------10-------------/10----------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|--9------------------------------------------------11---------------------------------|
B|---9--------------------9----11----11b12b11----------11-9----11b12b11---------11---9--|
G|----10------------/10-----------------------------------------------------10----------|
D|-----11-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-13----------11------------11-----------13-|
B|--13---x7-----11---x4-------11---x4----9---|
G|---15----------13------------10-------10---|
D|-------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------|

For the remainder of the song he alternates between the following arpeggios. I think he
might change a couple
more notes than just the high e but it’s difficult to hear since the guitar is low pass
filtered out of the
mix for a while in this section.


e|------13--------------------------------------11-----|
B|-----9-------------alternate with-----------9--------|
G|---10-------------------------------------10---------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------|

finally the guitar ends with this


e|--9---8-8----------------------------------------------------|
B|---------9-------------13-------13-11--------------11--------|
G|----------10---------------13--------------12--13------13----|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|


At the end the horns/pad sound harmonises the root by just sorta shuffling over the Db chord.
You can achieve a similar thing on guitar by playing the following chords.

Db Db Dbsus2 Db

e| 1 4 4 8
B| 2 6 4 9
G| 1 6 6 8
D| 3 6 6 6
A| 4 4 4 x
E| x x x x

If you want to learn Jamie xx Obvs guitar chords, The 5 chords we’ll look at are the C major, A major, G major, E major, and D major.
The reason we use all major chords is that the minor versions of any of these chords just require tiny adjustments.
Each one of those minor chords is completely based on its major counterpart

The more you practice, the easier guitar will feel to play Obvs. Guitar is hard to learn in the beginning, but gets easier the longer you stick with it.

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