Battle Of Los Angeles Album guitar tab

Played by Rage Against The Machine

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Preview

The Battle of Los Angeles
Rage Against the Machine
Tabbed by Paul Taylor

1. Testify
2. Guerrilla radio
3. Calm like a bomb
4. Mic Check
5. Sleep now in the fire
6. Born of a broken man
7. Born as Ghosts
8. Maria
9. Voice of the voiceless
10.New millennium homes
11.Ashes in the fall
12.war within a Breath (Tabbed by: John Darrow)



Notes: Tom used only five stomp-boxes live they are The Whammy Pedal, Delay,Wah-
as a volume boost. I have desribed how to make some of the noises rather than ta

1. Tstifie

Drop-D tunning (Guitar used: Fender Telecaster)

Intro/verse
"Set the Whammy harmonizing +7th and tremolo pick the low D string. Then while d
rock the Wah back and forth slowly. In the intro it is random but in the verse i
over a four bar phrase by the bass."

Chorus:

e:-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------|
b:-6---------------|-----------------|-6---------------|-------------12bu13-|
g:-5---------------|-----------------|-5---------------|-------------12bu14-|
d:-4---------------|-----------------|-4---------------|--------------------|
a:-5-----------3---|-----5-3-xx0-----|-5-------0-3-10--|-0---5-3-x-0--------|
D:-----3-5-0-------|-0-------xx0-5-3-|-----3-5-0-3-10--|-0-------x-0--------|

Bridge:
Cleaner tone (be awear that Tom doesn't use two amp settings he prfers to drop t
the cleaner bits)

e:-------------------------------------|
b:-------------------------------------|
g:-17---X-X-17---X-X-17---X-X-17---X-X-|Play eight
d:--x---X-X--x---X-X--x---X-X--x---X-X-|times
a:-15---X-X-15---X-X-15---X-X-15---X-X-|
D:-------------------------------------|

Solo:
Switch on EQ and Wah, Unplug guitar and touch against the 'ashtray'(metal bit of
Create the rhythm by touching it and talking it of and the tone is changed with 

Pre-Chorus Build up:

e:---------|-----------|-----|-----|
b:---------|-----------|-3---|(3)--|
g:-10------|(10)-------|-2---|(2)--|
d:-10------|(10)----10-|-0---|(0)--|
a:-8-------|(8-)----10-|-0---|(0)--|
D:---------|--------10-|-0---|(0)--|

Ending:

e:--------------------|
b:--------------------|
g:-8\7--8\7--8\7--8\7-|
d:-8\7--8\7--8\7--8\7-|
a:-6\5--6\5--6\5--6\5-|
D:--------------------|

Guerrilla Radio:

Standard tunning (Ibanez hollow body with bulit in auto-wah and tremolo)

Intro:
With harmony +5th and tremolo efect to replicate 16 times per bar (aprox 416 tim
e:---------------------------------|
b:---------------------------------|
g:---------------------------------|
d:---------------------------------|play eight 
a:-------------------------0---2---|times
E:-0---2---2---0-2---0-2-----------|

Chorus
(I think to make this sound heavier Tom put the whammy to harmonises down 
an octave although it may just be distorted bass, it is probably both. This mean
you will have to change quickly between patches while playing!! I have to play i
   play seven times
e:---------------------------------|-----------------------------|
b:--------------------------------o|-----------------------------|
g:---------------------------------|-2--------------1------------|
d:---------------------------------|-----------------------------| 
a:-------------------------0---2--o|-----------------------------|
E:-0---2---2---0-2---0-2-----------|-----2------0-------2------0-|

Verse:
Turn on wah and drop volume for a clean tone
e:---------------------------------|
b:--------------------------------o|
g:---------------------------------|Play 15
d:---------------------------------|times
a:--------------------------------o|
E:-0-2---0-0-2---0-0-2---0-0-2---0-|
   +   o   +   o   +   o   +   o

Interlude:

w/ slow flanger (13 cycles per minute)
e:---------------------------------|
b:---------------------------------|
g:---------------------------------|
d:---------------------------------|play eight 
a:-------------------------0---2---|times
E:-0---2---2---0-2---0-2-----------|

Solo:
w/ whammy set +two octaves (Using both the wet and the dry signal to create a ma
harmony) wah-wah pedal (rocked forward on every note exept in bar 2) and use tog
to create rhythms. Tom also claims to have used a talk-box but it must be very l
coz I cant here one. It's also worth noting that there are about five guitars pl
all playing with verious efects and notes so every Tom can't play it good live.
Play three timesplay three times
e:------------------|---------------------------------|-----------------------|-
b:-----------------o|---------------------------------|----------------------o|-
g:--------------2---|-4-------------------------------|-4---2-4---4bu6bd4-2---|-
d:-4---2-4---2-4----|---------------------------------|-4---2-4-------------4-|-
a:-----------------o|---------------------------------|----------------------o|-
E:------------------|---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|-----------------------|-
  wah o o o < < < < < < < < < < + + +

Outro:
This definatly used the down an octave harmony effect from the whammy.
You have time to change the setting while the line 'it has to...' is happening.

e:---------------|------------x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x--|
b:--------------o|------------x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-o|
g:---------------|------------x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x--|
d:---------------|------------x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x--|
a:---------9\---o|---------9\-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-o|
e:-0-2---0-------|-0-2---0----x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x--|

Calm Like a Bomb (cheap knackered department store guitar)

Intro:

fret the high B (12th fret on second string) and while tremolo picking it rock
the whammy pedal forward (with +15ma pitch shift) evenly over the course of one
bar. Tom actualy uses the toggle switch to get the tremmolo sound the switch is
similar to that of a fender stratocaster with the middle conection severed so 
for each flick there are two on signals.

bridge to pre chorus:

w/ wah fully forwad 
e:---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
b:---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
g:---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
d:---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
a:-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
E:---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

Pre-chorus:

w/down octave harmony
e:---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
b:---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
g:---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
d:---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
a:-0-2-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|-x-0-2-0-2-----2-----2---5-------|
E:---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

Chorus

w/down octave harmony
e:---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
b:---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
g:---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
d:---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
a:-0-2-x-2-5---2---x-x-x-5-----2---|-0-2-x-2-5---2---0-------5---2---|
E:---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

Solo
Since it is played entriely on the b: srting i will not do the rest

b:-12-0-0-0-0-0-12-0-0-0-0-0-12-0-0-0-0-0-12-0-0-0-0-0-12-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|play fo

b:-12-0-0-0-0-0-12-0-0-0-0-0-12-0-0-0-0-0-12-0-0-0-0-0-12-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
 delay                  whammy (+15ma)<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<+ + + + + + + +  
crochet regenaration
w/4 repeats

b:-12-0-0-0-0-0-12-0-0-0-0-0-12-0-0-0-0-0-12-0-0-0-0-0-12-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>oo o o o o o o o o o o<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<+ + + + + + + + 

b:-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-10-10-10-10-7-7-7-7-10-10-7-7
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> o   o  o  o o o o o  o  o o o

b:-7-7-7-7-10-10-7-7-7-7-10-10-7-7-7-7-10-10-10-10-7-7-7-7-10-10-7-7-7-7-10-10-|
   + >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>o  o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o <<

Mic Check ("Arm the Homeless" guitar with floyd rose whammy bar)

Main guitar riff

Played through a very clean amp setting. Try a bit of reverb, chrous ect for the
w/ delay set to repeat on every quaver with two repeats
e:----------14----(14)----(14)-|----------16----(16)----(16)-|----------14----(1
b:-------14---(14)----(14)-----|-------14---(14)----(14)-----|-------14---(14)--
g:----14-----------------------|----14-----------------------|----14------------
d:-16--------------------------|-16--------------------------|-16---------------
a:-----------------------------|-----------------------------|------------------
E:-----------------------------|-----------------------------|------------------

e:----------13----(13)----(13)-||
b:-------14---(14)----(14)-----||
g:----14-----------------------||
d:-16--------------------------||
a:-----------------------------||
E:-----------------------------||

Bridge:

Guitar 1

e:--0-----0-----0-----0--|-0-----0-----0-----0--|
b:--5-----4-----5-----4--|-5-----4-----5-----4--|
g:--0-----0-----0-----0--|-0-----0-----0-----0--|
d:-----------------------|----------------------|
a:-----------------------|----------------------|
E:-----------------------|----------------------|

Guitar 2

Slide hand up and down   | Rest during this bar |
Low E string and pick 3  |in last chorus include|
times durring each beat  |this but put some|
Mute string with left    |scratching in|
hand                     ||

Solo:
first section 2:09 (right after the line "We come down with a worior sound Ugh!"

Take a slide or somthing else metal in left hand (I use a 9V batery) and slide
it along the low strings between the pickups and flick the togle switch with
the right hand. here is the rhythem

1=on 
0=off
\=slide down
/=up

1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 | 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 | 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 

1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1   \ / 1 0 1 0 1 0 \ / 1 0 1 | kinda the same but with 
    I can't be arsed with

Second section 2:18
Switch on wah and put fully forward throught
Dive bomb on first beat then slide left hand palm on strings and flick togle swi
Dive bomb on last beat of second bar.
Third section 2:24
wierd whammy bar abuse Three dive bombs lasting two beats each with a rocking ba
with the wah switched off. 

Sleep Now In The Fire (arm the homeless)

Main riff used in Intro/Outro/Chorus and Rythem in solo:

hold bend
e:-------------------------|------------------------|-----------------------|---
b:-------------------------|------------------------|-----------------------|-7b
g:--------------5----------|-------------5----------|-------------5---------|-7b
d:--7-7---5--7------7----7-|-7--7--5--7------7----7-|-7--7--5--7------7---7-|---
a:--0-0---0--0------0----0-|-0--0--0--0------0----0-|-0--0--0--0------0---0-|---
E:-[*---------]----[-------------------]----[-------------------]----[-----]----
    
 * Let open A string ring in between brackets

Verse

w/ whammy harmonised -3rd
e:-----------|--------------|--------|-------|
b:-----------|--------------|--------|-------|
g:-----------|-----------17-|--------|-------|
d:-----------|--------------|--------|-------|
a:-15--------|-(15)---------|-15-----|-(15)--|
E:-----------|--------------|--------|-------|

Guitar solo

How tom does it: Tom's 'Arm the homeless' guitar feedsback to the same harmonic 
Note by playing the harmonic at the fourth fret on the D-string. With the feedba
bar to change pitch and uses his right hand to create rhythms with the togle swi

How I do it: Coz my guitar is cheap the only feedback I get is that horrid micro
don't have a whammy bar so I found another way to do it that sounds identical. T
up the low E string untill you find the f# (it should be about 2 inches from the
to created the rhythms and move the 'slide' around but keep it in roughly the sa

Born of a broken man (Telle)

Droped D

verse
 Drop guitars volume for clean sound  
                               1   2   3  + 4
e:------------------------------|----------------|----------|-------------||----
b:------------------------------|----------------|----------|-------------||----
g:-14---14---14---14--14-14-ect-|-13--------16---|-0--------|-4----2--2-/-||-Swe
d:--0----0-0--0----0---0--0-----|--0-strum---0---|-0-strum--|-0----0--0-/-||-Cho
a:--0----0-0--0----0---0--0-----|--0---------0---|-0--------|-0----0--0-/-||----
D:--0----0-0--0----0---0--0-----|--0---------0---|-17-------|-0----0--0-/-||----

Chrous   
 w/ fill 1 3rd time   play four times
e:--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
b:--------------------------------|------------------------------o|
g:--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
d:--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
a:----5bu6bd5-3---0-----0---3---0-|-X-X-X-X-3---0-----0----3---0-o|
D:-0----------3---0---7-0---3---0-|-X-X-X-X-3---0---7-0----3---0--|
  __________________________________
 /  fill 1    \
| e:-------------------------------| |
| b:-----------------bend up grad.-| |
| g:---------------2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-| |
| d:-------------------------------| |
| a:-X-X-X-X-3---0-----------------| |
| D:-X-X-X-X-3---0-----------------| |
 \__________________________________/

Bridge

e:--------------------------------------|
b:--------------------------------------|
g:--------------------------------------|
d:-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-10---10-10h12~~~~~~~~~-|
a:-0-0-0-0-0-0-0------------------------|
D:-0-0-0-0-0-0-0------------------------|

Guiatr interlude

Chorus riff twice but with wah wah pedle on. Push the rocker all the way forward
if it sounds too extream.

Born as ghosts (Arm the homeless guitar used)


Intro 
Guitar One with wah toe-down

e:---------------------------------|
b:---------------------------------|
g:---------------------------------|
d:---------------------------------|
a:---------------------------------|
E:-0\with bar/(0)---0\with bar/(0)-|

Guitar two with wah toe-up
e:----------------------------------|
b:----------------------------------|
g:----------------------------------|
d:--------------PB-5/RB with bar\(5)|
a:----------------------------------|
E:----------------------------------|

Chorus

e:-------||-----------------------------|
b:-------||o---------------------------o|
g:-X-7---||--------7bu8--9bu10bd9--X-7--|
d:-X-7---||--------7bu8------------X-7--|
a:-------||o-2-------------------------o|
E:-------||--0--0-----------------------|

Solo

First eight bars get out ya 9V batery and do as in Sleep now in the fire but
with wah full forward. Then

e:----------10-----------|--------10---|-------10---14-|--------10-|------10----
b:----------10-----8-----|o-------10--o|-------10------|--------10-|------10--8-
g:---------(*whammy on)--|-------*-----|-------*-------|--------*--|------*-----
d:-----------------------|-------------|---------------|-----------|------------
a:-----------------------|o-----------o|---------------|-----------|------------
E:-6---------------------|-6-----------|-10------------|-10--------|-6----------
   use switch to get sextuplet rhythem and manipulate tone with wah for low note
*Whammy set for +4th
       **Whammy set for +5th
      ***Whammy set for +oct
        $Whammy set for +7th

Maria

Verse
Strike high G# (21st fret) on B-string and let ring throughout entire verse
Use the delay to replicate infinites quarter notes and set whammy to -whole tone
(to do this you must use both the out puts and use dropped tune function down al

Pre Chorus
Guitar one hit E5 chord (open)
Guitar two slowly scoops E5 Chord over one bar
Both guitars with Wah Toe up

Chorus riff

e:--------------------------|----------------------|
b:--------------------------|----------------------|
g:--------------------------|----------------------|
d:--------------------------|----------------------|
a:-7-5-7----5-2-5-----------|----------------------|
E:-----------------5-3-5-0--|-3-0-3--5-3-5---7-5-7-|

Bridge with whammy as before
  play X4    play X4
e:-------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
b:-------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
g:-------1-----------------1-----|---------13-----------------------13-----|
d:-----2---2---2---------2---2---|------14----14----14-----------14----14--|
a:---2-------2---2-----2---------|---14----------14----14-----14-----------|
E:-0-----------------0-----------|-0------------------------0--------------|

Solo
all on high E tremolo picked with whammy as before
e:-22----17--0--16--0--16--0--|

e:-22----17--0--16--0--16--0--|

e:-22----17--0--17--0--17--0--|

e:-0--17--0---12-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|

e:-22-x-22-x-22-x-22-x-x-x-x-x-|

e:-22-x-22-x-22-x-22-x-x-x-x-|

e:-----------------------------|-------------22----17----------22----17---16-17-
b:-2/6-4--4/8-6-6/10-8-8/12-10-|-10/14-16-18----21----18----18----21----18------
g:-----------------------------|-------------------------18---------------------
d:-----------------------------|------------------------------------------------
a:-----------------------------|------------------------------------------------
E:-----------------------------|------------------------------------------------

Ending
e:-0-------------------|
b:-3 slow bend up to 5-|
g:---------------------|
d:---------------------|
a:---------------------|
E:---------------------|

Voice of the voicless (telle)
Dropped D!

Veses 
alow guitar to feedback to the G located as a harmonic on the 12th fret of the g
then flick through whammy presets. The mellody is a result of the harmonies.
TIP: when my band does this live our other guiarist holds the g with a e-bow and
the whammy pedal.

Chorus tag:Chorus:
e:-----|--------------------------------|-------------------------|-------------
b:-----|--------------------------------|o------------------------|-------------
g:-----|--------------------------------|-------------------------|-------------
d:-----|--------------------------------|-------3-----------------|------3------
a:-5-3-|-5---3-0-3----------------------|o-3h5------5p3-5--3h5-5--|-3h5-----5p3-
D:-----|-------------5-3-5---3-0-3---5--|-(0)---------------------|(0)----------

New Millennium Homes (arm athe homeless)

Main riff/Chorus
play three times
e:---|--------------------|---------------------|-------------------|-----------
b:---|o-------------------|--------------------o|-------------------|-----------
g:---|--------------------|---------------------|-------------------|-----------
d:---|--------------------|---------------------|-------------------|--/5-----7-
a:---|o-5-----------5h7---|---5----------5h7---o|--5---------5h7----|------7----
E:-0-|-----5\-0--0------0-|------5\-0--0------0-|-----5\-0-0------0-|-----------

Verse

Tom playes open E string to this rhythm

1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a 

E:--0-----0---0-0-----0-----0-0-|

Pre Chorus:

e:-------------------------0---|
b:-------------------------3---|
g:-----------------------------|
d:-----------------------------|
a:---------7-7-7---------------|
E:-0-0-0-----------0-0-0-------|

Solo
two guitars

Guitar 1 w/ whammy +3rd
e:--------------------------|
b:-(15)PB17BD15-X8-per-bar--|
g:--------------------------|
d:--------------------------|
a:--------------------------|
E:--------------------------|

Guitar two.
 Mute A-string and tap with metal object such as a key or allen wrench at the 12
per bar pattern. Then with the whammy set
to up an octave rock it back and forth randomly.

Ashes in the fall (arm the home less)

intro (w/ whammy +2oct)
e:-5-----5-----5---|-5-----5-----5---|-6-----6-----6---|-6-----6-----6---|-8----
b:-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------
g:-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------
d:-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------
a:---5-5---5-5-----|---5-5---5-5-----|---5-5---5-5-----|---5-5---5-5-----|---5-5
E:-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------
use toggle switch to create rhythms

e:-6-----6-----6---|-6-----6-----6---|
b:-----------------|-----------------|
g:-----------------|-----------------|
d:-----------------|-----------------|
a:---5-5---5-5-----|---5-5---5-5-----|
E:-----------------|-----------------|

Verse (w/ delay and whammy +2oct)
e:------------------|--------|--------------|------|
b:------------------|--------|--------------|------|
g:------------------|--------|--------------|------|
d:--19/+2oct\\\\\\\-|-(19)---|-17/+2oct\\\\\|-(17)-|
a:------------------|--------|--------------|------|
E:------------------|--------|--------------|------|
    o +     \\\\\o o +     \\\\o
begin decent on beat two

Chorus (w/ wha as filter (o))
e:-0--------|-0--------|
b:-1--------|-1--------|
g:-3---rest-|-3---rest-|
d:-2--------|-2--------|
a:-3--------|-3--------|
e:----------|----------|

Bridge Go mad with whammy pedal until the line 'like the reaper' then

e:----------------|------|----------------|------|
b:----------------|-o--/-|----------------|-o--/-|
g:-2-----2-----2--|---/--|----------------|---/--|
d:---0-0---0-0----|--/---|-3-0-0-3-0-0-3--|--/---|
a:----------------|-/--o-|----------------|-/--o-|
E:----------------|------|----------------|------|

Outro:
e:---------------|
b:---------------|
g:-13------------|
d:--------14-----|
a:---------------|
E:---------------|

War Within a Breath
    
Dropped D tuning and down 1/2 step
Intro:
(whammy pedal set up 2 octaves)

              let ring--------->
e|----0---------------------------------------------|
b|----0---------------------------------------------|
g|----0---------------------------------------------|
d|----0-----------------12--------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------|

Riff 1
e|--------------------------------------------------|
b|--------------------------------------------------|
g|-----14----14--------13----13--------12----12-----|
d|--12----12----12--12----12----12--12----12----12--|
A|--------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------|

e|--------------------------------------------------|
b|--------------------------------------------------|
g|-----11----11-------------------------------------|
d|--12----12----12----------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------|

Riff 2


e--------------------------------------------------
b--------------------------------------------------
g--------------------------------------------------
d--------------------------------------------------
A--0------------3---5----3-------------------------
D--0---3----5------------3-------------------------


Ending Riff
(with whammy set up 2 octaves)

   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~        
e--0---------------------0-------------------------
b--0------------------r--0-------------------------
g--0------------------e--0-------------------------
d--0------------------s--0-------------------------
A--0------------------t--0-------------------------
D--0---------------------0-------------------------

e--------------------------------------------------
b--------------------------------------------------
g--------------------------------------------------
d--------------------------------------------------
A----let ring--------------------------------------
D---13---------------------------------------------

That's it have fun. This took me a while so I would apreciate any corections or

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