Rage Against the Machine
Calm Like A Bomb

Drop A Tuning (A,A,D,G,B,E)
(Even though some of you might prefer just tuning your bottom E string half a step higher, it sounds a lot better if you drop 7½ Steps below E)

Intro (w/Whammy Peda)(Trem.)(8va)(Patch 04)
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Some of you may not notice, but there is another guitar in the background playing this riff using a wah pedal and a whammy pedal.
(w/wah and whammy)(Set whammy 2 octaves above when fully depressed)
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-2----2---0---2—x-2^---(2)—x—x---x--| 

“Stroll through the shanties and the city’s remains…”
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-2--------2-0-2-x-2-0-2-x-2-0-2-x--|

“And a riot through the rhyme of the unheard”
(w/wah fully forward)
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-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-|
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Pre-Chorus (w/wah)
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-0h2-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-0-2-0----------------|
-0h2-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-0-2-0-2---2---2---5--|

Chorus (wah off)
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-0h2---------------x-x-x----------0h2-------------------|
-0h2-x-2-5---2-----x-x-x-5----2---0h2-x-2-5-2-0---5---2-|

Solo (He does a very hard solo, bear with me)
(He either does this using trem. techniques or his toggle switch technique. You decide)
(4x)
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-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-|
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-0-0-0-8-8-8-8-|
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Now here’s the tricky part. (Whammy pedal set for 1 octave above when full depressed, Patch 13)
(Enter w/delay)(play this riff 3x) (w/whammy)       +6
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-12-8-8-8-8-8-12-8-8-8-8-8-12-8-8-8-8-8-12-0-0-0-0-0-12-|
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-12-12-12-0-0-0-0-12-0-0-0-0-0-12-0-0-0-0-0-12-0-0-0-0-0|
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End of Riff             +6
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-12-0-0-0-0-0-12-12-12-12-0-0-0-0-|
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Last part of the solo
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-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12—7-7-0-10-10-10-10---|
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                           +6
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                                         +6
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-7-7-10-10-10-10-7-7-7-7-10-10-7-7-7-7-10-10-7-7-7-7-----|
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                            (whammy off)
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-10-10-7-7-7-7-10-10-7-7----10-10-10-10-7-7-7-7-|
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(Delay Off) “Calm like a bomb!”
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Even though some of you might be confused with the solo but it is close as I can get it. Email me if you happen to be confused.
mrcran86@hotmail.com