• Song:

    The Ghost Of Tom Joad

  • Artist:

    Rage Against The Machine

  • Album:

    30 Songs for a Revoluti...

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Song: The Ghost of Tom Joad
Artist: Rage Against the Machine
Album: Renegades

for the intro just scratch/play your first 3 strings with harmonics and delay on

Intro: Both guitars
e--------------------------------------------|     |---|
B--------------------------------------------|     |---|
G--------------------------------------------|     |---|
D--------------------------------------------|     |-0~|
A----5--3--0-------------3-------0--3--------|     |-0~|
D-0------------5--3--0------5----------------|x4   |-0~|
                                                   end

Verse: Both guitars until second part starts
e---------------------|------------------------------------|
B---------------------|------------------------------------|
G---------------------|------------------------------------|
D---5-----------------|-------5----------------------------|
A---5----3-------0--3-|-------5---3-----0------------------|
D------------5--------|-------------5-----0----------------|x16
				every fourth time

Guitar 2: start on "...shelter lies..."               
e---8b------8-h-10-p-8---|
b------------------------|
g------------------------|   
d------------------------|          
a------------------------|
d------------------------|x8

Chorus: Both guitars
e--------------------------------------|    |--|
B--------------------------------------|    |--|
G--------------------------------------|    |--|
D--------------------------------------|    |0~|
A----5--3--0-------------3-------0--3--|    |0~|
D-0------------5--3--0------5----------|x4  |0~|
                                             end

Verse 2

Both guitars (Tom uses a twelve string for the slide, and only does it once with delay on)
e-------------------------------------|
B-------------------------------------|
G--10//10//10//-----------------------|
D--10//10//10//-----------------------|
A------------------3-------0--3-------|    (3rd time 1st guitar does slide 6x
D----------------------5--------------|x4         and 2nd guitar plays normal) 

Guitar 2: PM
e---------------------|------------------------------------|
B---------------------|------------------------------------|
G---------------------|------------------------------------|
D---5-----------------|-------5----------------------------|
A---5----3-------0--3-|-------5---3-----0------------------|
D------------5--------|-------------5-----0----------------| x16
PM  .    .   .   .  .	      .   . .   . . (every 4th time)

Guitar 1: play with wah, played over the main riff
e---------------------------------------------------|
B---------------------------------------------------|
G---------------------------------------------------|
D---------------------------------------------------|
A---5---0---3---0---5-p-3-p-0---3---3-h-5-p-3-h-5---|
D---------------------------------------------------| x16


Guitar 1 or 3 start at "...one way ticket..."               
e---8b------8-h-10-p-8---|
b------------------------|
g------------------------|  
d------------------------|        
a------------------------|
d------------------------|x8

Chorus: both guitars
e----------------------------------------------------------------|
B----------------------------------------------------------------|
G----------------------------------------------------------------|
D----------------------------------------------------------------|
A----5--3--0-------------3-------0--3----------------------------|
D-0------------5--3--0------5------------------------------------|x4


Guitar 2: start after chorus ends
played with wah
e--------|
B--------|
G---7^---|
D--------|
A--------|
D--------|x4

end of chorus
E|--|
B|--|
G|--|
D|0~|
A|0~|
D|0~|
    
Verse 2
Both guitars (Tom uses a twelve string for the slide, and only does it once with delay on)
e-------------------------------------|
B-------------------------------------|
G--10//10//10//-----------------------|
D--10//10//10//-----------------------|
A------------------3-------0--3-------|		(3rd time 1st guitar does slide 6x
D----------------------5--------------|x4  	       and 2nd guitar plays normal)

Guitar 2: PM
e---------------------|------------------------------------|
B---------------------|------------------------------------|
G---------------------|------------------------------------|
D---5-----------------|-------5----------------------------|
A---5----3-------0--3-|-------5---3-----0------------------|
D------------5--------|-------------5-----0----------------| x8
PM  .    .   .   .  .	      .   . .   . . (every 4th time)

Guitar 1: play with wah, played over the main riff
e---------------------------------------------------|
B---------------------------------------------------|
G---------------------------------------------------|
D---------------------------------------------------|
A---5---0---3---0---5-p-3-p-0---3---3-h-5-p-3-h-5---|
D---------------------------------------------------| x8


Guitar 1 or 3: start at "...where ever somebodys..."
e---8b------8-h-10-p-8---|
b------------------------|
g------------------------|  
d------------------------|          
a------------------------|
d------------------------|x8

Both Guitars
e---xxxx----------|
B---xxxx----------|
G---xxxx----------|
D---xxxx-(x?)-----|
A---xxxx----------|
D---xxxx----------|
PM  ....

Chorus: Both Guitars for 3 times, then Guitar 1
e----------------------------------------------------------------|
B----------------------------------------------------------------|
G----------------------------------------------------------------|
D----------------------------------------------------------------|
A----5--3--0-------------3-------0--3----------------------------|
D-0------------5--3--0------5------------------------------------|x8
                                                                   
Guitar 2 start after 4 repeats
played with wah
e--------|
B--------|
G---7^---|
D--------|
A--------|
D--------|x4

end of chorus
E|--|
B|--|
G|--|
D|0~|
A|0~|
D|0~|
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