BULLS ON PARADE (Bassline)
As recorded by Rage Against The Machine
(From the 1996 Album EVIL EMPIRE)


 Words and Music by Rage Against The Machine

 

Gtr I (Eb Ab Db Gb) - 'Down 1/2 Step'


   Intro
    Moderate Rock Q=84
   4/4
    Gtr I
    S E. e S S +E  e S E.  8x Wx4            E E S S E E S S S S S S  3x
||-------------------------||------------||---------------------------||
||o-4----4-4-------4-4----o||------------||o-------------------------o||
||o-----------------------o||------------||o-------------------------o||
||----2------2-(2)-----2---||------------||--2-2-x-x-2-2-x-x-x-x-x-x--||


                        Verse
  E E S S E E E S E.     E Q  E +Q   S S S S   +H     S E. S E.  4x
|--------------------||----------------------|-------------------||
|--------------------||o---------------------|------------------o||
|--------------------||o------0-(0)--2-0-----|------------------o||
|-2-2-x-x-2-2-0-2-0--||--0-2-------------2-0-|-(0)----2-0--0-1---||


   Chorus
    S S S S S E. S S S S S E.
||----------------------------|
||o-5-4-----------------------|
||o---------------------------|
||------2-----2--0-2-2-----2--|


                                   Verse
  S S S S S E. S S S S S E.  4x     E Q  E +Q   S S S S
|----------------------------||-||-----------------------|
|-5-4-----------------------o||-||o----------------------|
|---------------------------o||-||o------0-(0)--2-0------|
|-----2-----2--2-2-2-2-0-2---||-||--0-2-------------2-0--|


                          Chorus
  +H     S E. S E.  4x     S S S S S E. S S S S S E.
|-------------------||-||----------------------------|
|------------------o||-||o-5-4-----------------------|
|------------------o||-||o---------------------------|
|-(0)----2-0--0-1---||-||------2-----2--0-2-2-----2--|


  S S S S S E. S S S S S E.  4x
|----------------------------||
|-5-4-----------------------o||
|---------------------------o||
|-----2-----2--2-2-2-2-0-2---||


 Interlude
                                         |----6----|
  E E S S E S S S S S S S S   E E S S E  S S S S S S S E.
|---------------------------|------------------------------|
|---------------7-9-9---7---|------------9-7---------------|
|-2-2-x-x-2-7s9-------9---0-|-2-2-x-2-2/-----9-7-5---7-0---|
|---------------------------|----------------------7-------|


  E E S S E  S S S S S S S S   E E S S E   S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
|----------------------------|------------14-16-16-16--------------||
|----------------------------|-------------------------------------||
|-2-2-x-2-2/-7h9-9-7h9-9-9-9-|-2-2-x-2-2/-------------12-14-14-14--||
|----------------------------|-------------------------------------||


   Guitar Solo                                Outro
    E Q  E +Q   S S S S   +H     S E. S E.  4x Wx4
||----------------------|-------------------||--------|
||o---------------------|------------------o||--------|
||o------0-(0)--2-0-----|------------------o||--------|
||--0-2-------------2-0-|-(0)----2-0--0-1---||--------|


    E E S S E E S S S S S S  3x
||---------------------------||
||o-------------------------o||
||o-------------------------o||
||--2-2-x-x-2-2-x-x-x-x-x-x--||


  E E S S E E E S E.     E E S S E E S S S S S S   3x
|--------------------||----------------------------||
|--------------------||o--------------------------o||
|--------------------||o--------------------------o||
|-2-2-x-x-2-2-0-2-0--||--2-2-x-x-2-2-x-x-x-x-x-x---||


  E E S S E E E S E.     S E. e S S +E  e S E.   S E. e S S +E  e S E.  4x
|--------------------||------------------------|------------------------||
|--------------------||o-4----4-4-------4-4----|-4----4-4-------4-4----o||
|--------------------||o-----------------------|-----------------------o||
|-2-2-x-x-2-2-0-2-0--||----2------2-(2)-----2--|---2------2-(2)-----2---||




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Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for.  Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests.  Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for.  Low
melody durations appear below the staff

Tablature Legend
----------------
 h   - hammer-on
 p   - pull-off
 b   - bend
 pb  - pre-bend
 r   - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
 /  - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
 s   - legato slide
 S   - shift slide
 - natural harmonic
[n]  - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
 ~   - vibrato
 tr  - trill
 T   - tap
 TP  - trem. picking
 PM  - palm muting
n/  - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
 n  - tremolo bar down
 n/  - tremolo bar up
/n  - tremolo bar inverted dip
 =   - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
  - volume swell (louder/softer)
 x   - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
 o   - on rhythm slash represents single note slash

Misc Legend
-----------
 |  - bar
||  - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*|  - double bar (ending)
 :  - bar (freetime)
 $  - Segno
 &  - Coda
Tempo markers -  = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths