Title: Bullet In The Head
Artist: Rage Against The Machine
Album: Rage Against The Machine (self-titled)
Tabbed By: DKguru
Tuning: Standard EADGBE
w/ - with
/ - bar scoop
harm - harmonic
~~~ - vibrato
b - bend
r - release bend
(9) - ghost note
p - pull-off
PM - palm mute
>>> - hold bend
INTRO **riff A** (played by bass to start off song)
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||-7--7----7--7---7-------|-7--7----7--7---7-------|-7--7----7--7---7-------|-7--7----7--7---7-------||
||-------------------0----|-------------------0----|-------------------0----|-------------------0----||
VERSE **rhythm 1** (x 4) w/bar
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||-0-0-0-0--------0-0-0-0--------0--------0-0-0-0------0------|-0\\\\\\\\------||
||-0-0-0-0--------0-0-0-0--------0--------0-0-0-0------0------|-0\\\\\\\\------||
||-0-0-0-0--------0-0-0-0--------0--------0-0-0-0------0------|-0\\\\\\\\------||
||-0-0-0-0--------0-0-0-0--------0--------0-0-0-0------0------|-0\\\\\\\\------||
||-0-0-0-0--------0-0-0-0--------0--------0-0-0-0------0------|-0\\\\\\\\------||
with digitech whammy pedal fully depressed and set 2 octaves up, strike open strings
(and whammy) with right hand and manipulate toggle switch (lead=10: rhythm=0) with left hand
VERSE **fill 1** (x 4)
w/bar
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||--------Harm................----------------||
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pick harmonic while on rhythm pick-up (off) and then
scoop (w/bar) and toggle (w/left hand) to sound pitch
CHORUS **rhythm 2**
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||-2----------------------------------|--2--------------2------|----------b----------r-----||
||-0---3------5-----------------------|------3------5---0------|-------1-(1)--------(1)p0--||
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||------------------------------------|--2--------------2-----------------|----------------||
||-0---3------5-----------------------|------3------5---0-----------------|----------------||
GUITAR SOLO
||-12--0--0--10--0--0--8--0--0--7--0--0--5--0--3--0-|-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-----------||
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||-12--0--0--10--0--0--8--0--0--7--0--0--5--0--3--0-|-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-----------||
||-12--0--0--10--0--0--8--0--0--7--0--0--5--0--3--0-|-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-----------||
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||-12--0--0--10--0--0--8--0--0--7--0--0--5--0--3--0-|-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-----------||
played using wah-wah, hammer and pull-off all notes w/left hand
||-15-------14-------13-------12------11---------|-15-------14-------13-------12----------||
||----14-------13-------12-------11------10------|----14-------13-------12-------11-------||
||-------12-------11-------10-------9-------8----|-------12-------11-------10-------9~~~~~||
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depress whammy bar w/left hand while slapping loose strings against pick-ups w/right hand
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> b r
||--b--------------------b--------------------b----r------------|--b--------------------b-----------------------15------(15)-||
||-15---15-15-15-15-15--15---15-15-15-15-15--15--(15)-12--------|-15---15-15-15-15-15--15---15-15-15-15-15-------------------||
||-------------------------------------------------------14-12~~|------------------------------------------12----------------||
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CHORUS played w/rhythm 2
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VERSE
VERSE **rhythm 1** (x 4) w/bar
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||-0-0-0-0--------0-0-0-0--------0--------0-0-0-0------0------|-0\\\\\\\\------||
||-0-0-0-0--------0-0-0-0--------0--------0-0-0-0------0------|-0\\\\\\\\------||
||-0-0-0-0--------0-0-0-0--------0--------0-0-0-0------0------|-0\\\\\\\\------||
||-0-0-0-0--------0-0-0-0--------0--------0-0-0-0------0------|-0\\\\\\\\------||
||-0-0-0-0--------0-0-0-0--------0--------0-0-0-0------0------|-0\\\\\\\\------||
with digitech whammy pedal fully depressed and set 2 octaves up, strike open strings
(and whammy) with right hand and manipulate toggle switch (lead=10: rhythm=0) with left hand
CHORUS
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||-2----------------------------------|--2--------------2------|----------b----------r-----||
||-0---3------5-----------------------|------3------5---0------|-------1-(1)--------(1)p0--||
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||------------------------------------|--2--------------2-----------------||
||-0---3------5-----------------------|------3------5---0-----------------||
**rhythm 3** **end**
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||-7--7--7--7--7--5--7----8--7-----5--7--5----------||
||-------------------5----6--5--0--3--5--3--0--0--0-||
PM .................................................
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||----------------7---------------------------------|----------------7---------------------------------||
||-7--7--7--7--7--5--7----8--7-----5--7--5----------|-7--7--7--7--7--5--7----8--7-----5--7--5----------||
||-------------------5----6--5--0--3--5--3--0--0--0-|-------------------5----6--5--0--3--5--3--0--0--0-||
PM ....................................................................................................
**rhythm 4** (x 8) **end**
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||-7--7--7--7--7--5--7----8--7-----5--7--5-------|-7--7--7--7--7--5--7----8--7-----5--7--5--2--2--2-||
||-------------------5----6--5--0--3--5--3-------|-------------------5----6--5--0--3--5--3--0--0--0-||
PM ........................................
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||----------------------|------pick slides-----|----------------------|----------------------||
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||--9-------------------|-------x\-----------|----------------------|----------------------||
||--7-------------------|-------x\\x\\-x\|----------------------|----------------------||
||--0-------------------|------------x\\x\|x--------------------|----------------------||
**rhythm 3** (x 8)
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||----------------7---------------------------------||
||-7--7--7--7--7--5--7----8--7-----5--7--5----------||
||-------------------5----6--5--0--3--5--3--0--0--0-||
PM .................................................
**rhythm 4** (x 6)
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||-9--9--9--9--9--7---------------------------------||
||-7--7--7--7--7--5--7----8--7-----5--7--5--2--2--2-||
||-------------------5----6--5--0--3--5--3--0--0--0-||
**rhythm 4** (x 2)
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||-9--9--9--9--9--7---------------------------------||
||-7--7--7--7--7--5--7----8--7-----5--7--5--2--2--2-||
||-------------------5----6--5--0--3--5--3--0--0--0-||
(x 4)
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||-9---9-9-----------------9---9-9----------------||
||-9---9-9-----------------9---9-9----------------||
||-7---7-7-----------------7---7-7----------------||
||----------0--0--0--0--0-----------0--0--0--0--0-||
PM ............. .............
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