?Guerilla Radio? is track 2 of The Battle
of Los Angeles and the first single release
of the album. Simplicity is the driving force
here so much so that keeping track of the
correct number of repetitions is the real
concern. The riff opens with guitar 1 doing
eight repetitions on the main riff along with
guitar 2?s harmonized 5ths through a Fender-style
tremolo effect set for sixteenth notes at 104 bpm.
After This initial barrage, guitar 2 drops the
harmony and tremolo in favour of the unison
single-note riff and the band gets into high gear,
The surprise comes when the eighth note repetition
gets ousted by a transition style, moving into the
verse. (I always found it difficult to remember that
change at the right moment, given the simple repetition
of fifteen preceding measures!) The tonal center is
the Morello favorite, F#, and the key is minor. In fact,
the notes E-F#-A-B spell out four or five tones of F#
minor pentatonic (only C# is omitted). The verse is
all wah?ed-out tone and rythm. Pull your gain back a
bit here and crank on your wah pedal. If you?re using
a Digitech XP100 whammy pedal, set it to patch 02 for
a wide-sweeping, trbly-topped result. If you?re not
used to running a wah pedal like this, you may find
your foot runs out of endurance prematurely. It?s
not easy to keep up a smooth rocking motion like
this constantly at this tempo for this long. Again,
witness the ?hidden? Morello technique. The chorus
is made up of the intro riff times seven, followed
by the riff B transition measure.
INTRO
Riff A play 8 times
E------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G------------------------------------------------------------2------4----------------
B-----2--------4------4--------2-----4--------2-----4--------0------2----------------
E-----0--------2------2--------0-----2--------0-----2--------------------------------
*w/ tremolo effect set for sixteenth note regeneration
play 7 times
E------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B-------------------------------------------------------0----2-----------------------
E--0-------2-----2-------0----2--------0----2----------------------------------------
**composite arrangement
VERSE
Riff B (Gtr. 2, cont. in slash)
E------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A---2------------------------------1-------------------------------------------------
D------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E-------------2-----------0--------------------2------------0------------------------
Riff C
E------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E----0---2-------0----0----2---------0----0----2--------0---0----2----------0--------
+ o + o + o + o
*w/ clean tone & wah-wah ** + = closed (toe down)
o = open (toe up)
E------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E-----0h2----------------------------------------------------------------------------
CHORUS
Gtrs 1 & 2: w/ Riff A, 7 times
INTERLUDE
*4/4 Gtr. 1: w/ Riff A, 8 times Gtr.2 Tacet
*4/4 Gtr. 2 w/ Riff A, 4 times
**w/ wah-wah & flanger
GUITAR SOLO
Play 3 times
E------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D--------------------------------------------------2---------------------------------
G----------4---------2-----4---------2------4------7---------------------------------
B----------9---------7-----9---------7------9----------------------------------------
E------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
*Gtr.1: Digitech XP100 Patch 14, combine ?bypass? and ?effect out?
E------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B-------------------------------------------------------------------0----------------
E------------0---(0)---(0)---(0)---(0)---(0)---(0)--(0)----3/13----------------------
E------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A----4---------2-----4--------------4b-(4)-2-----------------------------------------
D----4---------2-----4-------------------------4-------------------------------------
G------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D----------------------------------------------------------------9-------------------
G------x~~~~~~~~--x~~~~~~~~~--x~~~~~---x--x~~~~--9------7--------9-------------------
B------x~~~~~~~~--x~~~~~~~~~--x~~~~~---x--x~~~~--9------7--------9-------------------
E------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
*Using a guitar with Les Paul style electronics, set lead volume to 0
and rhythm to 10. Strike the strings while the pickup selector switch
is the lead position, then flip the switch to the rhythm position to
simulate the attack. Flip switch in specified rhythm.
**Chord symbols reflect basic tonality.
E------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A----4---------2-----4--------------4b-(4)h-2----------------------------------------
D----4---------2-----4--------------------------4------------------------------------G------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A----4---------2-----4----------x--4b-(4)-2/42-------------6----5/65-----3---------
D----4---------2-----4-------------------------------4-------------------------------
G------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D----------------------------------------------------9-------------------------------
G------9--------7----9-----------------9--------7----9-------------------------------
B------9--------7----9-----------------9--------7----9-------------------------------
E------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E-----7-----6------5-------2-----(2)/------------------------------------------------
A-----7------------5-------2-----(2)/------------------------------------------------
D-----7------------5-------2-----(2)/------------------------------------------------
G------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
*w/ wha-wha
Ok, thats it. If you have questions, comments, (no corrections please, my tab is flawless)
you can write to me at mafia_boy_neo@hotmail.com
