Battle Of Los Angeles Tab by Rage Against The Machine The Battle of Los Angeles Rage Against the Machine Tabbed by Paul Taylor 1. Testify 2. Guerrilla radio 3. Calm like a bomb 4. Mic Check 5. Sleep now in the fire 6. Born of a broken man 7. Born as Ghosts 8. Maria 9. Voice of the voiceless 10.New millennium homes 11.Ashes in the fall 12.war within a Breath (Tabbed by: John Darrow) Notes: Tom used only five stomp-boxes live they are The Whammy Pedal, Delay,Wah-Wah,Flanger and an EQ used as a volume boost. I have desribed how to make some of the noises rather than tab them 1. Tstifie Drop-D tunning (Guitar used: Fender Telecaster) Intro/verse "Set the Whammy harmonizing +7th and tremolo pick the low D string. Then while doing this rock the Wah back and forth slowly. In the intro it is random but in the verse it is rocked over a four bar phrase by the bass." Chorus: e:-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------| b:-6---------------|-----------------|-6---------------|-------------12bu13-| g:-5---------------|-----------------|-5---------------|-------------12bu14-| d:-4---------------|-----------------|-4---------------|--------------------| a:-5-----------3---|-----5-3-xx0-----|-5-------0-3-10--|-0---5-3-x-0--------| D:-----3-5-0-------|-0-------xx0-5-3-|-----3-5-0-3-10--|-0-------x-0--------| Bridge: Cleaner tone (be awear that Tom doesn't use two amp settings he prfers to drop the guitar's volume for the cleaner bits) e:-------------------------------------| b:-------------------------------------| g:-17---X-X-17---X-X-17---X-X-17---X-X-|Play eight d:--x---X-X--x---X-X--x---X-X--x---X-X-|times a:-15---X-X-15---X-X-15---X-X-15---X-X-| D:-------------------------------------| Solo: Switch on EQ and Wah, Unplug guitar and touch against the 'ashtray'(metal bit of a telle) on the guitar Create the rhythm by touching it and talking it of and the tone is changed with the wah pedal. Pre-Chorus Build up: e:---------|-----------|-----|-----| b:---------|-----------|-3---|(3)--| g:-10------|(10)-------|-2---|(2)--| d:-10------|(10)----10-|-0---|(0)--| a:-8-------|(8-)----10-|-0---|(0)--| D:---------|--------10-|-0---|(0)--| Ending: e:--------------------| b:--------------------| g:-8\7--8\7--8\7--8\7-| d:-8\7--8\7--8\7--8\7-| a:-6\5--6\5--6\5--6\5-| D:--------------------| Guerrilla Radio: Standard tunning (Ibanez hollow body with bulit in auto-wah and tremolo) Intro: With harmony +5th and tremolo efect to replicate 16 times per bar (aprox 416 times per minute) e:---------------------------------| b:---------------------------------| g:---------------------------------| d:---------------------------------|play eight a:-------------------------0---2---|times E:-0---2---2---0-2---0-2-----------| Chorus (I think to make this sound heavier Tom put the whammy to harmonises down an octave although it may just be distorted bass, it is probably both. This means you will have to change quickly between patches while playing!! I have to play in bar feet and use my big toe!!) play seven times e:---------------------------------|-----------------------------| b:--------------------------------o|-----------------------------| g:---------------------------------|-2--------------1------------| d:---------------------------------|-----------------------------| a:-------------------------0---2--o|-----------------------------| E:-0---2---2---0-2---0-2-----------|-----2------0-------2------0-| Verse: Turn on wah and drop volume for a clean tone e:---------------------------------| b:--------------------------------o| g:---------------------------------|Play 15 d:---------------------------------|times a:--------------------------------o| E:-0-2---0-0-2---0-0-2---0-0-2---0-| + o + o + o + o Interlude: w/ slow flanger (13 cycles per minute) e:---------------------------------| b:---------------------------------| g:---------------------------------| d:---------------------------------|play eight a:-------------------------0---2---|times E:-0---2---2---0-2---0-2-----------| Solo: w/ whammy set +two octaves (Using both the wet and the dry signal to create a masive two octave harmony) wah-wah pedal (rocked forward on every note exept in bar 2) and use togle switch to create rhythms. Tom also claims to have used a talk-box but it must be very low in the mix coz I cant here one. It's also worth noting that there are about five guitars playing on the record all playing with verious efects and notes so every Tom can't play it good live. Play three times play three times e:------------------|---------------------------------|-----------------------|-7--6--5--2-| b:-----------------o|---------------------------------|----------------------o|-7--6--5--2-| g:--------------2---|-4-------------------------------|-4---2-4---4bu6bd4-2---|-7--6--5--2-| d:-4---2-4---2-4----|---------------------------------|-4---2-4-------------4-|------------| a:-----------------o|---------------------------------|----------------------o|------------| E:------------------|---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|-----------------------|------------| wah o o o < < < < < < < < < < + + + Outro: This definatly used the down an octave harmony effect from the whammy. You have time to change the setting while the line 'it has to...' is happening. e:---------------|------------x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x--| b:--------------o|------------x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-o| g:---------------|------------x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x--| d:---------------|------------x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x--| a:---------9\---o|---------9\-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-o| e:-0-2---0-------|-0-2---0----x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x--| Calm Like a Bomb (cheap knackered department store guitar) Intro: fret the high B (12th fret on second string) and while tremolo picking it rock the whammy pedal forward (with +15ma pitch shift) evenly over the course of one bar. Tom actualy uses the toggle switch to get the tremmolo sound the switch is similar to that of a fender stratocaster with the middle conection severed so for each flick there are two on signals. bridge to pre chorus: w/ wah fully forwad e:---------------------------------|---------------------------------| b:---------------------------------|---------------------------------| g:---------------------------------|---------------------------------| d:---------------------------------|---------------------------------| a:-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-| E:---------------------------------|---------------------------------| Pre-chorus: w/down octave harmony e:---------------------------------|---------------------------------| b:---------------------------------|---------------------------------| g:---------------------------------|---------------------------------| d:---------------------------------|---------------------------------| a:-0-2-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|-x-0-2-0-2-----2-----2---5-------| E:---------------------------------|---------------------------------| Chorus w/down octave harmony e:---------------------------------|---------------------------------| b:---------------------------------|---------------------------------| g:---------------------------------|---------------------------------| d:---------------------------------|---------------------------------| a:-0-2-x-2-5---2---x-x-x-5-----2---|-0-2-x-2-5---2---0-------5---2---| E:---------------------------------|---------------------------------| Solo Since it is played entriely on the b: srting i will not do the rest b:-12-0-0-0-0-0-12-0-0-0-0-0-12-0-0-0-0-0-12-0-0-0-0-0-12-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|play four times b:-12-0-0-0-0-0-12-0-0-0-0-0-12-0-0-0-0-0-12-0-0-0-0-0-12-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-| delay whammy (+15ma)>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o b:-7-7-7-7-10-10-7-7-7-7-10-10-7-7-7-7-10-10-10-10-7-7-7-7-10-10-7-7-7-7-10-10-| Play 3 times + >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o
