• Song:

    Techno Ted

  • Artist:

    Audioslave

  • Album:

    Hultsfred, Sweden - 200...

Band: Audioslave
Song: "Techno Ted"
Guitarist: Tom Morello
Required Effects: Digitech Whammy (or similar pitch-shifter), delay, tremolo. 
Submitted by: DefiantMan

Based on listening to mp3s and observing Morello live at Lollapolooza 2003
Standard Tuning

Intro Riff: 2x

E|---------------------|------------------------------------------
B|---------------------|------------------------------------------
G|---4-----------------|------------------------2p0---------------
D|---4--2---0h2--------|---------2p0-2p0-2p0-2p0-----2p0---------- 
A|---2--2---------2----|---------------------------------2p0------
E|------0-------0---3--|-------------------------------------3p0--
                   3x                                         1x


Verse: 6x, Use toggle switch. Digitech Whammy Pedal set 1 octave (not 100% sure on that) up.
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------
D|---------------5--------------------------------5----------------
A|---7-7---7---7-----7-7---7---7--5---7-7---7---7-----7-7---7---7--
E|-0-----0---0-----0-----0---0-----------0---0-----0-----7---7---7- 


Chorus: 2x

E|---------------------|------------------------------------------
B|---------------------|------------------------------------------
G|---4-----------------|------------------------2p0---------------
D|---4--2---0h2--------|---------2p0-2p0-2p0-2p0-----2p0---------- 
A|---2--2---------2----|---------------------------------2p0------
E|------0-------0---3--|-------------------------------------3p0--
                   3x                                         1x

Verse: 6x

E|-----------------------------------------------------------------
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------
D|---------------5--------------------------------5----------------
A|---7-7---7---7-----7-7---7---7--5---7-7---7---7-----7-7---7---7--
E|-0-----0---0-----0-----0---0-----------0---0-----0-----7---7---7- 


Chorus: 2x

E|---------------------|------------------------------------------
B|---------------------|------------------------------------------
G|---4-----------------|------------------------2p0---------------
D|---4--2---0h2--------|---------2p0-2p0-2p0-2p0-----2p0---------- 
A|---2--2---------2----|---------------------------------2p0------
E|------0-------0---3--|-------------------------------------3p0--
                   3x                                         1x


Interlude Part I: 4x, use tremolo pedal.

E|----------------------------------------------------------------
B|----------------------------------------------------------------
G|-----------11---------------------------------------------------
D|----14-12----12----14-12-14/0-----------------------------------
A|----------------------------------------------------------------
E|----------------------------------------------------------------

Interlude Part II: 2x 

E|----------------------------------------------------------------
B|----------------------------------------------------------------
G|----9-----------------------------------------------------------
D|----9--(let ring out)-------------------------------------------
A|----7-----------------------------------------------------------
E|----0-----------------------------------------------------------
 "Pain...pain...pain...say it once, say it once..."


Then...

E|----------------------------------------------------------------
B|----------------------------------------------------------------
G|-------------------2p0------------------------------------------
D|---2p0-2p0-2p0-2p0-----2p0--------------------------------------
A|---------------------------2p0----------------------------------
E|-------------------------------3p0------------------------------


Finale: 2x

E|---------------------|-----------------------------------------|----
B|---------------------|-----------------------------------------|----
G|---4-----------------|------------------------2p0--------------|----
D|---4--2---0h2--------|---------2p0-2p0-2p0-2p0-----2p0---------|-2--
A|---2--2---------2----|---------------------------------2p0-----|-2--
E|------0-------0---3--|-------------------------------------3p0-|-0--
                   3x                                         1x

Outro: Use time that Cornell is screaming to switch Digitech Whammy to 2 octaves up.
Depress the pedal each time you play the hammer-on. Use delay (not clear on how many
repeats). Repeat many times.

E|----------------------------------------------------------------
B|----------------------------------------------------------------
G|----------------------------------------------------------------
D|----------------------------------------------------------------
A|----------------------------------------------------------------
E|-------------------------------------------------10h12~---------
"say it once, say it once, say it once, say it once"



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