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Bombtrack

Rage Against The Machine

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Song: Bombtrack
Artist: Rage Against The Machine
Album: Rage Against The Machine
Length: 4:04
Tuning: Standard
Play Style: Fingers (in my opinion)
Tabbed By: Ryan Martin

Intro:
Bass sounds good either way. Tend to think the second is more accurate too the song though.

Variation 1                              x2
G|----------------------------0-----------|
D|---2-0--0---------2-0---0---------------|
A|-------2--2-0---------2-----------------|
E|-0------------3-0-----------------------|

G|----------------------------------------|
D|---2-0--0---------2-0---0---------------|
A|-------2--2-0---------2---2-------------|
E|-0------------3-0------------3-2--------|

G|----------------------------0h2p0h2p0h2-|
D|---2-0--0---------2-0---0-2-------------|
A|-------2--2-0---------2-----------------|
E|-0------------3-0-----------------------|

G|----------------------------------------|
D|---2-0--0---------2-0---0---------------|
A|-------2--2-0---------2---2-------------|
E|-0------------3-0------------3-2--------|

Variation 2                              x2
G|-----------------------------0----------|
D|-2-----0h2--------2-----0-2-------------|
A|---0-2--------------0-2-----------------|
E|----------------------------------------|

G|----------------------------------------|
D|-2-----0h2--------2-----0h2-------------|
A|---0-2--------------0-2-----------------|
E|----------------------------------------|

G|----------------------------0h2p0h2p0h2-|
D|-2-----0h2--------2-----0-2-------------|
A|---0-2--------------0-2-----------------|
E|----------------------------------------|

G|----------------------------------------|
D|-2-----0h2--------2-----0h2-------------|
A|---0-2--------------0-2-----------------|
E|----------------------------------------|


Chorus: 0:24                          x3
G|-----------------------------------|
D|-----4---------4-2-----4-----6-5-4-|
A|-----------------------------4-3-2-|
E|-0-2---0-2-0-2-----0-2---0-2-------|

G|--------------------------------|
D|-----4---------4-2-----4-----6~-|
A|-----------------------------4~-|
E|-0-2---0-2-0-2-----0-2---0-2----|

Fill 1 0:51
G|-------|
D|-------|
A|-1/14\-|
E|-------|

Verse: 0:52                                 x3
G|-------------------------------------------|zz
D|------------------------------4-2----------|
A|----------------------------------4-3-2----|
E|-2-2-0--2-2-2-2-5b--2-2-0-2-0-----------5b-|

1:11
G|----------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------|
E|-2-2-0--2-2-2-2-5b--2-2-0-2-0-x-x-x-x-x-x-14\-|
Mutes just sound good, don't believe their actually in the song. Can just rest instead.

1:18                                        x3
G|-------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------4-2----------|
A|----------------------------------4-3-2----|
E|-2-2-0--2-2-2-2-5b--2-2-0-2-0-----------5b-|

1:37
G|----------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------|
E|-2-2-0--2-2-2-2-5b--2-2-0-2-0-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|
Same goes for mutes here.

Chorus: 1:43                          x3
G|-----------------------------------|
D|-----4---------4-2-----4-----6-5-4-|
A|-----------------------------4-3-2-|
E|-0-2---0-2-0-2-----0-2---0-2-------|

2:02
G|--------------------------------|
D|-----4---------4-2-----4-----6~-|
A|-----------------------------4~-|
E|-0-2---0-2-0-2-----0-2---0-2----|


Fill 1 2:11
G|-------|
D|-------|
A|-1/14\-|
E|-------|

Verse: 2:12                                 x3
G|-------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------4-2----------|
A|----------------------------------4-3-2----|
E|-2-2-0--2-2-2-2-5b--2-2-0-2-0-----------5b-|

2:30
G|--------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------|
E|-2-2-0--2-2-2-2-5b--2-2-0-2-14\-------------|
Nice long slide here.

Chorus: 2:37                          x4
G|-----------------------------------|
D|-----4---------4-2-----4-----6-5-4-|
A|-----------------------------4-3-2-|
E|-0-2---0-2-0-2-----0-2---0-2-------|

Fill 2
3:02      x6 3:07
G|---------|-------------------------|
D|---------|-------------------------|
A|---------|-------------------------|
E|-0-0-0-0-|-/14-14-14-14-14-14-14\--|

Verse: 3:08                                                x2
G|----------------------xxxx--------------------------------|
D|----------------------xxxx--------------------------------|
A|----------------------xxxx--------------------4p0-3p0-2p0-|
E|-2p0-2p0-5b-2p0-2p0-2-xxxx-2p0-2p0-5b-2p0-2p0-------------|

G|----------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------4p0-3p0-2p0-|
E|-2p0-2p0-5b-2p0-2p0-2------2p0-2p0-5b-2p0-2p0-------------|

Outro: 3:33                           x4
G|-----------------------------------|--------|
D|-----4---------4-2-----4-----6-5-4-|-5-/3-0-|
A|-----------------------------4-3-2-|-3-/1-2-|
E|-0-2---0-2-0-2-----0-2---0-2-------|--------|

A Couple Random Comments:
Keep in mind these are less of what I heard on the recorded album and more things I
up on that sound good when covering this song

On The Intro:
- For the final piece of the intro sounds good to change up the final two notes to |-4-2--|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---2-0--0---------2-0---0---------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------2--2-0---------2---2-------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-0------------3-0------------4-2--------------------------------------------------------|

-For the ending can also hold a 2 on the E string for the last bit, sounds like the
version as well:
G|----------------------------------------|
D|---2-0--0---------2~--------------------|
A|-------2--2-0---------------------------|
E|-0------------3-0-----------------------|

OR

G|----------------------------------------|
D|-2-----0h2--------2~--------------------|
A|---0-2----------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------|


On the Chorus
- Can play the ending of the chorus in an easier way that sounds cleaner too:
G|------------------------------------|
D|----2h4--------2h4-2---2h4----------|
A|------------------------------4-3-2-|
E|-0-2---0-2-0-2------0-2---0-2-------|

- Can play the 4s on the D string 2h4 very quickly during the chorus to make it sound 
interesting:
G|------------------------------------|
D|----2h4--------2h4-2---2h4----6-5-4-|
A|------------------------------4-3-2-|
E|-0-2---0-2-0-2------0-2---0-2-------|

- Can add an extra open note near the end that doesn't sound half bad for the chorus.
don't let it ring:
G|-------------------------------------|
D|-----4---------4-2-----4-------6-5-4-|
A|-------------------------------4-3-2-|
E|-0-2---0-2-0-2-----0-2---0-2-0-------|

- Can add a slide at the end to change things up every once in a while:
G|---------------------------------------|OR |---------|
D|-----4---------4-2-----4-------6-5-----|   |---------|
A|-------------------------------4-3/-14-|   |-4-3/-14-|
E|-0-2---0-2-0-2-----0-2---0-2-0---------|   |---------|

One of my favorite songs to play, have fun mess around with it and make it sound the best.

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Bombtrack

Rage Against The Machine