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Born As Ghosts

Rage Against the Machine
Tab
★4.2(4)

This is tablature — fret positions rather than chord names. Wide lines scroll sideways on their own, so the page never does.

Song

/w = Pull up on whammy bar

\_/ = Whammy bar dive and release

( ) = Ghost note

B = Bend

R = Release

x = Muted note

Intro

Leave the wah full forward and depress down with tremolo bar

E|---------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------|
A|-2----(2)------2----(2)------2----(2)------2----(2)------|
E|-0\__/(0)------0\__/(0)------0\__/(0)------0\__/(0)------|

(^whammy bar)

Chorus

E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|--------7/w(9)--9br(9)--x--7----|--------7/w(9)--9br(9)--x--7----|
D|--2--2--7/w(9)----------x--7----|--2--2--7/w(9)----------x--7----|
A|--2--2--5/w(7)----------x--5----|--2--2--5/w(7)----------x--5----|
E|--0--0--------------------------|--0--0--------------------------|

Listen for this part in the verse:

E|--------|
B|--------|
G|--------|
D|--------|
A|---10---|
E|--------|

Along with this...

E|---------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------|
A|-2----(2)------2----(2)------2----(2)------2----(2)------|
E|-0\__/(0)------0\__/(0)------0\__/(0)------0\__/(0)------|

Chorus

E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|--------7/w(9)--9br(9)--x--7----|--------7/w(9)--9br(9)--x--7----|
D|--2--2--7/w(9)----------x--7----|--2--2--7/w(9)----------x--7----|
A|--2--2--5/w(7)----------x--5----|--2--2--5/w(7)----------x--5----|
E|--0--0--------------------------|--0--0--------------------------|

Solo:

Yep, typical Tom solo here. For the first part scratch your pick along the strings and

switch them. For the next bit it gets a bit crazy, and will probably be impossible to

From what I gather Tom uses a custom built Ibanez Talman and hit some kind of touchpad

can recreate the sound of unplugging the jack of the guitar and touching the

etc...

Its whammy and wah for this, and probably recorded from 2 guitars but I'll try my best.

Custom touchpad bit x7

E|------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|
G|------------------------------|
D|------------------------------|
A|------------------------------|
E|>->->-<-<-<->->->-<-<-<->->->-|

+ o + o + o + o

Whammy set up a 4th bit

E|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|
B|------|------|------|----8-|------|------|----8-|-(8)--|
G|-7----|-7----|-7----|-7----|-7----|-7----|-7----|------|
D|----7-|------|------|------|------|----7-|------|------|
A|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|
E|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|

Chorus

E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|--------7/w(9)--9br(9)--x--7----|--------7/w(9)--9br(9)--x--7----|
D|--2--2--7/w(9)----------x--7----|--2--2--7/w(9)----------x--7----|
A|--2--2--5/w(7)----------x--5----|--2--2--5/w(7)----------x--5----|
E|--0--0--------------------------|--0--0--------------------------|

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