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Bullet in the Head

Rage Against the Machine
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Song

Bullet In The Head-RATM

RATM

E A D G B E

< > = harmonics

Intro: Bass arr. for gtr

Riff A:

g---------------------7----------------------7-
d---------------------6----------------------6-
a-7--7-----7-7--7--------7--7-----7-7--7-------
e------------------0----------------------0----

Verse: Riff A x8 w/ Fig. 1 x4

Fig. 1 w/ whammy pedal up 2 octaves

e-0-0-0--0-----0-0-0--0-----0--0-0-0--0--0--0\----
b-0-0-0--0-----0-0-0--0-----0--0-0-0--0--0--0\----
g-0-0-0--0-----0-0-0--0-----0--0-0-0--0--0--0\----
d-0-0-0--0-----0-0-0--0-----0--0-0-0--0--0--0\----
a-0-0-0--0-----0-0-0--0-----0--0-0-0--0--0--0\----
e-0-0-0--0-----0-0-0--0-----0--0-0-0--0--0--0\----

Bird chirping effect over top

w/ whammy pedal up 2 octaves

e-------------------------------------------------

b-------------------------------------------------

g--/<7>------/<7>---------------------------------

d-------------------------------------------------

a-------------------------------------------------

e-------------------------------------------------

Chorus:

e-----------------------------------------------------------------

b-----------------------------------------------------------------

g-----------------------------------------------------------------

d-----------------------------------------------------------------

a-2-----------------------------2---------2-----------------------
e-0---3---5------------------------3---5--0----------------1brp0--

e-----------------------------------------------------------------

b-----------------------------------------------------------------

g-----------------------------------------------------------------

d-----------------------------------------------------------------

a-------------------------------2---------2-----------------------
e-0---3---5------------------------3---5--0-----------------------

Solo: w/ wah

x2

e-12-0-0-10-0-0-8-0-0-7-0-0-5-0-3-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---------------

b-----------------------------------------------------------------

g-----------------------------------------------------------------

d-----------------------------------------------------------------

a-----------------------------------------------------------------

e-12-0-0-10-0-0-8-0-0-7-0-0-5-0-3-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---------------

then

e-15-------14-------13-------12------11--------
b----14-------13-------12-------11------10-----
g-------12-------11-------10-------9-------8---

d----------------------------------------------

a----------------------------------------------

e----------------------------------------------

e-15-------14-------13-------12----------------
b----14-------13-------12-------11-------------
g-------12-------11-------10-------9~~~~~~~~~--

d----------------------------------------------

a----------------------------------------------

e----------------------------------------------

e-------------------------------------------------------------15b-

b-15b~~~~~~-15b~~~~~~~-15rb-12-----------15b~~~~~-15b~~~~~--------
g------------------------------14-12~~~--------------------12-----

d-----------------------------------------------------------------

a-----------------------------------------------------------------

e-----------------------------------------------------------------

Breakdown: pm

e-----------------------------------------------------------------

b-----------------------------------------------------------------

g-----------------------------------------------------------------

d-----------7-------------------------------7---------------------
a-7-7-7-7-7-5-7-8-7---5-7-5-------7-7-7-7-7-5-7-8-7---5-7-5-------
e-------------5-6-5-0-3-5-3-0-0-0-------------5-6-5-0-3-5-3-0-0-0-

e-----------------------------------------------------------------

b-----------------------------------------------------------------

g-----------------------------------------------------------------

d-----------7-------------------------------7---------------------
a-7-7-7-7-7-5-7-8-7---5-7-5-------7-7-7-7-7-5-7-8-7---5-7-5-------
e-------------5-6-5-0-3-5-3-0-0-0-------------5-6-5-0-3-5-3-------

x4

e-----------------------------------------------------------------

b-----------------------------------------------------------------

g-----------------------------------------------------------------

d-9-9-9-9-9-7---------------------9-9-9-9-9-7---------------------
a-7-7-7-7-7-5-7-8-7---5-7-5-2-2-2-7-7-7-7-7-5-7-8-7---5-7-5-2-2-2-
e-------------5-6-5-0-3-5-3-0-0-0-------------5-6-5-0-3-5-3-0-0-0-

E5 vii let ring, pick slides

Outro:

x8

e-----------------------------------------------------------------

b-----------------------------------------------------------------

g-----------------------------------------------------------------

d-9-9-9-9-9-7---------------------9-9-9-9-9-7---------------------
a-7-7-7-7-7-5-7-8-7---5-7-5-2-2-2-7-7-7-7-7-5-7-8-7---5-7-5-2-2-2-
e-------------5-6-5-0-3-5-3-0-0-0-------------5-6-5-0-3-5-3-0-0-0-

then

x4

e-------------------------------------

b-------------------------------------

g-9---9-9-----------9---9-9-----------
d-9---9-9-----------9---9-9-----------
a-7---7-7-----------7---7-7-----------
e---------0-0-0-0-0---------0-0-0-0-0-

then

e-----------------------------------------------------------------

b-----------------------------------------------------------------

g-----------------------------------------------------------------

d-----------------------------------------------------------------

a---------------------------------------------------------------2-
e-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-

that’s all

trevor jones

timmy91199@yahoo.ca

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