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Calm As a Bomb

Rage Against the Machine
Bass Tab
★4.3(8)

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

Song

Calm Like A Bomb

The battle of los angeles

tabbed by gary(klinktrain@aol.com)

Intro/Solo

G :----0-2---------|----0---0-------|----------------|----------------|
D :2-4-------4-2-0-|2-4-------2-0---|----2-4---0-----|--0-2---2-------|
A :----------------|--------------4-|0-4---------4-2-|4---------4-2-1-|
E :----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G :----------------|----------------|----0-2---------|----0---0-------|
D :----------0-----|2---0---4-0-2---|2-4-------4-2-0-|2-4-------2-0---|
A :------2-----2-4-|--4-------------|----------------|--------------4-|
E :--2-------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G :-----|
D :-----|
A :--0--|
E :-----|

Riff 1

G :----------------|-----------------|
D :----------------|-----------------|
A :----------------|-----------------|
E :7-------7-5-7---|10\------5-------|

Riff 2

G :----------------|-----------------|
D :----------------|-----------------|
A :----------------|-----------------|
E :7-------7-5-7---|7-5-7---7-5-7----|

Riff 3

G :----------------|----------------|------------------|
D :----------------|----------------|------------------|
A :----------------|----------------|--5--5------------|
E :5-7---------5-7-|5-7-----7-----7-|------------------|

Riff 4

G :-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D :-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A :--------5--------|------5----------|--------5--------|
E :5-7-x--------7---|-------------7---|5-7-x--------7---|
G :----------------|
D :----------------|
A :----------------|
E :5-------5-7-----|

Solo Riff

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

RIFF 1 (x8) RIFF 2 (x4) RIFF 4 (x4)

RIFF 2 (x4) RIFF 1 (x4) rest until end

RIFF 1 (x4) RIFF 3 (x4)

RIFF 3 (x4) RIFF 4 (x4)

RIFF 4 (x2) SOLO RIFF (x1)

RIFF 1 (x4) RIFF 1 (x8)

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