Calm Like A Bomb Tab

song: Calm Like A Bomb

artist: Rage Against The Machine

tab: Title: "Calm Like A Bomb"
Artist: Rage Against The Machine
Tabbed by: Kaos (kaos4rage@icqmail.com)

Pedals you'll need to play it how it sounds:

Digitech Whammy pedal
Dunlop Crybaby (wah-wah)
DOD Digital Delay pedal

Tuning: Dropped A (AADGBe)

Intro:

Guitar 2:

Riff A1

        *w/Whammy pedal--------------|
          (set for 2 octaves above when fully depressed)

        +1.5-----+4.5-----+7.5-----+12
e|-------------------------------------|
B|--12--12-------12-------12-------12--|
G|--//--//-------//-------//-------//--|
D|-------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------|

Guitar 1:

Riff A

    w/wah-wah-----------------|
e|------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|
G|------------------------------|      twice
D|------------------------------|
A|------------------------------|
A|--2---2-0-2-x-5---(5)px-x--x--|

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Verse:
   Gtrs. 1 & 2 w/Riffs A & A1 2times

Guitar 1:

Riff B

e|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|
A|--2---2-0-2-x-2-0-2-x--2-0-2-x--|

Gtrs. 1 & 2 tacet

Guitar 3:

e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------|
A|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|
A|-------------------------------|

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Pre-Chorus:

Guitar 3 tacet

Riff C:

e|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|
A|--0h2-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x--|
A|--0h2-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x--|

e|------------------------|
B|------------------------|
G|------------------------|
D|------------------------|
A|--x-0-2p0---------------|
A|--x-0-2p0-2---2---2--5--|

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Chorus:

Guitar 1:

Riff D

e|------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|
G|------------------------------|
D|------------------------------|
A|--0h2-----------x-x-x---------|
A|------x-2-5--2--x-x-x--5---2--|

   I'd do the interlude, but I'm not sure if it'll fit on the screen,
'cuz it's really long. If you want to check it out on your own, go pick
up the February 2000 issue of "Guitar One" (w/Tom on the cover)