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Calm Like a Bomb Guitar Tablature
                          Rage against the machine
                             Calm like a bomb
                            Tabbed by d1mesboy

(Drop-A tuning)
A-A-D-G-B-E
(If you don’t know how to do drop-A just put it in Drop-D)	


(Riff A)
Intro/verse- (whammy pedal)

(Gradually bend the note to make it get higher)
E--------------------------------------------
B-12-12b---12b-12b-12b---12b-----------------
G--------------------------------------------
D--------------------------------------------
A--------------------------------------------
A--------------------------------------------

(Riff A1)
Second riff in the verse- (with wah and whammy)
E-----------------------------------
B-----------------------------------
G-----------------------------------
D-----------------------------------
A-----------------------------------
A-2--2-0-2-5b-x-x-x-x---------------

(Riff B in verse)

E--------------------------------------------------------------------
B--------------------------------------------------------------------
G--------------------------------------------------------------------
D--------------------------------------------------------------------
A--------------------------------------------------------------------
A-2--2-0-2-x-2-0-2-x-2-0-2--2--2-0-2-x-2-0-2-x-2-0-2-----------------

This leads into the pre-chorus)

“A riot through the rhyme of the unheard”
(Wah fully forward)
E-------------------------------------
B-------------------------------------
G-------------------------------------
D-------------------------------------
A2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2----------------------
A-------------------------------------
(hit that note 32 times)

Pre-Chorus-
“what-cha say what-cha say what-cha say what?”
E-------------------------------------------------------
B-------------------------------------------------------
G-------------------------------------------------------
D-------------------------------------------------------
A-0-2-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x--0-2-0------------------------
A-0-2-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x--0-2-0-2-2-2-5----------------

Chorus-

“Calm like a bomb!”
E----------------------------------------------------------------
B----------------------------------------------------------------
G----------------------------------------------------------------
D----------------------------------------------------------------
A-0-2---------x-x-x---------0-2----------------------------------
A-0-2-x-2-5-2-x-x-x-5--2----0-2-x-2-5-2-0--5--2------------------


Guitar solo—(echo pedal and whammy and delay)
Your also gonna have to use the toggle switch technique
and lots tremolo picking-

E--------------------------------------------------------------------------
B-12-0-0-0-0-0-12-0-0-0-0-0-12-0-0-0-0-0-12-0-0-0-0-0----------------------
G--------------------------------------------------------------------------
D--------------------------------------------------------------------------
A--------------------------------------------------------------------------
A--------------------------------------------------------------------------

E--------------------------------
B-12-0-0-0-8-8-8-8---------------
G--------------------------------
D--------------------------------
A--------------------------------
A--------------------------------

Repeat that 3 times than-

E----------------------------------------------------------------------
B-12-0-0-0-0-0-12-0-0-0-0-0-12-0-0-0-0-0-12-0-0-0-0-0-12-12-12--8------
G----------------------------------------------------------------------
D----------------------------------------------------------------------
A----------------------------------------------------------------------
A----------------------------------------------------------------------

E----------------------------------------------------------------------------
B-12-8-8-8-8-8-12-8-8-8-8-8-12-8-8-8-8-8-12-0-0-0-0-0-12-12-12-12-0-0-0-0----
G----------------------------------------------------------------------------
D----------------------------------------------------------------------------
A----------------------------------------------------------------------------
A----------------------------------------------------------------------------


E--------------------------------------------------------------------------
B-12-0-0-0-0-0-12-0-0-0-0-0-12-0-0-0-0-0-12-0-0-0-0-0-12-12-12-12-0-0-0-0--
G--------------------------------------------------------------------------
D--------------------------------------------------------------------------
A--------------------------------------------------------------------------
A--------------------------------------------------------------------------

E-----------------------------------------------------------------------
B-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12--7-7----10-10-10-10-7-7-7-7-------
G------------------------------------------0----------------------------
D-----------------------------------------------------------------------
A-----------------------------------------------------------------------
A-----------------------------------------------------------------------

E--------------------------------------------------------------
B-10-10-7-7-7-7-10-10--7-7-7-7-10-10-7-7-7-7-10-10-7-7---------
G--------------------------------------------------------------
D--------------------------------------------------------------
A--------------------------------------------------------------
A--------------------------------------------------------------

E-----------------------------------------------------------
B-10-10-10-10-7-7-7-7-10-10-7-7-7-7-10-10-------------------
G-----------------------------------------------------------
D-----------------------------------------------------------
A-----------------------------------------------------------
A-----------------------------------------------------------

(Turn off whammy and delay)

E-------------------------------------------------------------------------
B-7-7-7-7-10-10-7-7-7-7-10-10-7-7--10-10-10-10-7-7-7-7-10-10-7-7-7-7-7-7--          G-------------------------------------------------------------------------
D-------------------------------------------------------------------------
A-------------------------------------------------------------------------
A-------------------------------------------------------------------------

That’s it! Pleaseeeee rate or comment! D1mesboy-
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