Rage Against the Machine
Whole BOLA Album
TESTIFY
tunind:(D,A,D,G)
in the begining:
G--------------------------------------------------------
D--------------------------------------------------------
A-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-bend up on these notes-
D--------------------------------------------------------
chorus:
G-------------------------------------------------------
D-----------------------------------------------------6-
A-------------3---5-3-------------------0-3---5-3-------
D-0---3-5-0-----0-------0-5-3-0---3-5-0-----0-------0---
verse:
G---------------------------------------
D---------------------------------------
A----------------------------------8-10-
D-12/-------------12/0/12---12/0--------
interlude:
G-----------------------------------------------------------
D-----------------------------------------------------------
A-------------------------0-3---5-3-------------------------
D-12/-------0-5-3-12/---------0---------12/-------0-5-3-12/-
G----------------
D----------------
A----0-3---5-3-5-
D--------0-------
"who controls" part:
G----------------------
D-3--------------------
A--------------3-3-----
D--------------------0-
ending:
G-----------------------
D-----------------------
A-5---5---5---5-bend up-
D-----------------------
GUERRILLA RADIO
tuning:(E,A,D,G)
chorus:
G-------------------
D-------------------
A---------------0-2-
E-0-2-2-0-2-0-2-----
at the end of the chorus:
G-2-------1---------
D---4---2---4---2-4-
A-------------------
E-------------------
verse:
G-2/0-----------2-2---4-4---5-5-
D-------------------------------
A-------------------------------
E-2/0---------------------------
end riff:
G-------------------------------
D-------------------------------
A-------------------------------
E-0-2-0-14/-0-2-0-14/-0-2-0-14/-
CALM LIKE A BOMB
tuning:(E,A,D,G)
bass intro:
G-----0-2-----------0-0------------------------------------
D-2-4-----4-2-0-2-4-----2-0-----0-2-4-0-------0-2-2--------
A---------------------------4-0---------4-2-4-------4-2-1--
E---------------------------------------------------------2
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-----------------------------------4-0-
E---------------------------------------------------
verse riff 1:
G-----4-2-4---4/7-
D-----------------
A-2---------------
E-----------------
verse riff 2:
G-----4-2-4-4-2-4-4-2-4-
D-----------------------
A-2---------------------
E-----------------------
chorus riff 1:
G---------------------------------------------------------
D-----------------------------------------------------0-0-
A-0-2-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x---0-2-0-2---2-2-----
E---------------------------------------------------------
chorus riff 2:
G---------------------------------------
D-------0---------0---------0-------0---
A-0-2-2---2-x-x-x---2-0-2-2---2-0-----2-
E---------------------------------------
interlude:
G-------------------------------9-7-9-----------
D-----------------------------------------------
A-7---7---7---7-5-5-5-5-7---7---------7-5-5-5-5-
E-----------------------------------------------
MIC CHECK:
tuning:(E,A,D,G)
riff used for most of the song:
G---------
D---------
A---------
E-2-0---2-
interlude
G---------------------------------------
D-4-4-------------------4-4-------------
A-----3-3-----0-0-----------3-3---------
E---------2-2-------------------0-0-2-2-
SLEEP NOW IN THE FIRE
tuning:(E,A,D,G)
in the begining:
G---------------------------------------
D---------------------------------------
A---------------------------------------
E-5/---5/---5/---5/---5/---5/---5/---5/-
chorus:
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/r/rage_against_the_machine/battle_of_los_angles_btab.html ]
G----------------------------------------------------------
D-----------------------------------------------------7----
A----------------------------------------------------------
E-3-5-5-3-5-3---3-5-5-5-3-5-3---3-5-5-5-3-5-3---3-5-5---3-5
G-----
D---7-
A-----
E-5---
verse:
G-------------------
D-------------------
A-------------------
E-5-3-5-3-5-5-3-5-3-
last chorus:
G-----------------------------------------------------------
D-------------------------------------------------7-------7-
A-----------3-------------3-------------3-------------------
E-3-5-5-3-5---5-3-5-5-3-5---5-3-5-5-3-5---5-3-5-5---3-5-5---
BORN OF A BROKEN MAN
tuning:(D,A,D,G)
riff 1:
G---------------------------------------
D---------------------------------------
A-----------0-------------------0-------
D-0-6-5-3-0---0-3-0-x-x-x-x-3-0---0-3-0-
riff 2:
G----------------------------------------------------------
D----------------------------------------------------------
A---------------3---3-5-5---------------3---3-5-5----------
D-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----------0-0-0-0-0
G---------------------------------
D---------------------------------
A-----3---3-5-5-----------0-------
D-0-0-----------0-6-5-3-0---0-3-0-
BORN AS GHOSTS
tuning:(E,A,D,G)
verse:
G------------------------------
D-----0-----0------------------
A-------9-bend up on this note-
E-0----------------------------
chorus:
G-----------------
D---------------0-
A-----------------
E-0-0-----0-0-----
interlude:
G-------------------------------------
D-------------------------------------
A-7---7---7---7---5-7-5-----7---7---7-
E-----------------------5-0-----------
MARIA
tuning:(D,G,C,G) *i find this is the easiest tuning for
this song
verse:
G-------------------------------
C-------------------2-2-4-4-4-4-
G-------0-0-0-2-2-2-------------
D-2-2-2-------------------------
pre-chorus:
G---------------------------
C---------------------------
G---------------------------
D-2-2-2-2-2---5-5-0-5-5-0-5-
chorus:
G---------------------------------------------------
C-4-2-4-----2---2-----------------------------------
G---------4---4---2-0-2---0---0-----2-0-2-----4-2-4-
D-----------------------2---2-----2---------2-------
variation:
G-----------------------------------------------------
C-4-2-4/7-4-2---2-------------------------------------
G-------------4---4-2-0-2---0---0-----2-0-2-----4-2-4-
D-------------------------2---2-----2---------2-------
VOICE OF THE VOICELESS
tuning:(D,A,D,G)
riff 1:
G-------------------------------------
D-------------------------------------
A-5-3-5---3-0-3-----------------------
D-----------------5-3-5---3-0-3---5-3-
chorus:
G-----------------------------------------
D-----3-------------------3---------5-3---
A-5-------5-3-5-3-5-5-5-------5-3-5-----5-
D-----------------------------------------
verse:
G---------------
D---------------
A---------------
D-5---8---5-3-5-
NEW MILLENIUM HOMES
tuning(E,A,D,G)
intro:
G-----------------
D-----------------
A-----5-------5-7-
E-0-----5/0-0-----
variation:
G-----------------
D-----7-5---------
A-------------5-7-
E-0-------0-0-----
last time through:
G-----------------
D---5-----7---5-7-
A-----7-----7-----
E-0---------------
verse:
G-0-----------0---------
D-2-----------2---------
A-----------------------
E-----0-0-0-----0-0-0-0-
tail in second verse:
G-------
D-----0-
A-2-0---
E-------
chorus:
G-------------------
D-------------------
A-------7-7-7-------
E-0-0-0-------0-0-0-
ASHES IN THE FALL
tuning:(E,A,D,G)
main riff:
G---------
D-10-12-0-
A---------
E---------
chorus:
G---------------
D---------------
A---------------
E-8-----------8-
end bit:
G-----------------------------
D-----------------------------
A-----------------------------
E-h10-h10-h10-h10-h10-h10-h10-
getting softer
WAR WITHIN A BREATH
tuning:(C#,A,D,G)
verse:
G---------
D-----4---
A-2h4--h4-
C#--------
chorus:
G-------------
D-------------
A-------2-4---
C#-0-3-5-----3
