Born As Ghosts Chords & Tabs
/w = Pull up on whammy bar
\_/ = Whammy bar dive and release
( ) = Ghost note
B = Bend
R = Release
x = Muted note
Intro
Leave the wah full forward and depress down with tremolo bar
E|---------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------|
A|-2----(2)------2----(2)------2----(2)------2----(2)------|
E|-0\__/(0)------0\__/(0)------0\__/(0)------0\__/(0)------|
(^whammy bar)
Chorus
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|--------7/w(9)--9br(9)--x--7----|--------7/w(9)--9br(9)--x--7----|
D|--2--2--7/w(9)----------x--7----|--2--2--7/w(9)----------x--7----|
A|--2--2--5/w(7)----------x--5----|--2--2--5/w(7)----------x--5----|
E|--0--0--------------------------|--0--0--------------------------|
Listen for this part in the verse:
E|--------|
B|--------|
G|--------|
D|--------|
A|---10---|
E|--------|
Along with this...
E|---------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------|
A|-2----(2)------2----(2)------2----(2)------2----(2)------|
E|-0\__/(0)------0\__/(0)------0\__/(0)------0\__/(0)------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/r/rage_against_the_machine/born_as_ghosts_tab_ver_3.html ]
Chorus
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|--------7/w(9)--9br(9)--x--7----|--------7/w(9)--9br(9)--x--7----|
D|--2--2--7/w(9)----------x--7----|--2--2--7/w(9)----------x--7----|
A|--2--2--5/w(7)----------x--5----|--2--2--5/w(7)----------x--5----|
E|--0--0--------------------------|--0--0--------------------------|
Solo:
Yep, typical Tom solo here. For the first part scratch your pick along the strings and
switch them. For the next bit it gets a bit crazy, and will probably be impossible to
From what I gather Tom uses a custom built Ibanez Talman and hit some kind of touchpad
can recreate the sound of unplugging the jack of the guitar and touching the
etc...
Its whammy and wah for this, and probably recorded from 2 guitars but I'll try my best.
Custom touchpad bit x7
E|------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|
G|------------------------------|
D|------------------------------|
A|------------------------------|
E|>->->-<-<-<->->->-<-<-<->->->-|
+ o + o + o + o
Whammy set up a 4th bit
E|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|
B|------|------|------|----8-|------|------|----8-|-(8)--|
G|-7----|-7----|-7----|-7----|-7----|-7----|-7----|------|
D|----7-|------|------|------|------|----7-|------|------|
A|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|
E|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|
Chorus
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|--------7/w(9)--9br(9)--x--7----|--------7/w(9)--9br(9)--x--7----|
D|--2--2--7/w(9)----------x--7----|--2--2--7/w(9)----------x--7----|
A|--2--2--5/w(7)----------x--5----|--2--2--5/w(7)----------x--5----|
E|--0--0--------------------------|--0--0--------------------------|