Rage Against The Machine - Calm Like A Bomb Chords & Tabs

Calm Like A Bomb
By: Rage Against The Machine
Album: The Battle of Los Angeles
Bassist: Tim Commerford

-5h7- hammer on
-7p5- pull off
-5/7- slide up
-7\5- slide down
-5~- hold note
-x- dead note

|----------------| time signature
 +   +   +   +
Can be lengthened to this
|--------------------------------|
 +   -   +   -   +   -   +   -   
+ major beats (1,2,3,4)
- ands (1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &)

INTRO 

(Pickup)
|------2~|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|2-4-5---|--4-2-0-2-4-5~--|5-2-0-----0-2-4~|--0-------0-2~--|2---------------|
|--------|----------------|------4-0-------|----4-2-4-------|--4-2-1~------2~|
|--------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------2~----|
 +   +    +   +   +   +    +   +   +   +    +   +   +   +    +   +   +   +

|----------------|--------------2~|----------------|----------------|
|--------2---0~--|4-0-2~--2-4-5---|--4-2-0-2-4-5~--|5-2-0-----------|
|--5-2-4---4-----|----------------|----------------|------4~--0~--2~|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
 +   +   +   +    +   +   +   +    +   +   +   +    +   +   +   +

Distortion?

VERSE PT 1:

|------4-2-4---4/|7~--------------|
|----------------|----------------|
|2~--------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------| 8x
 +   +   +   +    +   +   +   +    

(The first time Tim plays the above riff he holds the ‘B’ [2 on the A string] from the intro.)

VERSE PT 2:
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/r/rage_against_the_machine/calm_like_a_bomb_btab_ver_5.html ]
|--------4-2-4---|4-2-4---4-2-4---|
|----------------|----------------|
|2~--------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------| 8x
 +   +   +   +    +   +   +   +    

VERSE PT 1 4x






PRECHORUS:

|REST------------|
|----REST--------|
|--------REST----|
|------------REST| 8x
 +   +   +   +   

|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------5-----|
|5-7-X-X-X-X-X-X-|X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-|X-5-7-5-7~----7~|----7~--7~------| 4x
 +   +   +   +    +   +   +   +    +   +   +   +    +   +   +   +

CHORUS:

|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|--------5-------|------5---------|--------5-------|--------5-------|
|5-7-X-X-----7---|X-X-X-------7---|5-7-X-X-----7---|5-----------7---| 2x
 +   +   +   +    +   +   +   +    +   +   +   +    +   +   +   +

VERSE PT 1 4x
             
VERSE PT 2 4x
               
VERSE PT 1 4x

PRECHORUS

CHORUS

BRIDGE:

|----------------|----------------|------------9-7-|9---------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|7-7---7-7---7-7-|--7-7---5-5-5-5-|7-7---7-7-------|--7-----5-5-5-5-|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
 +   +   +   +    +   +   +   +    +   +   +   +    +   +   +   +

VERSE PT 1 8x

CHORUS 2x

REST FOR THE REST OF THE SONG


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