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Calm Like a Bomb Guitar Tablature
song:Calm like a Bomb
band:RATM
tabbed by:Tim Flug

For this song you will need a whammy pedal, wah-wah
pedal and the right electronics. For the intro, set 
the neck pickup volume to 10 and the bridge pickup 
volume to 0. quickly switch the pickup selector switch
back and forth. I mean we're talking quickley!Also you 
gotta gradually push down the whammy pedal. Listen to 
the song for the timing of the whammy.  I also got a 
comment saying you tune the 6 string all the way down to
an A.  It does make sense once you do it so give it a shot.

Intro (note above) also w/dist.
1---------------------------------------------------------------
2---12-0-12-0-12-0-12-0-12-0-12-12-12-12-12-12------------------
3---------------------------------------------------------------
4---------------------------------------------------------------
5---------------------------------------------------------------
6---------------------------------------------------------------
this riff must be tremolo picked*

intro (guitar 2) w/wah-wah
1-------------------------------------------------
2-------------------------------------------------
3-------------------------------------------------
4-------------------------------------------------
5-------------------------------------------------^=bend up 1 and a half
6---2---2-0-2-x-2^-x-x--x-------------------------    step then back down.

1--------------------------------------------------------------------
2--------------------------------------------------------------------
3--------------------------------------------------------------------
4--------------------------------------------------------------------
5--------------------------------------------------------------------
6---2---2-0-2-x-2-0-2-x-2-0-2----------------------------------------

bridge w/slight dist. and wah-wah as filter
"And a riot throught the rhyme of the unheard"
1--------------------------------------------------------------------
2--------------------------------------------------------------------
3--------------------------------------------------------------------
4--------------------------------------------------------------------
5---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2------------------------
6--------------------------------------------------------------------

Now use distortion
1--------------------------------------------------------------------
2--------------------------------------------------------------------
3--------------------------------------------------------------------
4--------------------------------------------------------------------
5---0-2-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-0-2-0-2--0--0--2---------------
6---0-2-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-0-2-0-2--0--0--2---------------

Chorus (this riff is the coolest)
1--------------------------------------------------------------------
2--------------------------------------------------------------------
3--------------------------------------------------------------------
4--------------------------------------------------------------------
5---0-2-x----------x-x-x---------0-2-x-------------------------------
6---0-2-x--2-5--2--x-x-x--5---2--0-2-x-2-5--2--0----5--2-------------

bridge to solo
1--------------------------------------------------------------------
2---12-0-0-0-12-0-0-0-12-0-0-0-12-0-0-0-12-0-0-8-8-8-----------------
3--------------------------------------------------------------------
4--------------------------------------------------------------------
5--------------------------------------------------------------------
6--------------------------------------------------------------------

solo w/delay set for 4 repeats
1--------------------------------------------------------------------
2---12-8-(8)-(8)-(8)-(8)-12-8-(8)-(8)-(8)-(8)------------------------
3--------------------------------------------------------------------
4--------------------------------------------------------------------
5--------------------------------------------------------------------
6--------------------------------------------------------------------

Now gradually depress and release the whammy pedal listen for timing.
1-------------------------
2---12-0(0)-(0)-(0)-(0)---
3-------------------------
4-------------------------
5-------------------------
6-------------------------
 repeat that many times. I dont have to write them
                             all down do I? I mean you can figure it out 
                                      your not morons.

*=tremolo picking-pick really fast.
If I missed any thing tell me. Or just tell me what you
think.      [email protected]
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