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Song: "Bombtrack"
Artist: Rage Against The Machine
Album: Rage Against The Machine
Guitar Tab | Bass Tab | Drums Tab 

                                    BOMBTRACK
                     As recorded by Rage Against The Machine
                 (From the 1992 Album RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE)

Words by Zach de la Rocha

Music by Tom Morello and Tim Commerford
Arranged by Rage Against The Machine
Transcribed by Cam Penny

Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Untitled'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Untitled'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Untitled'

   Intro
    Moderately Slow Rock Q=79
    N.C.
   4/4
    Gtr I
    PM----------------------------------------------------------|
    S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E   S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||--------------------------------|----------------------------------|
||o-------------------------------|----------------------------------|
||------------------------------0-|----------------------------------|
||----2-0---0---------2-0---0-2---|---2-0---0---------2-0---0--------|
||o-------2---2-0---------2-------|-------2---2-0---------2---2------|
||--0-------------3-0-------------|-0-------------3-0-----------3-2--|


  PM--------------------------------
  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------0tr2-|
|---2-0---0---------2-0---0-2------|
|-------2---2-0---------2----------|
|-0-------------3-0----------------|
|
| Gtr II
| W
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|


  1.                                  2.
 -----------------------------|       PM--------------|
  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S     S S S S S S S S H
|----------------------------------||----------------------||
|---------------------------------o||----------------------||
|----------------------------------||----------------------||
|---2-0---0---------2-0---0--------||---2-0---0------------||
|-------2---2-0---------2---2-----o||-------2---2-0--------||
|-0-------------3-0-----------3-2--||-0-------------3-0----||
|
|                                                     <
| W                                   H               H
|----------------------------------||----------------------||
|---------------------------------o||----------------------||
|----------------------------------||-----------------0----||
|----------------------------------||-----------------0----||
|---------------------------------o||-----------------0----||
|----------------------------------||-----------------0----||


    N.C.(F#5)                           C#C5B5    N.C.(F#5)
    Gtrs II, III
    E E E S S S S E E E   E E E S S S S E E E     E      E E  S S S S E E E
||----------------------|----------------------||----------------------------|
||o---------------------|---------------------o||----------------------------|
||----------------------|---------------6-5-4--||----------------------------|
||------4-----------4-2-|-----4---------6-5-4--||----------4------------4-2--|
||o---------------------|---------------4-3-2-o||----------------------------|
||--0-2---0-2---0-2-----|-0-2---0-2---0-4-3-2--||-0------2----0-2---0-2------|
|
|   Gtr I
|   W                     W                       Q        H.
||----------------------|----------------------||----------------------------|
||o---------------------|---------------------o||----------------------------|
||----------------------|----------------------||----------------------------|
||----------------------|----------------------||-7b7.5\---------------------|
||o---------------------|---------------------o||----------------------------|
||----------------------|----------------------||----------------------------|


                C#C5B5  N.C.(F#5)
  E E E S S S S E E E   E E E S S S S E E E
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------6-5-4-|---------------------|
|-----4---------6-5-4-|-----4-----------4-2-|
|---------------4-3-2-|---------------------|
|-0-2---0-2---0-4-3-2-|-0-2---0-2---0-2-----|


                C#5
  E E E S S S S Q.     +H.      +S  S   E
|--------------------|----------------------||
|--------------------|----------------------||
|---------------6----|-(6)------(6)---------||
|-----4---------6----|-(6)------(6)---------||
|---------------4----|-(4)------(4)-x-------||
|-0-2---0-2---0-4----|-(4)------(4)-x-/14\--||


   Verse
    N.C.(F#5)
    Gtrs I, II
    S S S S E S S S S S S Q      S S S S E S S S S S S S E.
||-----------------------------|-----------------------------||
||o----------------------------|----------------------------o||
||-----------------------------|-----------------------------||
||-----------------------------|---------------4-2-----------||
||o----------------------------|-------------------4-3-2----o||
||--2---2---0-2-2---2---2-5b6--|-2---2---0-2-0-----------5---||


  S S S S E S S S S S S Q              S S S S E S S  S  S  S  S  S  E.
|------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|----------------4--2--------------|
|------------------------------------|----------------------4--3--2-----|
|-2---2---0-2-2---2---2-5------------|-2---2---0-2-0-----------------5--|
|
| Gtr II
| S S S S E S S S S S S S    +S  +E    S S S S E S S  S  S  S  S  S  E.
|------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|---------------16-14--------------|
|------------------------------------|---------------------16-15-14-----|
|-2---2---0-2-2---2---2-5b7==(5)r(5)-|-2---2---0-2-0----------------17\-|


  Gtrs I, II
  S S S S E S S S S S S Q    S S S S E S S Q.    E
|--------------------------|------------------------|
|--------------------------|------------------------|
|--------------------------|------------------------|
|--------------------------|------------------------|
|--------------------------|------------------------|
|-2---2---0-2-2---2---2-5--|-2---2---0-2-2------14\-|


  S S S S E S S S S S S Q      S S S S E S S S S S S S E.
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|---------------4-2----------|
|----------------------------|-------------------4-3-2----|
|-2---2---0-2-2---2---2-5b6--|-2---2---0-2-0-----------5--|


  S S S S E S S S S S S Q         S S S S E S S S S S S S E.
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|---------------4-2-----------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------4-3-2-----------------|
|-2---2---0-2-2---2---2-5b6-----|-2---2---0-2-0-----------5---------------|
|
| Gtr II
|                       /    |
| S S S S E S S S S S S E   +E    S S S S E S S S S S S S S    +S     S
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------0---(0)-|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------0---(0)-|---------------4-2-----------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------4-3-2-----------------|
|-2---2---0-2-2---2---2---------|-2---2---0-2-0-----------5b7==(5)r-([5])-|


  Gtrs I, II
  S S S S E S S S S S S Q      S S S S E S S S S S S S E.
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|---------------4-2----------|
|----------------------------|-------------------4-3-2----|
|-2---2---0-2-2---2---2-5b6--|-2---2---0-2-0-----------5--|


  S S S S E S S S S S S Q      S S S S E S S H
|----------------------------|--------------------||
|----------------------------|--------------------||
|----------------------------|--------------------||
|----------------------------|--------------------||
|----------------------------|--------------------||
|-2---2---0-2-2---2---2-5b6--|-2---2---0-2-2------||


   Chorus
                          1.,2.,3.
    N.C.(F#5)                           C#C5B5
    Gtrs I, II, III
    E E E S S S S E E E   E E E S S S S E E E  4x
||----------------------|----------------------||
||o---------------------|---------------------o||
||----------------------|---------------6-5-4--||
||------4-----------4-2-|-----4---------6-5-4--||
||o---------------------|---------------4-3-2-o||
||--0-2---0-2---0-2-----|-0-2---0-2---0-4-3-2--||


  4.
  N.C.(F#5)     C#5
  E E E S S S S Q.     +H.      +S  S   E
|--------------------|---------------------||
|--------------------|---------------------||
|---------------6----|-(6)------(6)--------||
|-----4---------6----|-(6)------(6)--------||
|---------------4----|-(4)------(4)-x------||
|-0-2---0-2---0-4----|-(4)------(4)-x-/14\-||


 Verse
  N.C.(F#5)
  Gtrs I, II
  S S S S E S S S S S S Q      S S S S E S S S S S S S E.
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|---------------4-2----------|
|----------------------------|-------------------4-3-2----|
|-2---2---0-2-2---2---2-5b6--|-2---2---0-2-0-----------5--|


  S S S S E S S S S S S Q      S S S S E S S  S S S S S E.
|----------------------------|------------------------------------|
|----------------------------|------------------------------------|
|----------------------------|------------------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------4-2-----------------|
|----------------------------|--------------------4-3-2-----------|
|-2---2---0-2-2---2---2-5b6--|-2---2---0-2-0------------5---------|
|
| Gtr II
| S S S S E S S S S S S Q      S S S S E S S  S S S S S S  S +S
|----------------------------|---------------/5-5-5-5-5-5--5-(5)\-|
|-----------------------3b5r=|===============/5-5-5-5-5-5--5-(5)\-|
|-----------------------3b5r=|====================================|
|----------------------------|------------------------------------|
|----------------------------|------------------------------------|
|-2---2---0-2-2---2---2------|-2---2---0-2-0----------------------|


  S S S S E S S S S S S Q      S S S S E S S S S S S S E.
|----------------------------|--------------------------------|
|----------------------------|--------------------------------|
|----------------------------|--------------------------------|
|----------------------------|---------------4-2--------------|
|----------------------------|-------------------4-3-2--------|
|-2---2---0-2-2---2---2-5b6--|-2---2---0-2-0-----------5------|
|
| S S S S E S S S S S S Q      S S S S E S S S S S S S S  S S
|----------------------------|--------------------------------|
|----------------------------|--------------------------------|
|----------------------------|--------------------------------|
|----------------------------|---------------x-x-x-x-x-x--x-x-|
|----------------------------|---------------x-x-x-x-x-x--x-x-|
|-2---2---0-2-2---2---2-5b6--|-2---2---0-2-0-x-x-x-x-x-x--x-x-|


  Gtrs I, II
                                           /1___|    \3.5
  S S S S E S S S S S S Q      S S S S E S S   +Q   +Q
|----------------------------|-----------------------------||
|----------------------------|-----------------------------||
|----------------------------|-----------------------------||
|----------------------------|-----------------------------||
|----------------------------|-----------------------------||
|-2---2---0-2-2---2---2-5b6--|-2---2---0-2-0---(0)--(0)----||


   Chorus
    N.C.(F#5)                           C#C5B5
    Gtrs I, II, III
    E E E S S S S E E E   E E E S S S S E E E  4x
||----------------------|----------------------||
||o---------------------|---------------------o||
||----------------------|---------------6-5-4--||
||------4-----------4-2-|-----4---------6-5-4--||
||o---------------------|---------------4-3-2-o||
||--0-2---0-2---0-2-----|-0-2---0-2---0-4-3-2--||


  E
  Gtrs I, II
  PM-------------------------------
  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|


  E5
 ---------------|
  S S S S S S S S    T  T  T  T  S  T  T  T  T  S  E
|------------------/12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-----||
|------------------/12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-----||
|-----------------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------------------||
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2/------------------------------------||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---------------------------------14\-||


   Bridge
    N.C.(F#5)
    S S S S E     S S S S e S S S S   S S S S E     S S S S S S S S S S
||----------------------------------|------------------------------------||
||o---------------------------------|-----------------------------------o||
||----------------------------------|------------------------------------||
||--------------------------x-x-x-x-|------------------------------------||
||o-------------------------x-x-x-x-|-----------------------4p0-3p0-2p0-o||
||--2p0-2p0-5b5.5-2p0-2p0-2-x-x-x-x-|-2p0-2p0-5b5.5-2p0-2p0--------------||


  N.C.(F#5)
  Gtr II
  S  E.     S      E.     S  E.   S  E.
|---------------------------------------|
|-----------------16--------------------|
|-x-14------x-----16------x-14----x-16--|
|-x-14------x-----16------x-14----x-16--|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr I
| S  S  S S E         S S S  S  E Q
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|-2p=0--2p0-5b5.5-----2p0-2p=0--2-------|


                                                    ~~~~
  S  E.     S      E    S  S      S  S  S  S  +S   +E
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------16---14-17b19==17-17-17-17-(17)r(17)---|
|-x-14------x-----16-------------------------------------|
|-x-14------x-----16-------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|
| S  S  S S E        S  S  S      S  S  S  S   S    S S
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------4p=0--3p==0----2p0--|
|-2p=0--2p0-5b5.5----2p=0--2p=====0----------------------|


  S  E.     S      E.     S  E.   S  E S
|--------------------------------------x-|
|-----------------16---------------------|
|-x-14------x-----16------x-14----x-16---|
|-x-14------x-----16------x-14----x-16---|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|
| S  S  S S E         S S S  S  E Q
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|-2p=0--2p0-5b5.5-----2p0-2p=0--2--------|


                                   ~~~~
    S  S  S  S  E      +E         +H
|-/14-17-16-17-16-----(16)pb17r==(16)---------------||
|---------------------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------------------||
|
|   S  S  S  S  E       S      S   S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------4p0-3p0-2p0--||
|---2p=0--2p=0--5b5.5---2p=====0---2p0--------------||


 Chorus
  N.C.(F#5)                                 C#C5    B5
  Gtr II
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
   +W                       +H.                +Q
|-(16)-------------------|-(16)---------------(16)\---|
|------------------------|----------------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------------|
|
| Gtrs I, III
|   E  E E S S S S E E E     E  E E S S S S E   E   E
|------------------------|----------------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------6---5---4-|
|--------4-----------4-2-|--------4---------6---5---4-|
|------------------------|------------------4---3---2-|
|---0--2---0-2---0-2-----|---0--2---0-2---0-4---3---2-|


  N.C.(F#5)                           C#C5B5
  Gtrs I, II
  E E E S S S S E E E   E E E S S S S E E E
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------6-5-4-|
|-----4-----------4-2-|-----4---------6-5-4-|
|---------------------|---------------4-3-2-|
|-0-2---0-2---0-2-----|-0-2---0-2---0-4-3-2-|


  N.C.(F#5)
  Gtr III
   Q       Q         E       E     E.       +S
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-17------17--------17------17----17-------(17)---|
|-16b18---16b18-----16b18---16b18-16b18====(16)r\-|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|
| Gtrs I, II
|  E    E  E    S S  S    S  E     E     E
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|----------4-----------------------4-----2--------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|--0----2-------0-2-------0--2--------------------|


                                         C#5    C5    B5
  |-----6-----| |------6------| |------6------| |----6----|
  s s  s s  s s s s  s s  s   s s s    s s  S s s s s s s s
|--------9-------------9-----------------9------------------|
|-----10---10-------10---10-----------10---10---------------|
|---9---------9---9-----------9---9-----------9-------------|
|-7-------------7---------------7---------------7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|
| E      E      E      S    S   S   S    E      E     E
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------6------5-----4-----|
|---------------4------------------------6------5-----4-----|
|----------------------------------------4------3-----2-----|
|-0------2-------------0----2-------0----4------3-----2-----|


  N.C.(F#5)
   S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-14-14-14p11-14-14-14p11-14-14-14p11-14-14-14p11-|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|
|  E     E     E     S  S  S  S  E     E     E
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|--------------4-----------------------4-----2----|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|--0-----2-----------0--2-----0--2----------------|


                              C#C5B5      A#A5
   S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S E   E E E   E E E E H
|-----------------------------------|--------------*|
|-----------------------------------|--------------*|
|-14-14-14p11-14-14-14p11-----6-5-4-|---4-3-2------*|
|-----------------------------6-5-4-|---4-3-2------*|
|-------------------------x---4-3-2-|---2-1-0------*|
|-------------------------x---4-3-2-|---2-1--------*|
|
|  E     E     E     S  S S S E E E   E E E E H
|-----------------------------------|--------------*|
|-----------------------------------|--------------*|
|-----------------------------6-5-4-|---4-3-2------*|
|--------------4--------------6-5-4-|---4-3-2------*|
|-----------------------------4-3-2-|---2-1-0------*|
|--0-----2-----------0--2---0-4-3-2-|---2-1--------*|


Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for.  Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests.  Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for.  Low
melody durations appear below the staff

Tablature Legend
----------------
 h   - hammer-on
 p   - pull-off
 b   - bend
 pb  - pre-bend
 r   - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
 /\  - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
 s   - legato slide
 S   - shift slide
<n>  - natural harmonic
[n]  - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
 ~   - vibrato
 tr  - trill
 T   - tap
 TP  - trem. picking
 PM  - palm muting
\n/  - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
 \n  - tremolo bar down
 n/  - tremolo bar up
/n\  - tremolo bar inverted dip
 =   - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
 <>  - volume swell (louder/softer)
 x   - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
 o   - on rhythm slash represents single note slash

Misc Legend
-----------
 |  - bar
||  - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*|  - double bar (ending)
 :  - bar (freetime)
 $  - Segno
 &  - Coda
Tempo markers - <E/E./Q/Q./H/H.> = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
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