Artist: Rage Against The Machine
Title: Bullet In The Head
Album: Rage Against The Machine (1992)
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Intro: Bass arr. for gtr.
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Verse: Gtr. (dist. w/*DigiTech Whammy Pedal)
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*fully depressed and set to harmonize Two octaves higher
Hit the open strings with Whammy Pedal already up octaves.
The rhythm to this part is done with the toggle switch.
The end slide is done with the tremolo bar, there are few little
variations in the repeats involving a little bit of tremolo bar action too.
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For this part, the slides represent the Whammy Pedal going up two octaves.
Hit each note and quickly bring it up creating that cop-car sound.
Chorus:
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"Just victims of the..." "They say jump..."
The bend after "They say jump you say how high" is done with tremolo bar.
Guitar Solo: w/toggle switch, Whammy Pedal (up Two octaves) and Wah
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tremolo pick in triplets on bends
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On chorus:
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Begin 2nd Verse on:
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Interlude: Palm muted
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Heavy Part: Not palm muted
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End on:
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[bass only for a few bars]
Volume swell
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"Standing in line..."
Build-up: palm muted
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"A bullet in your head..."
Outro: [4:51]
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End on:
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