Guerrilla Radio Lyrics

Guerrila Radio
by: Rage Against the Machine
transcribe by: Cantlivebythenorm
taken from: Guitar World Dec '99
Moderate Rock tempo=104
Intro (w/dist.)
Gtr 1 & Gtr 2
(play 8 times)
Gtr 1 plays intro while Gtr 2 flicks pickup toggle swich from "on" to "off"
in a steady 16th-note rhythm on the 5th and 7th fret on the 6th string
(play 7 times)
Gtr 2 stops toggle switching
|---------------___---------------|
1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a
Riff 1 (play 1 time)
1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a
1st Verse
Gtr 2 plays 1st verse 4 times(w/wah-wah)
Gtr 1 plays Fill 1 first time only
+=rock wah pedal foward on each beat
|-----s-------s-------s-------s---|-----s-------s-------s-------s---|
|-0-2-t-0-0-2-t-0-0-2-t-0-0-2-t-0-|-0-2-t-0-0-2-t-0-0-2-t-0-0-2-t-0-|
1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a 1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a
Fill 1
|------------------REST FOR THREE-|-------------REST FOR THREE------|
|--------------------BEATS--------|--------------------BEATS--------|
1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a 1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a
2nd Verse
Same as 1st Verse except after the fourth time play
this to move into the chorus plus do not play fill 1.
|-----R---e-------e---------------|
|-----E---s-------s---------------|
|-----S---t-------t---------------|
|-0-2-T---------------------------|
1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a
Chorus (wah-wah off)
Gtr 1 plays Rhy Fig 1 seven times
|---------------___---------------|
1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a
Gtr 2 plays this seven times
|---------------___---------------|
1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a
Then play Riff 1 to move into the 3rd Verse
3rd Verse
Same as 2nd Verse except Gtr 1 plays Fill 1 the first time
2nd Chorus
play 2nd chorus as same as first chorus
eight times and on eighth time Gtr 1 plays Rhy Fill 1
no riff 1
move into breakdown
Same as Intro
play 8 times
5th-8th time Gtr 1 plays Rhy Fill 1
move to solo
Guitar Solo (Gtr 1 with harmonizer set two octaves higher)
(play 3 times)
|--------------___----------------|
1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a
Then Gtr 1 plays
|---------------------------------|--------------___----------------|
|----------------------___--------|-4-------2---4---------------4---|
1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a 1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a
|--------------___----------------|--------------___---------_____--|
1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a 1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a
1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a
While Gtr 2 plays
|---------------------------------|--------------___----------------|
|-x-----------------------x-------|-9-------7---9---9---s-----------|
|---------------------------------|-9-------7---9---9---t-----------|
1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a 1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a
|--------------___----r-----------|-----------------r---------------|
|-9-------7---9---9---s-----------|-9-------x---9---s---------------|
|-9-------7---9---9---t-----------|-9-------x---9---t---------------|
1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a 1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a
|-------------------------|___|---|
1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a
four measures of rest then play this 3 times
|-----s---------------s-----------|-----s-----------s---------------|
|-----t-x-------------t-x---------|-----t-x---------t---------------|
1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a 1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a
then this 3 times
|-----s---------------s-----------|-----s-----------x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|
|-----t-x-------------t-x---------|-----t-x---------x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|
1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a 1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a
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