Bulls On Parade - Rage Against the Machine
00:00 / 00:00
Tabs and lyrics
Tunning: Standard (E A D G B e)
The song is in regular E A D G B E Tuning

[INTRO]

dont let the d notes ring
e|-------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----4-----4--------4-----4--------4-------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------2---------------2---------2-------------|


[part 1]

this is played with a Wah Wah pedel.
^ = pedal down (treble)
V = pedal up (bass)
e|---------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------|
D|-----4---4---x---x---4---4---x-x-x-x-x-x-----|
A|----4---4---x---x---4---4---x-x-x-x-x-x------|
E|---2---2---x---x---2---2---x-x-x-x-x-x-------|
^ v ^ V ^ V ^ V ^ V ^ V ^V^V^V^V^V^

this is the last part of the riff be for it goes into the next part
e|------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---4--4-----------4--4--------------------------------------|
A|---4--4-----------4--4--------------------------------------|
E|---2--2---0--0---2--2--0-0-0-0-0-0--------------------------|


[part 2]

this part is played with the wah in the down possition but not off
e|------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------0---0--2-0-0--------------------------------------|
E|--0--2-------------------2-----2--0----0--1-----------------|


[part 3]

any not with ( ) around it means you dont have to play it but i do.
e|-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------|
A|4--5--4--x---4--(4)----4--4--x--4---(4)----4--5--4--x---4----|
E|2--3--2--x---2--(2)----0--2--x--2---(2)----2--3--2--x---2----|

e|------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------|
A|(4)----5-5-4-4-4-4------------------------------------------|
E|(2)----3-3-2-2-0-2------------------------------------------|

he plays this twice i think right before he goes in to the scratching
e|------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-4-4-x-x-4-4-x-x-x-x-x-x------------------------------------|
A|-2-2-x-x-2-2-x-x-x-x-x-x------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------|


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(n) Ghost note
x Dead note

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anyone who has a guitar with dual volumes and a 3 way selecter can do the scratching.
you have to turn one volume all the way down and keep the other up this will allow your
selecter to act like a kill switch, then as you rubing your hand across the strings to
make the scratch sound you kill it and start it with your selecter. You have to time
the two perfectly to get that perfect dj sound but remember most of the rethem is in the
selecter (your kill switch)

the rest of the song is just part 1 followed by the intro

any comments questions e-mail me at chee_bahawk@hotmail.com
Tunning: Standard (E A D G B e)
[Intro]
D#|------------------------------|
A#|------------------------------|
F#|------------------------------|
C#|---4------4---4------4--4-----|
G#|------------------------------|
D#|------2----------2---------2--|

w/Wah Pedal (opening and closing)
D#|------------------------------------------|
A#|------------------------------------------|
F#|------------------------------------------|
C#|------------------------------------------|
G#|--4--4--x-x--4--4---x--x--x--x--x--x------|
D#|--2--2--x-x--2--2---x--x--x--x--x--x------|

[Verse] w/Wah Pedal (Closed)
D#|--------------------------------------------|
A#|--------------------------------------------|
F#|--------------------------------------------|
C#|--------------------------------------------|
G#|--------0-----2---0-------------------------|
D#|--0--2----------------0---2----2--0--0--1---|

[Chorus]
D#|-----------------------------------------------------------|
A#|-----------------------------------------------------------|
F#|-2-------------------------2-------------------------------|
C#|-x--4--4---x-4---4--4--4---x--4--4--4---x-4---4-4-4-4-4-4--|
G#|-x--x--x---x-x---x--x--x---x--x--x--x---x-x---x-x-x-x-x-x--|
D#|-2--2--2---x-0---2--2--2---2--2--2--2---x-2---2-2-2-2-0-2--|

w/Wah pedal (opening and closing)
D#|----------------------------------------------|
A#|----------------------------------------------|
F#|----------------------------------------------|
C#|--4--4----x--x---4--4----x--x--x--x--x--x-----|
G#|--2--2----x--x---2--2----x--x--x--x--x--x-----|
D#|----------------------------------------------|

[Solo]
During the solo, Tom uses his Toggle switch technique while sliding his palm and
fingertips over the 5th and 6th strings above the humbuckers. Heres a tab that will
help you practice. Its just an example.

D#|--------------------------------------|
A#|--------------------------------------|
F#|--------------------------------------|
C#|--------------------------------------|
G#|-/x-x\---/x-x-x\--/x\--/x-x-x\--/x-x\-|
D#|-/x-x\---/x-x-x\--/x\--/x-x-x\--/x-x\-|

That's it, have a blast.

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| x Dead note

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Tunning: Standard (E A D G B e)
Bulls On Parade by Rage Against the Machine
Tabbed by Joe

This is an awesome song and definitely worth learning.All the other tabs I have read are wrong
because for the intro they use an F sharp instead of an F. This is my first tab so go
on me.

Standard Tuning

INTRO
F
-------------------------------------------------------|
-------------------------------------------------------|
-------------------------------------------------------|
-----3-----3--------3-----3--------3--------3----------|
-------------------------------------------------------|
---------------1---------------1------------------1----|

The next part is with a Wah Wah pedal.
Push it down on every down stroke,

-------------------------------------------|
-------------------------------------------|
-------------------------------------------|
---3---3---x---x---3---3---x-x-x-x-x-x-----|
---3---3---x---x---3---3---x-x-x-x-x-x-----|
---1---1---x---x---1---1---x-x-x-x-x-x-----|
^ v ^ V ^ V ^ V ^ V ^ V ^V^V^V^V^V^

Verse

This is played with the Wah Wah in the down position

------------------------------------------------------------|
------------------------------------------------------------|
--------1---3p0---------------------------------------------|
-1--3----------h3----1--2-----------------------------------|
------------------------------------------------------------|
------------------------------------------------------------|

Chorus
Rally round the family...

------------------------------------------------------------|
------------------------------------------------------------|
------------------------------------------------------------|
------------------------------------------------------------|
---5-4-4-4-4-4-4-4------last part---5-5-4-4-4-4-4-----------|
---3-2-0-2-0-2-0-2------------------3-3-2-2-0-2-2-----------|

Build up before scratch bit
Use Wah Wah same as before

-------------------------------------------|
-------------------------------------------|
-------------------------------------------|
---8---8---x---x---8---8---x-x-x-x-x-x-----|
---8---8---x---x---8---8---x-x-x-x-x-x-----|
---6---6---x---x---6---6---x-x-x-x-x-x-----|
^ v ^ V ^ V ^ V ^ V ^ V ^V^V^V^V^V^

For the scratch part you need a guitar with a three way pickup selector switch.
Volume settings are Rythym:0 Treble:10. Flick your switch on and off while scratching
strings
with your fingernails/pick to give the added DJ effect. You have to get it just right
it to
sound good.

The last parts of the song are the first Wah Wah part (F) followed by the intro.

Email me at on_air40@hotmail.com
Tunning: Standard (E A D G B e)
Rage against the machine
Bulls on Parade
Evil Empire
Tabbed by Martin Kempton


Standard Tuning
Dont let string D ring
|E-------------------------------------------|
|B-------------------------------------------|
|G-------------------------------------------|
|D----------4------4--4-----4--4-------------| X7
|A-------------------------------------------|
|E-------------2---------2--------2----------|


Wah Wah Pedal forward and back
|E-------------------------------------------|
|B-------------------------------------------|
|G-------------------------------------------|
|D----------4-4--x-x--4-4--x-x-x-x-x-x-------| X7
|A----------4-4--x-x--4-4--x-x-x-x-x-x-------|
|E----------2-2--x-x--2-2--x-x-x-x-x-x-------|


Push Pedal forward
|E-------------------------------------------|
|B-------------------------------------------|
|G-------------------------------------------|
|D-------------------------------------------| X3
|A---------------0--2-0----------------------|
|E----------0-2---------0-2--2-0--0-1--------|

Wah Wah off
|E-----------------------------------------------------------|
|B-----------------------------------------------------------|
|G----------2-------------2------------2---------------------|
|D----------x--4-4--4-4---x--4-4--4-4--x--4-4--4-4--4-4-4-4-4| X3
|A----------x--x-x--x-x---x--x-x--x-x--x--x-x--x-x--x-x-x-x-x|
|E----------2--2-2--0-2---2--2-2--0-2--2--2-2--0-2--2-2-2-0-2|


|E-------------------------------------------|
|B-------------------------------------------|
|G-------------------------------------------|
|D-------------------------------------------| X3
|A---------------0--2-0----------------------|
|E----------0-2---------0-2--2-0--0-1--------|


Wah Wah off
|E-----------------------------------------------------------|
|B-----------------------------------------------------------|
|G----------2-------------2------------2---------------------|
|D----------x--4-4--4-4---x--4-4--4-4--x--4-4--4-4--4-4-4-4-4| X3
|A----------x--x-x--x-x---x--x-x--x-x--x--x-x--x-x--x-x-x-x-x|
|E----------2--2-2--0-2---2--2-2--0-2--2--2-2--0-2--2-2-2-0-2|


Wah wah pedal forward and back
|E-------------------------------------------|
|B-------------------------------------------|
|G-------------------------------------------|
|D----------9--9--x--x--9--9--x-x-x-x-x-x----| X3
|A----------9--9--x--x--9--9--x-x-x-x-x-x----|
|E----------7--7--x--x--7--7--x-x-x-x-x-x----|

Killswitch is used and to get the scratch sound for the song, Tom scratches the bottom E
A strings with his left hand down over the pickups, while flipping the toggle pickup
with his right hand but your on your own im afraid for gettin the right timing because i
its more difficult than you would think


|E-------------------------------------------|
|B-------------------------------------------|
|G-------------------------------------------|
|D----------4-4--x-x--4-4--x-x-x-x-x-x-------| X7
|A----------4-4--x-x--4-4--x-x-x-x-x-x-------|
|E----------2-2--x-x--2-2--x-x-x-x-x-x-------|


|E-------------------------------------------|
|B-------------------------------------------|
|G-------------------------------------------|
|D----------4------4--4-----4--4-------------| X7
|A-------------------------------------------|
|E-------------2---------2--------2----------|

Enjoy and plz rate and post ur comments
Tunning: Standard (E A D G B e)
On the album version its definately in half step down tuning, although live he plays it
standard.


[Intro]

S E. S S S E. S S S E. 7x S E. S S S E. S S S E S
Eb||------------------------------||-----------------------------|
Bb||------------------------------||-----------------------------|
Gb||*----------------------------*||-----------------------------|
Db||*--4-----4---4-----4---4-----*||--4-----4---4-----4---4------|
Ab||------------------------------||-----------------------------|
Eb||-----2---------2---------2----||----2---------2---------2----|

This part is played with wah, as you all know:

E E S S E E S S S S S S E E S S E E S S S S S S 3x
Eb|------------------------------||--------------------------------||
Bb|------------------------------||--------------------------------||
Gb|------------------------------||*------------------------------*||
Db|--4--4--x-x-4--4--x-x-x-x-x-x-||*--4--4--x-x-4--4--x-x-x-x-x-x-*||
Ab|--4--4--x-x-4--4--x-x-x-x-x-x-||---4--4--x-x-4--4--x-x-x-x-x-x--||
Eb|--2--2--x-x-2--2--x-x-x-x-x-x-||---2--2--x-x-2--2--x-x-x-x-x-x--||


E E S S E E S S S S S S 3x E E S S E E S S S S S S
Eb||--------------------------------||------------------------------|
Bb||--------------------------------||------------------------------|
Gb||*------------------------------*||------------------------------|
Db||*--4--4--x-x-4--4--x-x-x-x-x-x-*||--4--4--x-x-4--4--x-x-x-x-x-x-|
Ab||---4--4--x-x-4--4--x-x-x-x-x-x--||--4--4--x-x-4--4--x-x-x-x-x-x-|
Eb||---2--2--x-x-2--2--x-x-x-x-x-x--||--2--2--x-x-2--2--x-x-x-x-x-x-|


[Verse]

E Q Q. S S S S H S E. S E.
Eb|--------------------------|-----------------------|
Bb|--------------------------|-----------------------|
Gb|--------------------------|-----------------------|
Db|--------------------------|-----------------------|
Ab|----------0-------2-0-----|-----------------------|
Eb|--0--2----------------0-2-|-(2)-------2-0---0-1---|


E Q Q. S S S S H S E. S E. 3x
Eb||---------------------------|------------------------||
Bb||---------------------------|------------------------||
Gb||*--------------------------|-----------------------*||
Db||*--------------------------|-----------------------*||
Ab||-----------0-------2-0-----|------------------------||
Eb||---0--2----------------0-2-|-(2)-------2-0---0-1----||


[Chorus]

S S S S S E. S S S S S E. S S S S S E. S S S S S E. 4x
Eb||-------------------------------|-------------------------------||
Bb||-------------------------------|-------------------------------||
Gb||*--2---------------------------|--2---------------------------*||
Db||*--x-4-4---x-4-----4-4---x-4---|--x-4-4---x-4---4-4-4-4---4---*||
Ab||---x-x-x---x-x-----x-x---x-x---|--x-x-x---x-x---x-x-x-x---x----||
Eb||---2-2-2---x-2---0-2-2---x-2---|--2-2-2---x-2---2-2-2-2-0-2----||


[Verse]

E Q Q. S S S S H S E. S E.
Eb|--------------------------|-----------------------|
Bb|--------------------------|-----------------------|
Gb|--------------------------|-----------------------|
Db|--------------------------|-----------------------|
Ab|----------0-------2-0-----|-----------------------|
Eb|--0--2----------------0-2-|-(2)-------2-0---0-1---|


E Q Q. S S S S H S E. S E. 3x
Eb||---------------------------|------------------------||
Bb||---------------------------|------------------------||
Gb||*--------------------------|-----------------------*||
Db||*--------------------------|-----------------------*||
Ab||-----------0-------2-0-----|------------------------||
Eb||---0--2----------------0-2-|-(2)-------2-0---0-1----||


[Chorus]

S S S S S E. S S S S S E. S S S S S E. S S S S S E. 4x
Eb||-------------------------------|-------------------------------||
Bb||-------------------------------|-------------------------------||
Gb||*--2---------------------------|--2---------------------------*||
Db||*--x-4-4---x-4-----4-4---x-4---|--x-4-4---x-4---4-4-4-4---4---*||
Ab||---x-x-x---x-x-----x-x---x-x---|--x-x-x---x-x---x-x-x-x---x----||
Eb||---2-2-2---x-2---0-2-2---x-2---|--2-2-2---x-2---2-2-2-2-0-2----||

Here's the little wah riff before the solo

E E S S E E S S S S S S 4x
Eb||--------------------------------||
Bb||--------------------------------||
Gb||*------------------------------*||
Db||*--9--9--x-x-9--9--x-x-x-x-x-x-*||
Ab||---9--9--x-x-9--9--x-x-x-x-x-x--||
Eb||---7--7--x-x-7--7--x-x-x-x-x-x--||

On the solo you just rub the strings with your left hand and toggle switch with your
hand. The wah is also used on the solo.


E E S S E E S S S S S S E E S S E E S S S S S S 3x
Eb|------------------------------||--------------------------------||
Bb|------------------------------||--------------------------------||
Gb|------------------------------||*------------------------------*||
Db|--4--4--x-x-4--4--x-x-x-x-x-x-||*--4--4--x-x-4--4--x-x-x-x-x-x-*||
Ab|--4--4--x-x-4--4--x-x-x-x-x-x-||---4--4--x-x-4--4--x-x-x-x-x-x--||
Eb|--2--2--x-x-2--2--x-x-x-x-x-x-||---2--2--x-x-2--2--x-x-x-x-x-x--||


E E S S E E S S S S S S 4x E E S S E E S S S S S S 4x
Eb||--------------------------------||--------------------------------||
Bb||--------------------------------||--------------------------------||
Gb||*------------------------------*||*------------------------------*||
Db||*--4--4--x-x-4--4--x-x-x-x-x-x-*||*--4--4--x-x-4--4--x-x-x-x-x-x-*||
Ab||---4--4--x-x-4--4--x-x-x-x-x-x--||---4--4--x-x-4--4--x-x-x-x-x-x--||
Eb||---2--2--x-x-2--2--x-x-x-x-x-x--||---2--2--x-x-2--2--x-x-x-x-x-x--||


S E. S S S E. S S S E. 7x S E. S S S E. S S S E S
Eb||------------------------------||-----------------------------|
Bb||------------------------------||-----------------------------|
Gb||*----------------------------*||-----------------------------|
Db||*--4-----4---4-----4---4-----*||--4-----4---4-----4---4------|
Ab||------------------------------||-----------------------------|
Eb||-----2---------2---------2----||----2---------2---------2----|


Oh, and i definately know this song is played in standard tuning live, this is just the
version!

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W - whole
H - half
Q - quarter
E - 8th
S - 16th
T - 32nd
X - 64th
. - note dotted
|-n-| - n-tuplets

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Tunning: Standard (E A D G B e)
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
BULLS ON PARADE (LIVE) - Rage Against the Machine
From the 2003 album LIVE AT THE GRAND OLYMPIC AUDITORIUM
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Tabbed by: Dennis Gess
Email: gtpck32@yahoo.com

Tuning: Standard
The album version of this song is played in Half-Step down tuning. Live, the
song is played in standard tuning, but on the same frets as the album version.

If you watch the concert, you'll see that Tom is doing volume swells in the intro solo,
Jesus, I don't see how it's possible to do volume swells reasonably well. I've included
different versions on how to do the intro solo, but I think Version 1 sounds better.

Intro Solo (Version 1)
0:43 - 1:26 1:02
e|------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|
G|------2-----------2--6--------|
D|---2-----0--2-----------0--2--|
A|------------------------------|
E|---0--0--0--0-----0--0--0--0--|

1:03 1:21
e|---------------------------------|
B|--3--2---------------------------|
G|--------2--4--------2------------|
D|-----------------2-----2--0----2-|
A|---------------------------------|
E|--0--0--0--0-----0--0--0--0----0-|

Main Riff
1:28 - 1:49
e|-------------------|
B|-------------------|
G|-------------------| x8
D|--4---4-4---4-4----|
A|-------------------|
E|----2-----2-----2--|

Intro Solo (Version 2)
0:43 - 1:26 0:54
e|------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------h4--------------|
A|------h2---------------h2-----------------|
E|--h2-------h0-----h2-------------h0---h2--|

1:02 1:12 1:19
e|---------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------|
D|----h7--h6----h2---h4------------------------|
A|----------------------------h2---------------|
E|-----------------------h2--------h0----h2~~--|

Main Riff
1:28 - 1:49
e|-------------------|
B|-------------------|
G|-------------------| x8
D|--4---4-4---4-4----|
A|-------------------|
E|----2-----2-----2--|

This next part is played with a wah-wah pedal. Just stomp the wah
along to the beat of the song. You'll need to get the timing just right.

Intro bridge (with wah)
1:48 - 2:10
What's up Los Angeles!
e|---------------------|
B|---------------------|
G|---------------------| x8
D|-4-4-xx-4-4--xxxxxx--|
A|-4-4-xx-4-4--xxxxxx--|
E|-2-2-xx-2-2--xxxxxx--|

Verse
2:10 - 2:35
e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-----------------------------| x4
D|-----------------------------|
A|------0---20-----------------|
E|--0-2---------0-2--20---0-1--|

Tom Morello himself has said that he sometimes adds a 'dissonant note' in
the chorus. The dissonant note is basically a note out of the scale. For
example, the entire song Bulls on Parade is based on F#. So, any note out
of the scale of F# would be considered dissonant. Also, add some 'chuggas',
or muted notes in between.

Chorus
2:35 - 2:56
e|------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------| x4
D|--444--4--444--4--444--4--44444-4---|
A|--xxx--x--xxx--x--xxx--x--xxxx0-x---|
E|--022--2--022--2--022--2--0220--2---|

Second verse
2:58 - 3:19
e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------| x4
D|-------------------------------|
A|------0---2000-----------------|
E|--0-2-----------0-2--20---0-1--|

Second chorus
3:18 - 3:43
e|------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------| x4
D|--444--4--444--4--444--4--44444-4---|
A|--xxx--x--xxx--x--xxx--x--xxxx0-x---|
E|--022--2--022--2--022--2--0220--2---|

Bridge (with wah)
3:43 - 3:54
e|------------------|
B|------------------|
G|--44-xx-44-xxxxxx-| x4
D|--xx-xx-xx-xxxxxx-|
A|--22-xx-22-xxxxxx-|
E|------------------|

Solo
3:54 - 4:15
It's impossible to write a tablature for Tom's solo in Bulls on Parade, because there is
a single picked note in it; rather, he scratches the stings with the palm of his left
while with his right he is using the pickup selector. All you need to play the solo is
guitar with two pickups and two volume knobs, one for each pickup. Put the volume of one
to 0, while the other pickup at 10. Now, rub your left hand's palm on the strings over
pickups, all the while alternating between pickups. In order for the scratching to be
adequately, use a whammy pedal set up 2 octaves.

The rest of the song is just the intro bridge and the intro riff:

Intro bridge (again, with wah)
4:15 - 4:48
e|---------------------|
B|---------------------|
G|---------------------| x12
D|-4-4-xx-4-4--xxxxxx--|
A|-4-4-xx-4-4--xxxxxx--|
E|-2-2-xx-2-4--xxxxxx--|

Intro riff (again)
4:48 - 5:17
e|--------------------|
B|--------------------|
G|--------------------| x8
D|-4----4-2----4-4----|
A|--------------------|
E|---2------2------2--|

Enjoy!

| x Mute note
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Song info
Bulls On Parade
Rage Against the Machine
2001
  • Rock
  • Hard Rock
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