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Rage Against The Machine - Testify

Testify

testify- rage against the machine
transcribed by David Guerrero

drop D tuning

riff 1 (intro and verse riff):

E|---| set the whammy to harmonize up an octave.
B|---| then either tremelo pick on the low d or
G|---| if you have a screwed up guitar like tom's
D|---| white one then use the toggle switch thing
A|---|
D|-0-|

riff 2:

E|--------------------------|
B|--------------------------|
G|--------------------------|
D|--------------------------|
A|-----------3----5-3-------|
D|-0--3-5--0---0------0-5-3-|

E|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|
D|-----------------------------|
A|-----------0-3----5-3----10^-| bend note and release
D|-0--3-5--0------0-----0------|

riff 3:

E|-------------|
B|-------------| use the one octave up
G|-------------| harmony again and play
D|-------------| this like a million
A|-17--x-x-17--| times
D|-------------|

solo:

patch cord and wah-wah, just like in the live bullet in
the head solos.  not much to it.

riff 4: (who controls the past, etc...)

E|---------|
B|---------|
G|----5----|
D|-3--5--0-|
A|-3--3--0-|
D|-3-----0-|

E|----------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------|
G|----5---------8-7-8-7-8-7-8-7-8-7-8-7-8-|
D|-3--5---0-----8-7-8-7-8-7-8-7-8-7-8-7-8-|
A|-3--3---0-----6-5-6-5-6-5-6-5-6-5-6-5-6-|
D|-3------0-------------------------------|

riff 5:

E|------------------|
B|------------------|
G|-8-7--8-7--8-7--8-|
D|-8-7--8-7--8-7--8-|
A|-6-5--6-5--6-5--6-|
D|------------------|