Bullet In The Head
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As transcribed by Sampo Vesa and told by Tom Morello in Guitar World
June '96 issue
Set rhythm pickup to 0
and lead pickup to 10,
then do like Tom says:
Verses
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Part 1:
"The Whammy pedal is set two octaves up, while the pedal is depressed all the way forward,
which means that everything you play comes out two octaves higher. I hit one giant power
chord composed entirely of open strings, with the toggle switch set to the pickup that's
off to create the rhythmic pattern of white noise. Then I drop the pitch of the white
noise by depressing the vibrato bar. The open string are restruck at the beginning of each
phrase. My left hand is manipulating the toggle switch, and my right hand is depressing
the bar. The Whammy pedal stays full forward the whole time."
Part 2:
"The Whammy is still set at two octaves up, and I'm playing the harmonic at
the 7th fret on the G string, which produces a high D. With the toggle switch
set to the pickup that's off, I pick the note, then switch the toggle switch to the
pickup that's on, simultaneously swooping up with the vibrato bar."
Chorus
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"Before playing that part, I roll the Whammy pedal all the way back, which defeats it.
That single note lick is played kinda like this:
(2/4) (4/4) (2/4)
|-----------------|---------------------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|---------------------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|---------------------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|---------------------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|---------------------------------|-2---------------|
|-0-----3-----5---|(5)------------------------------|-------3-----5---|
(4/4) *w/bar.....
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-2-------------------------------|-grad. bend----------------------|
|-2-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-0---------------------------0---|(0)b(3)r(0)------0-----3-----5---|
* pull bar away from gtr.
(2/4)
|---------------------------------|-----------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------|
|---------------------------------|-2---------------|
|(5)------------------------------|-------3-----5---|
(4/4)
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-2-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-2-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-0-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
Rolling the Whammy back sounds a
little different thatn turning it
off completely. It still fucks
with the sound when it's rolled
back. I like that sound a lot and
use it for other specific things."
Solo
----
"That solo is doubletracked, with
one guitar playing the lick on the
low E string and the other playing
the same lick on the high E string.
.play 2 times....................................
|-12-0--0--10-0--0--8--0--0--7--0--0--5--0--3--0--|
|*Gtr. 2------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|*Gtr. 1------------------------------------------|
|-12-0--0--10-0--0--8--0--0--7--0--0--5--0--3--0--|
* all notes sounded with silent hammer-ons and
pull-offs with the toggle switch flicked
from off to on for each note
.................................................
|-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--------------------------|
Each attack is sounded by hammering on
with the middle finger of the left hand
while toggling in the same rhythm. I also
use the wah-wah to manipulate the tone.
After that the wierd descending lick,
|-15-------14-------13-------12-------11----------|
|----13-------13-------11-------10-------9--------|
|-------12-------12-------10-------9--------------|
|-------------------------------------------8//12-|
|-Gtr. 1------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
Gtr. 2 pushes strings against pickups while
swooping w/whammy bar
|-15-------14-------13-------12-------------------|
|----13-------12-------11-------10----------------|
|-------12-------11-------10-------9~-------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
I play a riff based on E minor-pentatonic."
--------6-------- --------6--------
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|15b17-17-17-17-17-17-15b17-17-17-17-17-17-15b17r15-12----------------|
|..hold bend.........----..hold bend......-------------14-12~---------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-Gtrs. 1 and 2-------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
--------6-------- --------6--------
|---------------------------------------------15b17---------------r15-|
|15b17-17-17-17-17-17-15b17-17-17-17-17-17----------------------------|
|..hold bend.........----..hold bend......--2-------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
(2/4) (4/4)
|-12~-------------|---------------------------------|
|-----------------|---------------------------------|
|-----------------|---------x\----------------------|
|-----------------|---------x\----------------------|
|-----------------|---------------------------------|
|-----------------|---------------------------------|
Outro
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.play 3 times....................
p.m..........................................................
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-----------7---------------------|-----------7---------------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-5-7-8-7---5-7-5-------|-7-7-7-7-7-5-7-8-7---5-7-5-------|
|-------------5-6-5-0-3-5-3-0-0-0-|-------------5-6-5-0-3-5-3-------|
.play 8 times....................
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-9-9-9-9-9-7---------------------|-2-------------------------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-5-7-8-7---5-7-5-2-2-2-|-2-------------------------------|
|-------------5-6-5-0-3-5-3-0-0-0-|-0-------------------------------|
.random string noise......
|-------------x/------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------x/------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------x/------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------x/------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------x/------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------x/------------------|---------------------------------|
8 bars guitar tacet
.play 8 times....................
p.m.............................. .play 8 times....................
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-----------7---------------------|-9-9-9-9-9-7---------------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-5-7-8-7---5-7-5-------|-7-7-7-7-7-5-7-8-7-2-5-7-5-2-2-2-|
|-------------5-6-5-0-3-5-3-0-0-0-|-------------5-6-5-0-3-5-3-0-0-0-|
last times lift p.m. gradually
.play 8 times....................................
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-9---9-9-----------------9---9-9-----------------|
|-9---9-9-----------------9---9-9-----------------|
|-7---7-7-----------------7---7-7-----------------|
|----------0--0--0--0--0-----------0--0--0--0--0--|
p.m.......... p.m..........
|-------------------------------------------------|--------------
|-------------------------------------------------|--------------
|-------------------------------------------------|--------------
|-------------------------------------------------|-9\-----------
|-------------------------------------------------|-7\-----------
|-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--|-0------------
p.m.............................................
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