Rage - Against-The-Machine - Testify guitar tab
Tune: Dropped D
To play this song like it sounds on the CD, you'll need:
1. Boss MT-2 Distortion Pedal
2. Boss DD-3 Digital Delay Pedal
3. Morley PWA Wah Pedal
4. Digitech XP-100 Whammy Pedal
Intro: (Hand Slides)
E|-----------------------------------------| To achieve the sound that
B|-----------------------------------------| Tom Morello gets, set the
G|*---------------------------------------*| delay pedal to the fastest
D|*-x-/-x-\\-x-/-x-\\-x-/-x-\\-x-/-x-\\-x-/-x-*| delay time (8ms) Slowly
A|--x-/-x-\\-x-/-x-\\-x-/-x-\\-x-/-x-\\-x-/-x--| rock the wah pedal.
D|--x-/-x-\\-x-/-x-\\-x-/-x-\\-x-/-x-\\-x-/-x--|
+++++++++++++++++ -------------------
Chorus: (With whammy pedal set to harmonize one octave lower)
E|----------------------------------------------------------------1/2-|
B|--6-------------------------------6------------------------------^--|
G|*-5-------------------------------5-----------------------------/^\\*|
D|*-------------------------------------------------------------12/-\\*|
A|-------------3-----5-3------------------------7-10-----5-3----12----|
D|-(0)-3-5--0------0-----0--5-3----(0)-3-5--0---7-10---0-----0--------|
Bridge: (Octaves)
E|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|*--x-x-19-x-x-19-x-x-19-x-x-19--*|
D|*--x-x----x-x----x-x----x-x-----*|
A|---x-x-17-x-x-17-x-x-17-x-x-17---|
D|---------------------------------|
++ ++ ++ ++
Breakdown:
E|--------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------(10)---------------|
G|--10-------5--------------10------5---------|
D|--10-------5------0-------10------5------0--|
A|---8-------3------0--------8------3------0--|
D|------------------0----------------------0--|
Outro:
E|----^------^------^------^------|
B|---/^\\----/^\\----/^\\----/^\\-----|
G|--7/8\\7--7/8\\7--7/8\\7--7/8\\7----|
D|--7-8-7--7-8-7--7-8-7--7-8-7----|
A|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|
And Finally The Solo:
Get feedback approximately three octaves above the A string. Set the whammy
pedal to two octaves below the pitch (pitch shifter - not harmonizer).
Simultaneously rock the wah pedal and whammy pedal. I'd have tabbed this out,
but I don't have a whammy pedal, so...
Legend: --^-- (10) + - x
-/^\\- Note Rock Rock Muted
7/8\\7 Does Wah Wah Note
7-8-7 Not Pedal Pedal
Bend The Need Forward Backwards
Seventh To Be
Fret Up Played
To The
Eighth
Then
Release
