Tom Morello Guitar Battle Chords

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Tom Morello Guitar Battle by Guitar Hero is a guitar song. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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Tom Morello                                                   x2

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--5/11---x-x---5/11--x---5/11---x-x-x---5/11\5/12---------------|
--5/11---x-x---5/11--x---5/11---x-x-x---5/11\5/12---------------|
--5/11---x-x---5/11--x---5/11---x-x-x---5/11\5/12---------------|
--5/11---x-x---5/11--x---5/11---x-x-x---5/11\5/12---------------|



You                                                                 x2

---16-killswitch notes-----12--12-12-killswitch notes-----------------|
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Tom

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--/15---12\9/12\9/12\9--9--9--9---/15---12\9/12\9/12\9--9--9/17----|
--/15---12\9/12\9/12\9--9--9--9---/15---12\9/12\9/12\9--9--9/17----|
--/15---12\9/12\9/12\9--9--9--9---/15---12\9/12\9/12\9--9--9/17----|
--/15---12\9/12\9/12\9--9--9--9---/15---12\9/12\9/12\9--9--9/17----|



You

--15-15---15brb--15brb----15-15-15brb-15brb--15--15--15brb-15brb--17b-r-15--|
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Tom
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--It's just sliding your fingers up and down with wah and killswitch.-------|
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You
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--Again, just sliding your fingers up and down with killswitch without wah.
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Toggle killswitch very fast on feedback and use whammy pedal to change the note.
Tom

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You
Whammy pedal completely toed to the max.
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-------/7-----/5--4--2-p-0-2p0-----4/5--4--2-p-0--2p0------|
--0-(let ring the whole time)------------------------------|
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-----------3--------------------3--------------------------|

Tom

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-14b----14b---14b-14b-14--14b~------14--------14--------14------------------|
-14b----14b---14b-14b-----14b~---12-14p12-12--14p12-12--14p12-----12~-------|
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Killswitch and wah pedal
You

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---12-11-12-11-12---11-----12-----17b-----|
---12-11-12-11-12---11-----12-----17b-----|
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Tom			      x3      then

-------------------15-------------|---17b-17b-17b-17b~---|
---17-15-17-15-17-----17-15-------|----------------------|
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Wah and Killswitch
You

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--12--11--12---12--11--15---12--11--12----15b--|
--12--11--12---12--11--15---12--11--12----15b--|
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Tom                                            x2

----------19-19-19---17-17-17---15--14-14-------|
-----/17----------------------------------------|
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Killswitch and wah
You

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--9--7-----5------4-------2--0--2------4--------5b--|
--9--7-----5------4-------2--0--2------4--------5b--|
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Alternate pick each note 3 times.
Tom

------12-15-14-12------------------------------|
----15------------15-13-12---------------------|
---------------------------14-12-11-12-11------|
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Wah
You

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--11----12----13----14----15----16----17b~---|
--11----12----13----14----15----16----17b~---|
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Whammy Pedal
Tom

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---14~------12~---------------------------------|
-----------------------14-----12----------------|
-------------------------------------15b~-------|


Killswitch, sliding with fingers
You

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Whammy Pedal
Tom

-----------------------------12~---|
-------------------12---15---------|
---12~------14~--------------------|
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Killswitch, sliding with fingers
You

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Tom			x3

-----|--17p15p14----------|--17p15p14-15-17p15p14--|
--/15|-----------17p15p13-|------------------------|
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-----------------------------14h15h17b--15--17--15-----|
-17p15p13-----------13h15h17-----------------------17~-|
----------16p14h16-------------------------------------|
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You				  x4

------15h1h19p17p15----------------|--19-19-19-19~---|
--/19---------------19p17p15h17h19-|-----------------|
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Tom			x3                                               x4

---------19p17p15----------|--15h17h19p17p15--------------------------------|
--/17-------------19p17p15-|----------------19p17p15---------15h17h19-------|
---------------------------|-------------------------17p16h17---------------|
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-----15h17h19-|-19b--|
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Whammy pedal and alternate picking
You

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--15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15b-b-b-b---|
-----/--\-/-\-/-\-/-\---/--\--/--\--/-------------|
--whammy-pedal-tilt-------------------------------|
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Whammy Pedal, Have it maxed first, then slowly tilt it back
Tom

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---0-let-ring----------|
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You now have to set your whammy pedal to harmonize up a perfect 5th do this next part

--does this x2, then end with this-|-after playing this---------------------|

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-----------9h10h12--------------9--|-----------9h10h12----------9h10h12-----|
---8h10h12--------------8h10h12----|--8h10h12----------8h10h12--------------|



--does this x2, then end with this-|-after playing this---------------------|

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----------9h10h12---------9--------|---------9h10h12---------9h10h12--------|
--9h10h12---------9h10h12----------|--9h10h12--------9h10h12----------------|
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--does this x2, then end with this-|-after playing this---------------------|

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----------9h11h12----------9-------|----------9h11h12----------9h11h12------|
--9h10h12---------9h10h12----------|--9h10h12----------9h10h12--------------|
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--does this x2, then end with this-|-after playing this---------------------|

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----------12h14h16----------12-----|----------12h14h16----------12h14h16----|
--12h14h16---------12h14h16--------|--12h14h16----------12h14h16------------|
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				x2

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---------------------------16----|
------------------16h17h19-------|
-12h14h16-16h17h19---------------|
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---------------------------16h17h19----------16h17h19------------16---------|
------------------16h17h19----------16h17h19----------16h17h19--------------|
-12h14h16-16h17h19----------------------------------------------------------|
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				x2

----------15h17h19-------------|
-15h17h19----------15h17h19----|
----------------------------16-|
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----------15h17h19-----------------------------15h17h19---------------------|
-15h17h19----------15h17h19-----------15h17h19----------15h17h19------------|
----------------------------16h17h19------------------------------16--------|
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				x2

-------------------15h17h19----|
----------15h17h19-------------|
-16h17h19----------------------|
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-------------------15h17h19----------15h17h19-----------15h17h19----------|
----------15h17h19----------15h17h19----------15h17h19-----------15-------|
-16h17h19-----------------------------------------------------------------|
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		x7  end with

------------15h17h19---------19-19-|
---15h17h19------------------------|
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Then you dive bomb with your whammy bar, not pedal.

Now turn on the wah with the perfect 5th on your whammy pedal. You triplet each note
except the first bend. I may not have the notes in the exact order, but it close.


-0b-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0--0---0-0-0-0-0-0---0---------------|
-5b-5-5-7-8-10-8-7-5-5-7-8-10-8-7-8-10-12-10-8-7-8-7-5---5---------------|
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Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante