VIETNOW
Performed By RATM
Album: Evil Empire
Transcribed by: Adam Poulsen (email: [email protected])
Standard tuning
NOTE: THIS IS THE ABSOLUTELY MOST CORRECT WAY TO PLAY THIS SONG!
INTRO/CHORUS
w/Wah on as filter.
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|-----------0-0-----------0-0--|
|---0-2-2-0-------0-2-2-0------|
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|--------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------0-0-----------0-0--|
|--0-2-2-0-2-2-2-2-2—2-0--------0-2-2-0------|
There is a feedback/volume swell to the pitch of E, then the drums and bass kick in and the intro is repeated.
VERSE
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|--0-2-2-0-2-0-2-2----|
PRE-CHORUS
* = Pre-bend and then release.
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|--4-4--------------------------|
|--------------------*----------|
|--2-2--0--2--0--5--(6)-5--0----|
Play twice
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|-------------------------------x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x--|
|-------------------------------x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x--|
|--4-4---------------------4-4—-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x--|
|-------------------------------x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x--|
|--2-2--0--2—-0—-5—-4—-0---2-2---------------------------|
BRIDGE
Repeated many times
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|-8---7---8---7---8---7---8---7---|--------------|
|-6---6---6---6---6---6---6---6---|--------------|
|-4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---|--------------|
|---------------------------------|--9-7-9--7-9--|
|---------------------------------|--------------|
w/Wah on fourth time play below riff:
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|-----------------------|--------------------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------------------------|
|--3-----/9------------ |--3-----/9-----9-7-9-----7-9----|
|---------------8p0-----|--------------------------------|
After bridge play the chorus like this:
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|-----------------------4-/6--|
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|---------0-0-----------2-/4--|
|-0-2-2-0-------0-2-2-0-------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------4-/6--|
|---------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------0-0-----------2-/4--|
|--0-2-2-0-2-2-2-2-2—2-0--------0-2-2-0-------|
After the third time play this, and then go into the chorus...again!
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|--x-5-x-4-x-5------|
|--x-3-x-2-x-3------|
OUTRO
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|------|------|
|------|------|
|--14--|--15- |
|------|------|
|--12--|------|
Both are tremelo picked.
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