Chords for A Tour of Tom Morello's Guitars & Home Studio
Tempo:
114.95 bpm
Chords used:
E
D
Am
Bm
A
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Bm] Hello, my name is Tom Morello.
[Gb] I am the Night Watchman and we're in my home [G] studio called Veritas Studios here in Los Angeles, California
[Bm]
Where I make records, make rock, make folk music and play guitar.
And in this studio
I've [D] made a number of records.
I made the Street Sweeper records, [G] the last two Night Watchman [A] records.
It also
doubles [B] as a rehearsal studio.
This here [D] is my very first guitar that I ever [Gm] had.
It's a [A] K
guitar.
[Gbm] It's the one [E] with a lot [Bm] of knobs and was very inexpensive.
[D] It was $50.
It was [E] a
my [G] mom got
I bought a guitar
[A] combination set for a [B] hundred dollars and my mom paid for
[Db]
[Bm] the amp and I paid for the guitar.
We're saving up for it.
Still doesn't stay in tune very well, but [E] it's a good [Db] old friend.
[E] [A] [Am] All right, this
this is
this [A] was my
[C] main guitar [D] that I practiced my [Am] countless, countless, countless hours on through the years.
A Gibson [A] Explorer II.
And [D] this was a guitar that I [Am] had all through college.
I moved to LA and I
[A] ruined its [Am] sound by putting in a [D] Kähler tremolo [A] bar,
which [Am] of course at the time you need
if you wanted to [A] be able to be an [Am] 80s dive-bombing rocker,
you [D] need to be able to go, [Am] MOOOOW!
And so it's like, apparently the sweet spot of the Explorer is the part that they take out when they put in the Kähler guitar.
[D] So that neutered the guitar in some [Am] way, but it didn't hold me back from playing it for many years after that.
[A] [Am] And on this ebony [D] prep board, I've spent [Am] a lot of hours.
[E] This is the Soul Power guitar.
When I was
transitioning from Rage Against the Machine into Audioslave,
I wanted a new sound and a new guitar and a new vibe and a new style and a new slogan [Em] written on it.
Of course, I was inspired by Woody Guthrie's
This [Bm] Machine Kills Fascists for writing on all of my guitars.
So each one tends to get a moniker.
Figured I needed some [E] Soul Power [Bm] with Audioslave.
[E] So this is the main guitar for all the [Bm] Audioslave [E] records and shows.
And for a time kind of replaced the Arm the Homeless [Bm] guitar.
[E]
Six years.
[D] This [Eb] is my main drop [D] D tuning guitar [Eb] for my entire career.
An inexpensive, made in the USA, Telecaster that I got.
I traded my roommate,
who was in a band called Liquid Jesus.
He needed a
Marshall head and I needed a guitar that I could [D] tune down and [Eb] play grunge-worthy [D] heavy riffs with.
[Eb] And so the [D] exchange was made.
And this is a song that all of the
Rage Audioslave, Street Sweeper, Nightwatching songs are in drop D tuning.
Like Killing the Name, Freedom,
Testify, all those that are in drop D were played and written [E]
[Dm] with the band on this.
[D] [Ab] This was a
[G] guitar of indeterminate
name and origin that I got at a pawn shop [Ab] in Toronto for [Bm] 40 Canadian dollars.
[Gbm] Because I sort of like the way it looked.
I'm not even sure [Em] it's made of wood.
But I like the way it looked, [Am] which is sort of my main criteria for getting guitars at the time.
And we wrote and recorded Rage Against the Machine's entire meet with this guitar and with a 20 watt
solid-state amp, which is in that room over there.
And that was our first Grammy.
It was that song.
[Em] It's a guitar.
It's 40 [D] Canadian dollars.
[Dm] It's a 20 watt solid-state
amplifier.
So there you have it.
That's a tour of some of my hot rock axes.
[Bm] 2012 looks to be a busy year.
There's the [E] Nightwatching record Worldwide Rebel Songs.
I'm going to tour extensively behind that.
[B] Also, [E] I got a lot in the works [B] with the Occupy Wall Street movement, the global Occupy Wall Street movement, musically.
[E] Planning [B] some touring and
[E] songs and things to go along with [B] that.
Also, [E] continuing to [B] write and score my graphic novel, my comic book Orchid.
And
[E] if that's not enough, I [B] was raising a couple of young rockers.
So it's a busy, fun year.
[E] [B] [N]
[Gb] I am the Night Watchman and we're in my home [G] studio called Veritas Studios here in Los Angeles, California
[Bm]
Where I make records, make rock, make folk music and play guitar.
And in this studio
I've [D] made a number of records.
I made the Street Sweeper records, [G] the last two Night Watchman [A] records.
It also
doubles [B] as a rehearsal studio.
This here [D] is my very first guitar that I ever [Gm] had.
It's a [A] K
guitar.
[Gbm] It's the one [E] with a lot [Bm] of knobs and was very inexpensive.
[D] It was $50.
It was [E] a
my [G] mom got
I bought a guitar
[A] combination set for a [B] hundred dollars and my mom paid for
[Db]
[Bm] the amp and I paid for the guitar.
We're saving up for it.
Still doesn't stay in tune very well, but [E] it's a good [Db] old friend.
[E] [A] [Am] All right, this
this is
this [A] was my
[C] main guitar [D] that I practiced my [Am] countless, countless, countless hours on through the years.
A Gibson [A] Explorer II.
And [D] this was a guitar that I [Am] had all through college.
I moved to LA and I
[A] ruined its [Am] sound by putting in a [D] Kähler tremolo [A] bar,
which [Am] of course at the time you need
if you wanted to [A] be able to be an [Am] 80s dive-bombing rocker,
you [D] need to be able to go, [Am] MOOOOW!
And so it's like, apparently the sweet spot of the Explorer is the part that they take out when they put in the Kähler guitar.
[D] So that neutered the guitar in some [Am] way, but it didn't hold me back from playing it for many years after that.
[A] [Am] And on this ebony [D] prep board, I've spent [Am] a lot of hours.
[E] This is the Soul Power guitar.
When I was
transitioning from Rage Against the Machine into Audioslave,
I wanted a new sound and a new guitar and a new vibe and a new style and a new slogan [Em] written on it.
Of course, I was inspired by Woody Guthrie's
This [Bm] Machine Kills Fascists for writing on all of my guitars.
So each one tends to get a moniker.
Figured I needed some [E] Soul Power [Bm] with Audioslave.
[E] So this is the main guitar for all the [Bm] Audioslave [E] records and shows.
And for a time kind of replaced the Arm the Homeless [Bm] guitar.
[E]
Six years.
[D] This [Eb] is my main drop [D] D tuning guitar [Eb] for my entire career.
An inexpensive, made in the USA, Telecaster that I got.
I traded my roommate,
who was in a band called Liquid Jesus.
He needed a
Marshall head and I needed a guitar that I could [D] tune down and [Eb] play grunge-worthy [D] heavy riffs with.
[Eb] And so the [D] exchange was made.
And this is a song that all of the
Rage Audioslave, Street Sweeper, Nightwatching songs are in drop D tuning.
Like Killing the Name, Freedom,
Testify, all those that are in drop D were played and written [E]
[Dm] with the band on this.
[D] [Ab] This was a
[G] guitar of indeterminate
name and origin that I got at a pawn shop [Ab] in Toronto for [Bm] 40 Canadian dollars.
[Gbm] Because I sort of like the way it looked.
I'm not even sure [Em] it's made of wood.
But I like the way it looked, [Am] which is sort of my main criteria for getting guitars at the time.
And we wrote and recorded Rage Against the Machine's entire meet with this guitar and with a 20 watt
solid-state amp, which is in that room over there.
And that was our first Grammy.
It was that song.
[Em] It's a guitar.
It's 40 [D] Canadian dollars.
[Dm] It's a 20 watt solid-state
amplifier.
So there you have it.
That's a tour of some of my hot rock axes.
[Bm] 2012 looks to be a busy year.
There's the [E] Nightwatching record Worldwide Rebel Songs.
I'm going to tour extensively behind that.
[B] Also, [E] I got a lot in the works [B] with the Occupy Wall Street movement, the global Occupy Wall Street movement, musically.
[E] Planning [B] some touring and
[E] songs and things to go along with [B] that.
Also, [E] continuing to [B] write and score my graphic novel, my comic book Orchid.
And
[E] if that's not enough, I [B] was raising a couple of young rockers.
So it's a busy, fun year.
[E] [B] [N]
Key:
E
D
Am
Bm
A
E
D
Am
[Bm] Hello, my name is Tom Morello.
[Gb] I am the Night Watchman and we're in my home [G] studio called Veritas Studios here in Los Angeles, California
_ [Bm]
Where I make records, make rock, make folk music and play guitar.
And in this studio
I've [D] made a number of records.
I made the Street Sweeper records, [G] the last two Night Watchman [A] records.
It also
doubles [B] as a rehearsal studio.
This here [D] is my very first guitar that I ever [Gm] had.
It's a [A] K
guitar.
[Gbm] It's the one [E] with a lot [Bm] of knobs and was very inexpensive.
[D] It was $50.
It was [E] a_
my [G] mom got_
I bought a guitar
[A] combination set for a [B] hundred dollars and my mom paid for
[Db]
[Bm] the amp and I paid for the guitar.
We're saving up for it.
Still doesn't stay in tune very well, but [E] it's a good [Db] old friend.
[E] _ [A] _ [Am] All right, this
this is_
this [A] was my
[C] main guitar [D] that I practiced my [Am] countless, countless, countless hours on through the years.
A Gibson [A] Explorer II.
And [D] this was a guitar that I [Am] had all through college.
I moved to LA and I _
[A] ruined its [Am] sound by putting in a [D] Kähler tremolo [A] bar,
which [Am] of course at the time you need_
if you wanted to [A] be able to be an [Am] 80s dive-bombing rocker,
you [D] need to be able to go, [Am] MOOOOW!
And so it's like, apparently the sweet spot of the Explorer is the part that they take out when they put in the Kähler guitar.
[D] So that neutered the guitar in some [Am] way, but it didn't hold me back from playing it for many years after that.
[A] _ [Am] And on this ebony [D] prep board, I've spent [Am] a lot of hours.
[E] This is the Soul Power guitar.
When I was
transitioning from Rage Against the Machine into Audioslave,
I wanted a new sound and a new guitar and a new vibe and a new style and a new slogan [Em] written on it.
_ Of course, I was inspired by Woody Guthrie's
This [Bm] Machine Kills Fascists for writing on all of my guitars.
So each one tends to get a moniker.
Figured I needed some [E] Soul Power [Bm] with Audioslave.
[E] So this is the main guitar for all the [Bm] Audioslave [E] records and shows.
_ _ And for a time kind of replaced the Arm the Homeless [Bm] guitar.
[E] _ _
Six years.
_ [D] This _ [Eb] is my main drop [D] D tuning guitar [Eb] for my entire career.
An inexpensive, made in the USA, Telecaster that I got.
I traded my roommate,
who was in a band called Liquid Jesus.
He needed a
Marshall head and I needed a guitar that I could [D] tune down and [Eb] play grunge-worthy [D] heavy riffs with.
[Eb] And so the [D] exchange was made.
And this is a song that all of the
Rage Audioslave, Street Sweeper, Nightwatching songs are in drop D tuning.
Like Killing the Name, Freedom, _ _ _
Testify, all those that are in drop D were played and written [E]
[Dm] with the band on this.
[D] _ _ [Ab] _ This was a
[G] _ _ guitar of indeterminate
name and origin that I got at a pawn shop [Ab] in Toronto for [Bm] 40 Canadian dollars.
_ [Gbm] Because I sort of like the way it looked.
I'm not even sure [Em] it's made of wood.
_ But I like the way it looked, [Am] which is sort of my main criteria for getting guitars at the time.
And we wrote and recorded Rage Against the Machine's entire meet with this guitar and with a 20 watt
solid-state amp, which is in that room over there.
And that was our first Grammy.
It was that song.
[Em] It's a guitar.
It's 40 [D] Canadian dollars.
[Dm] It's a 20 watt solid-state
amplifier.
So there you have it.
That's a tour of some of my hot rock axes.
[Bm] 2012 looks to be a busy year.
There's the [E] Nightwatching record Worldwide Rebel Songs.
I'm going to tour extensively behind that.
[B] Also, [E] I got a lot in the works [B] with the Occupy Wall Street movement, the global Occupy Wall Street movement, musically.
[E] Planning [B] some touring and
_ [E] songs and things to go along with [B] that.
Also, [E] continuing to [B] write and score my graphic novel, my comic book Orchid.
_ And
_ [E] if that's not enough, I [B] was raising a couple of young rockers.
So it's a busy, fun year.
[E] _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _
[Gb] I am the Night Watchman and we're in my home [G] studio called Veritas Studios here in Los Angeles, California
_ [Bm]
Where I make records, make rock, make folk music and play guitar.
And in this studio
I've [D] made a number of records.
I made the Street Sweeper records, [G] the last two Night Watchman [A] records.
It also
doubles [B] as a rehearsal studio.
This here [D] is my very first guitar that I ever [Gm] had.
It's a [A] K
guitar.
[Gbm] It's the one [E] with a lot [Bm] of knobs and was very inexpensive.
[D] It was $50.
It was [E] a_
my [G] mom got_
I bought a guitar
[A] combination set for a [B] hundred dollars and my mom paid for
[Db]
[Bm] the amp and I paid for the guitar.
We're saving up for it.
Still doesn't stay in tune very well, but [E] it's a good [Db] old friend.
[E] _ [A] _ [Am] All right, this
this is_
this [A] was my
[C] main guitar [D] that I practiced my [Am] countless, countless, countless hours on through the years.
A Gibson [A] Explorer II.
And [D] this was a guitar that I [Am] had all through college.
I moved to LA and I _
[A] ruined its [Am] sound by putting in a [D] Kähler tremolo [A] bar,
which [Am] of course at the time you need_
if you wanted to [A] be able to be an [Am] 80s dive-bombing rocker,
you [D] need to be able to go, [Am] MOOOOW!
And so it's like, apparently the sweet spot of the Explorer is the part that they take out when they put in the Kähler guitar.
[D] So that neutered the guitar in some [Am] way, but it didn't hold me back from playing it for many years after that.
[A] _ [Am] And on this ebony [D] prep board, I've spent [Am] a lot of hours.
[E] This is the Soul Power guitar.
When I was
transitioning from Rage Against the Machine into Audioslave,
I wanted a new sound and a new guitar and a new vibe and a new style and a new slogan [Em] written on it.
_ Of course, I was inspired by Woody Guthrie's
This [Bm] Machine Kills Fascists for writing on all of my guitars.
So each one tends to get a moniker.
Figured I needed some [E] Soul Power [Bm] with Audioslave.
[E] So this is the main guitar for all the [Bm] Audioslave [E] records and shows.
_ _ And for a time kind of replaced the Arm the Homeless [Bm] guitar.
[E] _ _
Six years.
_ [D] This _ [Eb] is my main drop [D] D tuning guitar [Eb] for my entire career.
An inexpensive, made in the USA, Telecaster that I got.
I traded my roommate,
who was in a band called Liquid Jesus.
He needed a
Marshall head and I needed a guitar that I could [D] tune down and [Eb] play grunge-worthy [D] heavy riffs with.
[Eb] And so the [D] exchange was made.
And this is a song that all of the
Rage Audioslave, Street Sweeper, Nightwatching songs are in drop D tuning.
Like Killing the Name, Freedom, _ _ _
Testify, all those that are in drop D were played and written [E]
[Dm] with the band on this.
[D] _ _ [Ab] _ This was a
[G] _ _ guitar of indeterminate
name and origin that I got at a pawn shop [Ab] in Toronto for [Bm] 40 Canadian dollars.
_ [Gbm] Because I sort of like the way it looked.
I'm not even sure [Em] it's made of wood.
_ But I like the way it looked, [Am] which is sort of my main criteria for getting guitars at the time.
And we wrote and recorded Rage Against the Machine's entire meet with this guitar and with a 20 watt
solid-state amp, which is in that room over there.
And that was our first Grammy.
It was that song.
[Em] It's a guitar.
It's 40 [D] Canadian dollars.
[Dm] It's a 20 watt solid-state
amplifier.
So there you have it.
That's a tour of some of my hot rock axes.
[Bm] 2012 looks to be a busy year.
There's the [E] Nightwatching record Worldwide Rebel Songs.
I'm going to tour extensively behind that.
[B] Also, [E] I got a lot in the works [B] with the Occupy Wall Street movement, the global Occupy Wall Street movement, musically.
[E] Planning [B] some touring and
_ [E] songs and things to go along with [B] that.
Also, [E] continuing to [B] write and score my graphic novel, my comic book Orchid.
_ And
_ [E] if that's not enough, I [B] was raising a couple of young rockers.
So it's a busy, fun year.
[E] _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _
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