BULLS
ONPARADE
RAGE
AGAINST
THE
MACHINE
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BYJeffPerrin
Tune down one half step (low to high : Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb).
Bass tuning (low to high): Eb Ab Db Gb.
All no tes and chords sound one half step lower than written (key of F).
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Intro (0:00)
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(play 7 times )
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*Gtr. 2 is played through a Digitech Whammy pedal set to lower pitch one octave.
Gt r. 3 is played through a Digitech Whammy peda l set to raise pitch one octave.
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(0:23)
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BULLS
ONPARADE
RACiE
AGAINST
THEMACHINE
shot
Sure
to make the bodies
dropDrop
walk the comer to the rubble that used to be a
sure
7
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mind cemetery
co-op
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power don's
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quenchin
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thethirst
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Whatwe don't know keepsthecontracts alive and movin'
The rotten sore
arms warehouses
on the faceof Mother Earth
fill asquick as the cells
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gotta
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gets
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BULLS
ONPARADE
RAGE
AGAINST
THE
MACHINE
[Q]Int erlud e
(2:29)
N.C.
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Bullson parade
Bullson parade
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Bulls on parade
Bulls on parade
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Bulls on parade