“Guerilla Radio” is track 2 of The Battle 
of Los Angeles and the first single release
of the album. Simplicity is the driving force
 here so much so that keeping track of the 
correct number of repetitions is the real 
concern. The riff opens with guitar 1 doing 
eight repetitions on the main riff along with 
guitar 2’s harmonized 5ths through a Fender-style
 tremolo effect set for sixteenth notes at 104 bpm.
 After This initial barrage, guitar 2 drops the
 harmony and tremolo in favour of the unison 
single-note riff and the  band gets into high gear,
 The surprise comes when the eighth note repetition
 gets ousted by a transition style, moving into the 
verse. (I always found it difficult to remember that 
change at the right moment, given the simple repetition 
of fifteen preceding measures!) The tonal center is 
the Morello favorite, F#, and the key is minor. In fact,
 the notes E-F#-A-B spell out four or five tones of F# 
minor pentatonic (only C# is omitted). The verse is 
all wah’ed-out tone and rythm. Pull your gain back a 
bit here and crank on your wah pedal. If you’re using 
a Digitech XP100 whammy pedal, set it to patch 02 for 
a wide-sweeping, trbly-topped result. If you’re not 
used to running a wah pedal like this, you may find 
your foot runs out of endurance prematurely. It’s 
not easy to keep up a smooth rocking motion like 
this constantly at this tempo for this long. Again, 
 witness the “hidden” Morello technique. The chorus 
is made up of the intro riff times seven, followed 
by the riff B transition measure.
             
                                           
                                    INTRO

                                                                                                                        Riff A                                play 8 times
E------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G------------------------------------------------------------2------4----------------
B-----2--------4------4--------2-----4--------2-----4--------0------2----------------
E-----0--------2------2--------0-----2--------0-----2--------------------------------
      *w/ tremolo effect set for sixteenth note regeneration
           
                                                                                                                                                              play 7 times
E------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B-------------------------------------------------------0----2-----------------------
E--0-------2-----2-------0----2--------0----2----------------------------------------
       **composite arrangement
                            
                                            
                                     VERSE
                                             
                                    Riff B       (Gtr. 2, cont. in slash)
E------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A---2------------------------------1-------------------------------------------------
D------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E-------------2-----------0--------------------2------------0------------------------




                                               
                                    Riff C                               
E------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E----0---2-------0----0----2---------0----0----2--------0---0----2----------0--------
     +           o    +              o    +             o   +               o     
     
    *w/ clean tone & wah-wah             **  + = closed (toe down)
                                             o = open (toe up)

E------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E-----0h2----------------------------------------------------------------------------


                                          CHORUS
                              Gtrs 1 & 2: w/ Riff A, 7 times
                                                  


                                         INTERLUDE
             *4/4    Gtr. 1: w/ Riff A, 8 times  Gtr.2 Tacet
             *4/4    Gtr. 2 w/ Riff A, 4 times
                                                  **w/ wah-wah & flanger
   
                                             
                                         
                                        GUITAR SOLO
                                                                                                                                                              Play 3 times
E------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D--------------------------------------------------2---------------------------------
G----------4---------2-----4---------2------4------7---------------------------------
B----------9---------7-----9---------7------9----------------------------------------
E------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
*Gtr.1: Digitech XP100 Patch 14, combine “bypass” and “effect out”


E------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B-------------------------------------------------------------------0----------------
E------------0---(0)---(0)---(0)---(0)---(0)---(0)--(0)----3/13----------------------


E------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A----4---------2-----4--------------4b-(4)-2-----------------------------------------
D----4---------2-----4-------------------------4-------------------------------------
G------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

E------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D----------------------------------------------------------------9-------------------
G------x~~~~~~~~--x~~~~~~~~~--x~~~~~---x--x~~~~--9------7--------9-------------------
B------x~~~~~~~~--x~~~~~~~~~--x~~~~~---x--x~~~~--9------7--------9-------------------
E------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
*Using a guitar with Les Paul style electronics, set lead volume to 0 
and rhythm to 10. Strike the strings while the pickup selector switch
is the lead position, then flip the switch to the rhythm position to
simulate the attack. Flip switch in specified rhythm.

**Chord symbols reflect basic tonality.

E------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A----4---------2-----4--------------4b-(4)h-2----------------------------------------
D----4---------2-----4--------------------------4------------------------------------G------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

E------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A----4---------2-----4----------x--4b-(4)-2/42-------------6----5/65-----3---------
D----4---------2-----4-------------------------------4-------------------------------
G------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

E------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D----------------------------------------------------9-------------------------------
G------9--------7----9-----------------9--------7----9-------------------------------
B------9--------7----9-----------------9--------7----9-------------------------------
E------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

E-----7-----6------5-------2-----(2)/------------------------------------------------
A-----7------------5-------2-----(2)/------------------------------------------------
D-----7------------5-------2-----(2)/------------------------------------------------
G------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  *w/ wha-wha


Ok, thats it. If you have questions, comments, (no corrections please, my tab is flawless)
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