Maria Guitar Tab

		
		Ver 1 Ver 2 Ver 3 Ver 4 
	

Battle of Los Angeles +bonus track Tabs:

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Sorry about the messiness of this.

**INTRO**
Played During Verse

Tha sun ablaze as Marias foot
Touches the surface of sand

Digitech Whammy
Harmony Up a 2nd
(s) = Sustain Note Until Next note is picked
E--14(s)---14(s)---14(s)--14(s)-
B-------------------------------
G-------------------------------
D-------------------------------
A-------------------------------
e-------------------------------

Below is strummed a couple of times.
You will hear it
E-0
B-0
G-0
D-0
A-0
e-0

Turn Whammy Off
Play During Verse
TO TEAR AWAY AT THE MASK
chorus:
E-----------------------------------------------
B-----------------------------------------------
G-----------------------------------------------
D-----------------------------------------------
A-7-5-7---5-5-----------------------------------
e----------7---5-3-5-0-3-0-3--0-5-3-5--0-7-5-7--


After You Play the Above several times there is
then the verse below.
Play while zach is singing
Maria (whispered)
No minute to rest

Digitech Whammy Pedal
Harmony Up a Second
e-----------------------------|
B-----------------------------|
G-------1-------1--------1----|
D-----2---2---2--------2---2--|
A---2-------2--------2--------|
E-0----------------0----------|

e-----------------------------|
B-------9-------9--------9----|
G-----9---9---9--------9---9--|
D---9-------9--------9--------|
A-7----------------7----------|
E-----------------------------|
 
Then when zach says
It eclipses her days
Just a moment to pray

Break Into the Solo

KEEP WHAMMY ON
Up a 2nd
Solo
Rock Pedal Up and Down to the beat SLIGHTLY to give 
it a crazy pitch
e-21------------------21----------------21-------------------------
B-----21\--/21\--/21\-----21\-/21\-/21\----/21\-/21\-/21\--/21---\-
G-/----/-----/-----/---/---/----/----/---/---/----/----/-----/-----
D-/----/-----/-----/---/---/----/----/---/---/----/----/-----/-----
A-/----/-----/-----/---/---/----/----/---/---/----/----/-----/-----
E------------------------------------------------------------------

e-x-x-x-x-x-x-22\-x-22\-x-22\-x-22\-22\-x-x-x-22\-x-22\-x-22\-x-22\-
B-x-x-x-x-x-x-22\---22\---22\---22\-22\-x-x-x-22\---22\---22\---22\-
G-x-x-x-x-x-x-------------------------------------------------------
D-------------------------------------------------------------------
A-------------------------------------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------------------------------

e--------------------------------------------------------------
G---------------------------------------12h-14h-12h-12-11h-12B-
B---------------------12b13r12-14b16r14------------------------
D---12b13r12-14b16r14------------------------------------------
A--------------------------------------------------------------
E--------------------------------------------------------------

Then Play
To Tear Away at the mask!

Turn Whammy Off

E-----------------------------------------------
B-----------------------------------------------
G-----------------------------------------------
D-----------------------------------------------
A-7-5-7---5-5-----------------------------------
e----------7---5-3-5-0-3-0-3--0-5-3-5--0-7-5-7--

Outro
To get this sound is kinda tricky but 
here is what I did and found out works best

Whammy Up a second
Pedal Facing Up
^ = Bend 1/2 Step Up
TRICKY PART
After you bend up as you are
letting the bend back down
do it slowly while you are doing this
push the pedal forward slowly.
() = Ghost Notes
e-------------
B-------------
G------14^-(14) (dont play the second 12's)
D------14^-(14) (you will get them from the whammy)
A-------------  (if you dont understand just play it)
E-------------

Source: http://www.guitarmasta.net/r/rage_against_the_machine/343352.html

Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture maximus Average	#1 by maximus hyrule at Oct 3, 2006 at 11:38 AM EST
	what does it mean when it says "to tear away at the mask"?

No Picture Dan Professional Badass	#2 by Dan Hudspith at Oct 7, 2006 at 5:06 AM EST
	it's about a girl from Mexico living a hard time... so she travel to the "greatest land of them all" USA But USA isn't that good as she hoped ... and she dies in USA as some kind of slave! That is what the song is about, I Think!

No Picture Venti Average	#3 by Venti at Dec 7, 2006 at 5:50 AM EST
	Lps41 your stupid This song isnt about the santa maria reaching land its about her stepping foot en el norte wich is the north norte is what some of us mexicans use to define the US . Like cattle shell cross Degree 106 Is her crossing to the US in the dessert at 106 degrees. It says: As human contraband Some Rico from Jalisco Passed her name to tha boss The rico from jalisco can be a rich drug dealer that is getting her across

No Picture ashley Wanna Be	#4 by ashley pudding at Jan 6, 2007 at 9:19 AM EST
	Interesting comment about the pill being a metaphor for life, im sure thats what it means in Sleep Now In The Fire. In this song the birth control thing makes sense but I wouldnt be surprised if zack used it as a double metaphor. I love the meaning behind this song, I was flicking through the lyrics when I bought it and this song really hit me, very beautiful, sad lyrics.

No Picture The Four String Lead Player	#5 by The Four String Mother Fucker at Mar 14, 2007 at 1:21 PM EST
	they write such damn fine lyrics

No Picture drw Average	#6 by drw drw at Mar 24, 2007 at 5:46 PM EST
	lps41, it looks like you just got thoroughly owned by scorpionsting15. Thank you scorpionsting for clearing that up for anyone who was taken in by his incorrect interpretation. As for you, lps: posting your own personal interpretations of song lyrics here is what this site is all about. What it is not about, however, is insulting fellow users and claiming your own opinions to be truth when you in fact have no idea what the hell you're talking about.

No Picture Shreder Dude Wanna Be	#7 by Shreder Dude at May 5, 2007 at 8:54 PM EST
	what a fucking awesome song, that's it

No Picture Ace Average	#8 by Ace Of Spades at May 11, 2007 at 3:28 AM EST
	This song is about a woman who is taken to work in a sweatshop and committs suicide rather than work in the slave labor conditions of a sweatshop.

No Picture Stephen Average	#9 by Stephen Weber at Jun 18, 2007 at 10:33 AM EST
	the line 'my job is to kill if you forget to take your pill" does not refer to this song. the thing about birth control pills may be true, but its not what that metaphor means. the metaphor is also seen in Sleep Now In The Fire. the line is 'for its the end of history its caged and frozen still there is no other pill to take so swallow the one that makes you ill' the pill refers to your life, the way of life. so swallow the pill means accept the life that your corporate masters have made for you. thats what the guy is shouting in the song, he wants Maria to conform to her slavery. most of the lines in the song are representative of something.

No Picture Josh Professional	#10 by Josh Wilson at Aug 14, 2007 at 8:15 AM EST
	Regarding Ips41's comments: Those three lines could refer to the boat. However the next line is As human contraband. It seems to meen that Mariah is a mexican immigrant. Those three lines and this one together fit this interpretation but not the one about the boat.