Eminem – Rap God (Guitar Tab)

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Chords

For this song you need a Digitech Whammy and a Wah pedal. That, or you can play the Gm chord throughout the whole song like this:

     Gm                          Gm/Bb
e|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---|
D|---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---|
A|---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---|
E|---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---6---|

For the main riff you need your Digitech Whammy and set it to 2 octaves up. You need to time putting your pedal down. For the most correct sound slightly after you play the tone. I marked where to put you Whammy pedal down with an X. At some points in the song the main riff has a little intro(for example at the beginning)that goes like this:

     X   X   X   X   X   X   X   X
e|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------|
D|---5-------------------5----------|
A|-------5-5-5---5-5-5-------5-5-5--|
E|----------------------------------|

The main riff goes like:

     X   X   X   X   X   X   X   X   X   X   X   X   X   X   X   X
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---5-----------5---5---------------5-----------5---5-----------5---|
A|-------5---5-----------5---5---5-------5---5-----------5---5-------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

     X   X   X   X   X   X   X   X   X   X   X   X   X   X   X   X
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---5-----------5---5---------------5---------------5-----------5---|
A|-------5---5-----------5---5---5-------5---5---5-------5---5-------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

For the bridge parts between 2:00-2:17, 2:24-2:27 And 2:23-3:55, you need your Wah pedal. Repeat this through the bridge parts and put your wah pedal down on the X marks. Make sure to let the first three chords ring through and cut off the forth:

     X       X       X     X
e|---10--------------11----10--------|
B|---11------11------11----11--------|
G|---12------12------12----12--------|
D|---12------13------13----12--------|
A|-----------13----------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|

Play this in the bridge between 2:17-2:23. No pedals used in this riff:

e|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|---------3---------------3-3-----4----|
D|-------5---------------5--------------|
A|---5---------------5------------------|
E|--------------------------------------|

Listen carefully to the song a few times so you know how to time the riffs and when to mute. I always find it easier learning the song by listening to it and having a tab as support. Anyways good luck, it's a fun song to play.