RATM - "Wake Up" Tablature
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Rage Against The Machine - Wake Up
Drop D tuning
INTRO
gtr.1 reapeat this 8 times
|-------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------------------|
|-----7-------------|-7-7-7-7---7-7-7-7-7---7-7-7-7--|
|-----7-------------|--------------------------------|
|-----5-------------|-5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5--|
|-------------------|--------------------------------|
fade in w/volume knob
during those 8 times, gtr. 2 play....
bend full then realease, one measure at a time while tremolo picking
|-------------------|
|-------------------|
|///----------------|
|6------------------|
|-------------------|
|-------------------|
let ring ( this is the long silent part)
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|--0-------------------|
|--0-------------------|
|--0-------------------|
bend all full(1)
/ / / / / / /
|---10---10---10---10---10---10---10--------|
|-13---13---13---13---13---13---13--\-------|
|------12---12-------------12---12-\-\------|
|---------------------------------\-\-------|
|----------------------------------\--------|
|-------------------------------------------|
switch to a more bassy tone here
|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|----------3-----2^3----3^5-----3-2--|----------3----2^3----3^5-----3-2---|
|-0---0-0------0-----0--3^5--0--3-2--|-0---0-0-----0-----0--3^5--0--3-2---|
|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|---------3------2^3----3^5-----3-2--|----------3----5^7---7^8----8-10-----|
|-0---0-0------0-----0--3^5--0--3-2--|-0---0-0-----0-----0------0-----\----|
|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|---------3------2^3----3^5-----3-2--|----------3----2^3----3^5------3-2---|
|-0---0-0------0-----0--3^5--0--3-2--|-0---0-0-----0-----0--3^5--0---3-2---|
|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|--------19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19|
|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|---------3-------2^3---3^5-----3-2--|--------17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17|
|-0---0-0------0-----0--3^5--0--3-2--|-0---0-0-----------------------------|
VERSE
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|---------3----x-5-------------------|
|--3^5--x---5------3---3------4------|
|------------------------------------|
during tha verse, a second guitar uses a wah pedal like this
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------| 0= closed(bass)
|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x----| x= open(treble)
|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x----|
|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x----|
|------------------------------------|
0 x 0 x
SOLO
I am sure a talkbox is used here
Repeat 2 times
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-9-91010-|-121212101010-9-9-9-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-8-8-|-101010-8-8-8-7-7-7-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-512-9-91010|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|--------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-310-7-7-8-8|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|--------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
second guitar starts this the second time through |-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|--------------------6-5-3-5--0-3-5-|
|--------------------6-5-3-5--0-3-5-|
Both guitars
palm mute the fast parts
|--------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-0------------------------------|-3---------------------------------|
|-0----------------6-5-3-5-0-3-5-|-3-------------------6-5-3-5-0-3-5-|
|-0----------------6-5-3-5-0-3-5-|-3-------------------6-5-3-5-0-3-5-|
|--------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-0------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-0----------------6-5-3-5-0-3-5-|---6-5-3-0-3-5---------------------|
|-0----------------6-5-3-5-0-3-5-|---6-5-3-0-3-5---------------------|
|____play this bit over and over____|
for the quiet part,palm mute
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|---5-5-5-5-ect-------------|
|-----------then,-0-0-0-0---|
The rest of the song is just the main riff repeated in a few places
The second solo is just a harmonizer gone mad so it's not worth tabbing
Have fun.
Drop D tuning
INTRO
gtr.1 reapeat this 8 times
|-------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------------------|
|-----7-------------|-7-7-7-7---7-7-7-7-7---7-7-7-7--|
|-----7-------------|--------------------------------|
|-----5-------------|-5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5--|
|-------------------|--------------------------------|
fade in w/volume knob
during those 8 times, gtr. 2 play....
bend full then realease, one measure at a time while tremolo picking
|-------------------|
|-------------------|
|///----------------|
|6------------------|
|-------------------|
|-------------------|
let ring ( this is the long silent part)
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|--0-------------------|
|--0-------------------|
|--0-------------------|
bend all full(1)
/ / / / / / /
|---10---10---10---10---10---10---10--------|
|-13---13---13---13---13---13---13--\-------|
|------12---12-------------12---12-\-\------|
|---------------------------------\-\-------|
|----------------------------------\--------|
|-------------------------------------------|
switch to a more bassy tone here
|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|----------3-----2^3----3^5-----3-2--|----------3----2^3----3^5-----3-2---|
|-0---0-0------0-----0--3^5--0--3-2--|-0---0-0-----0-----0--3^5--0--3-2---|
|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|---------3------2^3----3^5-----3-2--|----------3----5^7---7^8----8-10-----|
|-0---0-0------0-----0--3^5--0--3-2--|-0---0-0-----0-----0------0-----\----|
|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|---------3------2^3----3^5-----3-2--|----------3----2^3----3^5------3-2---|
|-0---0-0------0-----0--3^5--0--3-2--|-0---0-0-----0-----0--3^5--0---3-2---|
|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|--------19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19|
|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|---------3-------2^3---3^5-----3-2--|--------17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17|
|-0---0-0------0-----0--3^5--0--3-2--|-0---0-0-----------------------------|
VERSE
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|---------3----x-5-------------------|
|--3^5--x---5------3---3------4------|
|------------------------------------|
during tha verse, a second guitar uses a wah pedal like this
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------| 0= closed(bass)
|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x----| x= open(treble)
|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x----|
|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x----|
|------------------------------------|
0 x 0 x
SOLO
I am sure a talkbox is used here
Repeat 2 times
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-9-91010-|-121212101010-9-9-9-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-8-8-|-101010-8-8-8-7-7-7-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-512-9-91010|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|--------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-310-7-7-8-8|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|--------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
second guitar starts this the second time through |-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|--------------------6-5-3-5--0-3-5-|
|--------------------6-5-3-5--0-3-5-|
Both guitars
palm mute the fast parts
|--------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-0------------------------------|-3---------------------------------|
|-0----------------6-5-3-5-0-3-5-|-3-------------------6-5-3-5-0-3-5-|
|-0----------------6-5-3-5-0-3-5-|-3-------------------6-5-3-5-0-3-5-|
|--------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-0------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-0----------------6-5-3-5-0-3-5-|---6-5-3-0-3-5---------------------|
|-0----------------6-5-3-5-0-3-5-|---6-5-3-0-3-5---------------------|
|____play this bit over and over____|
for the quiet part,palm mute
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|---5-5-5-5-ect-------------|
|-----------then,-0-0-0-0---|
The rest of the song is just the main riff repeated in a few places
The second solo is just a harmonizer gone mad so it's not worth tabbing
Have fun.
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