"Renegades of Funk" by Rage Against the Machine (RATM)
(Tune your Guitar down to Dropped-D, i.e tune the Bottom E String
down 3 steps/semi-tones)
Key:
/h - Hammer on, e.g --3/h5--
/s - Slide, e.g --3/s5--
/b - Bend, e.g --3/b5--
/rb - Release Bend, e.g --5/rb3--
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Intro Figure (Weird Effect) :-
e|----------------------------------- "No matter how hard you try,
b|--17--17--17--17--18--18--18--18--- you cant stop us now..."
g|----17--17--17--17--19--19--19--19-
d|-----------------------------------
a|----------------------------------- [PLAY TWICE]
d|-----------------------------------
Verse Figure (No Effect) :-
e|----------------------------------- "Since prehistoric ages..."
b|----------------------------------- etc.
g|-----------------------------------
d|-----------------------------------
a|--3/h5-0-0-0-3/h5-0-0-0-3/h5-0-3/s5 [PLAY 3 TIMES]
d|-------0-0-0------0-0-0------0-3/s5
Chorus Figure for Guitar 1 (Weird Effect) :-
e|----------------------------------- "We're the Renegades of
b|--3-3-6-6-8-8-10-10-13--13/s3--3--- funk..."
g|-----------------------------------
d|-----------------------------------
a|----------------------------------- [PLAY TWICE WITH GUITAR 2]
d|-----------------------------------
Chorus Figure for Guitar 2 (clean sound, can be played by Bass) :-
e|-------------------- "We're the Renegades of Funk..."
b|--------------------
g|--------------------
d|--------------------
a|--5----------5------ [PLAY TWICE WITH GUITAR 1]
d|---5-3--3-----5-0--0
[REPEAT VERSE FIGURE TWICE]
Drum Solo 1 (with Quiet Rapping) Figure :-
PLay Bottom 2 Strings, A and D, during Drum Solo and Quiet Rapping.
[REPEAT VERSE FIGURE TWICE]
[REPEAT CHORUS FIGURE TWICE]
Bridge 1 Figure (Weird Effect, same as Intro Figure} :-
Repeat the Intro Figure Twice during very fast rapping ("rocking it,
shocking it, popping it putting a side to hip-hop..." etc).
[REPEAT VERSE FIGURE TWICE]
Fill Figure (same effects as Verse Figure) :-
e|------ "...the bass, the treble, the drums and the vocals..." etc
b|------
g|------
d|------
a|--5/s7
d|--5/s7
Drum Solo 2 (Siren Effect) :-
e|-------------
b|--11/b12/rb11 "...you had to be renegdaes those days.." etc
g|-------------
d|-------------
a|-------------
d|-------------
[REPEAT VERSE FIGURE 4 TIMES]
Outro Figure :-
Play the Verse Figure and Chorus Figure (Guitar 1) Together.
[FADE-OUT]
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Enjoy the song! To really learn it, play with the CD/tape/MP3...
Aled Fisher (aled_fisher@hotmail.com)
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