Rage Against The Machine - Wake Up
Drop D tuning
INTRO
gtr.1 reapeat this 8 times
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|-----5-------------|-5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5--|
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fade in w/volume knob
during those 8 times, gtr. 2 play....
bend full then realease, one measure at a time while tremolo picking
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let ring ( this is the long silent part)
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bend all full(1)
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|-13---13---13---13---13---13---13--\-------|
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switch to a more bassy tone here
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|-0---0-0------0-----0--3^5--0--3-2--|-0---0-0-----------------------------|
VERSE
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during tha verse, a second guitar uses a wah pedal like this
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|-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----|
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0 x 0 x
SOLO
I am sure a talkbox is used here
Repeat 2 times
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|-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--|
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|-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-|
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|-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-|
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second guitar starts this the second time through |-----------------------------------|
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Both guitars
palm mute the fast parts
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|-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-|
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|-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
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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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