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(ver. 2)
Rage Against The Machine
Tune: Dropped D

To play this song like it sounds on the CD, you\'ll need:
1. Boss MT-2 Distortion Pedal
2. Boss DD-3 Digital Delay Pedal
3. Morley PWA Wah Pedal
4. Digitech XP-100 Whammy Pedal 

  Intro: (Hand Slides)
E|-----------------------------------------| To achieve the sound that
B|-----------------------------------------| Tom Morello gets, set the
G|*---------------------------------------*| delay pedal to the fastest
D|*-x-/-x-\\-x-/-x-\\-x-/-x-\\-x-/-x-\\-x-/-x-*| delay time (8ms) Slowly
A|--x-/-x-\\-x-/-x-\\-x-/-x-\\-x-/-x-\\-x-/-x--| rock the wah pedal.
D|--x-/-x-\\-x-/-x-\\-x-/-x-\\-x-/-x-\\-x-/-x--| 
    +++++++++++++++++ -------------------

  Chorus: (With whammy pedal set to harmonize one octave lower) 
E|----------------------------------------------------------------1/2-|
B|--6-------------------------------6------------------------------^--|
G|*-5-------------------------------5-----------------------------/^\\*|
D|*-------------------------------------------------------------12/-\\*|
A|-------------3-----5-3------------------------7-10-----5-3----12----|
D|-(0)-3-5--0------0-----0--5-3----(0)-3-5--0---7-10---0-----0--------|

  Bridge: (Octaves)
E|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|*--x-x-19-x-x-19-x-x-19-x-x-19--*|
D|*--x-x----x-x----x-x----x-x-----*|
A|---x-x-17-x-x-17-x-x-17-x-x-17---|
D|---------------------------------|
         ++     ++     ++     ++
  
  Breakdown:
E|--------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------(10)---------------|
G|--10-------5--------------10------5---------|
D|--10-------5------0-------10------5------0--|
A|---8-------3------0--------8------3------0--|
D|------------------0----------------------0--|

  Outro:
E|----^------^------^------^------|
B|---/^\\----/^\\----/^\\----/^\\-----|
G|--7/8\\7--7/8\\7--7/8\\7--7/8\\7----|
D|--7-8-7--7-8-7--7-8-7--7-8-7----|
A|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|



  And Finally The Solo:

  Get feedback approximately three octaves above the A string. Set the whammy
  pedal to two octaves below the pitch (pitch shifter - not harmonizer).
  Simultaneously rock the wah pedal and whammy pedal. I\'d have tabbed this out,
  but I don\'t have a whammy pedal, so...

  Legend: --^--   (10)     +       -          x
          -/^\\-   Note    Rock     Rock       Muted
          7/8\\7   Does    Wah      Wah        Note
          7-8-7   Not     Pedal    Pedal
        Bend The  Need    Forward  Backwards
         Seventh  To Be
         Fret Up  Played
          To The 
          Eighth          Any comments, corrections, or requests can be sent
         Release
            
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