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Wake Up Tabs

(ver. 1)
Rage Against The Machine
Intro
Guitar 1
|-0 turn to 10--| - Volume
|---------------|
|-7~~~~~~~~~~~--|
|-7~~~~~~~~~~~--|
|-5~~~~~~~~~~~--|
|---------------|

Guitar 1
|-----------------------------|           
|-----------------------------|
|-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7-|
|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|
|-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-|  x8
|-----------------------------|

Guitar 2
|-slightly bend the 6 then----|
|-fully bend it to a 7--------|
|-----------------------------|
|-666666666666b(777777777777)-|
|-----------------------------|  x8
|-----------------------------|

Guitar 1
|-----------------------------------------------|---10--10-10--10--10-10-10--10-\|
|-----------------------------------------------|---13b-13b13b-13b-13b13b13b-13b\|
|----------------play with distortion-----------|-------12b12b-------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-------0~~~~~~~~~~~-|--------------------------------|
|0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-------0~~~~~~~~~~~-|--------------------------------|

Guitar 2
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~--------|
|-----------------0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~--------|
|-----------------2~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~--------|
|-----------------3~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~--------|
|----------play very quiet and clean------------|

Main Riff – Both Guitars with distortion
|--------------------------|-----------------------|
|---------( x3 )-----------|-----------------------|
|--------------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------------------|-----------------------|
|------3---2h3---3h5-0-3h2-|------3---5h7-7h8-8h10-|
|-0-00---0-----0-3h5-0-3h2-|-0-00---0----0---0-----|

|-------------------------|----------------------------|
|---------( x3 )----------|----------------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------------|
|------3---2h3---3h5-0-3h2|------3----55555555---------|
|-0-00---0-----0-3h5-0-3h2|-0-00-----------------------|

Verse 1
Guitar 1 – slightly distorted
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------( x7 )----------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------3------5---------|-------------------------|
|-3-5x-----5x-----3---3-4-|-3-5---------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|

Guitar 2 – high treble and wah ( 0 = pedal fully back, + = pedal fully closed)
|---------( x7 )----------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-x-xx-x-x-xx-x-x-xx-x-xx-|-------------------------|
|-x-xx-x-x-xx-x-x-xx-x-xx-|-------------------------|
|-x-xx-x-x-xx-x-x-xx-x-xx-|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
 +OOOO00+++++++0000000+++

Guitar 1 contd.
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------( x3 )----------|---10-10-10-10-10-10-10\-|
|-------------------------|---10-10-10-10-10-10-10\-|
|--------3------5---------|-------------------------|
|-3-5x-----5x-----3---3-4-|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|

Guitar 2 contd.
|---------( x7 )----------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|---10-10-10-10-10-10-10\-|
|-x-xx-x-x-xx-x-x-xx-x-xx-|---10-10-10-10-10-10-10\-|
|-x-xx-x-x-xx-x-x-xx-x-xx-|-------------------------|
|-x-xx-x-x-xx-x-x-xx-x-xx-|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
 +OOOO00+++++++0000000+++

Guitar 1 contd.
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------( x3 )----------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------3------5---------|-------------------------|
|-3-5x-----5x-----3---3-4-|-3-5---------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
Guitar 2 contd.
|---------( x3 )----------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-x-xx-x-x-xx-x-x-xx-x----|-------------------------|
|-x-xx-x-x-xx-x-x-xx-x----|-------------------------|
|-x-xx-x-x-xx-x-x-xx-x----|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
 +OOOO00+++++++0000000+++

Mian Riff
|--------------------------|-----------------------|
|---------( x3 )-----------|-----------------------|
|--------------------------|------------------(12)-|
|--------------------------|-------------(12)------|
|------3---2h3---3h5-0-3h2-|--------(12)-----------|
|-0-00---0-----0-3h5-0-3h2-|-0-(12)----------------|

Verse 2
Guitar 1 – slightly distorted
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------( x7 )----------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------3------5---------|-------------------------|
|-3-5x-----5x-----3---3-4-|-3-5---------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|

Guitar 2 – high treble and wah ( 0 = pedal fully back, + = pedal fully closed)
|---------( x7 )----------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-x-xx-x-x-xx-x-x-xx-x-xx-|-------------------------|
|-x-xx-x-x-xx-x-x-xx-x-xx-|-------------------------|
|-x-xx-x-x-xx-x-x-xx-x-xx-|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
 +OOOO00+++++++0000000+++

Guitar 1 contd.
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------( x3 )----------|---10-10-10-10-10-10-10\-|
|-------------------------|---10-10-10-10-10-10-10\-|
|--------3------5---------|-------------------------|
|-3-5x-----5x-----3---3-4-|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|

Guitar 2 contd.
|---------( x7 )----------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|---10-10-10-10-10-10-10\-|
|-x-xx-x-x-xx-x-x-xx-x-xx-|---10-10-10-10-10-10-10\-|
|-x-xx-x-x-xx-x-x-xx-x-xx-|-------------------------|
|-x-xx-x-x-xx-x-x-xx-x-xx-|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
 +OOOO00+++++++0000000+++

Guitar 1 contd.
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------( x3 )----------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------3------5---------|-------------------------|
|-3-5x-----5x-----3---3-4-|-3-5---------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|

Guitar 2 contd.
|---------( x3 )----------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-x-xx-x-x-xx-x-x-xx-x----|-------------------------|
|-x-xx-x-x-xx-x-x-xx-x----|-------------------------|
|-x-xx-x-x-xx-x-x-xx-x----|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
 +OOOO00+++++++0000000+++

Interlude
Guitar 1 – use wah, maybe a Boss auto-wah to make life easy.
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-77777777-7777991010-1212101099-55555555-55555555991010-77777777-77777777-|
|-xxxxxxxx-xxxxxx-x-x--x-x-x-xxx-xxxxxxxx-xxxxxxxxxx-x-x-xxxxxxxx-xxxxxxxx-|
|-55555555-555577-8-8-1010-8-877-33333333-3333333377-8-8-55555555-55555555-|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Guitar 2 – Play quietly with distortion
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------2~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~------------------2~~~~~-------------------|
|-5~~~~~~~~~~~~-2~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-3~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-2~~~~~-5~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|
|-5~~~~~~~~~~~~-0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-3~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-0~~~~~-5~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|
|-5~~~~~~~~~~~~------------------3~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~--------5~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|

Guitar 1 contd.
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-77777777-7777991010-1212101099-55555555-55555555991010-77777777-|
|-xxxxxxxx-xxxxxx-x-x--x-x-x-xxx-xxxxxxxx-xxxxxxxxxx-x-x-xxxxxxxx-|
|-55555555-555577-8-8-1010-8-877-33333333-3333333377-8-8-55555555-|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

Both Guitars – heavy distortion
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|---------0~~~~~~---------3~~~~~~---------0~~~~~~-|
|-6535035-0~~~~~~-6535035-3~~~~~~-6535035-0~~~~~~-|
|-6535035-0~~~~~~-6535035-3~~~~~~-6535035-0~~~~~~-|
pm_______         _______         _______

contd.
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|-6535035--6535035--6535035--6535035-06535035-06535035-06535035-06535035-06535035-
|-6535035--6535035--6535035--6535035-06535035-06535035-06535035-06535035-06535035-
pm________________________________________________________gradually release_____

contd.
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|-06535035-06535035-06535035-|
|-06535035-06535035-06535035-|

Guitar 1 – light distortion
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-| x4
|-----------------------------|
pm___________________________

Both Guitars – light distortion
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-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-| x4
|-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-|
pm___________________________

Guitar 1
|-----------------------------|           
|-----------------------------|
|-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7-|
|-x-x-x-x--x-x-x-x-x--x-x-x-x-|
|-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-|  x8
|-----------------------------|

Guitar 2
|-slightly bend the 6 then----|
|-fully bend it to a 7--------|
|-----------------------------|
|-666666666666b(777777777777)-|
|-----------------------------|  x8
|-----------------------------|

Both Guitars
|-10---10--10---10---10--10--10---10~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|
|-13b--13b-13b--13b--13b-13b-13b--13bslowly release~-|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|

Guitar 1 – distortion
|----------------------------------------|      |---------|
|----------------------------------------|      |---------|
|------play with distortion--------------|      |---------|
|----------------------------------------|      |---------|
|0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-------------|  x4  |-0~~~~~~-|
|0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-------------|      |-0~~~~~~-|

Guitar 2 – quiet and clean
|----------------------------------------|      |---------|
|-----------------0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|      |---------|
|-----------------0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|      |---------|
|-----------------2~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|      |---------|
|-----------------3~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|  x4  |---------|
|----------------------------------------|      |---------|

Both Guitars - distortion
|---10--10-10--10--10-10-10--10-\|
|---13b-13b13b-13b-13b13b13b-13b\|
|-------12b12b-----------12b-----|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|

Main Riff Variation 2 - distorted
Both Guitars
|--------------------------|-----------------------|
|---------( x3 )-----------|-----------------------|
|--------------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------------------|-----------------------|
|------3---2h3---3h5-0-3h2-|-----3---5h7-7h8-8h10--|
|-0-00---0-----0-3h5-0-3h2-|-0-00---0----0---0-----|

|--------------------------|
|---------( x4 )-----------|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|------3---2h3---3h5-0-3h2-|
|-0-00---0-----0-3h5-0-3h2-|

Solo
Guitar 1 – plays crazy solo, I guess its played around fret 11 and 17/19 on the B and E strings, sometimes on the G, also using alot of reverb!
Guitar 2 – sometimes doubles up with guitar 1 mainly silent.

End On
Both Guitars
|-----------|
|-----------|
|-----------|
|-0~~~~~~~~-|
|-0~~~~~~~~-|
|-0~~~~~~~~-|

This has been a O'Neill production
            
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