Take The Power Back

Album: Rage Against The Machine Tuning: Drop D Pedals: Below Tabbed By: John Barrington Intro No Distortion For The First 4 bars, just do a lot of pick sliding really slowly, and scratching on the lower strings. For the next 4 bars, pick really fast moving finger along string, sounding harmonics without fretting. e|-12-13-14-15-16-17-18-19-20-21-22-23-24-| B|----------------------------------------| G|----------------------------------------| D|----------------------------------------| A|----------------------------------------| D|----------------------------------------| Hit Distortion Play the first note and slowly slide your finger down the fret. e|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------| B|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------| G|-11---sl-1----|-10------1----|-9------1-----|-8------1-----| D|-11---sl-1----|-10---sl-1----|-9---sl-1-----|-8---sl-1-----| A|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------| D|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------| Theme Riff This is the signature riff of the song, if you can't pull off the scratched notes, it doesn't really matter, it's just to keep time. e|---------------------------|--------------| B|---------------------------|--------------| G|---------------------------|--------------| D|-----------x-3p0-------3---|--------------|Make sure the end slide fits A|-0-0-x-3h5-------x-3h5-----|-0-0--12-sl-1-|in time with the rest of the D|-0-0-----------------------|-0-0--12-sl-1-|bar, let sustain fade.              Play riff thrice Verse Riff Note . means staccato, stab notes and release quickly.   e|------------------|------------------------------|-----10-10-10-sl-6-| B|------------------|------------------------------|-----xx-xx-xx-xx-x-| G|-7-7-7-7-x-7-xx-5-|-7----------------------------|-7-7-07-07-07-sl-3-| D|-x-x-x-x-x-x-xx-x-|-x---------Make-sure-the-end--|-x-x---------------| A|-5-5-5-5-x-5-xx-3-|-5-12-sl-1-slide-fits-in-with-|-5-5-Pick these 3--| D|-.-.-.-.----------|-.-12-sl-1-the-rest-of-the-bar|----chords-quickly-|    Play thrice                                         End verse with this Chorus e|------------------------fast-scratching-|------------------------------| B|------------------------x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|-----------------------14--14-| G|------------------------x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|-----------------------hit-on-| D|---12-12---10-10-12b15--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|---12-12---10-10-12b15-offbeat| A|-0-12-12---10-10-12b15--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|-0-12-12---10-10-12b15--------| D|-0-------0------------------------------|-0-------0--------------------| e|------------------------fast-scratching-|---------------| B|------------------------x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|-----------5---| G|------------------------x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|-----------5---| D|---12-12---10-10-12b15--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|---12-12---5---| A|-0-12-12---10-10-12b15--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|-0-12-12---3---| D|-0-------0------------------------------|-0-------0-----| Solo Just before the solo, play a semi-palm muted version of the theme riff, or play it in this position e|-----------------------------|--------------| B|-----------------------------|--------------| G|-----------------------------|--------------| D|-----------------------------|--------------|Make sure slide is A|-0-0-------x-8p0-x-------8---|-0-0--12-sl-1-|in time with the D|-0-0-10h12-x-----x-10h12-----|-0-0--12-sl-1-|rest of the bar p.m|----------|    |------|           Play thrice e|--------10--------10--------10--------10----------10--------10-10--10--| B|-11b15------11b15----11b15------11b15------11b15------11b15----11b-11b-| G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------| D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------| A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------| D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------| e|-------10-------------------10-------------------------------------| B|-11b15----13-11-10--10h11h13--h13p11p10----------------------------| G|---------------------------------------12p10p9h10p9h10p9h10p9h10p9-| D|-----------------------------------------------^trill--------------| A|-------------------------------------------------------------------| D|-------------------------------------------------------------------|    Really rapid picking e|----------------------------------------------15-17-| B|-------------------------------------15-17-18-------| G|----------14----------------14-15-17----------------| D|-14-15-17----17-15-14-15-17-------------------------| A|----------------------------------------------------| D|----------------------------------------------------| e|-17-15-----------------------------------| B|-------18-17-18-17-15----15----15-18-15~-| G|----------------------17----17-----------| D|-----------------------------------------| A|-----------------------------------------| D|-----------------------------------------|   Really rapid picking e|-------------15----------------15----------------15-17-15----------| B|----15-17-18----18-17-15-17-18----18-17-15-17-18----------18-17-15-| G|-17----------------------------------------------------------------| D|-------------------------------------------------------------------| A|-------------------------------------------------------------------| D|-------------------------------------------------------------------|   Really rapid picking    Slower, yet still rapid picking e|--------------------------------------------------------| B|--------------------------------------------------10-11-| G|-17-15-14---------------------------------9-10-12-------| D|----------17-15-14------------------10-12---------------| A|-------------------17---12-13-12-13---------------------| D|--------------------------------------------------------|   e|----------------------17sl21-17-------------------------------------| B|-------------17-15--------------18----------------------------------| G|-sl-17-15-14-------15--------------17-16-17p16h17p16h17p16h17p16h17-| D|--------------------------------------------------------------------| A|--------------------------------------------------------------------| D|--------------------------------------------------------------------| Instrumental Part 1 Besides the stabbed chords, these are strummed. e|-10-10-12-12-x-10------------|---------------------------------| B|-10-10-12-12-x-10-x----------|-10-10-10-10-12-12-10-x----------| G|-10-10-12-12-x-10-x----------|-10-10-10-10-12-12-10-x----------| D|--.--.------------x----------|-10-10-10-10-12-12-10-x----------| A|------------------x-------8~-|----------------------x-------8~-| D|--------------------10h12----|------------------------10h12----| e|-10-10-12-12-x-10------------|----------------x-18-18-18-| B|-10-10-12-12-x-10-x----------|-12-11-10-9-8-7-x-18-18-18-| G|-10-10-12-12-x-10-x----------|-12-11-10-9-8-7-x-18-18-18-| D|--.--.------------x----------|-12-11-10-9-8-7-x----------| A|------------------x-------8~-|---------------------------| D|--------------------10h12----|---------------------------| Part 2 e|---------------|-3---5---6----8-----8-----|-------------| B|---------------|-3---5---6----8-----8-----|-------------| G|---------------|-5b7-7b9-8b10-10b12-10b12-|-------------| D|-----------5---|--------------------------|-----------5-| A|-5-4-3-3-5-3---|--------------------------|-5-4-3-3-5-3-| D|-------3-5-----|--------------------------|-------3-5---|    Play Twice       Play Twice                Play Twice Verse 3 Hit two strong low D chords every so often, then plays theme riff backing the vocals. Bridge Turn volume control down to almost off, so it sounds clean when played soft. e|-------------------------------------| B|-------------------------------------| G|-------------------------------------| D|--2--2--2--3--3--3--5--5--5--3--3--3-| A|-3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--| E|-------------------------------------| On the 4th time stop early and crank up the volume so the distortion sound grows in gain. Ending                              D Db C x3 C C e|--------------------------------|----------------------| B|--------------------------------|----------------------| G|-7-6-5--7-6-5--7-6-5--5-5-5-5-5-|--------------5-5b7-5-| D|-7-6-5--7-6-5--7-6-5--5-5-5-5-5-|----------------------| A|-5-4-3--5-4-3--5-4-3--3-3-3-3-3-|----------------------| E|--------------------------------|----------------------|     Play 4 times   e|--------------------------------|----------------------| B|--------------------------------|----------------------| G|-7-6-5--7-6-5--7-6-5--5-5-5-5-5-|-10---10-10-----------| D|-7-6-5--7-6-5--7-6-5--5-5-5-5-5-|-xx---xx-xx-----------| A|-5-4-3--5-4-3--5-4-3--3-3-3-3-3-|-08---08-08-slide-out-| E|--------------------------------|----------------------| That's it!