Artist: Rage Against The Machine Song: People Of The Sun Album: Evil Empire (1996) Tabbed by: 9natedawg Guitar I Standard Tuning (EADGBe) Almost all of this song is played by holding an allen wrench in your left hand and rubbing it against the strings. You have to be careful not to press the wrench against the neck. You have to hold it lightly above the string kinda like when you play a harmonic. /-slide up w/allen wrench \-slide down w/allen wrench Intro and Verse 1: (Semi-Heavy Distortion) Riff 1 x8 Riff 2 x32 Riff 1 Guitar I e|-------------------------| B|-------------------------| G|-------------------------| D|-------------------------| A|--2-/-3-\-2-/-3-\-2-\-0--| E|-------------------------| Riff 2 Guitar I e|-------------------------| B|-------------------------| G|-------------------------| D|-------------------------| A|--2-/-3-\-2-/-3-\-0--*0--| E|-------------------------| *lightly tap note with both your allen wrench and four fingers on your right hand. Chorus 1: (Semi-Heavy Distortion) Riff 3 x8 Riff 3 Guitar I e|-----------------------------------| B|-----------------------------------| G|-----------------------------------| D|-----------------------------------| A|-----------------------------------| E|--1-/-3-\-1-/-3-\-1-/-3-\-1-/-3-\--| e|------------------------------------------| B|------------------------------------------| G|------------------------------------------| D|------------------------------------------| A|------------------------------------------| E|--1-/-3-\-1-/-3-\-1-/-3-\-1-/-3-*h1-*h3~--| *Don?t pick these notes!^^^^^^^ Verse 2: (Semi-Heavy Distortion) Riff 2 x8 Riff 4 x8 (picked) Riff 4 Guitar I e|---------0x/--| B|---------0x/--| G|---------0x/--| D|--*0^0---0x/--| A|--------------| E|--------------| *You can use your whammy bar to bend this note upward OR you can bend the string behind the nut. Chorus 2: (Semi-Heavy Distortion) Riff 3 x8 Riff 1 x2 Riff 3 x8 Legend: ------------ h-hammer-on p-pull-off b-bend r-release s-slide x-muted or "dead" note ~-vibrato *-harmonic \\-pick slide down //-pick slide up PM-palm mute PH-pick harmonic AH-artificial harmonic ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Artist: Rage Against The Machine Song: People Of The Sun Album: Evil Empire (1996) Tabbed by: 9natedawg Guitar I Standard Tuning (EADGBe) Here the updated version that I found more useful (this is the way Tom actually plays it). You play the same notes, but you use your pick to scratch the notes that you hammer on (scratch mostly near the neck). I also realized I described everything from a right-handed persons point of view, so I fixed all that, too. Sorry lefty-s. :) Intro and Verse 1: (Semi-Heavy Distortion) Riff 1 x8 Riff 2 x32 Riff 1 Guitar I e|-------------------------| B|-------------------------| G|-------------------------| D|-------------------------| A|--2-/-3-\-2-/-3-\-2-\-0--| E|-------------------------| Riff 2 Guitar I e|-------------------------| B|-------------------------| G|-------------------------| D|-------------------------| A|--2-/-3-\-2-/-3-\-0--*0--| E|-------------------------| *lightly tap note with both your pick and four fingers on your playing hand. Chorus 1: (Semi-Heavy Distortion) Riff 3 x8 Riff 3 Guitar I e|-----------------------------------| B|-----------------------------------| G|-----------------------------------| D|-----------------------------------| A|-----------------------------------| E|--1-/-3-\-1-/-3-\-1-/-3-\-1-/-3-\--| e|----------------------------------------| B|----------------------------------------| G|----------------------------------------| D|----------------------------------------| A|----------------------------------------| E|--1-/-3-\-1-/-3-\-1-/-3-\-1-/-3-*1-*3~--| *Don?t pick these notes! ^^ ^^ Verse 2: (Semi-Heavy Distortion) Riff 2 x8 Riff 4 x8 (picked) Riff 4 Guitar I e|--------#0/--| B|--------#0/--| G|--------#0/--| D|--#0^0--#0/--| A|-------------| E|-------------| #1- You can use your whammy to bend this note upwards OR bend it behind the nut. #2-There is a lot of stuff going on here: -You mutes the note before and lets go when its time for the chord -You slide your picking hand up the neck w/ your fingernails on those 4 strings really fast. Chorus 2: (Semi-Heavy Distortion) Riff 3 x8 Riff 1 x2 Riff 3 x8 Legend: ------------ h-hammer-on p-pull-off b-bend r-release s-slide t-tap x-muted or "dead" note ~-vibrato *-harmonic \\-pick slide down //-pick slide up /-random slide down \random slide up PM-palm mute PH-pick harmonic TH-tapped harmonic AH-artificial harmonic Questions? Comments? 9natedawg@gmail.com