Author/Artist: Rage Against The Machine Title: Take The Power Back Album: Self-Titled Transcribed by: Tim Herscovitch Email: tim@nextgenhq.com DADGBE Tuning (Drop D) My guitar teacher takes most of the credit for this one! Couldn't have done 70% of this without him! I'd never heard of picking a note behind the nut before... 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Main Riff ---------- e|----------------------------------|-------------------------------------------| B|----------------------------------|-------------------------------------------| G|----------------------------------|-------------------------------------------| D|-------------3-----------3--------|-------------------------------------------| A|-------3h5-x---x-x-3h5-x----------|--------15-15-15-15-15-15-----------------| D|---0-0----------------------------|--0-0---15-15-15-15-15-15-----------------| trem pick slow slide Verses ------- e|----------------x-x-x---------------|-----------------------------------------| B|----------------x-x-x---------------|-----------------------------------------| G|------7-7-7-7---x-x-x--5--7-7-7-7---|-----------------------------------------| D|------x-x-x-x---x-x-x--x--x-x-x-x---|-----------------------------------------| A|------5-5-5-5----------3--5-5-5-5---|--15-15-15-15-15-15-15------------------| D|---0--------------------------------|--15-15-15-15-15-15-15------------------| trem pick slow slide Chorus ------- e|-------------------------x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x----|------------------|----------| B|-------------------9b----x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x----|------------------|----------| G|-----10------------9b----x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x----|------------------|----------| D|-----10-----10-----------x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x----|------------x-----|----------| A|-----12-----10----------------------------------|------------^-----|--12-----| D|--0-------0-----0-------------------------------|---0---0----------|--12-----| pick behind nut Solo ----- e|------------------------------------------------------------------------------ B|--13b14--13b14--13b14-13b14----13b14--13b14---13b14-13b14--13b14-13b14-------- G|--12b13---------12b13-12b13-------------------12b13-12b13--------------------- D|------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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A|------------------------------------------------------------------------------ D|------------------------------------------------------------------------------ pm........................ e|------13-17-15--13-12-13p12----------------13--------------------------------- B|----------------------------15-13-15-14-15----15--15b16--13h15---------------- G|------------------------------------------------------------------------------ D|--/14------------------------------------------------------------------------- A|------------------------------------------------------------------------------ D|------------------------------------------------------------------------------ e|--------15-17-15----------15-17-15----------15-17-15----------15-17-19b------- B|--17-18----------18-17-18----------18-17-18----------18-17-18----------------- G|------------------------------------------------------------------------------ D|------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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A|------------------------------------------------------------------------------ D|------------------------------------------------------------------------------ e|--------x-x-------------------------------------------------------x-x--------- B|--------x-x-------------------------------------------------------x-x--------- G|--------x-x--------------10-10----10-10/12-12-12----10h12--12-10--x-x--------- D|-10h12--x-x--------------10-10----10-10/12-12-12----10h12--12-10--x-x--------- A|-10h12-------8h10------------------------------------------------------------- D|------------------10/12------------------------------------------------------- e|------------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|------------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|---------------------21-21-21-21-21-21---------------------------------------| D|--9--8--7--6--6/-----20-20-20-20-20-20---------------------------------------| A|--9--8--7--6--6/--------------------------------------------------------------| D|------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Breakdown ---------- e|-----------------------|------------------------------|-----------------------| B|-----------------------|------------------------------|-----------------------| G|-----------------------|---3----5----6----8----8------|------7----------------| D|----7--6--5--------5---|---5b7--7b9--8b10-10b--10b----|---0--7----------------| A|----5--4--3--3--5--3---|------------------------------|---0--5----------------| D|-------------3--5------|------------------------------|---0--0----------------| 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-------------------------------| D|------------------------------------------------------------------------------| This part is clean e|------------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|------------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|--7--6--5---x--x---7--6--5---x--x---7--6--5--x--5--x--5-5-5-5-5---------------| D|--7--6--5---x--x---7--6--5---x--x---7--6--5--x--5--x--5-5-5-5-5---------------| A|--5--4--3---x--x---5--4--3---x--x---5--4--3--x--3--x--3-3-3-3-3---------------| D|------------------------------------------------------------------------------| e|------------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|--6------6-------------------------------------------------------------------| G|--5------5-------------------------------------------------------------------| D|--7------7-------------------------------------------------------------------| A|--5------5-------------------------------------------------------------------| D|------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Peace -Tim