• Song:

    Wake Up

  • Artist:

    Rage Against The Machine

  • Album:

    Year of the Boomerang

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Wake Up
by Rage Against the Machine
off the album 'Rage Against the Machine'

key:
-(under note)-palm mute
x-mute with left hand
/-slide

Intro (there are 2 guitars playing during this part):

Guitar 1 (move the whammy bar up and down):
-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
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Guitar 2:
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-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-5-------------------------------------|
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Main Riff (with flanger):
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Verse Riff (with wah-wah):
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-3-3-x-x-4-4-x-x-1-1-x-x-0-0-x-x-0-x-x-x-2-3--------------------------------|
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Solo 1 (with wah-wah and killswitch):
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Bridge 1:
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 - - -  - - -    - - -  - - -   - - -  - - -    - - -  - - -   - - -  - - -

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0--0-0-0--0-0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0-0--5-5-5--5-5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5-5--5-5-5--5-|
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-  - - -  - - - -  - - -  - - - -  - - -  - - - -  - - -  - - - -  - - -  -

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Bridge 2 (gradually release palm mute):
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Bridge 3 (let each note ring out):
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Solo 2 (with whammy pedal set to 'detune' and whammy bar):
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