Song: Freedom
Band: Rage Against The Machine
Album: Rage Against The Machine, Testify
Tuning - Drop D
Transcribed by: Martin Szudek (Pollution14@aol.com)
Legend:
^ - pull down
* - natural harmonics
. - palm muting
Intro:
The pulls are about 1/4
|-------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------xxx-------
|-5-0----3^--------5-5-----5-0----3^--------5-xxx-------
|-----3-5--5-3-5-3-----0-3-----3-5--5-3-5-3---xxx-------
Last 6 notes which are triplets here.
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|-------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------5-4-3-------
|-5-0----3^--------5-5-----5-0----3^--------------5-4-3-
|-----3-5--5-3-5-3-----0-3-----3-5--5-3-5-3-------------
. . . . . .
|-------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------12*h12//5-
|-5-0----3^--------5-5-----5-0----3^--------5-12*h12//5-
|-----3-5--5-3-5-3-----0-3-----3-5--5-3-5-3-------------
|-------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------
|-5-0----3^--------5-5-----5-0----3^--------5-----------
|-----3-5--5-3-5-3-----0-3-----3-5--5-3-5-3-------------
Verse:
This part is a little tricky: the chord is lightly palm-muted, the 0's are heavily palm-muted, and the x's are just pick scratches.
|-5----5-5---55---5----55-----------
|-5----5-5---55---5----55-----------
|-7----7-7---77---7----77---7-5-77--
|-7----7-7---77-x-7----77---5-3-55--
|---00-----0----x---00----0---------
|---00-----0----x---00----0---------
|-(5)----------------|
|-(5)----------------|
|-(7)-Volume-Swell---|
|-(7)----------------|
|-(0)----------------|
|-(0)----------------|
Two guitar parts here: Also use volume swell
Gtr1 is right channel Gtr2 is left channel
Also light tremolo
|--------------------|
|--Gtr1--Gtr2--------|
|--7-----5-----------|
|--5-----3-----------|
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|-----------------|------------------|----------------------------|
|-----------------|------------------|----------------------------|
|-----------------|------------------|----------------------------|
|-----------------|-2222-4-4-2---2-4-|-10101010-12-12-10----10-12-|
|-3333-5-5-3-0-3-5|-3333-5-5-3-0-3-5-|-------------------12-------|
|-----------------|------------------|----------------------------|
Solo: Use light vibrato
|------------------------------------
|------------------------------------
|-------10v------10/9v---------------
|-/12--------------------------------
|------------------------------------
|------------------------------------
|------------------------------------
|-----------------------6--6^--------
|------5^----------5h7--------7v-----
|-5h7----------5h7-------------------
|------------------------------------
|------------------------------------
|------------------------------------
|------------------------------------
|-----10v-----10/12-14/15-1412-109-
|-/12--------------------------------
|------------------------------------
|------------------------------------
|-1213-12---1213-12----12131517-17-1513-1513-------
|--------13--------13------------------------15-15-
|--------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------------
|----------------12-10-12-10-12---10-9-10-9-10----------------3-------
|-10-8-10-8-10---10-8--10-8--10---8--7-8--7-8----5-3-5-3-5-3-53-------
|-10-8-10-8-10-----------------------------------5-3-5-3-5-3-53-------
For second verse, slide the chord up after a while
Ending: Repeat these alot
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------5-6-7-|-----------------|
|-0-3-4-5/7-------|---------2-5-6-7-|
|-----------------|-0-3-4-5-0-3-4-5-|
|-----------------|-0-3-4-5---------|
On the single notes, Bass comes in after 4 repetitions
End on this chord, and repeat to the rhythm
|-0-|
|-3-|
|-2-|
|-0-|
|-0-|
|-0-|
*NOTES FOR LIVE VERSION*
This is the one found on the Testify single
In the live version, Tom plays these excerpts from Township Rebellion:
3 times 1 time then the rest
Riff1a Riff1b Riff1c
|---------------|---------------------------|---------------------|
|---------------|---------------------------|---------------------|
|---------------|---------------------------|---------------------|
|---------------|---------------------------|---------------------|
|-3h5-5-5-------|-3h5-5-5-------------------|--3h5-5-5--------3-5-|
|---------0--00-|---------0--00--0-000-0-00-|----------0--00--3-5-|
Then this:
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-3-5-5-5-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-33-55-|
|---------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-33-55-|
. . . . . . . . . . . . .. ..
End with Riff1c again.
Also, Tom uses a phaser on the second verse of the live version and the solo
is a little different, while i didnt tab out all of it this is the ending:
E|-12-13-12-----12-13-12----|
B|----------12-----------15-|
This is it. Send corrections, or congratulations to Pollution14@aol.com
