• Song:

    Killing In The Name

  • Artist:

    Rage Against The Machine

  • Album:

    1991-10-23: Cal State N...

Artist Related tabs and Sheet Music

Rage Against The Machine-
Killing In The Name

Hey fellow guitarists and RATM fans,here's my version of Killing In The Name

You wanna down tune the low E stinr to a D on this one

^=bend half step and release

Intro-

e|------------------
B|-3----3----3----3-
G|-2----2----2----2-
D|-0----0----0----0-
A|-0----0----0----0-
D|-0----0----0----0-

Then comes the bass.But you can also do it guitar if you don't have a bass.

(I'm not sure how many times this goes on so listen to the cd)
A|-0-0-0-------0-0-0-------0-0-0-
D|-------6-6-6-------6-6-6-------

Then-
e|--------------------------------------------
B|--------------------------------------------
G|----------------11-12-----------------11-12-
D|----------11-12----------------11-12--------
A|--------------------------------------------
D|-0-0---0--------------0-0---0---------------

Do that about 4x then this-
e|---------------------
B|---------------------
G|-----------------^12-
D|----------11-12------
A|---------------------
D|-0-0---0-------------

D|----------------------------------------------------
A|--------6-6-6---------6-6-6---------6-6-6---------6-
D|-0-0-0---------0-0-0---------0-0-0---------0-0-0----

Killing in the name of!

Verse-
D|---------3/4------------
A|-0--3/5-------5--0-2-3-2
D|-0---------------0-2-3-2 (Just repeat this during the verse)
                                                  
D|------------9------------8------------7---------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-
A|----3/5-x---------3/5-x--------3/5-x-----0-2-3-2|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-
D|-0-------------0------------0------------0-2-3-2|-----------------
                                                  (You do this after the second time)

Pre Chorus-
e|------------------------------------------------
B|------------------------------------------------
G|-7-7---7--------------------------------7-7---7-
D|------------------------------------------------
A|-5-5---5--------------------------------5-5---5-
D|------------------------------------------------
           Now you do what they told ya ......................
There are a couple of little parts that he adds to this part so listen to the song for the changes.(When I say "this part",I mean the the part above(pre chorus))

Chorus-
e|-----------------------
B|-----------------------
G|-7-7-x-7----7----------
D|-----x-----------------
A|-5-5-x-5----5--0-3-5-3-
D|---------------0-3-5---

Just keep doing that through the chorus.Then back to the chorus and pre chorus

Guitar Solo-If your one of those people,like me,who can't really do solo's yet,then you might want to skip this part.But if you can,here it goes.-

e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
G|-17-----------14-14-14-14-----------12-12-12-12-----------10-10-10-10--------
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
A|-----15-15-15--------------12-12-12--------------10-10-10--------------8-8-8-
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

e|--------------------------------------------------
B|--------------------------------------------------
G|-7-7-7-------5-5-5----------/14//\//////--
D|----------------------3---5-----------------------
A|-------5-5-5--------3---5-------------------------
D|--------------------------------------------------

e|------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G|-17-17-17-17-------------14-14-14-14----------12-12-12-12---------10-10-10-10-
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A|-------------15-15-15-15-------------12-12-12-------------10-10-10------------
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------------

e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B|--------------------------------------------------10////-------10//////--
G|-----------7-7-7--------5--------7/////---------------------------------------
D|-------0---------------------------------------10------------10--------------------
A|-0-0-0------------5-5-5----3-3-3------------12------------------12-----------------
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

e|----------------------------------------------------------------------
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------
G|--------------------------19////----21////----13////------
D|-------------------------------------0/------------0/-----------------
A|-10////--10/1210/12----------------------------------------------
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------

The big finish-

e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G|-7---9---10---12---14----15---17---/19-19-19-1919-19-19-19/19-19-19-1919-19-19-19
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A|-5---7----8---10---12----13---15---/17-17-17-1717-17-17-17/17-17-17-1717-17-17-17
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  24x  24x  24x  24x  24x  24x  24x

e|-----------------------
B|-----------------------
G|-7-7-x-7---7-----------
D|-----x-----------------
A|-5-5-x-5---5---0-3-5-3-
D|---------------0-3-5---

e|-5-5-x-x-5-5-5-5-x-x-5-5-5-5-
B|-6-6-x-x-6-6-6-6-x-x-6-6-6-6-
G|-5-5-x-x-5-5-5-5-x-x-5-5-5-5-
D|-7-7-x-x-7-7-7-7-x-x-7-7-7-7-
A|-5-5-x-x-5-5-5-5-x-x-5-5-5-5-
D|-----------------------------

e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-----------------------------------
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--------6-6-6///-----------------
D|--------------------------------------------------0-0-0----------------------------

Well that's about it.I basically gave you all the parts you need to know.Now it's your job to putit together and make it sound right.Any corrections ,requests,or comments are welcomed and appreciated.Just E-mail me at Evielempire@aol.com

If you liked this tab,look for the next songs I am tabing(Freedom,Bombtrack,Know your enemy,...)
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