Rage Against the Machine
Born of a Broken Man
The Battle for Los Angeles

Tabbed by Me, Ultra Spike.


Tuning - Drop D (Low to High - DADGBE)


/ = Slide
b = Bend
X = Muted Note

Since this song has an important strumming pattern, I’ll include that too.

v = Down Stroke

^ = Up Stroke


Intro/Verse/Slow Part

--Note: Make sure you have distortion on. Now, on your guitar’s volume, turn
it down low, so it starts to sound clean. Then, when it’s time for the heavy
part, you turn up the volume to get that cool feedback that you hear during
the transition!-- 

|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-13-13-13-13-16-16-13-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-4-2-2-|
|--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--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-0-0-0-|
|--X--X--X--X--X--X--X--X--X--X--X--X--X--X--X--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-0-0-0-|
   v  v  ^  ^  v  v  v  ^  v  v  ^  ^  v  v  v  v  v  ^  ^  v  v  v  ^ v v v


Chorus/Really Friggin’ Heavy Part

--Remember Kids! Turn that volume up to let that distortion to ring out at
that beginning!--

|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|----------2-----------------------2-------|
|-0-5b-3-0-2-0-3-0-X-X-X-X-X-X-3-0-2-0-3-0-|
|-0----3-0-0-0-3-0-X-X-X-X-X-X-3-0-0-0-3-0-|
|-0----3-0---0-3-0-X-X-X-X-X-X-3-0---0-3-0-|
  v v  v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v  

Then...
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------2-----------------------------------------------|
|-0-5b-3-0-2-0-3-0-X-X-X-X-X-X-3-0-7b-7b-7b-7b-7b-7b-7b-7b-|
|-0----3-0-0-0-3-0-X-X-X-X-X-X-3-0-------------------------|
|-0----3-0---0-3-0-X-X-X-X-X-X-3-0-------------------------|
  v v  v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v  ^  v  ^  v  ^  v  ^

(Yes, they are all downstrokes. Thats one reason why it sounds so heavy.)


Bridge/Play as the outro too (x 3)

|------------------------|
|------------------------|
|-----------------5--5h7-|
|------------------------|
|------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--------|
  v v v v v v v v v  v

Then... (...on 4th run)
|---------------------|
|---------------------|
|-------------2-------|
|------5b-3-0-2-0-3-0-|
|---------3-0-0-0-3-0-|
|-0-0-----3-0---0-3-0-|
  v v  v  v v v v v v 

Then theres the second part of the bridge that goes like...
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-14-14-14-14-13-13-16-16-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-4-2-2-|
|--------------------------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-|
   v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v  ^  ^  v  v  v  ^ v v v

Drat! Another fill! Well, here you go.
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|---5b------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-0----3-0-7-0-3-0-X-X-X-X-X-X-3-0-7-0-3-0|  
  v v  v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v


I’m pretty sure this is correct, but hey, nobody’s perfect. Knock yourself
out. Literally. It’ll be funny. I promise.