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Wake Up. Guitar Tablature
Rage Against the Machine
Wake Up
antcrabs

Thanks for your comments, particularly that post from one simple minded fool... There are TWO guitar parts because Morello double tracks, you moron. Try actually listening to the song...

Drop-D tuning.

intro. open up the volume on this chord:
E|---------------
B|---------------
G|-------7-------
D|-------x-------
A|-------5-------
D|---------------

1st guitar strums this chord, u know how it goes...
E|-------------------------------------
B|-------------------------------------
G|---7--7--7--7-----7--7--7--7--7------
D|---x--x--x--x-----x--x--x--x--x------
A|---5--5--5--5-----5--5--5--5--5------etc etc
D|-------------------------------------

The 2ND guitar plays this over the top using a lot of tremolo:
E|------------|------------|------------|------------
B|------------|------------|------------|------------
G|-----13-----|-----14-----|-----13-----|-----14-----
D|-----x------|-----x------|-----x------|-----x------
A|-----11-----|-----12-----|-----11-----|-----12-----
D|------------|------------|------------|------------


Breakdown
E|-------------
B|-------------
G|-------------
D|----0--------
A|----0--------  
D|----0--------

Guitar TWO in background:

E|----------------
B|---1------------
G|---0------------
D|---2-------0----
A|---3-------0----   Crank up the volume  
D|-----------0----

fully bend everything in brackets
E|------10---------10---------10---------10---------10---------10---------10--------
B|--13h(15)----13h(15)----13h(15)----13h(15)----13h(15)----13h(15)----13h(15)-------
G|-------------13h(14)----13h(14)-------------------------------------13h(14)-------
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------------14-

Main riff played mostly on D string - sounds more 'bassy'
E|-------------------------------------------------------
B|-------------------------------------------------------
G|-------------------------------------------------------
D|------------------------------------------------------- x3
A|-------------------------------3-h5------3-2----------
D|---0---0--0---10---0--9h10--0--3-h5---0--3-2----------


E|-------------------------------------------------------
B|-------------------------------------------------------
G|-------------------------------------------------------
D|-------------------------------------------------------
A|------------------------------------------------------- x1
D|---0---0--0---10---0--12h14--0--14h15--0--15h17--------


Transition to verse:
E|--------------------------------------------------------
B|--------------15---15--15--15--15--15--15--15--15--15--
G|--------------------------------------------------------
D|--------------12---12--12--12--12--12--12--12--12--12--
A|--------------------------------------------------------
D|---0---0--0---------------------------------------------

verse:
E|-------------------------------
B|-------------------------------
G|-------------------------------
D|-----------3-------5-----------
A|---3--5-x-----5--x----3--3--4--
D|-------------------------------

Guitar TWO with wah peddle throught verse:

E|-----------x-x-x---------x-x---------
B|---x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x---------
G|---x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x---------
D|---x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x---------
A|---x-x-x-x-------x-x-x-x------------
D|-------------------------------------

Guitar ONE:

one of the fills during the verse:
E|-------------------------------------
B|-------------------------------------
G|----10--10--10--10--10--10--10------
D|----10--10--10--10--10--10--10------
A|-----8---8---8---8---8---8---8------
D|-------------------------------------

Guitar TWO with wah:

E|-------------------------------------
B|-------------------------------------
G|-----x--x--x--x---10----------------
D|-----x--x--x--x---10----------------  x3
A|-----x--x--x--x----------------------
D|-------------------------------------

Chorus
Verse

This part played in 2nd verse
E|-------------------------------------------------------
B|-------------------------------------------------------
G|-------------------------------------------------------
D|-------------3--3--5-----5--5--6-----3--3---5---------
A|-----3--5---------------------------------------3-----
D|-------------------------------------------------------


Solo- the strumming pattern is pretty easy to work out
E|----------------------------------------------------------
B|----------------------------------------------------------
G|------7----9--10---12-----10---9---5-------9-10--7--------
D|------x----x---x----x------x---x---x-------x--x--x--------
A|------5----7---8---10------8---7---3-------7--8--5--------
D|----------------------------------------------------------


E|--------------------------------
B|--------------------------------
G|--------------------------------
D|----6--6--3--5--0--3--5----0----
A|----6--6--3--5--0--3--5----0----
D|----6--6--3--5--0--3--5----0----
      |_______PM_________|

E|--------------------------------
B|--------------------------------
G|--------------------------------
D|----6--6--3--5--0--3--5----3----
A|----6--6--3--5--0--3--5----3----
D|----6--6--3--5--0--3--5----3----
      |_______PM_________|

E|--------------------------------
B|--------------------------------
G|--------------------------------
D|----6--6--3--5--0--3--5----0----
A|----6--6--3--5--0--3--5----0----
D|----6--6--3--5--0--3--5----0----
      |_______PM_________|

E|---------------------------
B|---------------------------
G|---------------------------
D|----5--5--3--3--0--3--5----
A|----5--5--3--3--0--3--5----   After a while stop palm muting and play it open
D|----5--5--3--3--0--3--5----
      |_______PM_________|


Palm Mute:
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------
A|---5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------

E|---------------------------------------------------------------------
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------
D|---7-7-7-7---7-7-7-7-7---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-
A|---5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------
 
I think I heard a shot!!
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--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-
D|---x-x-x-x---x-x-x-x-x---x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x--x-x-x-x-x--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-
A|---5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------

D|------10^---10^----10^----10^----10^--10^--10v--------------------------------
A|------15^---15^----15^----15^----15^--15^--15v--------------------------------
G|------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Guitar where Zack is talking:

E|---------------
B|-----------1---
G|-----------0---
D|---0-------2---
A|---0-------3---  repeats
D|---0-----------


E|-----------
B|-----------
G|-----------
D|---0-------
A|---0------- Turn up volume again    
D|---0-------


E|------10---------10---------10---------10---------10---------10---------10----
B|--13h(15)----13h(15)----13h(15)----13h(15)----13h(15)----13h(15)----13h(15)---
G|-------------13h(14)----13h(14)-------------------------------------13h(14)---
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------------

"WAKE UP!!!"

E|-------------------------------------------------------
B|-------------------------------------------------------
G|-------------------------------------------------------
D|------------------------------------------------------- x3
A|-------------------------------3-h5------3-2----------
D|---0---0--0---10---0--9h10--0--3-h5---0--3-2----------

Second solo... you're on your own for that one
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