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"born of a Broken Man" Guitar Tablature
Band-Rage Against The Machine
Song-“Born Of A Broken Man”
Album-Battle of Los Angeles
Guitarist-God (a.k.a. Tom Morello)

Drop D Tuning (Dadgbe)

Key
^ = Bend
h = Hammer

Play intro with clean tone and let ring. Remember to play slowly
and build up to the heavy chorus.

Intro  (Play with clean electric and lots of tone)

e|----------------------------------------------------------------|
b|----------------------------------------------------------------|
g|--14--14--14--14--14--14--14--14--14----13--13--13--13--13--13--|
d|---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0-----0---0---0---0---0---0--|
a|---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0-----0---0---0---0---0---0--|
D|---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0-----0---0---0---0---0---0--|


e|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
b|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
g|--16--16--16--16----12--12--12--12--12--12--12--12--12----4---3--3--|
d|---0---0---0---0-----0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0----0---0--0--|
a|---0---0---0---0-----0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0----0---0--0--|
D|---0---0---0---0-----0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0----0---0--0--|


Chorus   (Play with heavy ass distortion)

e|------------------------------------------------------------|
b|------------------------------------------------------------|
g|------------------------------------------------------------|
d|-----5^-----------------------------------------------------|
a|--0------3--0--7--0--0--3--0--x-x-x-x--3--0--7--0--0--3--0--|
D|--0------3--0--7--0--0--3--0--x-x-x-x--3--0--7--0--0--3--0--|

Play the above riff twice and then the one below, and then
the above one again.

e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
b|---------------------------------------------------------------|
g|---------------------------------------------------------------|
d|-----5^--------------------------------------7^7^7^7^7^7^7^7^--|
a|--0------3--0--7--0--0--3--0--x-x-x-x--3--0--------------------|
D|--0------3--0--7--0--0--3--0--x-x-x-x--3--0--------------------|

Outro

e|---------------------------|
b|---------------------------|
g|------------------5---5h7--|
d|---------------------------|
a|---------------------------|
D|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0------------|

I am 100 percent positive this is correct and have
 watched live performances of Tom Morrello and this 
is the way he plays it, which should be correct 
because he wrote it. If this doesn't sound right
then you are playing it wrong and may you rot in
Hell for disgracing Tom Morello.
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