Rage Against The Machine - Matrix Theme guitar tab
Rage Against The Machine
Wake Up (Matrix Theme)
Tabbed by d1mesBoy
Intro-
Drop D tuning-
Fade in-
E-----------------------------
B-----------------------------
G--7--------------------------
D--x--------------------------
A--5--------------------------
D-----------------------------
1st Guitar Plays power chord-
E--------------------------------------------
B--------------------------------------------
G-7-7-7-7----7-7-7-7-7---7-7-7-7-------------
D-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-------------
D--------------------------------------------
2nd guitar plays this in the background with tremolo-
E-----------------------------------
B-----------------------------------
G-----------------------------------
D-----6---7---------------------------
A------------------------------------
D------------------------------------
(Let each note ring)
This is what’s played during the bass part-
(He uses a whammy pedal I think for the high part)
E----0-----------------------------------------------
B----0---------------15-15-15-15-15-15---------------
G----0--------19-19--19-19-19-19-19-19---------------
D----2-----------------------------------------------
A-0--3--0--------------------------------------------
D-0-----0--------------------------------------------
Chorus- It’s also played after intro-
E-----------------------------------------
B-----------------------------------------
G-----------------------------------------
D-----------------------------------------
A----------3----2-3----3-5-0-3-2----------
D-0--0-0-- --0------0--3-5-0-3-2----------
Play that 3 times than-
E-----------------------------------------
B-----------------------------------------
G-----------------------------------------
D----------------2---2-3-2-3-5------------
A---------3-3-5---5-----------------------
D-0--0-0----------------------------------
This is the note that leads into the 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----------------------------------------------------------
Verse- has a lot of tricked-out wah in the background
But this is the main verse that you hear-
E-------------------------------------
B-------------------------------------
G-------------------------------------
D------3---5--------------------------
A--3-5--5---3--3-4--------------------
D-------------------------------------
This is a little bit played in the verses-
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----------
D------------------------------
In the 2nd verse he plays this every once in a while-
E----------------------------------------
B----------------------------------------
G----------------------------------------
D--------3-5-5-6-7-6-5-3-----------------
A-3-5-5----------------------------------
D-----------------------------------------
1st guitar solo- (Uses some weird pedal)
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--------------------------------------------
(You can figure out the beat pretty easily) Repeat 2x
E----------------------------------------------------
B----------------------------------------------------
G----------------------------------------------------
D----------------------------------------------------
A-6-6-3-5-0-3-5-0--6-6-3-5-0-3-5-3--6-6-3-5-0-3-5-0--
D-6-6-3-5-0-3-5-0--6-6-3-5-0-3-5-3--6-6-3-5-0-3-5-0--
E----------------------------------
B----------------------------------
G----------------------------------
D----------------------------------
A-6-5-3-5-0-3-5-5--------------
D-6-5-3-5-0-3-5-5--------------
Repeat a lot of times-
Palm mute these notes and than stop after a while to get it louder-
E------------------------------
B------------------------------
G------------------------------
D----------7-7-7-7-7-----------
A-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-5-----------
D------------------------------
Hit them a lot more times than that-
You can hear how many if you listen to the song
“I think I heard a shot!”
E----------------------------------
B----------------------------------
G-7-7-7-7---7-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7-----
D-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-----
D----------------------------------
This is played in the background using lots
Of tremolo- (It’s just like the intro)
E---------------------------------
B---------------------------------
G---------------------------------
D--6--7--------------------------
A---------------------------------
D---------------------------------
(I think he uses a whammy pedal here)
E-----------------------------------
B----15-15-15-15-15-15--------------
G-19-19-19-19-19-19-19--------------
D-----------------------------------
A-----------------------------------
D-----------------------------------
Now is the part while the bass is playing and zack
Is saying stuff like “counter intelligence” and “Black nationalism”
E----0---------------------------
B----0---------------------------
G----0---------------------------
D----2---------------------------
A-0--3---------------------------
D-0------------------------------
Repeat many times-
(This leads into the “Wake up!” part)
E-----------------------------------
B-----15-15-15-15-15-15-------
G-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-------
D-----------------------------------
A-----------------------------------
D-----------------------------------
Play the chorus during the “wake up!” part-
The 2nd solo is just feedback and whammy pedal that you cant tab
With numbers.
That’s it! Please rate or comment! –d1mesBoy-
