Rage Against The Machine - Vietnow (100% Correct) bass tab
This is by far one of the best songs RATM has made! It is super easy so you'll
have a blast learning it. I got this from the "Evil Empire" bass music book
that i own!!!
^ = bend string half way down
Main Riff (0:18)
G]------------
D]------------
A]--------0--0 x2
E]--0220------
G]----------------
D]---------------
A]------------0--0
E]02202220222----
G]----------
D]----------
A]------0--0 x3
E]-0220-----
G]----------------
D]---------------
A]------------0--0
E]02202220222----
G]----------
D]----------
A]------0--0 repeat this a bunch of times
E]-0220-----
Chorus (1:19)
G]------------------
D]--4--4------------
A]------------------ x3
E]---------0-2-0-5-0
^
G]------
D]------
A]------ (1:26)
E]-2--2-
G]---
D]---
A]--- (1:28)
E]-0-
G]------------------
D]--4--4------------
A]------------------ x3
E]---------0-2-0-5-0
G]---
D]---
A]--- (1:35)
E]-0-
Main Riff (1:36)
G]------------
D]------------
A]--------0--0 x2
E]--0220------
G]----------------
D]---------------
A]------------0--0
E]02202220222----
G]----------
D]----------
A]------0--0 x3
E]-0220-----
G]----------------
D]---------------
A]------------0--0
E]02202220222----
G]----------
D]----------
A]------0--0 repeat this a bunch of times
E]-0220-----
Chorus (2:28)
The bass line at (2:53) sounds really cool, here is how it goes=
G]------------
D]-----3------
A]---3-----3-- x3
E]-----------2
G]--------------------
D]-----3----323--323--
A]---3----------------
E]--------------------
G]------------
D]-----3------
A]---3-----3-- x3
E]-----------2
G]--------------------
D]-----3----323--323--
A]---3----------------
E]--------------------
G]------------
D]-----3------
A]---3-----3-- x3
E]-----------2
G]--------------------
D]-----3----323--323--
A]---3----------------
E]--------------------
G]------------
D]-----3------
A]---3-----3-- x3
E]-----------2
G]--------------------
D]-----3----323--323--
A]---3----------------
E]--------------------
repeat main riff at (3:29)
Outro (4:03)
G]----------------
D]----------------
A]------0--0------
E]-0220-------x-x-3
x4
G]----------------
D]----------------
A]------0--0------
E]-0220-------x-x-2
(4:21)
G]----------------------------------
D]----------------------------------
A]----------------------------------
E]--02-02-02-02-02-02-02-02-02-02-02
bass ends at 4:30 with Tom's guitar fading into the background
