Rage - Against-The-Machine - Take The Power Back bass tab
drop d tuning. the slap riff is tricky. use both your middle finger and index
finger to make it doable. for the second hit on the higher "d" its up to you.
you can try to hammer it really hard, pop it out quick, pull off from the 3rd
fret, or hit the "a" string with one of your plucking fingers. its a 4 bar
rotation with the last time open for variation. ive tried to get them as
close to the recording as possible but feel free to do your own thing. in the
song structure the variant order is noted beside ease verse. each hyphen
usually represents a 16th note. and props to r. allen canterbury for the
hammeron trill on fig d. couldnt hear that at first.
intro 1 intro 2
g|--------|-------||------------------|----------------|
d|-4-bars-|-------||--------3------3--|----------------|
a|--rest--|-------||----3h5x-5x3h5----|----------------|
d|--------|0-0----||0-0---------------|0-0-------------|
alternate fingering
|------------------|
|--------3p0x----3-|
|----3h5x----3h5---|
|0-0---------------|
verse
|------------------|------------------|------------------|--------|
|--------3------3--|--------3------3--|--------3------3--|variant-|
|----3h5x-5x3h5----|----3h5x-5x3h5----|----3h5x-5x3h5----|bar-----|
|0-0---------------|0-0---------------|0-0---------------|--------|
variant bars *CORRECTION*
|-----------------| |--------------5h6h7--| |----------------|
A|--------3--------|B|--------3-5h7--------|C|----------------|
|----3h5x-5x3-4-5-| |----3h5x-------------| |-----555\-------|
|0-0--------------| |0-0------------------| |0-0-------------|
*CORRECTION* *CORRECTION*
|--------5h7x-----| |---------------------| |----------------------|
D|-----------------|E|---------------------|F|5h6h7-5-3h5-3---------|
|----3h5x----3-4-5| |----3h5x--5---4---3--| |---------------0h3----|
|0-0--------------| |0-0-----X---X---X----| |------------------5p3-|
S P S P S P P P P P S S
|----xxxxxxxxxxxx|
G|----xxxxxxxxxxxx|
|----xxxxxxxxxxxx| S= slap with thumb
|0-0-xxxxxxxxxxxx| P= pop with middle finger
chorus lead in
|----------------|----------------||----------------|
|----------------|----------------||----------------|
|--5-----{3-4-5}-|----------------||--5-----3-------|
|0-----0---------|0-0-------------||0-----0---------|
fig a fig b fig c
|----------------||----------------||------------5---|
|----------------||----------------||----------------|
|----------------||{5-4-3-}{----3-}||--3-------------|
|0-0-------------||--------{3-5---}||0---------------|
fig d ending
|----------------|--------------------||-----------------|
|----------------|--------------------||-----------------|
|5-4-3---5-4-3---|5-4-3--3-3h5-3h5-3h5||5-----------5\---|
|----------------|--------------------||-----------------|
song structure: notations:
4 measures rest |--|= bar lines
intro 1------4x h= hammer on
intro 2------4x x= ghost note
slap verse---6x AABAAC \= slide down
chorus-------3x p= pull off
lead in------1x {}= triplets
fig a--------4x
slap verse---2x DC
chorus-------3x
lead in------1x
pluck verse--1x A
slap verse---4x BEFG
fig b--------6x
fig a--------8x
slap verse---2x AC
chorus-------3x
lead in------1x
fig c-------16x
fig d--------6x
ending
