Rage

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

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