Rage Against The Machine - Killing In The Name

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  1. tejas

    tejas ..........

    Hello. This is the tab for the song "Killing in the name" by Rage against the machine.

    Tuning: Drop d

    Intro:

    -----------------------------
    -----------------------------
    -----------------------------
    --0--0--0--0----------------
    --0--0--0--0----------------
    --0--0--0--0----------------

    Then, bass for two measures.

    ------------------------------
    ------------------------------
    -------------------11-12-----
    ------------11-12------------(3x)
    ------------------------------
    ---0--0--0--------------------

    the fourth time -

    -------------------------------
    -------------------------------
    ---------------------12b(14)r--
    --------------11-12------------(repear the whole thing twice)
    -------------------------------
    -----0--0--0-------------------

    Transition -

    ----------------------------
    ----------------------------
    ----------------------------
    ----------------------------(4x)
    ------------6--6--6--------
    ---0--0--0-----------------

    Verse:

    -----------------------------------
    -----------------------------------
    -----------------------------------
    --------------3/4------------------(repeat this 8x)
    --0--3h5-x-x------5-0--2h3p2------
    --0---------------------2h3p2-----

    During the second verse, the fourth time, he plays it like this -

    -----------------------------------
    ---------------------------------6-
    --------------------------5-6-7----
    ---------------3/4--5-6-7----------
    -----3h5--x-x----------------------
    --0---------------------------------

    Then, Bridge :

    ----------------------------------------------------------------
    ----------------------------------------------------------------
    -------------4--------------3---------------2-------------------
    ---------x-x-----------x-x--------------x-x----------------------(2x)
    ----3h5-----------3h5-------------3h5-----------2h3p2---2h3p2-
    --0-------------0---------------0----------------2h3p2---2h3p2-

    Pre-Chorus:

    --------------------
    --------------------
    --7-7----7---------(4x)
    --7-7----7---------
    --5-5----5---------
    -------------------

    then,

    --------------------------
    -------------------------
    ---7-7-x-7-x-x-x-x-x-x----
    ---7-7-x-7-x-x-x-x-x-x----(8x)
    ---5-5-x-5-x-x-x-x-x-x-----
    ---------------------------

    Chorus:

    ----------------------------
    ----------------------------
    --7-7-x-7-x-7-x------------
    --7-7-x-7-x-7-x--------3---
    --5-5-x-5-x-5-x--3--5--3---
    -----------------3--5------

    Then, Verse (4x)
    Bridge (2x)
    Pre-chorus
    Chorus

    Solo: Use the whammy bar for this and tremolo pick each note.

    ------------------------------------
    --13---10--------------------------
    -----------12----10-----------14---
    ---------------------12---10-------
    ------------------------------------
    ------------------------------------

    -------------------------------------
    --13---10---------------------------
    ----------12--10--------------------
    ------------------12--10----12------
    -------------------------------------
    -------------------------------------

    -------------------------------------
    ---10h13-----10h13------------------
    --------------------------------------
    --------------------------------------
    ----------------------10h12---10h12-
    --------------------------------------

    --------------------------------------
    ----15-----17------------------------
    -----------------13------------------
    --------------------------------------
    --------------------------------------
    --------------------------------------

    Then, The build up - Again tremolo pick each chord.

    ----------------------------------------------------------------------
    ----------------------------------------------------------------------
    ---7---9---10---12---14---15---17---19------------------------------
    ---x---x----x-----x----x-----x----x----x-------------------------------
    ---5---7----8---10---12---13---15---17-------------------------------
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Chorus again.

    Outro:

    ----5-5-----5-5-5-5-----5-5-5-5------
    ----6-5-x-x-6-6-6-6-x-x-6-6-6-6-x-x--
    ----5-5-x-x-5-5-5-5-x-x-5-5-5-5-x-x--
    --------x-x----------x-x---------x-x---(4x)
    ----5-5-x-x-5-5-5-5-x-x-5-5-5-5-x-x---
    ---------------------------------------

    Ending:

    ----------------------------------------
    ----------------------------------------
    ----7-----------------------------------
    ----7-(tremolo picked)------------------
    ----5-------------------------13-13-13-
    ------------------------0-0-0-----------


    Thats it. Very Fun to play. So enjoy!!
     
  2. aleric

    aleric New Member

    Quite some work there DUDE !!! Keep it up.
     
  3. dennis

    dennis The Bhangra King

    Fun to play only if u gotta whammy bar, else is sounds lame :
    Too bad i aint got one :((
     
  4. tejas

    tejas ..........

    You only need the whammy for the solo. The rest, u can play normally. It sounds really good. Try it.
     

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