Song: Down Rodeo
By: Rage Against The Machine
Tabbed by: J.Dawg
Tuning: Standard
To get the right tone for this song use a DigiTech
Whammy pedal and set it on the harmony setting
v oct ^ oct (down 1 octave up 1 octave.) Have the whammy pedal in
the out position. A wah wah is used for the solo.
The chord for the intro is played X60,
then strum E5.
Intro:
e|-9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--||------|
b|-9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--||------|
g|-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-||-x-4--|
d|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-||-x-2--|
a|-9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--||-x-2--|
e|-9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--||---0--|
Verse 1: X3
e|-----------------------------------------------------|
b|-----------------------------------------------------|
g|-3hbr------------------------------3hbr--------------|
d|-------4---------------------------------------------|
a|--------------------------------xx-------x-xx-x-x-xx-|
e|---------2-0-0-2-0-2h3-2-0--0-2-xx-------x-xx-x-x-xx-|
|-pm-| |-----pm-----|
X1
e|---------------------------|
b|---------------------------|
g|-3hbr----------------------|
d|-------4-------------------|
a|---------------------------|
e|---------2-0-0-2-0-2h3-2-0-|
__________________________ X2 ________________________________
/ \
/ Use hamonics \
/ Riff 1: play this note X30 \
e|-------------------------------------|-hm17-----------------------|
b|-------------------------------------|----------------------------|
g|-------------------------------------|----------------------------|
d|-------------------------------------|----------------------------|
a|-----x-xx-----x-xx-----x-xx-----x-xx-|----------------------------|
e|-0-2-x-xx-0-2-x-xx-0-2-x-xx-0-2-x-xx-|----------------------------|
|-pm-| |-pm-| |-pm-| |-pm-|
X1
e|--------------|
b|--------------|
g|--------------|
d|--------------|
a|-----x-xx-----|
e|-0-2-x-xx-0-2-|
|-pm-|
Riff 2: X3
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
b|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
g|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
d|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
a|-14-h16-----------h14-h16-----------h14-h16-----------h14-h16----------|
e|---------h14-h16-----------h14-h16-----------h14-h16-----------h14-h16-|
e|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------|
b|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------|
g|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--x-4--|
d|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--x-2--|
a|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x--x-2--|
e|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3----0--|
Verse 2: X3
e|-----------------------------------------------------|
b|-----------------------------------------------------|
g|-3hbr------------------------------3hbr--------------|
d|-------4---------------------------------------------|
a|--------------------------------xx-------x-xx-x-x-xx-|
e|---------2-0-0-2-0-2h3-2-0--0-2-xx-------x-xx-x-x-xx-|
|-pm-| |-----pm-----|
X1
e|---------------------------|
b|---------------------------|
g|-3hbr----------------------|
d|-------4-------------------|
a|---------------------------|
e|---------2-0-0-2-0-2h3-2-0-|
___________________________ X2 _______________________________
/ \
/ \
/ Riff 3: X2 play this note X30 \
e|-------------------------------------|-hm17-----------------------|
b|-------------------------------------|----------------------------|
g|-------------------------------------|----------------------------|
d|-------------------------------------|----------------------------|
a|-----x-xx-----x-xx-----x-xx-----x-xx-|----------------------------|
e|-0-2-x-xx-0-2-x-xx-0-2-x-xx-0-2-x-xx-|----------------------------|
|-pm-| |-pm-| |-pm-| |-pm-|
X1
e|--------------|
b|--------------|
g|--------------|
d|--------------|
a|-----x-xx-----|
e|-0-2-x-xx-0-2-|
|-pm-|
Solo 1: Use a Wah Wah
e|----------------------------------------------------|
b|----------------------------------------------------|
g|----------------------------------------------------|
d|-------------------------9-----------9--7--9--7--9--|
a|-9--7--9--7--9--7--9--7-----9--7--5--9--7--9--7--9--|
e|----------------------------------------------------|
[ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/r/rage-against-the-machine/15452.html ]
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
b|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
g|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
d|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
a|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--9-9-9-7--7-9-9-9-7--7-9-7--9-9-9-7-|
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|------------------------------------------------|
b|------------------------------------------------|
g|------------------------------------------------|
d|------------------------------------------------|
a|-7-9-9-9-7--7-9-7--9-9-9-7--7-9-9-9-7--7-9-7-7--|
e|------------------------------------------------|
e|----------------------------|
b|----------------------------|
g|----------------------------|
d|----------------------------|
a|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7----|
e|----------------------------|
Riff 4: X2
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
b|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
g|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
d|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
a|-14-h16-----------h14-h16-----------h14-h16-----------h14-h16----------|
e|---------h14-h16-----------h14-h16-----------h14-h16-----------h14-h16-|
e|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--------|
b|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--------|
g|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---x-4--|
d|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---x-2--|
a|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x---x-2--|
e|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-----0--|
Verse 3: X3
e|---------------------------------------------------|
b|---------------------------------------------------|
g|-3hbr------------------------------3hbr------------|
d|-------4-------------------------------------------|
a|--------------------------------xx-------x-xx-x-xx-|
e|---------2-0-0-2-0-2h3-2-0--0-2-xx-------x-xx-x-xx-|
|-pm-| |----pm----|
X1
e|---------------------------|
b|---------------------------|
g|-3hbr----------------------|
d|-------4-------------------|
a|---------------------------|
e|---------2-0-0-2-0-2h3-2-0-|
_________________________ X2 _________________________________
/ \
/ \
/ Riff 5: X2 play this note X30 \
e|-------------------------------------|-hm17-----------------------|
b|-------------------------------------|----------------------------|
g|-------------------------------------|----------------------------|
d|-------------------------------------|----------------------------|
a|-----x-xx-----x-xx-----x-xx-----x-xx-|----------------------------|
e|-0-2-x-xx-0-2-x-xx-0-2-x-xx-0-2-x-xx-|----------------------------|
|-pm-| |-pm-| |-pm-| |-pm-|
X1
e|--------------|
b|--------------|
g|--------------|
d|--------------|
a|-----x-xx-----|
e|-0-2-x-xx-0-2-|
|-pm-|
Interlude 1: X1
e|--------------------------------------------------|
b|-----------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
g|-----------------2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|
d|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
a|-----------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
e|-----------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
|-----------------------pm---------------------|
Interlude 2: X7
e|----------------------------------------------------------|
b|-------------------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
g|-------------------------2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|
d|-2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
a|-2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
e|-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
Solo 2: play this about X10 Outro: X1
e|-------------------------------------------||-----------|
b|-------------------------------------------||-----------|
g|-12-12-x-x-12-12-12-12-x-x-12-12-12-12-x-x-||-----------|
d|-------------------------------------------||-0--2------|
a|-------------------------------------------||-0--2------|
e|-------------------------------------------||----0------|
Thats it, but should be pretty accurate.
This is one of RATM`s best.
|----------------------------|
| Guitar key: |
| |
| x= mute |
| pm= palm mute |
| hbr= half,bend,return |
| hm= harmonics |
| h= hammer on |
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