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Rage Against The Machine - Down Rodeo tab

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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