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Take the power back
rage against the machine
Corrections by Jesse
This is the best song on the CD and it was really hard to find a tab that was
right. This one was really close. I have made 3 corrections on the variant
bars.
But most of the credit goes to lizardman and r. allen canterbury. Thankx
alot.
It really helped me out. Try out the corrections and let me know what u think.
Juggalo367@aol.com
lizardman wrote...
tab by lizardman
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
Taken from BASSMASTA.NET - http://www.bassmasta.net
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sloso Average |
#1 by sloso at Jan 7, 1972 at 12:01 PM EST |
| hahaha, dude, it's ORGASM, not ORGANISM | |
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blade Rhythm Player |
#2 by blade rhoat at Apr 29, 1984 at 2:30 PM EST |
| Not much to say really, cept that the bass/drum intro to "tale the power back" is the boy! The intro bass popping and syncopated rhythm later in the song is awesome! This song has got to be one of Rage's best. | |
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Zach Average |
#3 by Zach Eisenman at Dec 19, 1985 at 3:16 PM EST |
| this song has an awesome guitar solo....when zack says "bring it back the other way!" i get a orgasm from the funk that tom can make from a guitar | |
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trey Average |
#4 by trey bond at Oct 17, 1991 at 4:34 AM EST |
| "The student's eyes don't perceive the lies Bouncing off every fucking wall" I fucking love those two lines. Awesome. | |
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Mika Average |
#5 by Mika Petersson at Apr 8, 1996 at 11:56 AM EST |
| Generally about the control of the mind through "education" and the different aspects of it. For example, "i'm inferior, who's inferior?" refers to religion, and being taught that we are inferior to "god". Then I think the song does quite a clever thing which i might be wrong on. It goes to the global scene, and I think makes the irony of the US being "taught" by the EU and the ignorance caused by this. Oh and, these lyrics are wrong. It's supposed to read at the end: "take it back y'all" rather than "Joe". | |
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will Wanna Be |
#6 by will bennett at Aug 16, 1997 at 2:19 PM EST |
| "FUCK THE NORE, FIGHT THE WAR!", indeed | |