Rage Against The Machine

Freedom(Tabs)

Rage Against The Machine

Key: D

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Dropped D Tuning 
 
Riff 1 
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-----5-------3-------5-5-----5-------3-------5--x-x-x-x--------------------- 
-------0-3-5---5-3-5-----0-3---0-3-5---5-3-5----x-x-x-x--------------------- 
 
 
Then the next part goes like this. 
 
Riff 2 
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-----15-----15-15---------15---15-15-------15-----15-15--------------------- 
-----14-----14-14---------14---14-14-------14-----14-14--------------------- 
-----12-----12-12---------12---12-12-------12-----12-12--------------------- 
-----12-----12-12---------12---12-12-------12-----12-12----------10-9-10-10-  
--------0-0-------0-0-0-0--------------0-0----0-0-------0-0-0-0--10-9-10-10- 
 
 
Then it goes back to Riff 1, and Riff 2.  This is followed by a break in  
whick only the drums and bass plays. 
 
After spoken:  'Anger is a gift...' 
 
Riff 3 
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-----3-3-3-3-3-3-5--5-5-5-3-5----------------------------------------------- 
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Play this four times. 
 
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------5-5-5-5-5-5-7--7-7-7-5-7---------------------------------------------- 
------3-3-3-3-3-3-5--5-5-5-3-5---------------------------------------------- 
------------------0--0-0-0---0----------------------------------------------   
 
Play this four times. 
 
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------4-4-4-4-4-4-6--6-6-6-4-6---------------------------------------------- 
------5-5-5-5-5-5-7--7-7-7-5-7---------------------------------------------- 
------5-5-5-5-5-5-7--7-7-7-5-7---------------------------------------------- 
------3-3-3-3-3-3-5--5-5-5-3-5---------------------------------------------- 
------------------0--0-0-0---0---------------------------------------------- 
 
Play this four times.  On the fourth time hold the last chord. 
 
(Solo) 
 
Then it plays a new riff. 
 
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----------------5-3-5-3-5--------------------------------------------------- 
-----5-3-5-3-5------------3-2-3-2-3---------------3------------------------- 
-------------------------------------5-3-5-3-5-3--3------------------------- 
 
Next it goes to a variation of Riff 2, ending with a slide. 
 
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-----15-----15-15---------15-\\slide\\\------------------------------- 
-----14-----14-14---------14-\\slide\\\------------------------------- 
-----12-----12-12---------12-\\slide\\\------------------------------- 
-----12-----12-12---------12-\\slide\\\------------------------------- 
--------0-0-------0-0-0-0----\\slide\\\------------------------------- 
 
This slide is made by running the palm of your left hand up the strings 
starting at the first fret. 
 
Then it goes back to Riff 2. 
 
The end of the song goes: 
Play this softly with no distortion. (Normally played by bass) 
 
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--------------------3--4--5------------------------------------------------- 
-----0--3--5--6--7---------------------------------------------------------- 
 
Next, with heavy distortion: 
 
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--------------------5--6--7------------------------------------------------- 
-----0--3--5--6--7--3--4--5------------------------------------------------- 
-----0--3--5--6--7---------------------------------------------------------- 
 
 
Solo: 
 
 
Use a lotta  vibe.              (note: pick note, let ring, then bend 
                                            -half step)- 
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B----------------------------------------------------------6-6b------- 
G------10~~~~~~~~~~--109~~~~~~~~~~~-----5~~~~~~~~~~----5h7-----7---7/ 
D---12-------------------------------5h7------------5h7-------------- 
A--------------------------------------------------------------------- 
D--------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 
                                                        rake 
E-------------------------------------------------------------12-13-12----- 
B-----------------------------------------------------------13--------13--- 
G------10~~~~~~~~~~--101214-1514-12109~~~~~~~~~~-----14--------------- 
D---12-------------------------------------------------------------------- 
A-------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
D-------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 
    rake 
E------12-13-12----------12-13-15-17--15-13-15-13--------------------- 
B----13--------13------13-------------------------15~~~~~~~~~~-------- 
G--14----------------14----------------------------------------------- 
D--------------------------------------------------------------------- 
A--------------------------------------------------------------------- 
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-Lyrics- 
 
Solo, I'm a soloist or a solo list 
All live, never on a floppy disk 
Inka, inka, bottle of ink 
Paintings of rebellion 
Drawn up by the thoughts I think 
 
It's set up like a deck of cards 
They're sending us to early graves 
For all the diamonds 
They'll use a pair of clubs to beat the spades 
With poetry I paint the pictures that hit 
More like the murals that fit 
Don't turn away 
Get in front of it 
 
Chorus: 
Brotha did ya forget ya name 
Did ya lose it on the wall 
Playin' tic-tac-toe 
 
Yo, check the diagonal 
Three brothers gone 
Come one 
Doesn't that make it three in a row 
Anger is a gift 
 
Chorus 
 
Yo, check the diagonal 
Three million gone 
Come on 
'Cause they're counting backwards to zero 
 
Environment 
The environment exceeding on the level 
Of our unconciousness 
For example 
What does the billboard say 
Come and play, come and play 
Forget about the movement 
Anger is a gift 
 
Freedom, freedom, yea right 

	        

Written by Zack de la Rocha/Rage Against the Machine

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