Rage Against The Machine

Matrix Theme(Tabs)

Rage Against The Machine

Key: D

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	        Intro- 

Drop D tuning- 

Fade in- 

E----------------------------- 
B----------------------------- 
G--7-------------------------- 
D--x-------------------------- 
A--5-------------------------- 
D----------------------------- 

1st Guitar Plays power chord- 
E-------------------------------------------- 
B-------------------------------------------- 
G-7-7-7-7----7-7-7-7-7---7-7-7-7------------- 
D-7-7-7-7----7-7-7-7-7---7-7-7-7------------- 
A-5-5-5-5----5-5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5------------- 
D-------------------------------------------- 

2nd guitar plays this in the background with tremolo- 

E----------------------------------- 
B----------------------------------- 
G----------------------------------- 
D-----6---7--------------------------- 
A------------------------------------ 
D------------------------------------ 
(Let each note ring) 

This is what?s played during the bass part- 
(He uses a whammy pedal I think for the high part) 

E----0----------------------------------------------- 
B----0---------------15-15-15-15-15-15--------------- 
G----0--------19-19--19-19-19-19-19-19--------------- 
D----2----------------------------------------------- 
A-0--3--0-------------------------------------------- 
D-0-----0-------------------------------------------- 


Chorus- It?s also played after intro- 
E----------------------------------------- 
B----------------------------------------- 
G----------------------------------------- 
D----------------------------------------- 
A----------3----2-3----3-5-0-3-2---------- 
D-0--0-0-- --0------0--3-5-0-3-2---------- 

Play that 3 times than- 

E----------------------------------------- 
B----------------------------------------- 
G----------------------------------------- 
D----------------2---2-3-2-3-5------------ 
A---------3-3-5---5----------------------- 
D-0--0-0---------------------------------- 

This is the note that leads into the verse- 

E---------------------------------------------------------- 
B--15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15----------------- 
G---------------------------------------------------------- 
D--12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12----------------- 
A---------------------------------------------------------- 
D---------------------------------------------------------- 

Verse- has a lot of tricked-out wah in the background 
But this is the main verse that you hear- 

E------------------------------------- 
B------------------------------------- 
G------------------------------------- 
D------3---5-------------------------- 
A--3-5--5---3--3-4-------------------- 
D------------------------------------- 

This is a little bit played in the verses- 
E------------------------------ 
B------------------------------ 
G-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--------- 
D-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--------- 
A--8--8--8---8--8---8---------- 
D------------------------------ 



In the 2nd verse he plays this every once in a while- 

E---------------------------------------- 
B---------------------------------------- 
G---------------------------------------- 
D--------3-5-5-6-7-6-5-3----------------- 
A-3-5-5---------------------------------- 
D----------------------------------------- 

1st guitar solo- (Uses some weird pedal) 

E-------------------------------------------- 
B-------------------------------------------- 
G-7--9--10-12--10--9--5--9--10--7------------ 
D-x--x--x---x---x--x---x--x--x--x------------ 
A-5--7--8--10-- 8--7--3--7---8--5------------- 
D-------------------------------------------- 
(You can figure out the beat pretty easily) Repeat 2x 

E---------------------------------------------------- 
B---------------------------------------------------- 
G---------------------------------------------------- 
D---------------------------------------------------- 
A-6-6-3-5-0-3-5-0--6-6-3-5-0-3-5-3--6-6-3-5-0-3-5-0-- 
D-6-6-3-5-0-3-5-0--6-6-3-5-0-3-5-3--6-6-3-5-0-3-5-0-- 

E---------------------------------- 
B---------------------------------- 
G---------------------------------- 
D---------------------------------- 
A-6-5-3-5-0-3-5-5-------------- 
D-6-5-3-5-0-3-5-5-------------- 
Repeat a lot of times- 

Palm mute these notes and than stop after a while to get it louder- 
E------------------------------ 
B------------------------------ 
G------------------------------ 
D----------7-7-7-7-7----------- 
A-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-5----------- 
D------------------------------ 
Hit them a lot more times than that- 
You can hear how many if you listen to the song 


?I think I heard a shot!? 
E---------------------------------- 
B---------------------------------- 
G-7-7-7-7---7-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7----- 
D-7-7-7-7---7-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7----- 
A-5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5----- 
D----------------------------------                                                                           

This is played in the background using lots 
Of tremolo- (It?s just like the intro) 

E--------------------------------- 
B--------------------------------- 
G--------------------------------- 
D--6--7-------------------------- 
A--------------------------------- 
D--------------------------------- 

(I think he uses a whammy pedal here) 
E----------------------------------- 
B----15-15-15-15-15-15-------------- 
G-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-------------- 
D----------------------------------- 
A----------------------------------- 
D----------------------------------- 

Now is the part while the bass is playing and zack 
Is saying stuff like ?counter intelligence? and ?Black nationalism? 

E----0--------------------------- 
B----0--------------------------- 
G----0--------------------------- 
D----2--------------------------- 
A-0--3--------------------------- 
D-0------------------------------ 
Repeat many times- 


(This leads into the ?Wake up!? part) 
E----------------------------------- 
B-----15-15-15-15-15-15------- 
G-19-19-19-19-19-19-19------- 
D----------------------------------- 
A----------------------------------- 
D-----------------------------------
	        

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