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Down Rodeo

Rage Against The Machine

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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-x-xx-x-x-|
e|---------2-0-0-2-0-2h3-2-0-0-2-xx-------x-xx-x-x-x-xx-x-x-|
                               |-pm-|    |--------pm--------|

   
                                               Use hamonics 
Riff 1:  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-|



Riff 2:                                                             X1
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:  X4
e|----------------------------------------------------------|
b|----------------------------------------------------------|
g|-3hbr-----------------------------3hbr--------------------|
d|-------4--------------------------------------------------|
a|-------------------------------xx-------x-xx-x-x-x-xx-x-x-|
e|---------2-0-0-2-0-2h3-2-0-0-2-xx-------x-xx-x-x-x-xx-x-x-|
                               |-pm-|    |--------pm--------|


                                          
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-|




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|----------------------------------------------------|




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:
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:  X4
e|----------------------------------------------------------|
b|----------------------------------------------------------|
g|-3hbr-----------------------------3hbr--------------------|
d|-------4--------------------------------------------------|
a|-------------------------------xx-------x-xx-x-x-x-xx-x-x-|
e|---------2-0-0-2-0-2h3-2-0-0-2-xx-------x-xx-x-x-x-xx-x-x-|
                               |-pm-|    |--------pm--------|



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-|



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:  X4
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 X4                    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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