Rage Against The Machine - Renegades album riffs
Tabbed By Rafael Ortega (questions, comments, doubts and corrections to [email protected])
NOTE: I've only tabbed the main riffs and some other stuff, so don't expect the whole songs.
NOTE 2: Listen to Cd for timing and stuff.

01. Microphone Fiend*                 *not tabbed yet, i'll try to get them soon
02. Pistol Grip Pump*
03. Kick Out The Jams*
04. Renegades Of Funk*
05. Beautiful World*
06. I´m Housin'
07. In My Eyes*
08. How I Could Just Kill A Man
09. The Ghost Of Tom Joad
10. Down On The Street
11. Street Fighting Man*
12. Maggie's Farm



Tunings

Kick Out The Jams - Standard
Renegades Of Funk - Dropped D (DADGBE)
I'm Housin' - Standard
How I Could Just Kill A Man - Dropped D
The Ghost Of Tom Joad - Dropped D
Down On The Street - Dropped D
Maggie's Farm - SURPRISE!! Dropped B(B F# B E G# C#) I know this is hard to believe, but that´s the way it sounds



I'm Housin'


 'Cause I'm housin' part

E|------|                     E|---------------------|
B|------|                     B|---------------------|
G|------|   Repeat 4x then    G|---------------------| Repeat as necessary
D|-2-2--|                     D|-x-2-x-2-x-2-x-2-2-5-|
A|-2-2--|                     A|-x-2-x-2-x-2-x-2-2-5-|
E|-0-0--|                     E|-x-0-x-0-x-0-x-0-0-3-|


Main Riff

E|---------------------|
B|---------------------|
G|---------------------|
D|-2-2-----------------|
A|-2-2------5--5-------|
E|-0-0--5-7------7-5-3-|


Solo (w/wah)

E|-x-x-x-x-----------------------------------------|
B|-x-x-x-x-----------------------------------------|
G|-x-x-x-x--14br-12----12-12----------12-----------|
G|-x-x-x-x----------14-------14-12-14----14-12-14~-|
D|-x-x-x-x-----------------------------------------|
A|-x-x-x-x-----------------------------------------|
E|-x-x-x-x-----------------------------------------|

E|-x-x-x-x-----------------------------------------|
B|-x-x-x-x--17br-15----15-15----------15----15-----|
G|-x-x-x-x----------16-------16-14-16----16----16~-|
D|-x-x-x-x-----------------------------------------|
A|-x-x-x-x-----------------------------------------|
E|-x-x-x-x-----------------------------------------|


-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


How I Could Just Kill A Man


(w/a kinda whammy wah effect)
not sure about this

E|------------------------|
B|------------------------|
G|------------------------|
D|-3-x-x-3---0-0---(3)----| replace (3) for 0 the second times 
A|---------2-----2--------|
E|------------------------|

E|------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------|
G|------------5-----------------------|
D|-0-15s3-3-5-5--0-0-0-0--x-x---------|
A|-0-15s3-3-5-3--0-0-0-0--x-x---------|
E|-0-15s3-3-5----0-0-0-0--x-x-3h5p5---|
                 . . . .  listen well to these

the rest you can figure out


-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


The Ghost Of Tom Joad


Main Riff

E|------------------------|
B|------------------------|
G|------------------------| Maybe you would like to try this out with power chords
D|------------------------|
A|---5-3-0--------3---0-3-|
D|-0-------5-3-0----5-----|


Verse

E|--------------|
B|--------------|
G|--------------| This i'm not sure about
D|--------------|
A|------3---0-3-|
D|-0r-----5-----|
w/bar


-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


Down On The Street


Main Riff

E|---------------|--------------|-------------|
B|---------------|--------------|-------------|
G|---------------|--------------|-------------|
D|---------------|--------------|7br-5--------|
A|---------------|--------------|------7------|
D|-2-2-0-2-x-x-x-|7br-5-2-x-x-x-|--------x-x-x|

I haven´t figured the chorus riff yet


-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


Maggie's Farm


Main Riff(x4)

C#|---------------------------------------------------|
G#|---------------------------------------------------|
E |---------------------------------------------------| Verse:palm mute or play this softly without the scale
B |-----------------------------------------3---------|
F#|-------------------------------------3-5---5-3-----|
B |-0-0-3-0-0-0--0-3-0--5--0-0-3-0-0-0------------5-3-|

Pre-Chorus (listen to the changes and variations)
                                                                                                x8 x8 hold
C#|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G#|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E |---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------5-------|
B |---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------5--5--0-|
F#|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------3--5--0-|
B |-0-0-x-x-0-x-x-0-x-x-x-x-0-0-x-x-0-follow this pattern a few times then play main riff, then----5--0-|