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Take the Power Back Guitar Tablature
Author/Artist: Rage Against The Machine
Title: Take The Power Back
Album: Self-Titled
Transcribed by: Tim Herscovitch
Email: [email protected]

DADGBE Tuning
(Drop D)

My guitar teacher takes most of the credit for this one!
Couldn't have done 70% of this without him!
I'd never heard of picking a note behind the nut before...


Intro Stuff
------------

e|-xxxx//////////xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx---xxxxxx//////////xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx-------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
                                                                              

e|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---11-------------10------------9----------8-----7------------------------|
A|---9--------------8-------------7----------6-------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
     These are volume swells.....................                                                                         

Main Riff
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e|----------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
D|-------------3-----------3--------|-------------------------------------------|
A|-------3h5-x---x-x-3h5-x----------|--------15-15-15-15-15-15-----------------|
D|---0-0----------------------------|--0-0---15-15-15-15-15-15-----------------|
                                             trem pick        slow slide        

Verses
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e|----------------x-x-x---------------|-----------------------------------------|
B|----------------x-x-x---------------|-----------------------------------------|
G|------7-7-7-7---x-x-x--5--7-7-7-7---|-----------------------------------------|
D|------x-x-x-x---x-x-x--x--x-x-x-x---|-----------------------------------------|
A|------5-5-5-5----------3--5-5-5-5---|--15-15-15-15-15-15-15------------------|
D|---0--------------------------------|--15-15-15-15-15-15-15------------------|
                                         trem pick           slow slide         

Chorus
-------

e|-------------------------x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x----|------------------|----------|
B|-------------------9b----x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x----|------------------|----------|
G|-----10------------9b----x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x----|------------------|----------|
D|-----10-----10-----------x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x----|------------x-----|----------|
A|-----12-----10----------------------------------|------------^-----|--12-----|
D|--0-------0-----0-------------------------------|---0---0----------|--12-----|
                                                    pick behind nut                          

Solo
-----

e|------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B|--13b14--13b14--13b14-13b14----13b14--13b14---13b14-13b14--13b14-13b14--------
G|--12b13---------12b13-12b13-------------------12b13-12b13---------------------
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                              

e|---------------------------------------10--------------------10---------------
B|--13b14-13b14---13b14-1310------13b14----13-11-10--10h11h13----13-11-10------
G|--12b13-12b13---12b------------------------------------------------------12---
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                              

e|-------------------------------------------------------------13-15-17--------
B|----------------------------------------------------13h15h17------------------
G|-10-9b10r9------12-14-12----------12h14-14h15h17-17---------------------------
D|-------------14----------15-14h15---------------------------------------------
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------------
               pm........................                                                               

e|------13-17-15--13-12-13p12----------------13---------------------------------
B|----------------------------15-13-15-14-15----15--15b16--13h15----------------
G|------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D|--/14-------------------------------------------------------------------------
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                              

e|--------15-17-15----------15-17-15----------15-17-15----------15-17-19b-------
B|--17-18----------18-17-18----------18-17-18----------18-17-18-----------------
G|------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                              

e|--19-17-15--------------------------------------------------------------------
B|-----------18-17---15----------15---------------------------------------------
G|----------------------17-16-17----17-16---------------------------------------
D|----------------------------------------19-17-16-------------------12-14-15---
A|-------------------------------------------------17-------12h13h15------------
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                            pm...............                  

e|--------------------------17/21--19-17--------------------------------x----xx-
B|-----------------17-15-13--------------18-----------------------------x----xx-
G|--12-14h18-15-14--------------------------17------------10-10--12-12--x----xx-
D|---------------------------------------------16h17-16---10-10--12-12--x-10-xx-
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                              

e|--------x-x-------------------------------------------------------x-x---------
B|--------x-x-------------------------------------------------------x-x---------
G|--------x-x--------------10-10----10-10/12-12-12----10h12--12-10--x-x---------
D|-10h12--x-x--------------10-10----10-10/12-12-12----10h12--12-10--x-x---------
A|-10h12-------8h10-------------------------------------------------------------
D|------------------10/12-------------------------------------------------------
                                                                              

e|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------21-21-21-21-21-21---------------------------------------|
D|--9--8--7--6--6/-----20-20-20-20-20-20---------------------------------------|
A|--9--8--7--6--6/--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
                                                                              

Breakdown
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e|-----------------------|------------------------------|-----------------------|
B|-----------------------|------------------------------|-----------------------|
G|-----------------------|---3----5----6----8----8------|------7----------------|
D|----7--6--5--------5---|---5b7--7b9--8b10-10b--10b----|---0--7----------------|
A|----5--4--3--3--5--3---|------------------------------|---0--5----------------|
D|-------------3--5------|------------------------------|---0--0----------------|
                                                                              

e|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----2---2---2---3---3---3---5---5---5---3---3---3-----------------------------|
A|--3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3-------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
    This part is clean                                                                          

e|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--7--6--5---x--x---7--6--5---x--x---7--6--5--x--5--x--5-5-5-5-5---------------|
D|--7--6--5---x--x---7--6--5---x--x---7--6--5--x--5--x--5-5-5-5-5---------------|
A|--5--4--3---x--x---5--4--3---x--x---5--4--3--x--3--x--3-3-3-3-3---------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
                                                                              

e|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--6------6-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--5------5-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--7------7-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--5------5-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
                                                                              

Peace
-Tim
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