Wake Up
Rage Against the Machine
Drop D  ( you know )
I was looking for a spot-on tab for this song, but I couldn’t find any, so I decided
 to take a crack at it. Im pretty sure that this all 99.9% correct, except for the
 solo which I skipped because I need more time to figure it out (does anyone have
 the tab book? That might have the solo in, if you do can you e-mail me the song
 please?). Sorry about the length but i wanted to get the tab perfect. Don’t say
 that im wrong because RATM have only got 1 guitarist, the only way you can get this
 song right is by having 2 guitars because of all of the overdubbing. Whenever there
 are 2 guitar parts one above the other, then they are synchronised. Anyway thanks
 to all you other guys’ tabs which gave me some help, but more importantly thanks to
 RATM for one of the best songs ever! Any questions or comments e-mail me at
 [email protected]. Thanks, have fun. Harris.

Intro
Guitar 1
|-0 turn to 10--| - Volume
|---------------|
|-7~~~~~~~~~~~--|
|-x-------------|
|-5~~~~~~~~~~~--|
|---------------|

Guitar 1
|-----------------------------|           
|-----------------------------|
|-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7-|
|-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7-|
|-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-|  x8
|-----------------------------|

Guitar 2
|-slightly bend the 6 then----|
|-fully bend it to a 7--------|
|-----------------------------|
|-666666666666b(777777777777)-|
|-----------------------------|  x8
|-----------------------------|

Guitar 1
|-----------------------------------------------|---10--10-10--10--10-10-10--10-|
|-----------------------------------------------|---13b-13b13b-13b-13b13b13b-13b|
|----------------play with distortion-----------|-------13b13b-----------13b-----|
|-----------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-------0~~~~~~~~~~~-|---( try to bend the strings----|
|0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-------0~~~~~~~~~~~-|------- to a 14/15ish) ---------|

Guitar 2
|-----------------------------------------------|---10--10-10--10--10-10-10--10-|
|-----------------0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~--------|---13b-13b13b-13b-13b13b13b-13b|
|-----------------0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~--------|-------13b13b-----------13b-----|
|-----------------2~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~--------|--------------------------------|
|-----------------3~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~--------|---( try to bend the strings----|
|----------play very quiet and clean------------|------- to a 14/15ish) ---------|

Main Riff – Both Guitars with distortion
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|---------( x3 )--------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|------3---2h3----------|------3---5h7-7h8-8h10-|
|-0-00---0-----0-350-32-|-0-00---0--------------|

|-----------------------|----------------------------|
|---------( x3 )--------|----------------------------|
|-----------------------|--------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|-----------------------|--------x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|
|------3---2h3----------|------3---------------------|
|-0-00---0-----0-350-32-|-0-00-----------------------|

Verse 1
Guitar 1 – slightly distorted
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------( x7 )----------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------3------5---------|-------------------------|
|-3-5------5------3---3-4-|-3-5---------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|

Guitar 2 – high treble and wah ( 0 = pedal fully back, + = pedal fully depressed)
|---------( x7 )----------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-x-xx-x-x-xx-x-x-xx-x-xx-|-------------------------|
|-x-xx-x-x-xx-x-x-xx-x-xx-|-------------------------|
|-x-xx-x-x-xx-x-x-xx-x-xx-|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
 +OOOO00+++++++0000000+++

Guitar 1 contd.
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------( x3 )----------|---6--6--6--6--6--6--6--|
|-------------------------|---5--5--5--5--5--5--5--|
|--------3------5---------|-------------------------|
|-3-5------5------3---3-4-|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|

Guitar 2 contd.
|---------( x7 )----------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|---6--6--6--6--6--6--6--|
|-x-xx-x-x-xx-x-x-xx-x-xx-|---5--5--5--5--5--5--5--|
|-x-xx-x-x-xx-x-x-xx-x-xx-|-------------------------|
|-x-xx-x-x-xx-x-x-xx-x-xx-|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
 +OOOO00+++++++0000000+++

Guitar 1 contd.
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------( x3 )----------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------3------5---------|-------------------------|
|-3-5------5------3---3-4-|-3-5---------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
Guitar 2 contd.
|---------( x3 )----------|-------------------------|
|----------------------6-|-------------------------|
|-x-xx-x-x-xx-x-x-xx-x-5-|-------------------------|
|-x-xx-x-x-xx-x-x-xx-x----|-------------------------|
|-x-xx-x-x-xx-x-x-xx-x----|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
 +OOOO00+++++++0000000+++

Main Riff Variation – Both Guitars with distortion
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|---------( x3 )--------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|------3---2h3----------|------3---5h7-7h8-8h10-|
|-0-00---0-----0-350-32-|-0-00---0--------------|

|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|---------( x3 )--------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|------------------(12)-|
|-----------------------|-------------(12)------|
|------3---2h3----------|--------(12)-----------|
|-0-00---0-----0-350-32-|-0-(12)----------------|

Verse 2
Guitar 1 – slightly distorted
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------( x7 )----------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------3------5---------|-------------------------|
|-3-5------5------3---3-4-|-3-5---------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|

Guitar 2 – high treble and wah ( 0 = pedal fully back, + = pedal fully depressed)
|---------( x7 )----------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-x-xx-x-x-xx-x-x-xx-x-xx-|-------------------------|
|-x-xx-x-x-xx-x-x-xx-x-xx-|-------------------------|
|-x-xx-x-x-xx-x-x-xx-x-xx-|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
 +OOOO00+++++++0000000+++

Guitar 1 contd.
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------( x3 )----------|---6--6--6--6--6--6--6--|
|-------------------------|---5--5--5--5--5--5--5--|
|--------3------5---------|-------------------------|
|-3-5------5------3---3-4-|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|

Guitar 2 contd.
|---------( x7 )----------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|---6--6--6--6--6--6--6--|
|-x-xx-x-x-xx-x-x-xx-x-xx-|---5--5--5--5--5--5--5--|
|-x-xx-x-x-xx-x-x-xx-x-xx-|-------------------------|
|-x-xx-x-x-xx-x-x-xx-x-xx-|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
 +OOOO00+++++++0000000+++

Guitar 1 contd.
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------( x3 )----------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------3------5---------|-------------------------|
|-3-5------5------3---3-4-|-3-5---------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|

Guitar 2 contd.
|---------( x3 )----------|-------------------------|
|----------------------6-|-------------------------|
|-x-xx-x-x-xx-x-x-xx-x-5-|-------------------------|
|-x-xx-x-x-xx-x-x-xx-x----|-------------------------|
|-x-xx-x-x-xx-x-x-xx-x----|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
 +OOOO00+++++++0000000+++

Interlude
Guitar 1 – use wah, maybe a Boss auto-wah to make life easy.
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-77777777-7777991010-1212101099-55555555-55555555991010-77777777-77777777-|
|-xxxxxxxx-xxxxxx-x-x--x-x-x-xxx-xxxxxxxx-xxxxxxxxxx-x-x-xxxxxxxx-xxxxxxxx-|
|-55555555-555577-8-8-1010-8-877-33333333-3333333377-8-8-55555555-55555555-|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Guitar 2 – Play quietly with distortion
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------2~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~------------------2~~~~~-------------------|
|-5~~~~~~~~~~~~-2~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-3~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-2~~~~~-5~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|
|-5~~~~~~~~~~~~-0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-3~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-0~~~~~-5~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|
|-5~~~~~~~~~~~~------------------3~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~--------5~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|

Guitar 1 contd.
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-77777777-7777991010-1212101099-55555555-55555555991010-77777777-|
|-xxxxxxxx-xxxxxx-x-x--x-x-x-xxx-xxxxxxxx-xxxxxxxxxx-x-x-xxxxxxxx-|
|-55555555-555577-8-8-1010-8-877-33333333-3333333377-8-8-55555555-|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

Both Guitars – heavy distortion
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|---------0~~~~~~---------3~~~~~~---------0~~~~~~-|
|-6535035-0~~~~~~-6535035-3~~~~~~-6535035-0~~~~~~-|
|-6535035-0~~~~~~-6535035-3~~~~~~-6535035-0~~~~~~-|
pm_______         _______         _______

contd.
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|-6535035--6535035--6535035--6535035-06535035-06535035-06535035-06535035-06535035-
|-6535035--6535035--6535035--6535035-06535035-06535035-06535035-06535035-06535035-
pm________________________________________________________gradually release_____

contd.
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|-06535035-06535035-06535035-|
|-06535035-06535035-06535035-|

Guitar 1 – light distortion
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-| x4
|-----------------------------|
pm___________________________

Both Guitars – light distortion
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7-|
|-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-| x4
|-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-|
pm___________________________

Guitar 1
|-----------------------------|           
|-----------------------------|
|-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7-|
|-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7-|
|-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-|  x8
|-----------------------------|

Guitar 2
|-slightly bend the 6 then----|
|-fully bend it to a 7--------|
|-----------------------------|
|-666666666666b(777777777777)-|
|-----------------------------|  x8
|-----------------------------|

Both Guitars
|-10---10--10---10---10--10--10---10~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|
|-13b--13b-13b--13b--13b-13b-13b--13bslowly release~-|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|

Guitar 1 – distortion
|----------------------------------------|      |---------|
|----------------------------------------|      |---------|
|------play with distortion--------------|      |---------|
|----------------------------------------|      |---------|
|0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-------------|  x4  |-0~~~~~~-|
|0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-------------|      |-0~~~~~~-|

Guitar 2 – quiet and clean
|----------------------------------------|      |---------|
|-----------------0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|      |---------|
|-----------------0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|      |---------|
|-----------------2~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|      |---------|
|-----------------3~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|  x4  |---------|
|----------------------------------------|      |---------|

Both Guitars - distortion
|---10--10-10--10--10-10-10--10-|
|---13b-13b13b-13b-13b13b13b-13b|
|-------13b13b-----------13b-----|
|--------------------------------|
|---( try to bend the strings----|
|------- to a 14/15ish) ---------|

Main Riff Variation 2 - distorted
Both Guitars
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|---------( x3 )--------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|------3---2h3----------|------3---5h7-7h8-8h10-|
|-0-00---0-----0-350-32-|-0-00---0--------------|

|-----------------------|
|---------( x4 )--------|
|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|
|------3---2h3----------|
|-0-00---0-----0-350-32-|

Solo
Guitar 1 – plays crazy solo, I guess its played around fret 11 and 17/19 on the B and E strings, sometimes on the G.
Guitar 2 – sometimes doubles up with guitar 1 mainly silent.

End On
Both Guitars
|-----------|
|-----------|
|-----------|
|-0~~~~~~~~-|
|-0~~~~~~~~-|
|-0~~~~~~~~-|