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Wakeup Guitar Tablature
Author/Artist: Rage Against The Machine
Title: Wake Up
Album: Self Titled
Transcribed by: Tim Herscovitch
Email: [email protected]

DADGBE Tuning (Drop D)


Intro
------

This is a volume swell.  Play the D5 chord below with your volume
knob set to zero, then slowly turn it up until it's at full volume.

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

Main Riff 1
-----------

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

Riff A
-------

e|--------------------------10-----10-----10----10----10----10------------------|
B|--------------------------14b15--14b15--14b15-14b15-15b15-14b15---------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-0----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-0----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-0---------0--------0---------------------------------------------------------|
   
                                                                           
Main Riff 2
------------

e|----------------------------------|------------------------------|------------|
B|----------------------------------|------------------------------|------------|
G|----------------------------------|------------------------------|------------|
D|----------------------------------|------------------------------|------------|
A|---------3---2h3-----------3-2----|---------3---5h7---7h8---8h10-|-------5-5~-|
D|--0--0-0---0-----0--3h5--0-3-2----|--0--0-0---0-----0-----0------|-0-0-0------|
                                                                              

Verses
-------

e|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----3---5----3---------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-3-5---5---3--3-4-------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
                                                                              

Solo
----
I'm pretty sure this is done with a talkbox, but you can duplicate the
effect by palm muting the following and using some wah, if you have a pedal.

e|------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---9-9--10-10--12--12--12--10-10-10--9-9-9--------------
D|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x---x-x--x--x---x---x---x---x--x--x---x-x-x--------------
A|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---7-7--8--8---10--10--10--8--8--8---7-7-7--------------
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                              

e|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--9-9--10-10--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---------------------|
D|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x--x-x--x--x---x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x---------------------|
A|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--7-7--8--8---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
                                                                              

Bridge
-------

e|---------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
D|-0-6-5-3-5-0-3-5--0----6-5-3-6-0-3-6--3|--------------------------------------|
A|-0-6-5-3-5-0-3-5--0----6-5-3-6-0-3-6--3|-6-5-3-5-0-3-5------------------------|
D|-0-6-5-3-5-0-3-5--0----6-5-3-6-0-3-6--3|-6-5-3-5-0-3-5------------------------|
  pm..............       .............     .............                                                                

Post-Solo Breakdown
--------------------

e|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 pm..........................................................                   


Peace
-Tim
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