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-xx-|e|---------2-0-0-2-0-2h3-2-0--0-2-xx-------x-xx-x-x-xx-| |-pm-| |-----pm-----|
X1e|---------------------------|b|---------------------------|g|-3hbr----------------------|d|-------4-------------------|a|---------------------------|e|---------2-0-0-2-0-2h3-2-0-|
__________________________ X2 ________________________________ / \ / Use hamonics \ / Riff 1: 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-|
X1e|--------------|b|--------------|g|--------------|d|--------------|a|-----x-xx-----|e|-0-2-x-xx-0-2-| |-pm-|
Riff 2: X3e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|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: X3e|-----------------------------------------------------|b|-----------------------------------------------------|g|-3hbr------------------------------3hbr--------------|d|-------4---------------------------------------------|a|--------------------------------xx-------x-xx-x-x-xx-|e|---------2-0-0-2-0-2h3-2-0--0-2-xx-------x-xx-x-x-xx-| |-pm-| |-----pm-----|
X1e|---------------------------|b|---------------------------|g|-3hbr----------------------|d|-------4-------------------|a|---------------------------|e|---------2-0-0-2-0-2h3-2-0-|
___________________________ X2 _______________________________ / \ / \ / 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-|
X1e|--------------|b|--------------|g|--------------|d|--------------|a|-----x-xx-----|e|-0-2-x-xx-0-2-| |-pm-|
Solo 1: Use a Wah Wahe|----------------------------------------------------|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: X2e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|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: X3e|---------------------------------------------------|b|---------------------------------------------------|g|-3hbr------------------------------3hbr------------|d|-------4-------------------------------------------|a|--------------------------------xx-------x-xx-x-xx-|e|---------2-0-0-2-0-2h3-2-0--0-2-xx-------x-xx-x-xx-| |-pm-| |----pm----|
X1e|---------------------------|b|---------------------------|g|-3hbr----------------------|d|-------4-------------------|a|---------------------------|e|---------2-0-0-2-0-2h3-2-0-|
_________________________ X2 _________________________________ / \ / \ / 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-|
X1e|--------------|b|--------------|g|--------------|d|--------------|a|-----x-xx-----|e|-0-2-x-xx-0-2-| |-pm-|
Interlude 1: X1e|--------------------------------------------------|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: X7e|----------------------------------------------------------|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 X10 Outro: X1e|-------------------------------------------||-----------|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.
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| Guitar key: || || x= mute || pm= palm mute || hbr= half,bend,return || hm= harmonics || h= hammer on ||----------------------------|
