#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------## Rage Against the Machine "Freedom" by Adrian Mayes, European Space Agency, Darmstadt, Germany amayes@esoc.bitnet The tab for this in Nevada is complete crap - so here's my stuff. The first riff is E-------------------------------------------------x-x-x--------- B-------------------------------------------------x-x-x--------- G-------------------------------------------------x-x-x--------- D--------------------------------------------------------------- A---5-------3---------5-5----5-------3---------5---------------- E-----0-3-5---5-3-5-3----0-3---0-3-5---5-3-5-3------------------ this is repeated often ! Except that the last 3 notes are replaced with E--------------------------------------------------------------- B--------------------------------------------------------------- G--------------------------------------------------------------- D---------------------------------5-4-3------------------------- A------12 slide down to 5---OR----------5-4-3------------------- E------12 slide down to 5--------------------------------------- and other noises which are easy to follow. The riff over the verses is below ( Nevada is CRAP at this point ) E---12-----12--12----12-12-12-----12---12-12-------------------- B---10-----10--10----10-10-10-----10---10-10------5-4-5-5------- G---12-----12--12----12-12-12-----12---12-12------5-4-5-5------- D---10-----10--10----10-10-10-----10---10-10------5-4-5-5------- A--------------------------------------------------------------- E------0-0-------0-0----------0-0---0-0-----0-0----------------- repeat etc The following riff is played after "anger is a gift" E--------------------------------------------------------------- B--------------------------------------------------------------- G--------------------------------------------------------------- D--------------------------------------------------------------- A----3-3-3-3-----5-5-3---3-5--repeat etc------------------------ E------------5-3-------5---------------------------------------- this changes to E--------------------------------------------------------------- B--------------------------------------------------------------- G----5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-5-7 repeat etc------------------------ D--------------------------------------------------------------- A--------------------------------------------------------------- E--------------------------------------------------------------- The following riff also occurs E--------------------------------------------------------------- B--------------------------------------------------------------- G--------------------------------------------------------------- D----------------5-3-5-3-5-------------------3------------------ A------5-3-5-3-5----------3-2-3-2-3----------3------------------ E----------------------------------5-3-5-3-5-3---repeat--------- Towards the end as the vocals first start with << freedom - yeh >> the guitar goes E--------------------------------------------------------------- B--------------------------------------------------------------- G-----------5-6-7----------------------------------------------- D---3-4-5-7----------repeat etc--------------------------------- A-5------------------------------------------------------------- E--------------------------------------------------------------- this then changes at the end bit to E--------------------------------------------------------------- B-------------------------------------------------3------------- G-------------------------------------------------2------------- D------------2-5-6-7---repeat etc end chord is ---0------------- A--0--3-4-5--0-3-4-5------------------------------0------------- E--0--3-4-5---------------------------------------0------------- The rest of the song is just a variation on these with added scrapes etc. As with most of their songs tune the guitar dow to D. Adrian amayes@esoc.bitnet