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Freedom Guitar Tablature
Tabbed by Max Leonard
Rage Against The Machine
Freedom

from the album rage against the machine


As nearly every tab for this song on the net is hopeless, i decided to set things straight, aside from asking Tom himself,
this is as acurate as your gonna find it, also, if you have a telecaster 'just lying around' go pick it up
you'll need it. 

Neck pickup mid scoop on amp.
Drop D

OPENING RIFF/INTERLUDE RIFF
E------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D------------------------------------------------xxx---------------------------
A-5-0-----3---------5-5-----5-0-----3---------5--xxx---------------------------
D-----3-5---5-3-5-3-----0-3-----3-5---5-3-5-3----xxx---------------------------
                                                                  
                                             p.m............
E------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D---------------------------------------------5-4-3----------------------------
A-5-0-----3---------5-5-----5-0-----3---------------5-4-3-0--------------------
D-----3-5---5-3-5-3-----0-3-----3-5---5-3-5-3----------------------------------
                                                                  
                                                 
E------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D-----------------------------------------------------15//5---------------------
A-5-0-----3---------5-5-----5-0-----3---------5--*G*--15//5---------------------
D-----3-5---5-3-5-3-----0-3-----3-5---5-3-5-3----------------------------------

*G* OK, IF YOU HAVE A TELECASTER (OR A STRAT MIGHT WORK), PLUCK THE G ABOVE THE NUT, AND
YOU'LL GET A HIGH PITCH (D) SOUND, DONT BOTHER OF YOU GOT A LES PAUL/FR-IBANEZ, IT'LL 
SOUND CRAP OR WONT WORK, JUST SLIDE DOWN FROM 10 ON THE HIGH e.


E------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A-5-0-----3---------5-5-----5-0-----3---------5--------------------------------
D-----3-5---5-3-5-3-----0-3-----3-5---5-3-5-3----------------------------------
 verse                                  
                                     

E------------------------------------------------------------------- 
B---15-----15--15---------15--15-15-----15-----15-15-------------------------- 
G---14-----14--14---------14--14-14-----14-----14-14---------------------------- 
D---12-x-x-12--12--xx-xx--12--12-12--xx-12-xx--12-12-------10-9-10-------------- 
A---12-x-x-12--12--xx-xx--12--12-12--xx-12-xx--12-12-------10-9-10---------------- 
D------x-x---------xx-xx-------------xx----xx--------xx-xx-10-9-10----------- 

THEN PLAY 1ST RIFF
THEN PLAY VERSE


ANGER IS A GIFT                        

--------------------|--------------------|------------------------------------
--------------------|--------------------|------------------------------------
--------------------|--------------------|------------------------------------
--------------------|-2222-4-4/2---2-4---|-101010-12-12p10----10-12-----------
-3333-5-53-30-35--x4|-3333-5-5/3-0-3-5-x4|-----------------12-----------------
--------------------|--------------------|------------------------------------



solo                                                                         
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------6b--3~-------------------------
---------10~~-----10-9---------5----------5-7-------------------10--12-14-15-14
-7/10-12--------------------5/7--------5/7--------------7/10-12----------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                              

--------------------12-13-----------12-13--------12-13--15-16b---15-13-15-13--------
--------------12/13-------13-12/13--------13--13-----------------------------15-15--
-12-10-9----------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 play 4x's                                                                    
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-----------5-3-5-3-5-----------------------3-3--------------------------------
-5-3-5-3-5-----------3-2-3-2-3-------------3-3--------------------------------
-------------------------------5-3-5-3-5-3-3-3--------------------------------
				                                  
			<==pick slide ====>
---------------xxx-------------------------------------------------------
--15-xx-15-15--xxx-15----------------------------------------------------
--14-xx-14-14--xxx-14----------------------------------------------------
--12-xx-12-12--xxx-12----2\12-------------------------------
--12-xx-12-12--xxx-12----2\12-------------------------------
---------------xxx-------2\12-------------------------------
 
verse
forget about the movement..
around this time, turn your guitar volume down to zero, play 
-0   and mess about with the volume control.
-0
-0
-0
-0
-0
                                                                             

---------------------|--------------------------------------------------------
---------------------|--------------------------------------------------------
---------------------|--------------------------------------------------------
---------------------|-5555-7-7p5---5-7---------------------------------------
-3333-5-53-0-35------|------------8------x3-----------------------------------
---------------------|--------------------------------------------------------
aww bring that *** in                 then this      

---------------------|--------------------------------------------------------
---------------------|--------------------------------------------------------
---------------------|--------------------------------------------------------
---------------------|--------------7-----------------------------------------
-3333-5-53-0-35-x6---|3333-5-53-0-3-5-----------------------------------------
---------------------|--------------0-----------------------------------------
 then on 5th time                                       

------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-101010-12-12p10----10-12-----------------------------------------------------
-----------------12-----------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                              

------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------5-6-7-----------------------------------------------------------
-0-3-4-5-7------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
--0--3-5-6-7--10-11-12--------------------------------------------------------------------
--0--3-5-6-7--10-11-12--------------------------------------------------------------
--0--3-5-6-7--10-11-12----------------------------------------------------------------
                                     

------------------------------------------------------------- then loads of feedback/pull
-3-3--3--3---3----------------------------------------------- leads out of guitar/mess -2-2--2--2---2----------------------------------------------- about with whammy pedal
-0-0--0--0---0-----------------------------------------------
-0-0--0--0---0-----------------------------------------------
-0-0--0--0---0-----------------------------------------------
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