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K in the Name Guitar Tablature
Killing in the Name – RATM

I’m only showing you the door... You have to cross through it by yourself.

Drop D tuning


Intro w/ Flange

E|-------------------------|
B|-2-----------------------|
G|-3-----------------------|
D|-0—Let Ring About--------|
A|-0-4 beats---------------|
D|-0-----------------------|

E|---------------------||---------------------|
B|----Repeat x3--------||-then----------------|
G|---------------11-12-||----------------12~--|
D|--—----11-12---------||---------11-12-------|
A|-0-0-0---------------||--0-0-0--------------|
D|-0-0-0---------------||--0-0-0--------------|

Bass Line

Pre-verse
E|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------|
G|--------8-8-8---------8-8-8---------8-8-8—--20//-|
D|--—-----x-x-x---------x-x-x---------x-x-x—---x//-|
A|-0-0-0--6-6-6--0-0-0—-6-6-6—-0-0-0—-6-6-6—--18//-|
D|-0-0-0---------0-0-0---------0-0-0---------------|

Killin’ in the name of...

E|-----------------------|
B|-----------------------|
G|-----------------------|
D|--—--------3h4---------|
A|---3h5-xx------0-2-3—2-|
D|-0-------------0-2-3-2-|


Verse
E|-----------------------|
B|-----------------------|
G|-----------------------|
D|--—--------3h4---------|
A|---3h5-xx------0-2-3—2-|
D|-0-------------0-2-3-2-|
PM . . . . . . . . . . . .



 
Chorus
E|----------------------------------|-----Fill 1--|-----Fill 2------|
B|----------------------------------|-------------|-----------------|
G|---------4----------3-----------2-|-------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
D|--—-------------------------------|-------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
A|---3h5-x------3h5-x------5h3-x----|-0-2-3-2-3-2-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
D|-0----------0----------0----------|-0-2-3-2-3-2-|-----------------|

And now you do what they told ya...

E|---------|---------Variation----------|----ending-------|
B|---------|----------------------------|-----------------|
G|-7-7--7--|-7-7—-x7--xx-x-xx-x--xx-x---|-7-7--7—x-x—19---|Repeat the 
D|-x—x--x--|-x-x--xx--xx-x-xx-x--xx-x---|-x-x—-x—x-x--x---|Last Chord 12 
A|-5-5—-5--|-5-5—-x5-—xx-x-xx-x--xx-x---|-5-5—-5—x-x—17---|Times
D|-0-0--0--|-0-0—-x0--xx-x-xx-x--xx-x---|-0-0--0—x-x------|Very Fast

E|-----------------------|
B|-----------------------|
G|-7-7----7--7-7—--------| 
D|-x—x----x--x-x---------| 
A|-5-5—-x-5--5-5—-----3--|
D|-0-0—-x-0--0-0—-3-5----|

Verse Variation
E|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-------------------5-6-7-10--|
D|--—--------3h4-5-6-----------|
A|---3h5-xx--------------------|
D|-0---------------------------|
PM . . . . . . . 

Solo (w/ some effect)
E--------------------------------------------|
B--------------------------------------------|
G--17----14----12----10----7----5-----14~~~~-|
D--------------------------------------------|
A----15----12----10----8----5----3-----------|
D--------------------------------------------|

E--------------------------------------------|
B--------------------------------------------|
G--17----14----12----10----7----5-----7~~~~--|
D--------------------------------------------|
A----15----12----10----8----5----3-----------|
D--------------------------------------------|

E---------------------------------------------|
B—-10~~~~-10~~~~------------------------------|
G-------------------------19~~~~-21~~~~-13~~~~|
D---------------------------------------------|
A----------------10~~-10~~--------------------|
D---------------------------------------------|



Fill
E-------------------------------------|
B—-10-10--x10-x10-10—-x10-x10-10-10---|
G—-10-10--x10-x10-10—-x10—x10-10-10---|
D-------------------------------------|
A-------------------------------------|
D-------------------------------------|

Ending
E--------------------------------|
B—-------------------------------|
G—7*-9*-10*-10*-14*-15*-17*-19*--|Repeat each chord
D-x*-x*--x*--x*--x*--x*--x*--x*--|24 Times, very fast
A-5*-7*--8*-12*-12*-13*-15*-17*--|
D--------------------------------|

E---------|
B—--------|
G—17/19*--|Repeat many times
D—-x--x---|Listen the Song for Rymth
A-15/17*--|
D---------|

E----|
B—---|
G—7*-|Repeat 
D-x*-|24 Times, very fast
A-5*-|
D----|


End 
E|--------------|
B|--------------|
G|--------8-8-8-|
D|--—-----x-x-x-|
A|-0-0-0--6-6-6-|
D|-0-0-0--------|

Correct me on the solo part
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