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Killing in the Name Of. Guitar Tablature
Song name- Killing in the name of
Band- Rage against the machine
Tabbed by- AXEWIELDER (aka "The great lover";))

All you got to know for this tab is "." is Palm mute, this song needs good palm muting to sound good

.- Palm mute
^- bend
/- Slide (slide to the chord but don't play it a second time)
X- muffled note

Intro
e---x----x----x----x-----------|
B---3----3----3----3-----------|
G---2----2----2----2-----------|
D---0----0----0----0-----------|
A---0----0----0----0-----------|
D---0----0----0----0-----------|

I don't know what other tabs say but this is all bass

Second part of intro
e------------------------------|
B------------------------------|
G-----------------11--12--(12^)|  X 8
D----------11--12--------------|
A------------------------------|
D---0-0-0----------------------|
    . . .  .    .  .   .

On the 4th and 8th time bend up and then bend back down farly quickly, listen to the song to get it right, and don't play the second "11" go straight to the "12^".

Third part of intro i guess :S
e------------------------------|
B------------------------------|
G------------------------------| X 4
D--------8-8-8-----------------| If you want just play the "0's" on the thick "D" it 
A-0-0-0--6-6-6-----------------| makes no diffrence
D-0-0-0------------------------| 
  . . .  . . .
On the very last time quickly palm mute the last power chord.

Verse
e------------------------------|
B------------------------------|
G-------5/7-X-9/11--7----------| X 4
D---0---5/7-X-9/11--7-0-2-3-2--|
A---0---3/5-X-7/9---5-0-2-3-2--|
D---0-----------------0-2-3-2--|
    .

e------------------------------|
B------------------------------|
G------------------------------| X 8
D------------------------------| Slightly palm muted
A------3/5-X-7/9----5----------|
D---0-----------------0-2-3-2--|
    .                 . . . .


e-----------------------------------------------------|
B-----------------------------------------------------|
G------5/7-X--11-----5/7-X--10-----5/7--9-------------| X2
D---0--5/7-X--11--0--5/7-X--10--0--5/7--9--0-2-3-2-3--|
A---0--3/5-X--9---0--3/5-X--8---0--3/5--7--0-2-3-2-3--|
D---0-------------0-------------0----------0-2-3-2-3--|

The second time don't play then 0 2 3 2 3 part, play this:

e------------------------------|
B------------------------------|
G---5555555--------------------|
D---5555555--------------------|
A---3333333--------------------|
D------------------------------|

Then go into this:

Chorus
e------------------------------|
B------------------------------|
G---7--7--7--------------------| X 4
D---7--7--7--------------------|Down, Up, Down. Also palm muted
A---5--5--5--------------------| 
D---0--0--0--------------------|
    D  U  D

    
e------------------------------|
B------------------------------|
G---7-7-X-7-X-X-X-X-XXXX-------| X 8 
D---7-7-X-7-X-X-X-X-XXXX-------|For the muffled notes it goes down UP...down UP...
A---5-5-X-5-X-X-X-X-XXXX-------|down up down up.
D---0-0-X-0-X-X-X-X-XXXX-------|
    . .   . d U d U dudu

Also It sounds like Tom double tracks(I think thats what it's called) and he does several pick scrapes up and down the A string while that ^^^^ is being played, thats starts on the 4th time it's played. On the end of the 8th time play this:

e------------------------------|
B------------------------------|
G-77777777---------------------|
D-55555555---------------------|
A-55555555---------------------|
D------------------------------|

Go into this:

e------------------------------|
B------------------------------|
G-7-7-X-7-X-7--------5---------| X 8
D-7-7-X-7-X-7---3-5--5---------|
A-5-5-X-5-X-5---3-5--3---------|
D-0-0-X-0-X-0---3-5------------|

Thats pretty much It. It just repeats untill the "F*ck you I won't do what you tell me" part but since I have no life I'll retype It all so it's all in order :)

e------------------------------|
B------------------------------|
G------------------------------| X 8
D------------------------------| Slightly palm muted
A------3/5-X-7/9----5----------|
D---0-----------------0-2-3-2--|
    .                 . . . .

Only diffence is on the 4th time instead of playing 0 2 3 2 play this:


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


Then back to this:
e-----------------------------------------------------|
B-----------------------------------------------------|
G------5/7-X--11-----5/7-X--10-----5/7--9-------------| X2
D---0--5/7-X--11--0--5/7-X--10--0--5/7--9--0-2-3-2-3--|
A---0--3/5-X--9---0--3/5-X--8---0--3/5--7--0-2-3-2-3--|
D---0-------------0-------------0----------0-2-3-2-3--|

Then this again:
e------------------------------|
B------------------------------|
G---5555555--------------------|
D---5555555--------------------|
A---3333333--------------------|
D------------------------------|

Then go into this:

Chorus
e------------------------------|
B------------------------------|
G---7--7--7--------------------| X 4
D---7--7--7--------------------|Down, Up, Down. Also palm muted
A---5--5--5--------------------| 
D---0--0--0--------------------|
    D  U  D



e------------------------------|
B------------------------------|
G---7-7-X-7-X-X-X-X-XXXX-------| X 8 
D---7-7-X-7-X-X-X-X-XXXX-------|For the muffled notes it goes down UP...down UP...
A---5-5-X-5-X-X-X-X-XXXX-------|down up down up.
D---0-0-X-0-X-X-X-X-XXXX-------|
    . .   . d U d U dudu

No Pick scrapes this time... but there is some other weird thing. It Just sounds like a guitar bending random notes on the think "D" string.

Then this:
e------------------------------|
B------------------------------|
G-7-7-X-7-X-7--------5---------| X 16
D-7-7-X-7-X-7---3-5--5---------|
A-5-5-X-5-X-5---3-5--3---------|
D-0-0-X-0-X-0---3-5------------|

8 times to the normal part of the song and then 8 times during the solo. Speaking of the solo... I dunno how the hell to play it. I'm sure other tabs detail it. Sorry:(

Anyways 

"PLACE SOLO HERE"

Then play this:

e------------------------------|
B------------------------------|
G---7-9-10-12-14-15-17-19------|
D---7-9-10-12-14-15-17-19------|
A---5-7-8--10-12-13-15-17------|
D------------------------------|


Play each one in time with the song. Play each one very fast for about 3 secs each.


Then go to this:
e------------------------------|
B------------------------------|
G-7-7-X-7-X-7--------5---------| 
D-7-7-X-7-X-7---3-5--5---------| X8
A-5-5-X-5-X-5---3-5--3---------|
D-0-0-X-0-X-0---3-5------------|

F-UCK YOU I WON'T DO WHAT YOU TELL ME!


THEN go to this:


e------------------------------|
B------------------------------|
G------------------------------|
D--10-X-10-10-10-10-X-10-------| Play that around 4 times
A--10-X-10-10-10-10-X-10-------|
D--10-X 10-10-10-10-X-10-------|


Then go:

e------------------------------|
B------------------------------|
G-7777777----------------------|
D-7777755----------------------|
A-5555555----------------------|
D------------------------------|

AND END ONNN:

e------------------------------|
B------------------------------|
G------------------------------|
D------------------------------|
A--------6--6--6---------------|
D-0-0-0------------------------|
  . . .  .  .  .

Yay my first serious tab is complete. Ok, any comments or questions send to maguppy@hotmail.com. A friend showed me how to play the main parts of the song so I gotta give him credit for that,

Enjoy.
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