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Wakeup Guitar Tablature
Artist: Rage Against the Machine
Title: Wake Up
Transcribed by: Nick G
Drop-D tuning.
Since none of u retards know how to play this song, I thought I’d show u all.

Intro. Volume swell on:
E|---------------
B|---------------
G|-------7-------
D|---------------
A|---------------
D|---------------
On the recording he bends the 6th fret of the D up and down to the 7th

Then
E|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|-----7-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7----|
D|-----6-6-6-6-6--6-6-6-6-6--6-6-6-6----|
A|-----5-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5----|
D|--------------------------------------|

E|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|-----7-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7----|
D|-----7-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7----|
A|-----5-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5----|
D|--------------------------------------|
Listen to song for rhythm.

E|---------------------------------10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--|
B|---------------------------------13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13--|
G|----------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------|
A|--0-------------------------------------------------------|
D|--0-------------------------------------------------------|
Slowly bend 13th up to 15th to get the octave of the 10th.

Chorus
E|------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|
G|------------------------------|
D|------------------------------|
A|---------3---2-3--------------|
D|--0--0-0---0-----0-3-5-0-3-2--|

E|------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|
G|------------------------------|
D|------------------------------|
A|---------3---2-3--------------|
D|--0--0-0---0-----0-3-5-0-3-2--|

E|------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|
G|------------------------------|
D|------------------------------|
A|---------3---2-3--------------|
D|--0--0-0---0-----0-3-5-0-3-2--|

E|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|------------------0-2-3--0-3-5---|
A|---------3---3-5-----------------|
D|--0--0-0---0---------------------|

E|------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|
G|------------------------------|
D|------------------------------|
A|---------3---2-3--------------|
D|--0--0-0---0-----0-3-5-0-3-2--|

E|------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|
G|------------------------------|
D|------------------------------|
A|---------3---2-3--------------|
D|--0--0-0---0-----0-3-5-0-3-2--|

E|------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|
G|------------------------------|
D|------------------------------|
A|---------3---2-3--------------|
D|--0--0-0---0-----0-3-5-0-3-2--|

E|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|
G|----------------7-7-7-7--|
D|----------------X-X-X-X--|
A|---------3------5-5-5-5--|
D|--0--0-0---0-------------|


Versus
E|----------------------|
B|----------------------|
G|----------------------|
D|-------3----5---------|
A|--3-5----5----3--3-4--|
D|----------------------|

E|-----------------|
B|-----------------|
G|----10-10-10-10--|
D|----10-10-10-10--|
A|----8--8--8--8---|
D|-----------------|

Variations on the second verse. U’ll figure it out.
E|------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|
G|------------------------------|
D|-------3-3-5--5-5-6--3-3-5----|
A|--3-5----------------------3--|
D|------------------------------|


E|-------------|
B|-------------|
G|-------19----|
D|-------------|
A|----17-------|
D|-------------|

E|--------------------|
B|--------------------|
G|--------------------|
D|--------------------|
A|----12H15P12H15-----|
D|--------------------|

Solo with tremelo
E|------------------------------------------|
B|------------5-6--8--6-5--------5-6--------|
G|----7--------------------5----------7-----|   X2
D|------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------|

Bridge part.
E|-------------------------------------------------------------| 
B|-------------------------------------------------------------| 
G|-------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----5-5-3-5-0-3-5-0----5-5-3-5-0-3-5-3----5-5-3-5-0-3-5-0----| 
A|----5-5-3-5-0-3-5-0----5-5-3-5-0-3-5-3----5-5-3-5-0-3-5-0----| 
D|----5-5-3-5-0-3-5-0----5-5-3-5-0-3-5-3----5-5-3-5-0-3-5-0----|
Pm    . . . . . . .      . . . . . . .      . . . . . . . 

E|------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----5-5-3-5-0-3-5--5-5-3-5-0-3-5--5-5-3-5-0-3-5--5-5-3-5-0-3-5----|
A|----5-5-3-5-0-3-5--5-5-3-5-0-3-5--5-5-3-5-0-3-5--5-5-3-5-0-3-5----|
D|----5-5-3-5-0-3-5--5-5-3-5-0-3-5--5-5-3-5-0-3-5--5-5-3-5-0-3-5----|
Pm    . . . . . . .  . . . . . . .  . . . . . . .  . . . . . . .

Loadsa palm muting on this part. Kool rhythm.
E|------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--0-5-5-3-5-0-3-5-0-5-5-3-5-0-3-5-0-5-5-3-5-0-3-5-0-5-5-3-5-0-3-5-|
A|--0-5-5-3-5-0-3-5-0-5-5-3-5-0-3-5-0-5-5-3-5-0-3-5-0-5-5-3-5-0-3-5-|
D|--0-5-5-3-5-0-3-5-0-5-5-3-5-0-3-5-0-5-5-3-5-0-3-5-0-5-5-3-5-0-3-5-|
Pm  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 

WEIRD AMAZING SOLO AT THE END. Uses pedal pitch whammy thingy. Just bend between these notes with the pitch or something. I dunno.

E|--------------------|
B|----15--17----------|
G|--------------------|
D|--------------------|
A|--------------------|
D|--------------------|

These are all the riffs to play the song so listen to it to get them in the rite place.
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