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Killing in the Name

Rage Against the Machine
TabTuningDrop D
4.8(70)

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Song

Song: Killing In The Name (live)

Band: Rage Against The Machine

Tabbed by: J.Dawg

Tuning: Drop D

From the live performance at Rock AM Ring (June 2000).

This is a really good song, and probably RATM`s best

of the best. I hope you enjoy this tab!

Intro uses a flanger I believe.

0:04

Intro: X1 0:10 |---q---| 0:05

e|---------------------|-------|-----------|
b|-3----3----3----3----|-------|-----------|
g|-2----2----2----2----|-------|-8~~~~~~~~-|
d|-0----0----0----0----|-------|-----------|
a|-0----0----0----0----|-------|-----------|
d|-0----0----0----0----|-------|-----------|

/-------------- X2 0:16----------------\

/ \

/ \

/ X3 X1 \

e|-------------------||------------------------|
b|-------------------||------------------------|
g|-------------11-12-||-------------11-12br12~-|
d|-------11-12-------||-------11-12------------|
a|-------------------||------------------------|
d|-0-0-0-------------||-0-0-0------------------|

X1 0:10

e|---------------------------------------------------|
b|---------------------------------------------------|
g|-------------------------------8-8-8---------8~~~\-|
d|---------------------------------------------------|
a|-------6-6-6-------6-6-6-------6-6-6---------6~~~\-|
d|-0-0-0-------0-0-0-------0-0-0-------0-0-0---------|

Verse 1: X4 0:12 X8 0:22

e|----------------------------||----------------------------|
b|----------------------------||----------------------------|
g|----------------------------||----------------------------|
d|----------3h4---------------||----------3h4---------------|
a|-0-3h5-xx-----5--0--2-3-2-0-||-0-3h5-xx-----5--0--2-3-2-0-|
d|-0-----xx--------0--2-3-2-0-||-0-----xx--------0--2-3-2-0-|
       |-pm-|                  |--------------pm------------|

Bridge 1: X1 0:06

e|------------------------------------------------------|
b|------------------------------------------------------|
g|------------------------------------------------------|
d|----------9~----------8~----------7~------------------|
a|-0-3h5-xx----0-3h5-xx----0-3h5-xx-----0--2-3-2-3-2-0--|
d|-0-----xx----0-----xx----0-----xx-----0--2-3-2-3-2-0--|

|-pm-| |-pm-| |-pm-|

X1 0:06

e|--------------------------------------------------------|
b|--------------------------------------------------------|
g|--------------------------------------------------------|
d|----------9~----------8~----------7~--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|
a|-0-3h5-xx----0-3h5-xx----0-3h5-xx-----3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---|
d|-0-----xx----0-----xx----0-----xx---------------------0-|
       |-pm-|      |-pm-|      |-pm-|  |-------pm---------|

Pre Chorus:

X4 0:12 X4 0:08 X1 X3 0:08

e|-----------||-----x---x-xx-x-xx-x-xx-||------||-----x-----------|
b|-----------||-----x---x-xx-x-xx-x-xx-||------||-----x-----------|
g|-7-7--7----||-7-7-x-7-x-xx-x-xx-x-xx-||-5-5--||-7-7-x-7--5-7-7\-|
d|-----------||-----x---x-xx-x-xx-x-xx-||-5-5--||-----x----5------|
a|-5-5--5----||-5-5-x-5-x-xx-x-xx-x-xx-||-5-5--||-5-5-x-5--5-5-5\-|
d|-----------||-----x---x-xx-x-xx-x-xx-||------||-----x-----------|

X1 0:03 Chorus 1: X8 0:22

e|-----x----------------------------------||-----x---x---x--------|
b|-----x----------------------------------||-----x---x---x--------|
g|-7-7-x-7/19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19\-||-7-7-x-7-x-7-x--------|
d|-----x----------------------------------||-----x---x---x--------|
a|-5-5-x-5/17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17\-||-5-5-x-5-x-5-x--3-5-3-|
d|-----x----------------------------------||-----x---x---x--3-5---|

Verse 2: X3 0:08 X1 0:03

e|----------------------------||------------------------------------|
b|----------------------------||------------------------------------|
g|----------------------------||--------------------------------10~-|
d|----------3h4---------------||----------3h4-----------10h1112-----|
a|-0-3h5-xx-----5--0--2-3-2-0-||-0-3h5-xx-----5-10h11h12------------|
d|-0-----xx--------0--2-3-2-0-||-0-----xx---------------------------|
 |-------------pm-------------||-------pm------|

X4 0:10

e|----------------------------|
b|----------------------------|
g|----------------------------|
d|----------3h4---------------|
a|-0-3h5-xx-----5--0--2-3-2-0-|
d|-0-----xx--------0--2-3-2-0-|
 |-------------pm-------------|

Bridge 2: X1 0:06

e|-----------------------------------------------------|
b|-----------------------------------------------------|
g|-----------------------------------------------------|
d|----------9~----------8~----------7~-----------------|
a|-0-3h5-xx----0-3h5-xx----0-3h5-xx-----0--2-3-2-3-2-0-|
d|-0-----xx----0-----xx----0-----xx-----0--2-3-2-3-2-0-|

|-pm-| |-pm-| |-pm-|

X1 0:06

e|--------------------------------------------------------|
b|--------------------------------------------------------|
g|--------------------------------------------------------|
d|----------9~----------8~----------7~--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|
a|-0-3h5-xx----0-3h5-xx----0-3h5-xx-----3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---|
d|-0-----xx----0-----xx----0-----xx---------------------0-|
       |-pm-|      |-pm-|      |-pm-|  |-------pm---------|

Pre Chorus: X4

X4 0:12 X4 0:08 X1 X3 0:08

e|-----------||-----x---x-xx-x-xx-x-xx-||------||-----x-----------|
b|-----------||-----x---x-xx-x-xx-x-xx-||------||-----x-----------|
g|-7-7--7----||-7-7-x-7-x-xx-x-xx-x-xx-||-5-5--||-7-7-x-7--5-7-7\-|
d|-----------||-----x---x-xx-x-xx-x-xx-||-5-5--||-----x----5------|
a|-5-5--5----||-5-5-x-5-x-xx-x-xx-x-xx-||-5-5--||-7-7-x-7--5-5-5\-|
d|-----------||-----x---x-xx-x-xx-x-xx-||------||-----x-----------|

X1 0:03 Chorus 2: X8 0:22

e|-----x----------------------------------||-----x---x---x--------|
b|-----x----------------------------------||-----x---x---x--------|
g|-7-7-x-7/19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19\-||-7-7-x-7-x-7-x--------|
d|-----x----------------------------------||-----x---x---x--------|
a|-5-5-x-5/17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17\-||-5-5-x-5-x-5-x--3-5-3-|
d|-----x----------------------------------||-----x---x---x--3-5---|

Solo: Use a DigiTech Whammy & set up 2 octaves.

Solo is about 0:20

  |----------------------tr-------------------------------|
e|--------------------------------------------------------|
b|-^13-13-13v13-13-13^10-10-10v10-10-10-------------------|
g|-------------------------------------^12-12-12v12-12-12-|
d|--------------------------------------------------------|
a|--------------------------------------------------------|
d|--------------------------------------------------------|
 |------------------------tr-----------------------------|
e|----------------------------------------------------------------|
b|---------------------------------------------------------^13~~~-|
g|-^10-10-10v10-10-10---------------------------------------------|
d|-------------------^12-12-12v12-12-12^10-10-10v10-10-10---------|
a|----------------------------------------------------------------|
d|----------------------------------------------------------------|
 |-----------------------tr-------------------------------|
e|--------------------------------------------------------|
b|-^13-13-13v13-13-13^10-10-10v10-10-10-------------------|
g|-------------------------------------^12-12-12v12-12-12-|
d|--------------------------------------------------------|
a|--------------------------------------------------------|
d|--------------------------------------------------------|
 |----------------------tr-------------------------------|
e|----------------------------------------------------------------|
b|----------------------------------------------------------------|
g|-^10-10-10v10-10-10---------------------------------------------|
d|-------------------^12-12-12v12-12-12^10-10-10v10-10-10--^12~~~-|
a|----------------------------------------------------------------|
d|----------------------------------------------------------------|
e|------------------------------------------------------------------|

b|-^10h13p10h13p10h13p10h13p10h13v10^10h13p10h13p10h13p10hp13p10h13-|

g|------------------------------------------------------------------|
d|------------------------------------------------------------------|
a|------------------------------------------------------------------|
d|------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-----------------------------------------------|
b|-----------------------------------------------|
g|-----------------------------------------------|
d|-----------------------------------------------|

a|-^10h12p10h12p10h12p10h12p10h12v10^10h12p10h12-|

d|-----------------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------|
b|-^15~-v-^17~-v-^9++-(9)v-|
g|-------------------------|
d|-------------------------|
a|-------------------------|
d|-------------------------|

Build up:

0:04

 |---------------------tr--------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------------|
b|-------------------------------------------------|
g|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
d|-------------------------------------------------|
a|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
d|-------------------------------------------------|

0:04

 |---------------------tr------------------------------|
e|-----------------------------------------------------|
b|-----------------------------------------------------|
g|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-10-10-10-10-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|
d|-----------------------------------------------------|
a|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--8--8--8--8-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
d|-----------------------------------------------------|

0:04

 |-------------------tr-----------------------------|
e|--------------------------------------------------|
b|--------------------------------------------------|

g|-101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010-|

d|--------------------------------------------------|
a|--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|
d|--------------------------------------------------|

0:04

 |-----------------------------tr------------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
b|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
g|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|
d|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
a|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
d|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Outro: X1 0:05

e|--------------------|
b|--------------------|
g|--------------------|
d|--------------------|
a|-------6---6---6~~/-|
d|-0-0-0--------------|

Thats it! It`s a little different from

the studio version, but it`s just as cool.

Enjoy!

|------------------------|

|Guitar Key: |

| |

| |

| ~= Vibrato |

| ^=Whammy peddle in |

| v=Whammy pedal out |

| tr=Tremolo picking |

| r=Return |

| x=Mute |

| b=bend |

| /=Slide up |

| \=Slide down |

| h=Hammer on |

| p=Pull off |

| q=quiet |

| pm=Palm mute |

|------------------------|

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