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The Ghost of Tom Joad

Rage Against the Machine
Tab
4.6(26)

This is tablature — fret positions rather than chord names. Wide lines scroll sideways on their own, so the page never does.

Song

------------------------------------------------------------ "The Ghost of Tom Joad"

by- Rage Against The Machine

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Tabbed by Sam LaPolla

Dropped D Tunning

Intro/Chorus

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

|-----------------------| x3 Then |---|

|---5-3-0-------3---0-3-|         |---|
|-0-------5-3-0---5-----|         |-0-| (Let Ring)

Verse

|-------------|
|-------------|
|-------------|
|-------------|
|-----3---0-3-| x17

|-0-----5-----| Let Ring for a sec then stop palm mute

^-------------------------

Chorus

Play the Intro for the Chorus

2nd part of the Chorus

|-10-10-10----------|
|-10-10-10----------|
|-10-10-10----------|
|-------------------|
|----------3---0-3--|
|------------5------|

Play this twards the End Several times then go play the

-chorus

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Order

Intro/chorus

Verse

Chorus

Chorus 2

Verse

Chorus

Chorus 2

Verse

Muted Section

Chorus

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