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Without a Face

Rage Against the Machine
Bass Tab
4.1(14)

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

Song

Without A Face by Rage Against The Machine

tabbed by r.allen.canterbury

Quick note -- the C+F diad (8 on E and A strings simultaneously) sounds a bit

different each time Tim plays it on the CD. Sometimes the C is accented and

sometimes the F is accented. I put a ! beside the note that sounds (to me)

more accented. If using a pick strike the diad by hitting the note with the !

beside it first (either down pick or up pick depending). If playing with

fingers, pluck the accented string a little harder to make that note ring out

louder. Any suggestions or corrections are appreciated!

G:----------------|

D:--Guitar-Intro--|

A:----------------|
E:----------------|
G:--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D:--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A:--7----------8!--------7-5-7-------------8--------7-5-7----------8!-------|
E:-------5--7--8------------------5--7-----8!----------------5--7--8--------|
G:----------------------------------------------------------|
D:----------------------------------------------------------|
A:--7-5-7------------8!----------7-5-7------------8---------|
E:-------------5--7--8----------------------5--7--8!--------|
G:------------------------------------------------------------|
D:------------------------------------------------------------|
A:--7-5-7------------8----------------------------------------|
E:-------------5--7--8!-----8--8--8--8--1--1--1--3-----(3)----|

*dist on

G:--------------------------------------|
D:--------------------------------------|
A:--------------------------------------|
E:-(3)--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|

-----------=============IIIIIII

grad. increase in volume

Chorus (x5)

G:--------------------------------------------------------------------|
D:*------------------------------------------------------------------*|
A:*------------------------------------------------------------------*|
E:---3-0-3-0-3-0-3-0-3-0-3-0-3-0-3-0-1--3----X-X---X--X-X-X-X-X-------|

..Born without a face

(x4)

G:----------------------|----------------------|
D:----------------------|----------------------|
A:--7-5-7-----------8!--|--7-5-7-----------8---|
E:------------5--7--8---|------------5--7--8!--|

*dist off

G:--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D:--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A:--7-5-7-----------8!----7-5-7-----------8!--------------------------------|
E:------------5--7--8---------------5--7--8----8--8--8--8--1--1--1--3---(3)-|

*dist on

G:---------------|

D:--Chorus-(x4)--|

A:---------------|
E:---------------|
G:---------------------------------------------------------------|
D:---------------------------------------------------------------|
A:---7-5-7-----------8!---------7-5-7---5-7-----------8!---------|
E:-------------5--7--8--------------------------5--7--8----------|

*dist off

(x2)

G:---------------------------|
D:---------------------------|
A:--7-5-7-----------8--------|
E:------------5--7--8--------|
G:--------------------------------------------------------|
D:--------------------------------------------------------|
A:----7-----------8----------7-5-7------------8!----------|
E:----------5--7--8!--------------------5--7--8-----------|

(x10)

G:--------------------------|-------------------------|
D:--------------------------|-------------------------|
A:--------------------------|-------------------------|
E:--3--1--3--1--3--1--3--1--|---3--b(4)r-(3)------3-\-|

*dist on slow >

bend accent

/----------------------------------------\

| ____ ____ |

| ( `--' .-' _T_T_T_T_ |

| |8| O O |||||||||||||||||||[o o o o/ |

| (__,--.____\ `~~~`--' |

| from the desk of jaco pastorius.. |

| acanterb@vt.edu |

| http://www.vt.edu:10021/A/acanterb/ |

\----------------------------------------/

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