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Year of the Boomerang

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

Song

Year Of The Boomerang by Rage Against The Machine

This Songs pretty easy, easier if you have a whammy pedal

Tabbed by: Aird

Email: yermaw@msn.com

Tuning: Drop D, Order of song is at end of tab.

Intro

E|--12+--------------------------|
B|--12+--------------------------|
G|--12+--------------------------|
D|--12+--------------------------|
A|-------------------------------|
E|--------12---0---2---0---5---0-|

With Digitech Whammy Pedal, Set To Harmonize one octave higher

Riff B

E|----------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------|
D|------------0h2-------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------|
E|--2---x--x---------0-----2---x---x----0-------|

No Whammy

Riff C

E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------Let Ring----------Let Ring------Let Ring------------------------|
D|--------12+------12+-----7+-----7+-----3------5------3-------------------|
A|------12+------12+------7+-----7+-----3------5------3------10h12---10----|
E|---12+-------12+-------7+-----7+-----3------5------3-------10h12---10----|

Riff D

E|----------------------|
B|----------------------|
G|----------------------|
D|----------------------|
A|----------------------|
E|--4----4-----x--2-----|

Riff E

E|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------0-------------------------------0--------------|
E|--4-----4----4-----2-----------4--4--4--2----4-----2-----------|

Play This 3 Times then

Fig. 1

E|--4--4--4--4-----4--4----4---------------------|
B|--5--5--5--5-----5--5----5---------------------|
G|--4--4--4--4-----4--4----4---------------------|
D|--6--6--6--6-----6--6----6---------------------|
A|--4--4--4--4-----4--4----4---------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------|

Fig. 2

E|--15--------------------------------|--15--------------------15-----|
B|-----------15-------------------15--|----------15-------------------|
G|------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
D|-------------------------12---------|------------------12-----------|
A|------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------|-------------------------------|

Depress Digitech Whammy pedal so it sounds on octave higher

Riff F

E|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------|
A|-------------------0-----------|
E|--4--4--4--2----4------2-------|

The End With Delay

E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--6---------7------------8-----------9------------9b11-------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

With Delay

E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-5------------6-----------7------------8-------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------4----------9b11---|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|

Intro = 4 Times

Verse 1 = Riff B, 9 Times Lyrics = Tha Sisters are in...

Interlude 1 = Riff C Lyrics = Ah, Power To The People

Verse 2 = Riff B, 3 Times Lyrics = Bosses right ta live is mine ta die....

Chorus 1 = Riff A Lyrics = I got no property

Bridge = Riff D then Riff E then Fig.1

Interlude 2 = Riff C

Verse 3 = Riff B, 8 Times then Fig. 2 Lyrics = Tha Sisters are in...

Chorus 2 = Riff A Lyrics = I got no property

Outro = Riff F, 2 Times then The End

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