Song: Down Rodeo By: Rage Against The Machine Tabbed by: J.Dawg Tuning: Standard To get the right tone for this song use a DigiTech Whammy pedal and set it on the harmony setting v oct ^ oct (down 1 octave up 1 octave.) Have the whammy pedal in the out position. A wah wah is used for the solo. The chord for the intro is played X60, then strum E5. Intro: e|-9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--||------| b|-9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--||------| g|-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-||-x-4--| d|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-||-x-2--| a|-9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--||-x-2--| e|-9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--||---0--| Verse 1: X3 e|-----------------------------------------------------| b|-----------------------------------------------------| g|-3hbr------------------------------3hbr--------------| d|-------4---------------------------------------------| a|--------------------------------xx-------xx-x-x-x-xx-| e|---------2-0-0-2-0-2h3-2-0--0-2-xx-------xx-x-x-x-xx-| |-pm-| |-----pm-----| X1 e|---------------------------| b|---------------------------| g|-3hbr----------------------| d|-------4-------------------| a|---------------------------| e|---------2-0-0-2-0-2h3-2-0-| ____________________________ X2 _________________________________ / \ / \ / Riff 1: X1 \ e|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------| b|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------| g|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------| d|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------| a|-----x-xx-----x-xx-----x-xx-----x-xx-|--------------------------------| e|-0-2-x-xx-0-2-x-xx-0-2-x-xx-0-2-x-xx-|-''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''-| |-pm-| |-pm-| |-pm-| |-pm-| X1 e|--------------| b|--------------| g|--------------| d|--------------| a|-----x-xx-----| e|-0-2-x-xx-0-2-| |-pm-| Riff 2: X3 e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------| b|-----------------------------------------------------------------------| g|-----------------------------------------------------------------------| d|-----------------------------------------------------------------------| a|-14-h16-----------h14-h16-----------h14-h16-----------h14-h16----------| e|---------h14-h16-----------h14-h16-----------h14-h16-----------h14-h16-| e|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------| b|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------| g|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--x-4--| d|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--x-2--| a|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x--x-2--| e|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3----0--| Verse 2: X3 e|-----------------------------------------------------| b|-----------------------------------------------------| g|-3hbr------------------------------3hbr--------------| d|-------4---------------------------------------------| a|--------------------------------xx-------xx-x-x-x-xx-| e|---------2-0-0-2-0-2h3-2-0--0-2-xx-------xx-x-x-x-xx-| |-pm-| |-----pm-----| X1 e|---------------------------| b|---------------------------| g|-3hbr----------------------| d|-------4-------------------| a|---------------------------| e|---------2-0-0-2-0-2h3-2-0-| ____________________________ X2 _________________________________ / \ / \ / Riff 3: X2 X1 \ e|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------| b|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------| g|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------| d|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------| a|-----x-xx-----x-xx-----x-xx-----x-xx-|--------------------------------| e|-0-2-x-xx-0-2-x-xx-0-2-x-xx-0-2-x-xx-|-''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''-| |-pm-| |-pm-| |-pm-| |-pm-| X1 e|--------------| b|--------------| g|--------------| d|--------------| a|-----x-xx-----| e|-0-2-x-xx-0-2-| |-pm-| Solo 1: Use a Wah Wah e|----------------------------------------------------| b|----------------------------------------------------| g|----------------------------------------------------| d|-------------------------9-----------9--7--9--7--9--| a|-9--7--9--7--9--7--9--7-----9--7--5--9--7--9--7--9--| e|----------------------------------------------------| e|---------------------------------------------------------------------| b|---------------------------------------------------------------------| g|---------------------------------------------------------------------| d|---------------------------------------------------------------------| a|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--9-9-9-7--7-9-9-9-7--7-9-7--9-9-9-7-| e|---------------------------------------------------------------------| e|------------------------------------------------| b|------------------------------------------------| g|------------------------------------------------| d|------------------------------------------------| a|-7-9-9-9-7--7-9-7--9-9-9-7--7-9-9-9-7--7-9-7-7--| e|------------------------------------------------| e|----------------------------| b|----------------------------| g|----------------------------| d|----------------------------| a|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7----| e|----------------------------| Riff 4: X2 e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------| b|-----------------------------------------------------------------------| g|-----------------------------------------------------------------------| d|-----------------------------------------------------------------------| a|-14-h16-----------h14-h16-----------h14-h16-----------h14-h16----------| e|---------h14-h16-----------h14-h16-----------h14-h16-----------h14-h16-| e|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--------| b|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--------| g|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---x-4--| d|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---x-2--| a|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x---x-2--| e|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-----0--| Verse 3: X3 e|---------------------------------------------------| b|---------------------------------------------------| g|-3hbr------------------------------3hbr------------| d|-------4-------------------------------------------| a|--------------------------------xx-------xx-x-x-xx-| e|---------2-0-0-2-0-2h3-2-0--0-2-xx-------xx-x-x-xx-| |-pm-| |----pm----| X1 e|---------------------------| b|---------------------------| g|-3hbr----------------------| d|-------4-------------------| a|---------------------------| e|---------2-0-0-2-0-2h3-2-0-| ___________________________ X2 __________________________________ / \ / \ / Riff 5: X2 X1 \ e|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------| b|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------| g|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------| d|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------| a|-----x-xx-----x-xx-----x-xx-----x-xx-|--------------------------------| e|-0-2-x-xx-0-2-x-xx-0-2-x-xx-0-2-x-xx-|-''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''-| |-pm-| |-pm-| |-pm-| |-pm-| X1 e|--------------| b|--------------| g|--------------| d|--------------| a|-----x-xx-----| e|-0-2-x-xx-0-2-| |-pm-| Interlude 1: X1 e|--------------------------------------------------| b|-----------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--| g|-----------------2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--| d|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--| a|-----------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--| e|-----------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--| |-----------------------pm---------------------| Interlude 2: X7 e|----------------------------------------------------------| b|-------------------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--| g|-------------------------2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--| d|-2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--| a|-2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--| e|-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--| Solo 2: play this about X10 Outro: X1 e|-------------------------------------------||-----------| b|-------------------------------------------||-----------| g|-12-12-x-x-12-12-12-12-x-x-12-12-12-12-x-x-||-----------| d|-------------------------------------------||-0--2------| a|-------------------------------------------||-0--2------| e|-------------------------------------------||----0------| Thats it, but should be pretty accurate. This is one of RATM`s best. |-----------------------------| | Guitar key: | | | | x= mute | | pm= palm mute | | hbr= half,bend,return | | '= Push String into pickup | | h= hammer on | |-----------------------------|