Know Your Enemy by Rage Against The Machine guitar tab (text):

Rage Against the Machine - Know Your Enemy

I finally finished figuring out the solo, so here you go!



H=Hammer on, P=Pull off, ~=Vibrato, ^=Bend



You're going to have to learn a new trick to play the intro

part - Using a guitar with Les Paul style electronics, set the

lead volume to 10, the rhythm volume to 0.  Simultaneously hammer

on each note and flip the selector switch into the lead position.

If you don't have that kind of guitar, then place your pick hand

across the neck of the guitar at about the 3rd or 4th fret, across

all 6 strings, and just use your left hand to hammer on the notes on

the intro.  You should do just fine, but it takes a bit of practice

to be able to hammer on without picking - practice until you get it.



   INTRO  w/selector switch trick

E------------------------------------------------------------------|

B------------------------------------------------------------------|

G------------------------------------------------------------------|

D------------7---------------9-7-------------7---------------------|

A--9-7-9-7-9---9-7-9-7-9-7-9-----7-9-7-9-7-9---9-7-9-7-7-7-7-7-7-8-|

E------------------------------------------------------------------|



Play that 5 times, then the 6th time play this:

E------------------------------------------------------------------|

B------------------------------------------------------------------|

G------------------------------------------------------------------|

D------------7---------------9-7-------------7---------------------|

A--9-7-9-7-9---9-7-9-7-9-7-9-----7-9-7-9-7-9---9-7-9-7-7-7-7\------|

E------------------------------------------------------------------|



Slide down off of the last E, treating it like a quarter note (the

intro is all 16th notes) and then play this:

E------------------------------------------------------------------|

B------------------------------------------------------------------|

G-----------2------------------5-4-2-----------2-------6-4-2-------|

D-----------2------------------5-4-2-----------2-------6-4-2-2-----|

A-0-4-4-4-4-0-4-0-4--0-4-4-4-4-3-2-0-0-4-4-4-4-0-4-0-4-4-2-0-2-----|

E-0-2-2-2-2---2-0-2--0-2-2-2-2-------0-2-2-2-2---2-0-2-------0-----|

On the last 4 power chords you hit, throw in a 16th note rest before

you strike, and then play each power chord as a dotted eigth note.



That's what's played when every other instrument stops, then you play

it a few more times (this is the CHORUS).  Then, for 1 measure, there's

a bit of a pause - just tremolo pick the higher A in the 3rd power

chord of the 4 power chords at the end of the abovementioned chorus

for 1 measure, never play the 4th one, and then the VERSE starts.

During all the verses, you just play this riff over and over again:

E------------------------------------------------------------------|

B------------------------------------------------------------------|

G------------------------------------------------------------------|

D-4---------------2-3-4--------------------------------------------|

A---------0-2-3-4-------------0-2-3-2-0----------------------------|

E---2-0-2---------------2-0-2-----------2--------------------------|



Now, play the CHORUS part above again, just to remind you it goes like

this:

E------------------------------------------------------------------|

B------------------------------------------------------------------|

G-----------2------------------5-4-2-----------2-------6-4-2-------|

D-----------2------------------5-4-2-----------2-------6-4-2-2-----|

A-0-4-4-4-4-0-4-0-4--0-4-4-4-4-3-2-0-0-4-4-4-4-0-4-0-4-4-2-0-2-----|

E-0-2-2-2-2---2-0-2--0-2-2-2-2-------0-2-2-2-2---2-0-2-------0-----|



Then it's another verse - play the VERSE riff:

E------------------------------------------------------------------|

B------------------------------------------------------------------|

G------------------------------------------------------------------|

D-4---------------2-3-4--------------------------------------------|

A---------0-2-3-4-------------0-2-3-2-0----------------------------|

E---2-0-2---------------2-0-2-----------2--------------------------|



Now there's a little BRIDGE, I guess is what you'd call it.  It's

the easiest part of the whole song.  Here it is:

E------------------------------------------------------------------|

B--------------------------------9---------------------------------|

G--------------------------------9---------------------------------|

D--------------------------------9---------------------------------|

A-4-4-4------4-4-4------4-4-4--------------------------------------|

E-2-2-2--0-0-2-2-2--0-0-2-2-2--0-----------------------------------|



E------------------------------------------------------------------|

B------------------------------------------------------------------|

G------------------------------------------------------------------|

D---------------------------------5--4-----------------------------|

A-4-4-4------4-4-4------4-4-4-----3--2--3--------------------------|

E-2-2-2--0-0-2-2-2--0-0-2-2-2--0--3--2--1--------------------------|

Play through that a couple times - first the first line, then the second

line, then the first, then the second, then the first, then the second,

then the first, then the second, etc. etc.



Now play the CHORUS part once through:

E------------------------------------------------------------------|

B------------------------------------------------------------------|

G-----------2------------------5-4-2-----------2-------6-4-2-------|

D-----------2------------------5-4-2-----------2-------6-4-2-2-----|

A-0-4-4-4-4-0-4-0-4--0-4-4-4-4-3-2-0-0-4-4-4-4-0-4-0-4-4-2-0-2-----|

E-0-2-2-2-2---2-0-2--0-2-2-2-2-------0-2-2-2-2---2-0-2-------0-----|





And now, it's guitar solo time!  For the first part of the solo, you'll

need some AMAZING whammy bar skill.  Try to follow this - directly

below each note is the number of steps that it's lowered using the

whammy bar.  Here goes:

SOLO:

E--------------12---------17---------------------------------------|

B-14--14--14-------------------------------------------------------|

G-------------------*14-------*14-----13~~ ------------------------|

D------------------------------------------------------------------|

A------------------------------------------------------------------|

E------------------------------------------------------------------|

For this first part, dip just before you strike the note, strike the

note, and then immediately release the whammy bar back to original

position.  On the last note, to a whammy bar vibrato AND a normal

vibrato for best effect.

*=No whammy bar dip



Now, don't pick the first note here:  It's the last note above

continued.    No whammy bar is used, except for once - between the 

notes marked with a pound sign (#), gradually bring the pitch up

on full step, then back down, and then don't pick the second note

(sort of like a legato slide, but with a whammy bar)

E------------------------------------------------------------------|

B------------------------------------------------------------------|

G--13~~ -13-14-13--------------------------------------------------|

D-----------------14#-----14#--------------------------------------|

A------------------------------------------------------------------|

E------------------------------------------------------------------|



Now comes the FUN PART OF THE SOLO!  This is PURE SHREDDING.  Actually,

it's based on a popular A major scale pattern.

SHREDDERS, enjoy! It's mostly triplets and sixlets.

E--------------------------16-17-19-17-16--------------------------|

B-----------------16-17-19----------------19-17-16-----------------|

G--------16-17-19----------------------------------18-17-16~ ------|

D--18-19-----------------------------------------------------------|

A------------------------------------------------------------------|

E------------------------------------------------------------------|



E----------17h19h21---------------------------------------------17-|

B-17h19h21----------17h19h21----------------------------17h19h21---|

G----------------------------18h19h21----------18h19h21------------|

D-------------------------------------18h19h21---------------------|

A------------------------------------------------------------------|

E------------------------------------------------------------------|



E----------17----------17h19h21------------------------------------|

B-17h19h21----17h19h21----------17h19h21---------------------------|

G----------------------------------------18h19h21---------18h19h21-|

D-------------------------------------------------18h19h21---------|

A------------------------------------------------------------------|

E------------------------------------------------------------------|



                       |-Quintuplet-|

E----------17----------17h19h21p19p17------------------------------|

B-17h19h21----17h19h21----------------21~~ ------------------------|

G------------------------------------------------------------------|

D------------------------------------------------------------------|

A------------------------------------------------------------------|

E------------------------------------------------------------------|

Above, I pointed out a quintuplet - this trick was originated by Van

Halen.  I only recently learned about it - it's a hard timing thing

to master.  Good luck with it - listen carefully and you should get

it.  On the last note, hold the vibrato and then slide down out of it.



Now, he once again uses that trick from the INTRO with the toggle

switch - it's a bit (well, a LOT) more difficult this time.  Practice

a bit, you should get it eventually.  This is the part I'm having

trouble with, maybe you're quicker than I am.

E------------------------------------------------------------------|

B-------------------10------------------------------------------10-|

G-----------11-----------11--------------11--------------11--------|

D---------------------------------11------------11-----------------|

A--9-9-11-9---9-9-9----9----9-9-9----9-9----9-9----9-9-9---9-9-9---|

E------------------------------------------------------------------|



E------------------------------------------------------------------|

B-------------------10--------11-----------------------------------|

G----11--------11--------11----------------------------------------|

D---------11---------------------11-11-10-9--7^ 7\-----------------|

A--9----9----9----9----9----0--------------------------------------|

E------------------------------------------------------------------|



Now, here's (for me anyways) the HARDEST PART of the solo.  It's still

using the pickup selector switch trick as before.

E------------------------------------------------------------------|

B-------------------------14----------------------------------15---|

G-------------14----------------14------------------16-------------|

D-------14----------------------------14-------16------------------|

A-12-12----12----12-12-12----12----12----14-14----14--14-14-14--14-|

E------------------------------------------------------------------|



E------------------------------------------------------------------|

B------------------------------18----------------------------------|

G-16-----------------18------------18---18\------------------------|

D--------16------18------------------------------------------------|

A-----14----16-16--16--16-16-16--16--------------------------------|

E------------------------------------------------------------------|



PHEW! Now that the solo's over, here's a bit of an easy thing.  Just

a few power chords, then a bit of a breakdown for all the instruments.

Just sort of do whatever during this part - I just do a pick scrape

up and down different strings, and hit an A every here and there.  In

case you haven't noticed, this song is based around A, very evident

in the solo.  Here's the power chords before the breakdown:

E------------------------------------------------------------------|

B------------------------------------------------------------------|

G----------2-------------------------------------------------------|

D---6--4---2-------------------------------------------------------|

A---4--2---0-------------------------------------------------------|

E------------------------------------------5^^^--------------------|

At the end of the breakdown, there's a gradual bend shown at the end

of that line.  Then the BASS comes in with the VERSE riff, then you come

in with the verse riff on the guitar.  Before you come in, you bend the 15th fret of the B string a few times.  Then you come in with the verse riff.

Here's the verse riff again:

E------------------------------------------------------------------|

B------------------------------------------------------------------|

G------------------------------------------------------------------|

D-4---------------2-3-4--------------------------------------------|

A---------0-2-3-4-------------0-2-3-2-0----------------------------|

E---2-0-2---------------2-0-2-----------2--------------------------|





And that's the whole song!  at the end, hit the last note as a Power

Chord.  That's all!  I hope someone puts this to good use.



Tabbed by MIXOLYDIAN