Rage Against the Machine
Street Fighting Man
Album: Renegades
Tablature: Guitar
Transcribed By: DJ (djer@bellsouth.net)
For this song, you'll need:
Drop D tuning
Whammy Pedal
Telecaster (or a strat; either headstock will work for the 'siren' noise)
^= Raise pitch with Whammy (1 octave up)
using the neck pickup:
e--------------------------------
b--------------------------------
g--------------------------------
d--12~~~^----12~~~^----12~~~^----
a--------------------------------
d--------------------------------
Repeat this MANY times...
the "mortal kombat" riff:
e-------------------------------------------------------------------------
b-------------------------------------------------------------------------
g-------------------------------------------------------------------------
d--0-0-0-0-0-1-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-1-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-1-0-0-0-0-0-1
a------------------------3-----------------------3------------------------
d-------------------------------------------------------------------------
"siren" noise:
e------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
b------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
g------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
d--pick string behind nut with whammy fully depressed; slowly bring note down to pitch-----------
a------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
d------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
with Whammy fully depressed...
e------------------------------------------------------------
b------------------------------------------------------------
g------------------------------------------------------------
d-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x--------------------------------------------
a-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-pick string behind nut; bring back to pitch
d-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x--------------------------------------------
e---------------------------------------------
b---------------------------------------------
g---------------------------------------------
d-x-x-x-x-12-x-x-x-x-10-x-x-x-x-12-x-x-x-x-10-
a-x-x-x-x-12-x-x-x-x-10-x-x-x-x-12-x-x-x-x-10-
d-x-x-x-x-12-x-x-x-x-10-x-x-x-x-12-x-x-x-x-10-
Ok, a couple things:
1) YOU figure out how many times to repeat everything
2) These are the MAIN parts of the song. Tom had to be a jerk and overdub a ton of shit
towards the end, and I'm not even gonna delve into that. Pretty much, what you see above
is what you need to play the song live.
3) If anyone has some corrections (and I'm sure you guys do), email me.