"Born of a Broken Man" - Rage Against the Machine

transcribed by Jason B. ([email protected]

Dropped-D tuning (DADGBE)

intro - riff 1   clean

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

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

G|-14-14-14-14-14--13-13-13-16-16--------|

D|--0--0--0--0--0---0--0--0--0--0--------|

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

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

E|--x--x--x--x--x----------------------|

B|--x--x--x--x--x----------------------|

G|--0--0--0--0--0--4--2-2--------------|

D|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-0--------------|

A|--x--x--x--x--x-----0-0--------------|

D|--x--x--x--x--x----------------------|

played two times 

riff 2 - distortion

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

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

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

D|---5------------------x-x-x-x-------------------|

A|----------3-----------x-x-x-x-------3-----------|

D|-0---3-0----0--0-3-0--x-x-x-x--3-0----0--0-3-0--|

played 2 times then

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

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

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

D|---5------------------x-x-x-x-------7(b)-7------|

A|----------3-----------x-x-x-x-------------------|

D|-0---3-0----0--0-3-0--x-x-x-x--3-0--------------|

(b)= bend and pick notes

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

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

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

D|---5------------------x-x-x-x-------------------|

A|----------3-----------x-x-x-x-------3-----------|

D|-0---3-0----0--0-3-0--x-x-x-x--3-0----0--0-3-0--|

riff one is played 2 times during the verse part

riff two - chorus

riff one - second verse

riff two - chorus

riff 3 

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

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

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

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

A|-------------15--17-17-17--|

D|-0-0-0-0-0-0---------------|

played three times 

then 

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

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

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

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

A|----------3-----------|

D|-0---3-0----0--0-3-0--|

riff 1 - third verse

riff 2 - played several times

(play the first two times with wah-wah in the closed position)

riff 3 - outro

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