Subject: r/rage_against_the_machine/down_rodeo.tabDate: Wed, 11 Mar 1998 19:49:26 PSTRage Against the machine, "Down Rodeo" TabEvil Empire, 7th trackstandard tuningopening chord (played around 64 times)fig.1e--9--B--9--G--13-D--11-A--9--E--9--then:fig. 1beBGD x 2A x 2E x 0fig.2Pre-choruseBG-3b(4)r(3) 3b(4)r(3)D-----------4 xx xxxx xxA 2 2 xx xxxx xxE 0 0 0202320 02 xx xxxx xxplayed four timesFig. 3ChoruseBGD 4 4 x xxA 4 4 x xxE 0 2 x xxplayed four timesThen this overdub w/ some weird effectFig.3bB-17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17play all of fig. 3 twice then play fig 3aVerse:I am convinced that this is guitar with another weird effect, due to thefact that all sounds on this album are made by guitar, bass, drums, andvocals.Fig. 4G 7 9 oD 9 7 oThe post verse is still a mystery to me, but its some variation of fig.1solo:A: 4 2 4 2 4 2 4 2 4 2just play that, listen to the CD to get the rythymEnd part (the rungs torn from the ladder...)eB closing chorsG 1212 12 12 12 12 12D 2 it's just a 2A 2 2 2 2 quiet, peaceful dance 2E 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Lyrics:So now I'm Rolling down rodeo with a shotgunThese people ain't seen a brown skin man since their grandparentsbought oneVERSE:Bangin' this bolo tight on this solo flight can't fight aloneFunk the track my verbs fly like the family stoneThe pen devils set the stage for the war at homeLocked without a wage ya standin' in the drop zoneThe clockers born staring at an empty plateMomma's torn hands cover her sunken faceWe hungry but them belly fullThe structure is set ya never change it with a ballot pullIn the ruins there's a network for the toxic rockSchool yard precinct, suburb to project blockBosses broke south for new flesh and a factory floorThe remains left chained to the powder warCHORUS:Can't waste a day when the night brings a hearseSo make a move and plead the fifth 'cause ya can't plead the firstCan't waste the dy when the night brings a hearseSo now I'm rolling down rodeo with a shotgun, these people ain't seen abrown skin man since their grand parents bought oneVERSE 2:Bare witness to the sickest shot wwhile suckas get romanticThey ain't gonna send us camping like they did my man Fred HamptonStill we lamping still clocking dirt for our sweatA ballots dead so bullets what I getA thousand years you had the tools we should be taking 'emFuck the G ride I want the machines that are making themOur target straight aheadwith a room full of armed pawn toOff the Kings out the west side at dawnLAST PART:The rungs torn form the ladder can't reach the tumorOne God, one market, one truth, one consumerJust a quiet and peeceful dance for things we'll never have______________________________________________________Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
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