Artist - Rage Against the Machine
Song - Wake Up
Album - Self Titled
Tabbed On - 28/5/03
Tabbed by Matt Morton
email - the_magnificent_morto@hotmail.com
Most tabs for this song I've found only have the main riff and the first solo, so I
tabbed out the whole song including small transition parts, because without them the
song doesn't sound as good. Most of it is right, except for maybe the variation riff
in the first verse, and the intro can be played heaps of different ways and they mostly
sound right. Sorry theres no second solo at the moment, its kind of messed up and
hard to work with all the effects over it. This tab is entirely my own work. Questions,
comments and corrections can be sent to my email address.
Tab Symbols
h = hammer on
p = pull off
b = bend
x = mute
p.m = palm mute
^ = let ring
Dropped D Tuning
Intro
e-|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B-|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G-|-13-13-13-13----13-13-13-13-13--13-13-13-13-14-14-14-14----14-14-14-14-14--14-14-14-14-|
D-|-12-12-12-12----12-12-12-12-12--12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12----12-12-12-12-12--12-12-12-12-|
A-|-11-11-11-11----11-11-11-11-11--11-11-11-11-12-12-12-12----12-12-12-12-12--12-12-12-12-|
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--0--0--|
Intro (x4)
Bass Part Chords
e-|--------0----------b10-------b10-b10--------|
B-|--------3-------------b10-b10-------b10-b10-|
G-|-2------0------2----------------------------|
D-|-0------2------0----------------------------|
A-|-0------3------0----------------------------|
D-|-0-------------0----------------------------|
^ ^ ^
Chorus Riff Variation Transition Riff
e-|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|-------------------------|
B-|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-|
G-|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|-x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--|
D-|--------------------------------|------------------0-h2-3-p0-3-h5-|-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-|
A-|--------3--0-h2-3---------------|--------3--0-h3-5----------------|-------------------------|
D-|-0--0-0-----------0-h3-5-0-h3-2-|-0--0-0--------------------------|-------------------------|
Chorus Riff (x3)
Variation
Chorus Riff (x3)
Transition Riff
1st Verse Riff Rest Variation
e-|---------------------|------|-----------------|
B-|---------------------|------|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|
G-|---------------------|------|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
D-|-------3----5--------|------|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
A-|-3-h5----5----3-3--4-|-3-h5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
D-|---------------------|------|-----------------|
play chords on the off beat
Verse Riff (x7)
Rest
Verse Riff (x3)
Variation
Verse Riff (x3)
Rest
Chorus Riff (x3)
Variation
Chorus Riff (x3)
New Chorus Transition
e-|-------5-|
B-|---------|
G-|-----5---|
D-|---7-----|
A-|-5-------|
D-|---------|
Verse Riff (x3)
Variation 1
Verse Riff (x3)
Rest
Verse Riff (x3)
Variation 2
Verse Riff (x3)
Rest
2nd Verse Variation 1 2nd Verse Variation 2
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/r/rage_against_the_machine/wake_up_tab.html ]
e-|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B-|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G-|--------------------------------|----5-----5-----5-----5-----5----|
D-|-------3-3-h5--5-5-h6--3-3-h5---|-7-----7-----7-----7-----7-----7-|
A-|-3-h5-------------------------3-|---------------------------------|
D-|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
slowly bend notes up to middle of riff then release
Solo (with tremolo) (x2)
e-|-------------------------------|
B-|-------5-6-8--6--5-------5-6---|
G-|-7------------------5--------7-|
D-|-------------------------------|
A-|-------------------------------|
D-|-------------------------------|
Bridge Intro
e-|------------------------------------------------------|
B-|------------------------------------------------------|
G-|------------------------------------------------------|
D-|-6-5-0-5-0-3-5-0---6-5-0-5-0-3-5-3---6-5-0-5-0-3-5-0--|
A-|-6-5-0-5-0-3-5-0---6-5-0-5-0-3-5-3---6-5-0-5-0-3-5-0--|
D-|-6-5-0-5-0-3-5-0---6-5-0-5-0-3-5-3---6-5-0-5-0-3-5-0--|
______p.m_____^________p.m______^________p.m______^
Crazy Timing Part
e-|------------------------------------------------------------|
B-|------------------------------------------------------------|
G-|------------------------------------------------------------|
D-|-6-5-0-5-0-3-5--6-5-0-5-0-3-5--6-5-0-5-0-3-5--6-5-0-5-0-3-5-|
A-|-6-5-0-5-0-3-5--6-5-0-5-0-3-5--6-5-0-5-0-3-5--6-5-0-5-0-3-5-|
D-|-6-5-0-5-0-3-5--6-5-0-5-0-3-5--6-5-0-5-0-3-5--6-5-0-5-0-3-5-|
______________________________p.m_________________________
Main Bridge
e-|---------------------------------|
B-|---------------------------------|
G-|---------------------------------|
D-|-0-6-5-0-5-0-3-5-0-6-5-0-5-0-3-5-|
A-|-0-6-5-0-5-0-3-5-0-6-5-0-5-0-3-5-|
D-|-0-6-5-0-5-0-3-5-0-6-5-0-5-0-3-5-|
______________p.m______________
Halfway through bridge gradually start playing without muting
Bridge Intro
Crazy Timing Part
Main Bridge (x4)
Quiet Part
e-|---------------------------------------|
B-|---------------------------------------|
G-|---------------------------------------|
D-|-7-7-7-7----7-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
A-|-5-5-5-5----5-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
D-|-0-0-0-0----0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
_______________p.m___________________
halfway through play low D open while muting top part
Quiet Part (x4)
Quiet Part without mute (x4)
Intro (x4)
Transition Chords Transition into outro
slowly let bend off
e-|-b9--b9--b9--b9--b9-b9-b9-----------------9--9-|-----0-|-b9-b9-b9-b9-b9-b9-b9-b9-|
B-|-----------------------------------------------|-----3-|-------------------------|
G-|-----------------------------------------------|-2---0-|-------------------------|
D-|-----------------------------------------------|-0---2-|-------------------------|
A-|-----------------------------------------------|-0---3-|-------------------------|
D-|-----------------------------------------------|-0-----|-------------------------|
Transition
Chords (x5)
Outro transition
Chorus Riff (x3)
Chorus Variation
Chorus Riff (x4)
Second Solo
End
e-|-8~~~~~~~--|
B-|-----------|
G-|-----------|
D-|---------0-|
A-|---------0-|
D-|---------0-|
Hold on the high C while Zach says 'how long...what you sow' then play chord
Thats It!
