Killing In The Name Live Guitar Tabs by Rage Against The Machine

Song: Killing In The Name (live)
Band: Rage Against The Machine
Tabbed by: J.Dawg
Tuning: Drop D


From the live performance at Rock AM Ring (June 2000).
This is a really good song, and probably RATM`s best
of the best. I hope you enjoy this tab!
Intro uses a flanger I believe.
                                                                              
                         0:04
Intro:  X1   0:10      |---q---|    0:05
e|---------------------|-------|-----------|
b|-3----3----3----3----|-------|-----------|
g|-2----2----2----2----|-------|-8~~~~~~~~-|
d|-0----0----0----0----|-------|-----------|
a|-0----0----0----0----|-------|-----------|
d|-0----0----0----0----|-------|-----------|






    /-------------- X2  0:16----------------\
   /                                         \
  /                                           \
 /        X3                 X1                \
e|-------------------||------------------------|
b|-------------------||------------------------|
g|-------------11-12-||-------------11-12br12~-|
d|-------11-12-------||-------11-12------------|
a|-------------------||------------------------|
d|-0-0-0-------------||-0-0-0------------------|




                   X1   0:10
e|---------------------------------------------------|
b|---------------------------------------------------|
g|-------------------------------8-8-8---------8~~~\-|
d|---------------------------------------------------|
a|-------6-6-6-------6-6-6-------6-6-6---------6~~~\-|
d|-0-0-0-------0-0-0-------0-0-0-------0-0-0---------|





                                   
Verse 1:   X4    0:12                    X8   0:22        
e|----------------------------||----------------------------|
b|----------------------------||----------------------------|
g|----------------------------||----------------------------|
d|----------3h4---------------||----------3h4---------------|
a|-0-3h5-xx-----5--0--2-3-2-0-||-0-3h5-xx-----5--0--2-3-2-0-|
d|-0-----xx--------0--2-3-2-0-||-0-----xx--------0--2-3-2-0-|
       |-pm-|                  |--------------pm------------|






Bridge 1:         X1   0:06
e|------------------------------------------------------|
b|------------------------------------------------------|
g|------------------------------------------------------|
d|----------9~----------8~----------7~------------------|
a|-0-3h5-xx----0-3h5-xx----0-3h5-xx-----0--2-3-2-3-2-0--|
d|-0-----xx----0-----xx----0-----xx-----0--2-3-2-3-2-0--|
       |-pm-|      |-pm-|      |-pm-|




                 X1   0:06
e|--------------------------------------------------------|
b|--------------------------------------------------------|
g|--------------------------------------------------------|
d|----------9~----------8~----------7~--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|
a|-0-3h5-xx----0-3h5-xx----0-3h5-xx-----3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---|
d|-0-----xx----0-----xx----0-----xx---------------------0-|
       |-pm-|      |-pm-|      |-pm-|  |-------pm---------|






Pre Chorus:                                     
  X4  0:12           X4   0:08             X1        X3  0:08
e|-----------||-----x---x-xx-x-xx-x-xx-||------||-----x-----------|
b|-----------||-----x---x-xx-x-xx-x-xx-||------||-----x-----------|
g|-7-7--7----||-7-7-x-7-x-xx-x-xx-x-xx-||-5-5--||-7-7-x-7--5-7-7\-|
d|-----------||-----x---x-xx-x-xx-x-xx-||-5-5--||-----x----5------|
a|-5-5--5----||-5-5-x-5-x-xx-x-xx-x-xx-||-5-5--||-5-5-x-5--5-5-5\-|
d|-----------||-----x---x-xx-x-xx-x-xx-||------||-----x-----------|





             X1   0:03                     Chorus 1:  X8  0:22 
e|-----x----------------------------------||-----x---x---x--------|
b|-----x----------------------------------||-----x---x---x--------|
g|-7-7-x-7/19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19\-||-7-7-x-7-x-7-x--------|
d|-----x----------------------------------||-----x---x---x--------|
a|-5-5-x-5/17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17\-||-5-5-x-5-x-5-x--3-5-3-|
d|-----x----------------------------------||-----x---x---x--3-5---|






Verse 2:    X3   0:08                   X1   0:03
e|----------------------------||------------------------------------|
b|----------------------------||------------------------------------|
g|----------------------------||--------------------------------10~-|
d|----------3h4---------------||----------3h4-----------10h1112-----|
a|-0-3h5-xx-----5--0--2-3-2-0-||-0-3h5-xx-----5-10h11h12------------|
d|-0-----xx--------0--2-3-2-0-||-0-----xx---------------------------|
 |-------------pm-------------||-------pm------|                   
 




          X4   0:10  
e|----------------------------|
b|----------------------------|
g|----------------------------|
d|----------3h4---------------| 
a|-0-3h5-xx-----5--0--2-3-2-0-| 
d|-0-----xx--------0--2-3-2-0-| 
 |-------------pm-------------|





Bridge 2:     X1   0:06
e|-----------------------------------------------------|
b|-----------------------------------------------------|
g|-----------------------------------------------------|
d|----------9~----------8~----------7~-----------------|
a|-0-3h5-xx----0-3h5-xx----0-3h5-xx-----0--2-3-2-3-2-0-|
d|-0-----xx----0-----xx----0-----xx-----0--2-3-2-3-2-0-|
       |-pm-|      |-pm-|      |-pm-|



  
              X1   0:06
e|--------------------------------------------------------|
b|--------------------------------------------------------|
g|--------------------------------------------------------|
d|----------9~----------8~----------7~--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|
a|-0-3h5-xx----0-3h5-xx----0-3h5-xx-----3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---|
d|-0-----xx----0-----xx----0-----xx---------------------0-|
       |-pm-|      |-pm-|      |-pm-|  |-------pm---------|





Pre Chorus: X4               
   X4  0:12           X4   0:08            X1        X3   0:08
e|-----------||-----x---x-xx-x-xx-x-xx-||------||-----x-----------|
b|-----------||-----x---x-xx-x-xx-x-xx-||------||-----x-----------|
g|-7-7--7----||-7-7-x-7-x-xx-x-xx-x-xx-||-5-5--||-7-7-x-7--5-7-7\-|
d|-----------||-----x---x-xx-x-xx-x-xx-||-5-5--||-----x----5------|
a|-5-5--5----||-5-5-x-5-x-xx-x-xx-x-xx-||-5-5--||-7-7-x-7--5-5-5\-|
d|-----------||-----x---x-xx-x-xx-x-xx-||------||-----x-----------|





                X1   0:03                  Chorus 2:  X8   0:22
e|-----x----------------------------------||-----x---x---x--------|
b|-----x----------------------------------||-----x---x---x--------|
g|-7-7-x-7/19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19\-||-7-7-x-7-x-7-x--------|
d|-----x----------------------------------||-----x---x---x--------|
a|-5-5-x-5/17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17\-||-5-5-x-5-x-5-x--3-5-3-|
d|-----x----------------------------------||-----x---x---x--3-5---|




Solo: Use a DigiTech Whammy & set up 2 octaves.

             Solo is about 0:20
   
  |----------------------tr-------------------------------|
e|--------------------------------------------------------|
b|-^13-13-13v13-13-13^10-10-10v10-10-10-------------------|
g|-------------------------------------^12-12-12v12-12-12-|
d|--------------------------------------------------------|
a|--------------------------------------------------------|
d|--------------------------------------------------------|  




 |------------------------tr-----------------------------|
e|----------------------------------------------------------------|
b|---------------------------------------------------------^13~~~-|
g|-^10-10-10v10-10-10---------------------------------------------|
d|-------------------^12-12-12v12-12-12^10-10-10v10-10-10---------|
a|----------------------------------------------------------------|
d|----------------------------------------------------------------|




 |-----------------------tr-------------------------------|
e|--------------------------------------------------------|
b|-^13-13-13v13-13-13^10-10-10v10-10-10-------------------|
g|-------------------------------------^12-12-12v12-12-12-|
d|--------------------------------------------------------|
a|--------------------------------------------------------|
d|--------------------------------------------------------|



 |----------------------tr-------------------------------|
e|----------------------------------------------------------------|
b|----------------------------------------------------------------|
g|-^10-10-10v10-10-10---------------------------------------------|
d|-------------------^12-12-12v12-12-12^10-10-10v10-10-10--^12~~~-|
a|----------------------------------------------------------------|
d|----------------------------------------------------------------|





e|------------------------------------------------------------------|
b|-^10h13p10h13p10h13p10h13p10h13v10^10h13p10h13p10h13p10hp13p10h13-|
g|------------------------------------------------------------------|
d|------------------------------------------------------------------|
a|------------------------------------------------------------------|
d|------------------------------------------------------------------|




e|-----------------------------------------------|
b|-----------------------------------------------|
g|-----------------------------------------------|
d|-----------------------------------------------|
a|-^10h12p10h12p10h12p10h12p10h12v10^10h12p10h12-|
d|-----------------------------------------------|



                  
e|-------------------------|
b|-^15~-v-^17~-v-^9++-(9)v-|
g|-------------------------|
d|-------------------------|
a|-------------------------|
d|-------------------------|




 Build up:
                      0:04
 |---------------------tr--------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------------|
b|-------------------------------------------------|
g|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
d|-------------------------------------------------|
a|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
d|-------------------------------------------------|



                      0:04
 |---------------------tr------------------------------|
e|-----------------------------------------------------|
b|-----------------------------------------------------|
g|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-10-10-10-10-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|
d|-----------------------------------------------------|
a|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--8--8--8--8-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
d|-----------------------------------------------------|



                    0:04
 |-------------------tr-----------------------------|
e|--------------------------------------------------|
b|--------------------------------------------------|
g|-101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010-|
d|--------------------------------------------------|
a|--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|
d|--------------------------------------------------|



                            
                              0:04
 |-----------------------------tr------------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
b|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
g|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|
d|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
a|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
d|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|





Outro:  X1   0:05
e|--------------------|
b|--------------------|
g|--------------------|
d|--------------------|
a|-------6---6---6~~/-|
d|-0-0-0--------------|


Thats it! It`s a little different from
the studio version, but it`s just as cool.
Enjoy!

|------------------------|
|Guitar Key:             |
|                        |
|                        |
| ~= Vibrato             |
| ^=Whammy peddle in     |
| v=Whammy pedal out     |
| tr=Tremolo picking     |
| r=Return               |
| x=Mute                 |
| b=bend                 |
| /=Slide up             |
| \=Slide down           |
| h=Hammer on            |
| p=Pull off             |
| q=quiet                |
| pm=Palm mute           |
|------------------------|

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