"My interpretation of Rage Against The Machine's Song FREEDOM"

Dropped D Tuning

Riff 1
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D————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————
A—————5———————3———————5—5—————5———————3———————5——————————————————————————————
D———————0—3—5———5—3—5—————0—3———0—3—5———5—3—5————————————————————————————————

(the ending of riff 1 is actually varied some——so ad lib at will!)

Riff 1 Variant: (this is played instead of Riff 1 a few times——you can hear
                 when to use it——just listen to the CD!)
G————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————
D————————————————————————————————————————————————5—4—3———————————————————————
A—————5———————3———————5—5—————5———————3———————5————————5—4—3—————————————————
D———————0—3—5———5—3—5—————0—3———0—3—5———5—3—5————————————————————————————————



Then the next part goes like this.

Riff 2                                             for a short while...
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D————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————
A————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————
D———0——0——R——0——0——R——0——0——R——0——0——R——0——0——R——0——0——R——0——0————————————


Then it goes back to Riff 1, and Riff 2.  This is followed by a short
interlude where only the drums and bass are playing.

After spoken:  "Anger is a gift..."

Riff 3                         X a bunch
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D———————————————————————————————————|
A—————3—3—3—3—3—3—5——5—5—5—3—5——————|
D———————————————————————————————————|

                                                4 TIMES
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D*——————————————5—3—5—3—5—————————————————————————————*|
A*———5—3—5—3—5————————————3—2—3—2—3———————————————————*|
D—————————————————————————————————————5—3—5—3—5—3——————|

Do Riff 2 again.

Last Riff:
The guitar plays this part softly 4 times, then the bass joins in.
The guitar gets distorted after a few times then.  Be careful, this riff
is played the same over and over for bass, but the song has a change in
accent, thanks to the drums.
                                  x lots of times
G—————————————————————————————————————————|
D*———————————————————————————————————————*|
A*—————————————————0——3——4——5————————————*|
D————————3——5——6——————————————————————————|

Oh...anyways.  You get the jist of it.  The riffs are there.  Just feel
the music.
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"Any similarities between this transcription and the actual song is purely
coincidental"
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