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Band: Rage Against the Machine Song: Born of a Broken Man Album: The Battle of Los Angeles Guitarist: Tom Morello Tabbed by Xnay Comments to xnaysaturo@gmail.com Drop D tuning DADGBe x = Left Hand Mute b = Bend ~ = Vibrato h = Hammer On * = Let Ring Intro/Verse (I've seen this done differently, but this is the way I play it.) Here are the chords. Listen to the recording to get the right strumming pattern. (0:00) e|-5--4--7--0--0--0-| B|-3--3--7--5--3--3-| G|-2--2--7--0--4--2-| x2 D|-0--0--0--0--0--0-| A|------------------| D|------------------| Chorus (0:25) e|--------------------------------------| B|--------------------------------------| G|--------------------------------------| D|-0-5b-3-0-7-0-3-0-x-x-x-x-3-0-7-0-3-0-| x4 A|-0-5b-3-0-7-0-3-0-x-x-x-x-3-0-7-0-3-0-| D|-0-5b-3-0-7-0-3-0-x-x-x-x-3-0-7-0-3-0-| My fears hunt me down Capturing my memories The frontier of loss They try to escape across the street where Jesus stripped bare And raped the spirit he was supposed to nurture In the name of my In the name of my (0:51) e|-5--4--7--0--0--0-| B|-3--3--7--5--3--3-| G|-2--2--7--0--4--2-| x2 D|-0--0--0--0--0--0-| A|------------------| D|------------------| Born of a broken man But not a broken man Born of a broken man Never a broken man (1:17) e|--------------------------------------| B|--------------------------------------| G|--------------------------------------| D|-0-5b-3-0-7-0-3-0-x-x-x-x-3-0-7-0-3-0-| x4 A|-0-5b-3-0-7-0-3-0-x-x-x-x-3-0-7-0-3-0-| D|-0-5b-3-0-7-0-3-0-x-x-x-x-3-0-7-0-3-0-| Like autumn leaves His sense fell from him An empty glass of himself Shattered somewhere within His thoughts like a hundred moths Trapped in a lampshade Somewhere within Their wings banging and burning On through endless nights Forever awake he lies shaking and starving Praying for someone to turn off the light (1:43) e|-5--4--7--0--0--0-| B|-3--3--7--5--3--3-| G|-2--2--7--0--4--2-| x3 D|-0--0--0--0--0--0-| A|------------------| D|------------------| Born of a broken man But not a broken man Born of a broken man Never a broken man (2:22) e|--------------------------------------| B|--------------------------------------| G|--------------------------------------| D|-0-5b-3-0-7-0-3-0-x-x-x-x-3-0-7-0-3-0-| x4 A|-0-5b-3-0-7-0-3-0-x-x-x-x-3-0-7-0-3-0-| D|-0-5b-3-0-7-0-3-0-x-x-x-x-3-0-7-0-3-0-| (2:47) e|------------------------| B|------------------------| G|---------------5--5h7~--| D|------------------------| x3 A|------------------------| D|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----------| (2:57) e|------------------| B|------------------| G|------------------| D|-0-5b-3-0-7-0-3-0-| x1 A|-0-5b-3-0-7-0-3-0-| D|-0-5b-3-0-7-0-3-0-| My fears hunt me down Capturing my memories The frontier of loss They try to escape across the street where Jesus stripped bare And raped the spirit he was supposed to nurture In the name of my In the name of my (3:01) e|-5-5~5~5~-4-4~4~-7-7~--0--0--0-| B|-3--------3------7-----5--3--3-| G|-2--------2------7-----0--4--2-| x2 D|-0--------0------0-----0--0--0-| A|-------------------------------| D|-------------------------------| (3:27) e|--------------------------------------| B|--------------------------------------| G|--------------------------------------| D|-0-5b-3-0-7-0-3-0-x-x-x-x-3-0-7-0-3-0-| x2 A|-0-5b-3-0-7-0-3-0-x-x-x-x-3-0-7-0-3-0-| D|-0-5b-3-0-7-0-3-0-x-x-x-x-3-0-7-0-3-0-| Born of a broken man But not a broken man Born of a broken man Never a broken man (3:40) e|--------------------------------------| B|--------------------------------------| G|--------------------------------------| D|-0-5b-3-0-7-0-3-0-x-x-x-x-3-0-7-0-3-0-| x4 A|-0-5b-3-0-7-0-3-0-x-x-x-x-3-0-7-0-3-0-| D|-0-5b-3-0-7-0-3-0-x-x-x-x-3-0-7-0-3-0-| (4:05) e|------------------------| B|------------------------| G|---------------5--5h7~--| D|------------------------| x3 A|------------------------| D|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----------| (4:15) e|------------------| B|------------------| G|------------------| D|-0-5b-3-0-7-0-3-0-| x1 A|-0-5b-3-0-7-0-3-0-| D|-0-5b-3-0-7-0-3-0-| (4:18) e|------------------------| B|------------------------| G|---------------5--5h7~--| D|------------------------| x3 A|------------------------| D|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----------| (4:28) e|-------------------| B|-------------------| G|-------------------| D|-0-5b-3-0-7-0-3-0*-| x1 A|-0-5b-3-0-7-0-3-0*-| D|-0-5b-3-0-7-0-3-0*-| That's it! Easy song, enjoy!
the 0 chord sounds a little bit odd, but other than that flawless tab!
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Pretty good tab, though I thought the opening was a little weird, this was how i tabbed it
e|-5--4--7--3--0--0-5-|
b|-3--3--7--3--3--3-3-|
g|-2--2--7--2--4--2-2-| x2
d|-0--0--0--0--0--0-0-|
a|--------------------|
d|--------------------|
metal licks right