People Of The Sun Tab

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Artist: Rage Against The Machine
Song: People Of The Sun
Album: Evil Empire (1996)
Tabbed by: 9natedawg

Guitar I Standard Tuning (EADGBe)

Almost all of this song is played by holding an allen wrench in your left hand and 
rubbing it against the strings.
You have to be careful not to press the wrench against the neck.  You have to hold it 
lightly above the string kinda
 like when you play a harmonic.

/-slide up w/allen wrench
\-slide down w/allen wrench

Intro and Verse 1: (Semi-Heavy Distortion)
Riff 1 x8
Riff 2 x32

Riff 1
  Guitar I
e|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|
G|-------------------------|
D|-------------------------|
A|--2-/-3-\-2-/-3-\-2-\-0--|
E|-------------------------|

Riff 2
  Guitar I
e|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|
G|-------------------------|
D|-------------------------|
A|--2-/-3-\-2-/-3-\-0--*0--|
E|-------------------------|
*lightly tap note with both
your allen wrench and four
fingers on your right hand.

Chorus 1: (Semi-Heavy Distortion)
Riff 3 x8

Riff 3
  Guitar I
e|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|
E|--1-/-3-\-1-/-3-\-1-/-3-\-1-/-3-\--|

e|------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------|
E|--1-/-3-\-1-/-3-\-1-/-3-\-1-/-3-*h1-*h3~--|
          *Don’t pick these notes!^^^^^^^

Verse 2: (Semi-Heavy Distortion)
Riff 2 x8
Riff 4 x8 (picked)

Riff 4
  Guitar I
e|---------0x/--|
B|---------0x/--|
G|---------0x/--|
D|--*0^0---0x/--|
A|--------------|
E|--------------|
*You can use your whammy bar to
bend this note upward OR you can
bend the string behind the nut.

Chorus 2: (Semi-Heavy Distortion)
Riff 3 x8
Riff 1 x2
Riff 3 x8

Legend:
------------
h-hammer-on
p-pull-off
b-bend
r-release
s-slide
x-muted or "dead" note
~-vibrato
*-harmonic
\\-pick slide down
//-pick slide up
PM-palm mute
PH-pick harmonic
AH-artificial harmonic

----------------------------------------------------------------------

Artist: Rage Against The Machine
Song: People Of The Sun
Album: Evil Empire (1996)
Tabbed by: 9natedawg

Guitar I Standard Tuning (EADGBe)

Here the updated version that I found more useful (this is the way Tom actually plays it).
You play the same notes, but you use your pick to scratch the notes that you hammer on
(scratch mostly near the neck).  I also realized I described everything from a 
right-handed persons point of view, so I fixed all that, too.  Sorry lefty-s. :)

Intro and Verse 1: (Semi-Heavy Distortion)
Riff 1 x8
Riff 2 x32

Riff 1
  Guitar I
e|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|
G|-------------------------|
D|-------------------------|
A|--2-/-3-\-2-/-3-\-2-\-0--|
E|-------------------------|

Riff 2
  Guitar I
e|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|
G|-------------------------|
D|-------------------------|
A|--2-/-3-\-2-/-3-\-0--*0--|
E|-------------------------|
*lightly tap note with both
your pick and four fingers
on your playing hand.

Chorus 1: (Semi-Heavy Distortion)
Riff 3 x8

Riff 3
  Guitar I
e|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|
E|--1-/-3-\-1-/-3-\-1-/-3-\-1-/-3-\--|

e|----------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------|
E|--1-/-3-\-1-/-3-\-1-/-3-\-1-/-3-*1-*3~--|
         *Don’t pick these notes! ^^ ^^

Verse 2: (Semi-Heavy Distortion)
Riff 2 x8
Riff 4 x8 (picked)

Riff 4
  Guitar I
e|--------#0/--|
B|--------#0/--|
G|--------#0/--|
D|--#0^0--#0/--|
A|-------------|
E|-------------|

#1- You can use your whammy to bend
  this note upwards OR bend it behind the nut.
#2-There is a lot of stuff going on here:
  -You mutes the note before and lets go when
  its time for the chord
  -You slide your picking hand up the neck w/
  your fingernails on those 4 strings really 
  fast.

Chorus 2: (Semi-Heavy Distortion)
Riff 3 x8
Riff 1 x2
Riff 3 x8

Legend:
------------
h-hammer-on
p-pull-off
b-bend
r-release
s-slide
t-tap
x-muted or "dead" note
~-vibrato
*-harmonic
\\-pick slide down
//-pick slide up
/-random slide down
\random slide up
PM-palm mute
PH-pick harmonic
TH-tapped harmonic
AH-artificial harmonic

Questions? Comments?
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