Rage Against The Machine - Fistful Of Steel
Tabbed By: Tim Hall
EMail: RunningFromSatan
Album: Rage Against The Machine (1992)
Guitarist: Tom Morello
KEY:
b - Bend/ - Slide up
r - Release - Slide down
h - Hammer on - Natural harmonics
~ - Vibe pm - Palm mute
SETUP:
Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
Digitech Whammy
Metal slide
Whammy bar (not necessary)
INTRO: This is a neat kind of motorized sound. Set the Whammy pedal
2 oct. up, and trem pick a muted E-string while moving the pedal up
and down slowly. End by picking all open strings with pedal fully
depressed, then move on to chorus.
CHORUS (whammy off):
E |-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B |---------------------0------|---------------------0----0--|
G |---------------------0------|---------------------0----0--|
D |--------x-x----------0------|--------x-x----------0----0--|
A |-2-4-4--x-x--2-4-4---0------|-2-4-4--x-x--2-4-4---0----0--|
E |-0h2-2--x-x--0h2-2-------------|-0h2-2--x-x--0h2-2---------------|
E |-------------------------------|------------------------------------|
B |---------------------0------|-----------------------x----|
G |---------------------0------|-----------------------x----|
D |--------x-x----------0------|--------x-x------------x----|
A |-2-4-4--x-x--2-4-4---0------|-2-4-4--x-x--2-4-4-----x----|
E |-0h2-2--x-x--0h2-2-------------|-0h2-2--x-x--0h2-2------------------|
(not exactly tabbed, experiment with different harmonics when needed)
Repeat the same pattern 3x, ending on:
E |------------------------------------|
B |------------------------------------|
G |------------------------------------|
D |--------x-x----------12--x--12--12--| (x2)
repeat 2 more times before the solo
Solo : I don't know !
Then,
e|---------|
b|---------|
g|---------|
d|-4-3-2---|
a|-------0-|
E|---------|
----->(x16)
e|--------------------------|
b|--------------------------|
g|--------------------------|
d|-2--4---7---4-3-2---4-3-2-|
a|-2--4---7---------0-------|
E|-0--2--~5~----------------|
------>(x4)
e|---------|
b|---------|
g|---------|
d|-4-3-2---|
a|-------0-|
E|---------|
----->(many times!.....just wait for the drum to start the other riff)
e|--------------------------|
b|--------------------------|
g|--------------------------|
d|-2--4---7---4-3-2---4-3-2-|
a|-2--4---7---------0-------|
E|-0--2--~5~----------------|
------>('til the end)
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#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE--------------------------------#
#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the#
#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research.#
#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------#
Song: Fistful of Steel
Band: Rage Against the Machine
Album: Self Titled
the intro w/the sounds is played on the a-string (muted w/frethand) and the
'frethand' moves up and down the a string changing the sound.
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
b|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
g|-------------------------------------0--3---------------------------|
d|-------------------------------------0--3---------------------------|
a|--2--4--4---x--x----2--4--4---x--x----------2--4--4---x--x----------|
e|--0--2--2---x--x----0--2--2---x--x----------0--2--2---x--x----------|
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
b|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
g|--------------------0--12--12--------------------------------------|
d|--------------------0--12--12--------------------------------------|
a|--2--4--4---x--x-----------12------2--4--4---x--x---2--4--4---x--x-|
e|--0--2--2---x--x--------------------0--2--2---x--x---0--2--2---x--x-|
1st time 2nd time 3rd time (last)
e|------------------------------|-------------|-----------|--------------|
b|------------------------------|------0------|------0----|----x-0--9----|
g|---0--5-----------------------|---0--0------|---0--0----|--0-x-0--9----|
d|---0--5-----------------------|---0---------|---0-------|--0-----------|
a|----------2--4--4---x--x------|-------------|-----------|--------------|
e|----------0--2--2---x--x------|-------------|-----------|--------------|
