'Darkness' by Rage Against The Machine - Guitar Tutorial

            ##-----------------------------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. 
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Tabbed by Charles Benagh (CCBenagh@hotmail.com)

Artist: Rage Against the Machine
Title:  Darkness
Album:  The Crow Soundtrack

Equipment: Fender Telecaster --> Marshall JCM 800 2205 --> Peavey 4x12 cab

Legend:  p - pull off
         h - hammer on
         ^ - bend note
    / or  - slide
        - artificial (pinch) harmonic
         ~ - whammy bar dip


***Alternate Tuning - Drop D (tune your low E string down to a D)


Intro/Verse
   Clean, neck pickup, tone knob rolled off a bit
e-|-----------0----------------------0------------------|
B-|*-------12----12----------------7----7--------------*|
G-|-----11-----------11~---------6---------6~-----------|
D-|--12------------------------7------------------------|
A-|*---------------------------------------------------*|
D-|-----------------------------------------------------|


Chorus - Distortion                           4th ending   
e-|---------------------------------------|  |----0-0-0-0-0----|
B-|*-------------------------------------*|  |----5-5-5-5-5----|
G-|---------------------------------------|  |-----------------|
D-|---------------------------------------|  |-----------------|
A-|*-0--2----3--2-----0/12--12---------*|  |-----------------|
D-|--0--2----3--2-----0/12--12----------|  |-----------------|


Solo - neck pickup
e-|-----14-15-14-------------------------14-15-14--15-14------------------|
B-|--12----------15-14-15-14-15-14----12-----------------15-14-15-17-17^--|
G-|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D-|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A-|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D-|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
   pre-bend
e-|-^17--17-15-14-15-17-15-14------------------------------------14-15-17-|
B-|---------------------------17-15-14------------------14-15-17----------|
G-|------------------------------------16-15-14---14-16-------------------|
D-|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A-|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D-|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|

e-|-17^19-------15-17-16-15----------16-15-14----------15-14-13-14-15-13-|
B-|--------------------------17-16-15----------16-15-14-------------------|
G-|----------/14----------------------------------------------------------|
D-|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A-|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D-|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
                                                                  pre-bend
e-|------------------------------------15------14---17---17---17---19^17-|
B-|-15-14-13------------------12-13-14------------------------------------|
G-|----------14-13-12---12-14---------------/14---------------------------|
D-|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A-|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D-|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|

e-|-17---15--17---19^17---17---15--17------------------------------------|
B-|-------------------------------------------15-15-15------15-15-15------|
G-|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D-|--------------------------------------/12------------12------------12--|
A-|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D-|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|

e-|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B-|-15-15-15--15-15-15-----------------------------------------------|
G-|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D-|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A-|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D-|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|


Song Structure:
Intro   3x
Chorus  8x
Intro   3x
Chorus  12x
Some crazy sh*t that you can't play
Solo
Chorus  12x
Intro   2x

*This is all my own work