"Born of a Broken Man" - Rage Against the Machine
transcribed by Jason B. ([email protected]

Dropped-D tuning (DADGBE)

intro - riff 1   clean
------
E|---------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------|
G|-14-14-14-14-14--13-13-13-16-16--------|
D|--0--0--0--0--0---0--0--0--0--0--------|
A|--0--0--0--0--0---0--0--0--------------|
D|---------------------------------------|

E|--x--x--x--x--x----------------------|
B|--x--x--x--x--x----------------------|
G|--0--0--0--0--0--4--2-2--------------|
D|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-0--------------|
A|--x--x--x--x--x-----0-0--------------|
D|--x--x--x--x--x----------------------|

played two times 

riff 2 - distortion
------
E|------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------|
D|---5------------------x-x-x-x-------------------|
A|----------3-----------x-x-x-x-------3-----------|
D|-0---3-0----0--0-3-0--x-x-x-x--3-0----0--0-3-0--|

played 2 times then

E|------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------|
D|---5------------------x-x-x-x-------7(b)-7------|
A|----------3-----------x-x-x-x-------------------|
D|-0---3-0----0--0-3-0--x-x-x-x--3-0--------------|

(b)= bend and pick notes

E|------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------|
D|---5------------------x-x-x-x-------------------|
A|----------3-----------x-x-x-x-------3-----------|
D|-0---3-0----0--0-3-0--x-x-x-x--3-0----0--0-3-0--|

riff one is played 2 times during the verse part

riff two - chorus

riff one - second verse

riff two - chorus

riff 3 
------
E|---------------------------|
B|---------------------------|
G|---------------------------|
D|---------------------------|
A|-------------15--17-17-17--|
D|-0-0-0-0-0-0---------------|

played three times 

then 

E|----------------------|
B|----------------------|
G|----------------------|
D|---5------------------|
A|----------3-----------|
D|-0---3-0----0--0-3-0--|

riff 1 - third verse

riff 2 - played several times
(play the first two times with wah-wah in the closed position)

riff 3 - outro