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Born Of A Broken Man Tab

by Rage Against The Machine


 11/09/99 

 S1: I watched woodstock and Rage played this song called Broken Man, I
 listened over and over and i got it figured out. It's good. Drop D
 tuning, by the way. Also the verse part is all sliding back and forth,
 Verse... 

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 |-14--14--14-14-14-14--14---14---13---13---13---16---16-16-16-16---12--12--12--12--12-12-12--16-14--|
 |-x----x-----x----x---x---x----x------x-----x-----x------x------x------x---x---x----x-----x---x------x----x----x----x---x----x----x--|
 |-12--12--12-12-12-12--12---12---11---11---11---14---14-14-14-14---10--10--10--10--10-10-10--14-12--|
 |-0-----0-----0---0---0--0----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0------0---0--0--0-------0----0---0----0----0---0----0------------|


 Play that twice... 

 Then the first chorus... 
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 |------5b--3-----7---------3---x-x-x---3-----7-------3-------------(2x)-----------------------------------------------------------|
 |----------3-----7---------3-x-x-x-x---3-----7-------3-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 |--0-------3--0--7-0--0--3-0-x-x-x-x---3--0--7-0--0--3--0-------------------------------------------------------------------------|


 Then... 
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 |------5b--3------7---------3-----x-x-x-x---3--------------5555555 slow bend---------------------------------------------------| 
 |------------3------7---------3-----x-x-x-x---3------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 |--0--------3--0--7-0--0--3--0-x-x-x-x---3--0----0--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|


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 |------5--3-----7---------3-x-x-x-x---3------7---------3-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 |---------3-----7---------3-x-x-x-x---3------7---------3-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 |--0------3--0--7-0--0-3--0-x-x-x-x---3--0---7-0--0-3--0-------------------------------------------------------------------------|


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 |-14--14--14-14-14-14--14---14---13---13---13---16---16-16-16-16---12--12--12--12--12-12-12--16-14--|
 |-x----x-----x----x---x---x----x------x-----x-----x------x------x------x---x---x----x-----x---x------x----x----x----x---x----x----x--|
 |-12--12--12-12-12-12--12---12---11---11---11---14---14-14-14-14---10--10--10--10--10-10-10--14-12--|
 |-0-----0-----0---0---0--0----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0------0---0--0--0-------0----0---0----0----0---0----0------------|


 Play that 3 times... then hit the chorus again... 

 After the chorus ad this... 

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 |------------------------------5-----5--5---7-7-7--------------------(3x)---------------------------------------------------------------------|
 |------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------5b--3------7---------3------0------------------------|
 |------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------3------7---------3------0------------------------|
 |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---------------------------------------------------------------0-------3--0--7-0--0--3--0--0------------------------|


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 |-14--14--14-14-14-14--14---14---13---13---13---16---16-16-16-16---12--12--12--12--12-12-12--16-14--|
 |-x----x-----x----x---x---x----x------x-----x-----x------x------x------x---x---x----x-----x---x------x----x----x----x---x----x----x--|
 |-12--12--12-12-12-12--12---12---11---11---11---14---14-14-14-14---10--10--10--10--10-10-10--14-12--|
 |-0-----0-----0---0---0--0----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0------0---0--0--0-------0----0---0----0----0---0----0------------|

 Play twice once again... 

 Bridge... 
 Play with some kind of effect... 
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 |------5b----------------------x-x-x-x-------------------------------------------------------(2x)---------------------------------------|
 |------------------------------x-x-x-x-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 |--0--------3--0--7-0--0--3--0-x-x-x-x---3--0--7-0--0--3--0-------------------------------------------------------------------------|


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 |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 |------5b--3------7---------3-x-x-x-x---3------7---------3-------------(2x)-----------------------------------------------------------|
 |----------3------7---------3-x-x-x-x---3------7---------3-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 |--0-------3--0--7-0--0--3--0-x-x-x-x---3--0--7-0--0--3--0-------------------------------------------------------------------------|


 Then... 
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 |------5b--3-----7---------3-x-x-x-x---3--------------5555555 slow bend---------------------------------------------------| 
 |----------3-----7---------3-x-x-x-x---3------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 |--0-------3--0--7-0--0-3--0-x-x-x-x---3--0----0--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|


 |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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 |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 |------5b--3-----7---------3-x-x-x-x---3-----7-------3-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 |----------3-----7---------3-x-x-x-x---3-----7-------3-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 |--0-------3--0--7-0--0--3-0-x-x-x-x---3--0--7-0--0--3--0-------------------------------------------------------------------------|


 After the chorus ad this 2 times, and you're finished 

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 |------------------------------5-----5--5---7-7-7--------------------(3x)---------------------------------------------------------------------|
 |------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------5b--3------7---------3------0------------------------|
 |------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------3------7---------3------0------------------------|
 |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--------------------------------------------------------------0-------3--0--7-0--0--3--0--0------------------------|