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song:Down Rodeo
tuning:standard
tabber:enjoyincubus69
album:evil empire
another of the phattest ratm tunes to fiddle about wit
enjoyr.a.t.m
intro
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|-9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--|
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|-9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--|
|-9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--------------|
|-9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9----0--------|
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|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11---2--------|
|-9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9----2--------|
|-9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-----0--------|
intro part2/chorus
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|-----x-x---------x-x-x---x---x-x-| 2-|
|-0-2-x-x---------x-x-x---x---x-x-| 0-|
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|-2---4---x---x--2---4---x---x--|
|-0---2---x---x--0---2---x---x--|
verse
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other bit 1
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|-0---0--0----0---0---0---x-------|
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other bit 2
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|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
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outro
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|-12-12-x--x--12-12-12-12-x--x--12-12-12-12-x--x--|
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Ending
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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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tim Average |
#1 by tim martin at Nov 28, 1970 at 7:57 PM EST |
| I do think it's about racism, but I don't agree that it's JUST about white vs. black. I think "these people ain't seen a brown-skinned man since their grandparents bought one" is referring to Zach himself as a Chicano. "the clockers born starin at an empty plate mommas torn hands cover her sunken face we hungry but they belly full the structure is set ya never change it with a ballot pull" IMO this talks about class oppression. Clockers refers to people who are born into the working class (clock in and out of work) but no matter how much they work they never get their fill ("sunken face"). And the lower classes accomplish nothing by voting because the ones with their "belly's full" have rigged the government system to work in their favor. "In tha ruins there's a network for tha toxic rock School yard ta precinct, suburb ta project block Bosses broke south for new flesh and a factory floor The remains left chained to the powder war" Here, I think Zach talks about the destruction of capitalism, and the havoc industries wreak in their wake when they move their factories to the poorer southern hemisphere. When these industries leave town, the effects are felt everywhere "from schoolyard to precinct, suburb to project block". That's what I loved about rage, the lyrics are so specific and politically charged that they are no longer lyrics, but manuscripts and manifesto's. | |
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Nileppezdel Lead Player |
#2 by Nileppezdel at Apr 2, 1986 at 3:54 PM EST |
| Rodeo is one of the richest streets in Beverly Hills... all the upscale shops and such... (and it is the right song, they just missed a couple lines). The song is mostly about the difference between the millionares that shop on the street and the poor that make the stuff... | |
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mat Wanna Be |
#3 by mat bar at Aug 11, 1986 at 7:36 PM EST |
| Yeah I'm rollin' down Rodeo wit a shotgun These people ain't seen a brown skin man Since their grandparents bought one He wants to punish the rich white people who spend all their money buying overpriced goods in places like Rodeo Drive and are ignorant to the fact that other people are suffering. Bangin' this bolo tight on this solo flight can't fight alone Funk tha track my verbs fly like tha family stone not sure what this means, maybe he's recording a track and talking about what he is doing to get more people to join him because he can't do it alone Tha pen devils set that stage for tha war at home Locked wit out a wage ya standin' in tha drop zone there's a war between the rich and poor in this country, poor people can't get jobs so they can't save up to move to where there are jobs The clockers born starin' at an empty plate Momma's torn hands cover her sunken face We hungry but them belly full The structure is set ya neva change it with a ballot pull people are born with nothing, while other people consume all the resources; there is no way to change the structure of society, voting doesn't change anyhting either In tha ruins there's a network for tha toxic rock School yard ta precinct, suburb ta project block the only reliable job is selling drugs such as crack; while rich kids are in school and then go home to the suburbs the poor are out in the projects and getting arrested because they can't make money legally Bosses broke south for new flesh and a factory floor The remains left chained to the powder war sometimes companies open factories in the poor areas (assuming this is LA, they expand from downtown to south central where the poor people live). they then hire the poor to do manual labor in the factories, which creates a few jobs, but everyone else still has to sell drugs Can't waste a day when the night brings a hearse So make a move and plead the fifth 'cause ya can't plead the first people get killed all the time there, and you have to plead the fifth (right to remain silent) cause you don't really have freedom of speech Can't waste a day when the night brings a hearse So now I'm rollin' down Rodeo wit a shotgun These people ain't seen a brown skin man Since their grandparents bought one Yes I'm rollin' down Rodeo wit a shotgun These people ain't seen a brown skin man Since their grandparents bought one So now I'm rollin' down Rodeo wit a shotgun Bare witness to tha sickest shot while suckas get romantic They ain't gonna send us campin' like they did my man Fred Hampton they won't kill us this time, like they did to fred hampton, one of the black panther party leaders i think? Still we lampin' still clockin' dirt for our sweat A ballots dead so a bullet's what I get we still make almost no money for all the work we do, and voting doesn't change anyhting so maybe shooting people will A thousand years they had tha tools We should be takin' 'em Fuck tha G-ride I want the machines that are makin' em they've been controlling everything for years, it's our turn, we're tired of stealing cars we want the machines that are making them Our target straight wit a room full of armed pawn to Off tha kings out tha west side at dawn we've got a room full of people ready to go and kill the people on the west side (the rich area in LA cause it's by the coast) Can't waste a day when the night brings a hearse Make a move and plead the fifth 'cause ya can't plead the first Can't waste a day when the night brings a hearse So now I'm rollin' down Rodeo wit a shotgun These people ain't seen a brown skin man Since their grandparents bought one Yeah I'm rollin' down Rodeo wit a shotgun These people ain't seen a brown skin man Since their grandparents bought one Yeah I'm rollin' down Rodeo wit a shotgun The rungs torn from the ladder can't reach the tumour One god, one market, one truth, one consumer rungs are torn from the ladder preventing anyone from going up who isn't already at the top, but there's only one of everything, which leaves the people at the bottom with nothing Just a quiet peaceful dance! Just a quiet peaceful dance! Just a quiet peaceful dance! Just a quiet peaceful dance! Just a quiet peaceful dance for the things we'll never have Just a quiet peaceful dance for the things we don't have | |
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The Penguins Tr Professional Badass |
#4 by The Penguins Tried To Kill Me The Other Day at Oct 12, 1987 at 6:26 PM EST |
| hey, this is the lyrics to the wrong song. Down rodeo starts "Im rollin down roseo with a shotgun these poeple aint seen a brown skined man since their grnadparents bought one" | |
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Alex Lead Player |
#5 by Alex Russo at Jun 6, 1993 at 11:33 PM EST |
| This song kicks so much ass...I mean, seriously, Zack is pissed off in most of his songs, and I just think that's awesome. Anyways, this song kicks ass, it's one of their best, right up there with Bulls on Parade (and Maria, my favorite). | |
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Prince Alex Lead Player |
#6 by Prince Alex at Sep 25, 1994 at 5:11 AM EST |
| the structure is set ya never change it with a ballot pull Bush rigged the election so a lot of black people couldnt vote in florida. this helped him get in (read Michael moore's stupid white men) | |
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eric was here Professional Badass |
#7 by eric was here at Oct 31, 1994 at 9:11 PM EST |
| it is just a quiet peaceful DANCE, that's how it's written in the Evil Empire cd jacket | |
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John Rhythm Player |
#8 by John McElyea at Sep 19, 2006 at 6:52 PM EST |
| yea this person submitted them without that part i guess | |
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