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Person: JAy
song: revolver
artist: rage against the machine
tab: Revolver
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Drop-D tuning (6=D)
Riff A (intro/interlude)
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|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------3-----|---------------------------------|
|-3-4-5-----------3---5-3-5-------|-3-4-5-----------3---5-2-5-------|
|-------0-3---5-------------------|-------0-3---5-------------0-----|
Riff A (intro)
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* *
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-6b------------------------------|-6b------------------------------|
|-5b------------------------------|-5b------------------------------|
|---------------------------3-----|---------------------------------|
|-----------------3---5-3-5-------|-----------------3---5-2-5-------|
|---------3---5-------------------|---------3---5-------------0-----|
(* bend notes up 1/4 step)
Riff B (verse)
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|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------13b14r13------12--------|
|-0-------------------------------|
Riff C (pre-chorus)
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|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-|
|-------------------------------------------------|
Riff D1 (chorus/outro)
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|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------3---------------3---|-------------3-------------------|
|-5-------3h5-------------3h5-----|---------3h5-----------------3---|
|-----0h3-------------0h3---------|-----0h3-------------0h3-4h5-----|
Riff D2 (chorus/outro)
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|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------3---------------3---|-------------3-------------------|
|-5-------3h5-------------3h5-----|---------3h5-----------------3---|
|-----0---------------0-----------|-----0---------------0---3h5-----|
Rhy. fig 1 (interlude 2)
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let ring
|-1-------------------------------|-1-------------------------------|
|-1-------------------------------|-1-------------------------------|
|-2-------------------------------|-2-------------------------------|
|-0-------------------------------|-0-------------------------------|
|-0-------------------------------|-0-------------------------------|
|-0-------------------------------|-0-------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-0-------------------------------|
|-3-------------------------------|-3-------------------------------|
|-2-------------------------------|-2-------------------------------|
|-0-------------------------------|-0-------------------------------|
|-0-------------------------------|-0-------------------------------|
|-0-------------------------------|-0-------------------------------|
(NOTE: Riffs D1 is a more complicated version of D2, which is played
by gtr. 1 (right). Riff D2 is played by gtr. 2 (left). This is
just how I think it is - 'cause it's difficult to say wheteher
riff D1 or riff D2 is played. I'd suggest that riff D1 would be
played only on the 4 bar sequence (after interlude 2), which
leads into the last chorus/outro. Anyway, both riffs sound so
similar, that I think: no one will blame you, if you play just
the easier one, D2)
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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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Master Shaïtan Wanna Be |
#1 by Master Shaïtan at Nov 28, 1972 at 10:22 PM EST |
| I agree most with flanger hmm I would say this is a straight forward song cuz its not really Zacks thing to use metaphores. A lot of the stuff he says is hard for some people who are hmm.... uneducated on social, political, and military events. I would say domestic abuse, and as Malcom X said "Be peaceful, be courteous, obey the law, respect everyone; but if someone puts his hand on you, send him to the cemetery" Just a thought. P.S. Zack kicks ass! Audioslave sux. | |
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Mauro Wanna Be |
#2 by Mauro Leon at Jan 6, 1980 at 3:50 PM EST |
| well, In truth about the wonderful Draft, 7Rich black people never got drafted, why? cause they were rich, They will not draft anyone who is rich and is the upper crust, no matter who or what color they are. Look back at Vietnam, mostly poor whites and Blacks were drafted, from downtroddened homes and poor areas. No rich, why? becasue they bring money to the war machine at home. All it ever took was money to keep your ass ouit of the Draft. And to them rich black people are not a threat, because they conform to the way the game is played, no questions, no doubts, Nothing. Poor, no matter what color, will always question, and with all right to. The lower class have struggled as well as the middle, and take todays times, they are trying to phase out the middle class, trying to break up unions, to make only poor and rich. With the war in Iraq, the almighty war for Oil and Domination, the draft may sooner or later re appear, and that will once again weed out the lower and middle class making us fewer in numbers. No one to fight against them, no one to protest against them, or argue. And this is were Rage is making their point, we must Unite!! We cannot always stay seperate from each other, we must look at what we done to each other, ourselves, forgive, apologize, and Unite. This is where I believe that socialism is the only way to fully Unite as one. It may have it's flaws, but it is the only way that we can overcome the past and present and make a better future | |
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bogex Rhythm Player |
#3 by bogex luna at Mar 2, 1980 at 5:00 PM EST |
| Hey there, I reckon you've got a BIT of the song pinned down (and I like the propaganda, it's about time we had some for the Left), but not the larger meaning. It's about the relationship between America and Mexico. The dynamic in the song makes it SOUND like it's just a straight-up 'Raging Bull' style abusive relationship, but it's not. It's all metaphorical. For some justification, check this out: America "owns kin", all the countries it has invaded, all the allies it has via trade agreements/embargos. The line "his spit is worth more than her work" is about the contrast between Mexican workers in sweatshops and big businessmen/celebrities in America. "A spotless domain hides festering hopes" is America through and through, check out 'Salt Sweat Sugar' by Jimmy Eat World for the contrast between the Proud America parades and the protestors at the picket-lines. Look again. | |
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Turbo Grom Wanna Be |
#4 by Turbo Grom at Aug 25, 1980 at 11:24 AM EST |
| Nawwww I'm not sure if that's what his childhood was like. Zacks father and mother separated but I'm not sure if he thinks his father wasn't there. I read their biography and it just says that his father was a painter and then he became very religious. He destroyed his paintings and began to focus only on god, making Zack fast with his father for days. Zack's relationship with his father is what "Born of a Broken Man" is about. I don't know if this is though. I think this is about how housewives in Mexico are treated aswell as around the world. In one of their home videos Zack talks about opressed people all over the world and one of the people he meantions is "A housewife, on a friday night, in any part of Mexico." So maybe that's what the song is about. Or just abusive marriges in general. | |
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Thomas Average |
#5 by Thomas Reuter at Feb 12, 1992 at 2:10 PM EST |
| The song is simply about girls getting beaten and now thinking of killing their father. nuff said. | |
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Randy Wanna Be |
#6 by Randy Burden at Mar 3, 2002 at 6:28 AM EST |
| This song is, to me, about drafts and recrutes, the dad gose to war. Her Body Numbs As He Aproches The Door is talkin about when the guy who notifies the family that the dad is ethier dead, picked in a draft, or is sent to a war zone. REVOLVER is the war specailist in the gov. Moms can;t be your dad is wat he means for Dan't Mothers Make Good Fathers. Lateralan is just about right. Nayr has a very interesting veiw and if I'm wrong, then he\she is definately right. To me that first part is talking a bout the dads succsesfullness and the gov. dose not like that and send him to war. The sencond verse makes me think I'm wrong. But I see it that the mom wants more and her self makes the family richer and so the gov. kicks in like I said. And Also I think he might be talking about black familys today, they use any excuse to kill a rich black. | |
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♥Chicken Average |
#7 by ♥Chicken On Heroine Shots♥ at Jun 5, 2004 at 4:57 PM EST |
| You guys are probably right, but the way I saw it first was in relation to the fact that when a divorce occurs their is often a discriminate decision that places the children with the mother even if their father is a perfectly capable and loving father. It is getting better in America, but is still there. I thought that the line "hey revolver, don't mothers make good fathers?" was kinda sarcastic as the father who is tired of not being able to be a big part of his children's lives gets ready to take control again. | |
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