Rage Against The Ma... › Testify Guitar Tab

		
		Ver 1 Ver 2 Ver 3 
	

Battle of Los Angeles +bonus track Tabs:

#-----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE------------------------------#
#  This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation    #
#  of the song. The owner of this website has not reviewed the contents of   #
#  this file. If you feel that the content of this file may be violating     #
#  copyright law, you may not use the information displayed here in any way. #
#----------------------------------------------------------------------------#

Testify Tab

Send "Testify" Ringtone to your Cell Phone

Rage Against the Machine - Testify

this one's for all you Rage fans out there

this was a tricky tab, especially since most of the other ones
are tabbed lazy or wrong or they don't sound right
this is my second tab, so enjoy
corrections are more than welcome

contact me at   mac3214@earthlink.net
or aim me at    mac02546   

Tuning: drop D  (DADGBE)

/  slide up
  slide down
h  hammer-on
p  pull-off
x  mute 

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--1211/1211/1211/-------------------------------------------------------|

repeat about 4x
this is the base line that comes in at about 0:08
repeat until the chorus

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--6------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--5------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--x------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--5-------------3-------5p3--x---------------------------------------------|
D|--0---3h5---0-------0--------x---0---5---3---------------------------------|

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--6------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--5---------------------------------------12/------------------------------|
D|--x-------------2---5---------------------12/------------------------------|
A|--5-------------0---3--------5p3--x----------------------------------------|
D|--0---3h5---0------------0--------x---0------------------------------------|

repeat 2x

then comes the drums and bass set

and then the chorus

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--6------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--5------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--x------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--5-------------3-------5p3--x---------------------------------------------|
D|--0---3h5---0-------0--------x---0---5---3---------------------------------|

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--6------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--5---------------------------------------12/------------------------------|
D|--x-------------2---5---------------------12/------------------------------|
A|--5-------------0---3--------5p3--x----------------------------------------|
D|--0---3h5---0------------0--------x---0------------------------------------|

repeat again 2x

then the second drum and bass bit

then the chorus again

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--6------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--5------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--x------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--5-------------3-------5p3--x---------------------------------------------|
D|--0---3h5---0-------0--------x---0---5---3---------------------------------|

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--6------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--5---------------------------------------12/------------------------------|
D|--x-------------2---5---------------------12/------------------------------|
A|--5-------------0---3--------5p3--x----------------------------------------|
D|--0---3h5---0------------0--------x---0------------------------------------|

then 

e|-10-x-x-10-x-x-10-x-x-10-x-x-10-x-x-10-x-x-10-x-x-10-x-x-------------------|
B|-x--x-x-x--x-x-x--x-x-x--x-x-x--x-x-x--x-x-x--x-x-x--x-x-------------------|
G|-7--x-x-7--x-x-7--x-x-7--x-x-7--x-x-7--x-x-7--x-x-7--x-x-------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
repeat 3x

last time is a little different

e|-10-x-x-10-x-x-10-x-x-10-x-x-10-x-x-10-x-x-10-x-x-10-10-10-10--------------|
B|-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---------------|
G|-7--x-x-7--x-x-7--x-x-7--x-x-7--x-x-7--x-x-7--x-x-7--7--7--7---------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

then the solo plus a slightly modified chorus

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--x------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--5-------------3-------5p3--x---------------------------------------------|
D|--0---3h5---0-------0--------x---0---5---3---------------------------------|

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--6------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--5---------------------------------------12/------------------------------|
D|--x-------------2---5---------------------12/------------------------------|
A|----------------0---3--------5p3--x----------------------------------------|
D|------3h5---0------------0--------x---0------------------------------------|

repeat 2x

then

"Who controls the past now..."

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--10------------5----------------------------------------------------------|
D|--10------------5----------------------------------------------------------|
A|--8-------------3-----0----------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------0----------------------------------------------------|

repeat 2x

then the chorus again

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--6------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--5------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--x------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--5-------------3-------5p3--x---------------------------------------------|
D|--0---3h5---0-------0--------x---0---5---3---------------------------------|

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--6------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--5---------------------------------------12/------------------------------|
D|--x-------------2---5---------------------12/------------------------------|
A|--5-------------0---3--------5p3--x----------------------------------------|
D|--0---3h5---0------------0--------x---0------------------------------------|

repeat 2x

then the outro 

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--/12----/12----/12----/13---------------------------------------------|
A|--/12----/12----/12----/13---------------------------------------------|
D|--/12----/12----/12----/13---------------------------------------------|

strike these notes while bent up, then bend down


this is a truly great Rage song, one of the best
if you have any questions or comments, please contact me

Brought to you by the GUITARMASTA - http://www.guitarmasta.net

Testify Tab

Send "Testify" Ringtone to your Cell Phone

Source: http://www.guitarmasta.net/r/rage_against_the_machine/297679.html

Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture austin Average	#1 by austin pancner at Dec 26, 1973 at 11:00 PM EST
	With the George Orwell stuff... "Who controls the past controls the future" etc was a reference to the occupation of the main character in 1984. He worked for the propaganda department editing the news archives to make it appear as if living standards had gone up exponentially, and that the government's predictions were always exactly right. The people were so brainwashed they didn't notice. This enabled the government to keep their handle on society. The bit about "we've found your weakness/and it's right outside the door" is also a 1984 reference. The government has a torture chamber _everyone_ cracks in, because it contains whatever the worst thing in the world is to them. The song _has_ to be about the first Gulf War.

No Picture bob Average	#2 by bob bob at Oct 17, 1975 at 5:45 AM EST
	the war isn't going on the other side of the world... it's right outside your door. Hollywood, TV, the media fill peoples minds with smoke, and the glamour creates false perceptions of what the reality is. People are fed with so full with bull shit that they no longer hunger for truth. While the wrecking ball is rushing, we lie comfortably in self-complacence.

No Picture More Cowbell Lead Player	#3 by More Cowbell at Mar 3, 1997 at 5:13 PM EST
	Well, really you can interrelated the social aspect/oil aspect of these songs, since they are intertwined. All Rage Songs tend to have a few political meanings in them threwout at some point... Also, Eric Blair (Orwells real name) loathed communism, if you bother to read any of his books youd note the extreme sarcasm that he mocks the Soviet Union with, as well as Germany. Animal Farm is a blatent satirical slam against Russia, and 1984 follows the same route. The point of 1984 was this is how Orwell (while building on the ideas of those before him) pictured the year 1984 to be. Orwell was a true socialist, not a communist. Two very, very different things.