Fistful Of Steel Chords & Tabs
Rage Against The Machine - Fistful Of Steel
Tabbed By: Tim Hall
EMail: RunningFromSatan
Album: Rage Against The Machine (1992)
Guitarist: Tom Morello
KEY:
b - Bend / - Slide up
r - Release \ - Slide down
h - Hammer on <> - Natural harmonics
~ - Vibe pm - Palm mute
SETUP:
Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
Digitech Whammy
Metal slide
Whammy bar (not necessary)
INTRO: This is a neat kind of motorized sound. Set the Whammy pedal
2 oct. up, and trem pick a muted E-string while moving the pedal up
and down slowly. End by picking all open strings with pedal fully
depressed, then move on to chorus.
CHORUS (whammy off):
E |-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B |---------------------0--<7>----|---------------------0--<12>--0--|
G |---------------------0--<7>----|---------------------0--<12>--0--|
D |--------x-x----------0--<7>----|--------x-x----------0--<12>--0--|
A |-2-4-4--x-x--2-4-4---0--<7>----|-2-4-4--x-x--2-4-4---0--<12>--0--|
E |-0h2-2--x-x--0h2-2-------------|-0h2-2--x-x--0h2-2---------------|
E |-------------------------------|------------------------------------|
B |---------------------0--<5>----|---------------------<12>--x--<12>--|
G |---------------------0--<5>----|---------------------<12>--x--<12>--|
D |--------x-x----------0--<5>----|--------x-x----------<12>--x--<12>--|
A |-2-4-4--x-x--2-4-4---0--<5>----|-2-4-4--x-x--2-4-4---<12>--x--<12>--|
E |-0h2-2--x-x--0h2-2-------------|-0h2-2--x-x--0h2-2------------------|
(not exactly tabbed, experiment with different harmonics when needed)
Repeat the same pattern 3x, ending on:
E |------------------------------------|
B |------------------------------------|
G |------------------------------------|
D |--------x-x----------12--x--12--12--| <----sustain this note
A |-2-4-4--x-x--2-4-4---12--x--12---x--|
E |-0h2-2--x-x--0h2-2---12--x--12---x--|
VERSE 1 (Whammy on, 2 oct.):
D |---14----|
Pick note, then raise/lower the pitch with whammy pedal or whammy bar
accordingly. Repeat 8x (use the whammy bar for some vibe on the
8th repeat & sustain).
PRE-CHORUS (Whammy on):
E |------------------------------------|-0---------------|
B |------------------------------------|-0---------------|
G |------------------------------------|-0---------------|
D |-volume swell for feedback----------|-0---------------|
A |------------------------------------|-0---------------|
E |------------------------------------|-0---------------|
CHORUS
VERSE 2: Repeat verse 1 technique
PRE-CHORUS
CHORUS
SOLO 1 (metal slide):
E |-///\\\------------------------------------|-\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/--------------------|
B |-///\\\------------------------------------|-/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\--------------------|
G |-///\\\--slide up and down while toggling--|-\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\-------------------|
D |-///\\\------to beat, then...--------------|-scrape first 3 strings side-to-side-|
A |-///\\\------------------------------------|-near pickups for high pitched-------|
E |-///\\\------------------------------------|----------squealing------------------|
BRIDGE PART 1 (repeat both parts twice accordingly):
E |-----------------|
B |-----------------|
G |-----------------|
D |-----------------|
A |-9-8-7-0-9-8-7-0-|
E |-----------------|
pm...slowly lift towards end...repeat lots of times...
BRIDGE PART 2:
E |-----------------------------|
B |-----------------------------|
G |-----------------------------|
D |---------x-------------------|
A |-2---4---x-7---9-8-7-0-9-8-7-|
E |-0---2---x-5-----------------|
VARIATION: The "laughing guitar" part I believe is done by the bass,
but if you have a second guitarist this works -- rub the 3 wound
strings while SLIGHTLY rocking whammy pedal.
SOLO 2 (I did not tab some of this, some of it's not correct but it's
close -- I made a few corrections that I think seem right):
E |-14-14-14----------17-17-17----------|
B |-------------------------------------| repeat many times, then...
G |----------14-14-14----------14-14-14-|
E |----14----17-17---14----17------------------------|
B |------------------------------17--17-14-18b19~~~\-|
G |-14----14------14----14----14---------------------|
E |19-19-19-17----19-19-19-17----21-19-19-17----|
B |------------17-------------17-------------17-|
G |---------------------------------------------|
E |-------------------------------|
B |-------------------------------|
G |/13\/14\/15\/16\/17\/17\/17----| <---depress whammy pedal on last note and sustain
BRIDGE PART 2 (2x)
OUTRO:
E |------------------------|
B |------------------------|
G |-3b4--------------------|
D |------------------------|
A |----------------4-------|
E |----------------2-------|
===========
Artist:Rage Against the Machine
Title:Fist Full of Still
T--------------------------------7--
--------------------------------7--
A---------------------------7---*7--
----------------------7----7-------
B---2--4--4--2--4--4---7---*7-------
---0--2--2--0--2--2--*7------------
T--------------------------
--------------------------
A--------------------------
---4--3--2----4--3--2----- ===========Repeat
B-----------0-----------0--
--------------------------
T------------------------------------
------------------------------------
A------------------------------------
---4--3--2-----4--3--2-----------2-- ===========Repeat
B------------0--------------2--4--0--
---------------------------0--2-----
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/r/rage_against_the_machine/fistful_of_steel_tab_ver_3.html ]
*Natural Harmonics Chords ===========
Rage Against The Machine - Fist Full Of Steel
It's my first tablature so I don't know all the right terms (and i speak
french !)
(m=mute...)
harm. harm.
/---- /--------
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
b|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
g|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
d|--2--4--4---x--x----2--4--4---7--3-----2--4--4---x--x----2--4--4---7--3-----|
a|--0--2--2---x--x----0--2--2---7--3-----0--2--2---x--x----0--2--2---7--3--3--|
E|--0--2--2---x--x----0--2--2------------0--2--2---x--x----0--2--2---------3--|
harm. harm.
/--- /--------
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
b|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
g|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
d|--2--4--4---x--x----2--4--4---7--3-----2--4--4---x--x----2--4--4---3--m-----|
a|--0--2--2---x--x----0--2--2---7--3-----0--2--2---x--x----0--2--2---3--m--3--|
E|--0--2--2---x--x----0--2--2------------0--2--2---x--x----0--2--2------m--3--|
----->(x3)
N.B. : for the third time, d|--3--| and a|--3--| are replaced by a|--3--|
and E|--3--|(last note only!)
Between both riffs, there's a little sound played with a wah-wah pedal which
I don't have...
harm. harm.
/---- /--------
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
b|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
g|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
d|--2--4--4---x--x----2--4--4---7--3-----2--4--4---x--x----2--4--4---7--3-----|
a|--0--2--2---x--x----0--2--2---7--3-----0--2--2---x--x----0--2--2---7--3--3--|
E|--0--2--2---x--x----0--2--2------------0--2--2---x--x----0--2--2---------3--|
harm. harm.
/--- /--------
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
b|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
g|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
d|--2--4--4---x--x----2--4--4---7--3-----2--4--4---x--x----2--4--4---3--m-----|
a|--0--2--2---x--x----0--2--2---7--3-----0--2--2---x--x----0--2--2---3--m--3--|
E|--0--2--2---x--x----0--2--2------------0--2--2---x--x----0--2--2------m--3--|
----->(x2)
repeat 2 more times before the solo
Solo : I don't know !
Then,
e|---------|
b|---------|
g|---------|
d|-4-3-2---|
a|-------0-|
E|---------|
----->(x16)
e|--------------------------|
b|--------------------------|
g|--------------------------|
d|-2--4---7---4-3-2---4-3-2-|
a|-2--4---7---------0-------|
E|-0--2--~5~----------------|
------>(x4)
e|---------|
b|---------|
g|---------|
d|-4-3-2---|
a|-------0-|
E|---------|
----->(many times!.....just wait for the drum to start the other riff)
e|--------------------------|
b|--------------------------|
g|--------------------------|
d|-2--4---7---4-3-2---4-3-2-|
a|-2--4---7---------0-------|
E|-0--2--~5~----------------|
------>('til the end)
=========
#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE--------------------------------#
#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the#
#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research.#
#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------#
Song: Fistful of Steel
Band: Rage Against the Machine
Album: Self Titled
the intro w/the sounds is played on the a-string (muted w/frethand) and the
'frethand' moves up and down the a string changing the sound.
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
b|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
g|-------------------------------------0--3---------------------------|
d|-------------------------------------0--3---------------------------|
a|--2--4--4---x--x----2--4--4---x--x----------2--4--4---x--x----------|
e|--0--2--2---x--x----0--2--2---x--x----------0--2--2---x--x----------|
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
b|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
g|--------------------0--12--12--------------------------------------|
d|--------------------0--12--12--------------------------------------|
a|--2--4--4---x--x-----------12------2--4--4---x--x---2--4--4---x--x-|
e|--0--2--2---x--x--------------------0--2--2---x--x---0--2--2---x--x-|
1st time 2nd time 3rd time (last)
e|------------------------------|-------------|-----------|--------------|
b|------------------------------|------0------|------0----|----x-0--9----|
g|---0--5-----------------------|---0--0------|---0--0----|--0-x-0--9----|
d|---0--5-----------------------|---0---------|---0-------|--0-----------|
a|----------2--4--4---x--x------|-------------|-----------|--------------|
e|----------0--2--2---x--x------|-------------|-----------|--------------|
