Settle For Nothing Chords & Tabs
I'm only fourteen so this is the best i could do. I think it's all or mostly
right. I did this tab on an acoustic so it might sound different on an electric.
Verse Riff
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--10-0-10-7----10-0-10-6----10-0-10-5----10-0-10-6-------------------------|
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--10-0-10-7----10-0-10-6----10-0-10-5----10-0-10-6-------------------------|
"If genocide is freedom"
Repeat x4
Chorus
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------—-----------------------|
E|--0--5--0--1--3--2-----0--5--0--1--3--2-----0--5--0--1--3--2---------------|
"Read my writing on the walls"
Play x8
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--10-0-10-7----10-0-10-6----10-0-10-5----10-0-10-6-------------------------|
Play that x6 like the beginning, then the chorus again x16
SOLO
e|--14-12-10-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------14-12-10-----------------------------------12h14h15--15-14(bend)|
G|--------------------12-11----11(bend)----------11h1214---------------------|
D|--------------------------14-----------11h12h14----------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|----------14-15-17-17~19------17-15-14-------------------------------------!
B|--12h14h15-----------------------------15----------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------14------11-12-14-12-11-----------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------14--------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/r/rage_against_the_machine/settle_for_nothing_tab_ver_7.html ]
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------12--14--12------------------------------------|
G|--11-11-11-11-11-12-11-12-11---11--11--11-------11-12-14-14(bend)----------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|--x--x------10-11-12-11-10-------------------------------------------------|
B|---x--x-------------------12-11-10--11-10----------------------------------|
G|----x--x--------------------------12-----12-11-10---11-10------------------|
D|-----x--x----------------------------------------12------12-11-10--10-11-12|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------12--------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|------------------10----------12-11-10-------------------------------------|
B|----------10 12 13--13-12-10----------12-11-10---11-10---------------------|
G|--10-11-12-------------------------------------12------12-11-10-9----------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------10-9(bend)|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|----------13-12---------------------------------11--11-11-(hold)-----------|
B|--12h14h15---------12h14h15-15-14------11h12h14----------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Repeat the verse riff x2 again
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--10-0-10-7----10-0-10-6----10-0-10-5----10-0-10-6-------------------------|
Play the chorus x16
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------x 16--------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--0--5--0--1--3--2---------------------------------------------------------|
"If we don't take action now"
finish with playing the verse riff once
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--12-0-12-9----12-0-12-8----12-0-12-7----12-0-12-8-------------------------|
And...That’s it! E-mail me with comments.