Settle For Nothing Chords & Tabs
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SETTLE FOR NOTHING
As recorded by Rage Against The Machine
Transcribed by Doetje2
Gtr I (D G C F A D) - 'harmonizer set 10 semitones up'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Distortion'
Q=97
4/4
Gtr I
<
W W H Q a +Q +H +Q +Q
|----------|----------|----------------------|---------------------|
|----------|----------|----------------------|---------------------|
|----------|----------|---------11b13==(11)--|-(11)----(11)r=(11)--|
|----------|----------|----------------------|---------------------|
|----------|----------|----------------------|---------------------|
|----------|----------|----------------------|---------------------|
<
+W W H a +H +H. +Q
|-------------|----------|---------------------|-------------------||
|-------------|----------|---------------------|-------------------||
|-(11)--------|----------|------11b13==(11)----|-(11)r=====(11)----||
|-------------|----------|---------------------|-------------------||
|-------------|----------|---------------------|-------------------||
|-------------|----------|---------------------|-------------------||
<
+W W H Q a +Q
|-------------|----------|----------------------|
|-------------|----------|----------------------|
|-(11)--------|----------|---------11b13==(11)--|
|-------------|----------|----------------------|
|-------------|----------|----------------------|
|-------------|----------|----------------------|
+H +Q +Q +W W W
|---------------------|-------------|----------|------|
|---------------------|-------------|----------|------|
|-(11)----(11)r=(11)--|-(11)--------|----------|------|
|---------------------|-------------|----------|------|
|---------------------|-------------|----------|------|
|---------------------|-------------|----------|------|
< <
Q a +H. +Q +H. +W H Q a Q
|---------------------|-----------------|-------------|-----------------|
|---------------------|-----------------|-------------|-----------------|
|----11b13==(11)------|-(11)r=(11)------|-(11)--------|---------11-12---|
|---------------------|-----------------|-------------|-----------------|
|---------------------|-----------------|-------------|-----------------|
|---------------------|-----------------|-------------|-----------------|
Gtr II
+Q H. Q H. +W W H Q E S S
|----------------|--------------|-------------|----------|----------------||
|----------------|--------------|-------------|----------|----------------||
|-(12)--13-------|-12--11-------|-(11)--------|----------|----------------||
|----------------|--------------|-------------|----------|----------------||
|----------------|--------------|-------------|----------|----------------||
|----------------|--------------|-------------|----------|-----------0-0--||
E S S E E Q. E E S S E E Q. E E S S E E Q. E E S S E E Q. E
|------------------|------------------|------------------|--------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|--------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|--------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|--------------------|
|-0----------------|-0----------------|-0----------------|-0------------------|
|---0-0-1-3-2----0-|---0-0-1-3-2----0-|---0-0-1-3-2----0-|---0-0-1-3-2----0---|
E S S E E Q. E E S S E E Q. E E S S E E Q. E E S S E E H
|------------------|------------------|------------------|----------------||
|------------------|------------------|------------------|----------------||
|------------------|------------------|------------------|----------------||
|------------------|------------------|------------------|----------------||
|-0----------------|-0----------------|-0----------------|-0--------------||
|---0-0-1-3-2----0-|---0-0-1-3-2----0-|---0-0-1-3-2----0-|---0-0-1-3-2----||
Gtr I
<
+W W H a +H
|------------|----------|---------------------|
|------------|----------|---------------------|
|------------|----------|------11b13==(11)----|
|------------|----------|---------------------|
|------------|----------|---------------------|
|-(2)--------|----------|---------------------|
+H. +Q +W W
|-----------------|-------------|------|
|-----------------|-------------|------|
|-(11)r=====(11)--|-(11)--------|------|
|-----------------|-------------|------|
|-----------------|-------------|------|
|-----------------|-------------|------|
<
H Q E a +E +H. +Q +W W W
|-----------------------|-----------------|-------------|----------|------|
|-----------14b15==(14)-|-(14)r=====(14)--|-(14)--------|----------|------|
|-----------------------|-----------------|-------------|----------|------|
|-----------------------|-----------------|-------------|----------|------|
|-----------------------|-----------------|-------------|----------|------|
|-----------------------|-----------------|-------------|----------|------|
<
a +W +W +W W
|----------------------|-------------|-------------|------|
|----------------------|-------------|-------------|------|
|-(10)b12==(10)r=======|=(10)--------|-(10)--------|------|
|----------------------|-------------|-------------|------|
|----------------------|-------------|-------------|------|
|----------------------|-------------|-------------|------|
<
Q a +H. +Q +H.
|---------------------|-----------------|
|---------------------|-----------------|
|----11b13==(11)------|-(11)r=(11)------|
|---------------------|-----------------|
|---------------------|-----------------|
|---------------------|-----------------|
Gtr II
+W W H Q E S S
|-------------|----------|---------------||
|-------------|----------|---------------||
|-(11)--------|----------|---------------||
|-------------|----------|---------------||
|-------------|----------|---------------||
|-------------|----------|-----------0-0-||
E S S E E Q. E E S S E E Q. E E S S E E Q. E E S S E E Q. E
||-------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------|
||o------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------|
||-------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------|
||-------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------|
||o-0----------------|-0----------------|-0----------------|-0-----------------|
||----0-0-1-3-2----0-|---0-0-1-3-2----0-|---0-0-1-3-2----0-|---0-0-1-3-2----0--|
E S S E E Q. E E S S E E Q. E
|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|
|-0----------------|-0----------------|
|---0-0-1-3-2----0-|---0-0-1-3-2----0-|
1. 2.
E S S E E Q. E E S S E E Q. E E S S E E H
|------------------|-------------------||----------------||
|------------------|------------------o||----------------||
|------------------|-------------------||----------------||
|------------------|-------------------||----------------||
|-0----------------|-0----------------o||-0--------------||
|---0-0-1-3-2----0-|---0-0-1-3-2----0--||---0-0-1-3-2----||
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/r/rage_against_the_machine/settle_for_nothing_tab_ver_8.html ]
E S S S S S S S S S S +Q
|---14-12-------------------------------|
|---------15-14p12----------------------|
|------------------14-12-11----11-(11)--|
|---------------------------14----------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|--3--| |------6-------|
+E S S S S S S S S S S E. +E T T T T
|---------------------------------10----------------------|
|------------------------10h12h14-10-14--(14)-14-14h15h17-|
|-(11)----------11h12h14----------------------------------|
|------11h12h14-------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|--3--|
E E E A +S S S S E S S E E +H H
|-14-15-17-17b18-(17)-----17-15-14h15-------|--------------|
|-------------------------------------15----|--------------|
|----------------------------------------14-|-(14)---------|
|-------------------------------------------|--------------|
|-------------------------------------------|--------------|
|-------------------------------------------|--------------|
|-----5-----| |-----5-----|
E A A S S S S S S s E s S E S E E E E E E E E E E
|------------------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|---------------12----14----12-|
|-------11-12-14-12-11----11-11-11---11-11-|---12-11-12-11----11----11----|
|-----x----------------14------------------|------------------------------|
|---x--------------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|------------------------------|
PM------| PM------|
|-----3-----|
H E A A E E S +E S +Q E T T T T E T T T T E E
|----------------------------------|----------14------------14---------------|
|----------------------------------|-------------14------------14------------|
|--------------11-12-14b16-(14)-14-|-(14)--14-------14------------14---------|
|-----------12---------------------|-------------------14------------14------|
|--------14------------------------|------------------------------------12---|
|----------------------------------|------------------------------------12---|
E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---10-11-12-11-10----------------------------|
|------------------12-11-10----11-10----------|
|---------------------------12-------12-11-10-|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|--------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------10-12-13--|
|----11-10----------------------10-11-12-----------|
|-12-------12-11-10----10-11-12--------------------|
|-------------------12-----------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |-3--|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E H
|-10----------12-11-10----------------|-----------------------|
|----13-12-10----------12-11-10----11-|-10--------------------|
|-------------------------------12----|----12-11-10p9---------|
|-------------------------------------|---------------10-9----|
|-------------------------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-----------------------|
|--3--| |--3--|
E S S S S E S +Q +E S S S
|---------12-13-12-12-(12)--(12)----------|
|---13h15------------------------10h12h14-|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|--3--| |--3--|
S E S +Q +E S S S E E E +W +W
|-10------------------------------------|-------------|---------||
|----14-14-(14)--(14)-------------------|-------------|---------||
|------------------------------11-11-11-|-(11)--------|-(11)----||
|---------------------11h12h14----------|-------------|---------||
|---------------------------------------|-------------|---------||
|---------------------------------------|-------------|---------||
Wx7 H Q E E
|------------|-------------||
|------------|-------------||
|------------|-------------||
|------------|-------------||
|------------|-------------||
|------------|-----------0-||
E S S E E Q. E E S S E E Q. E E S S E E Q. E E S S E E Q. E
||-------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------|
||o------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------|
||-------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------|
||-------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------|
||o-0----------------|-0----------------|-0----------------|-0-----------------|
||----0-0-1-3-2----0-|---0-0-1-3-2----0-|---0-0-1-3-2----0-|---0-0-1-3-2----0--|
E S S E E Q. E E S S E E Q. E
|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|
|-0----------------|-0----------------|
|---0-0-1-3-2----0-|---0-0-1-3-2----0-|
1. 2.
E S S E E Q. E E S S E E Q. E E S S E E H
|------------------|-------------------||----------------||
|------------------|------------------o||----------------||
|------------------|-------------------||----------------||
|------------------|-------------------||----------------||
|-0----------------|-0----------------o||-0--------------||
|---0-0-1-3-2----0-|---0-0-1-3-2----0--||---0-0-1-3-2----||
H.=H
Gtr I
<
+H H W H a +H +H +H +W
|-------------|----------|---------------------|-----------------|---------*|
|-------------|----------|---------------------|-----------------|---------*|
|-------------|----------|------11b12==(11)----|-(11)----(11)r===|=(11)----*|
|-------------|----------|---------------------|-----------------|---------*|
|-------------|----------|---------------------|-----------------|---------*|
|-(2)---------|----------|---------------------|-----------------|---------*|
Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
-----------
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
