Take The Power Back Chords & Tabs
Take The Power Back Bass Tab
tuning for this song is
G|-
D|-
A|-
D|-
Intro
|-------|
|-------| x4
|-------|
|--0-0--|
s s
|-----------------------|
|---------3------3~-----| x4
|-----3h5----3h5--------|
|-0-0------x--------0-0-|
s s s p s p s s
main part
|-------------------| |-----------------|
|---------3------3--| x3 |---------3-------| do those two riffs x2
|-----3h5----3h5----| |-----3h5---3-4-5-|
|-0-0------x--------| |-0-0-------------|
s s p p s p s s p p s s s
|-------------------| |-----------------5h7-|
|---------3------3--| x3 |---------3h5-5h7-----|
|-----3h5----3h5----| |-----3h5-------------|
|-0-0------x--------| |-0-0-----------------|
s s p p s p s s p p p p
|-------------------| |-----------------|
|---------3------3--| x3 |---------3-------| two riffs x2
|-----3h5----3h5----| |-----3h5---3-4-5-|
|-0-0------x--------| |-0-0-------------|
s s p p s p s s p p s s s
|-------------------| |-------------|
|---------3------3--| x3 |-------------|
|-----3h5----3h5----| |-----3h5-5~--|
|-0-0------x--------| |-0-0---------|
s s p p s p S S P P
chorus
|------------------x-x-x-| |-----------------------------|
|------------------x-x-x-| |-----------------------------|
|---5---3-4-5------x-x-x-| |---5---3-4-5-----------------|
|-0---0-------0-0--x-x-x-| |-0---0-------0-0----0//12\\0-|
|------------------x-x-x-| |-------------------|
|------------------x-x-x-| |-------------------|
|---5---3-4-5------x-x-x-| |---5---3~----------|
|-0---0-------0-0--x-x-x-| |-0---0----0//12\\0-|
bridge 1
|-----|
|-----|
|-----| x8
|-0-0-|
s s
back to main riff
|-------------------| |-------------------|
|---------3------3--| x3 |---------3h5-------|
|-----3h5----3h5----| |-----3h5-----3-4-5-|
|-0-0------x--------| |-0-0---------------|
s s p p s p s s p p s s s
|-------------------| |------------|
|---------3------3--| x3 |------------|
|-----3h5----3h5----| |-----3h5-5--|
|-0-0------x--------| |-0-0--------|
s s p p s p s s p p
back to chorus
|------------------x-x-x-| |-----------------------------|
|------------------x-x-x-| |-----------------------------|
|---5---3-4-5------x-x-x-| |---5---3-4-5-----------------|
|-0---0-------0-0--x-x-x-| |-0---0-------0-0----0//12\\0-|
|------------------x-x-x-| |-------------------|
|------------------x-x-x-| |-------------------|
|---5---3-4-5------x-x-x-| |---5---3~----------|
|-0---0-------0-0--x-x-x-| |-0---0----0//12\\0-|
bridge 2 dont slap this part
|-----------------| |-----------------|
|---------3-----3-| x3 |---------3-------|
|-----3h5---3h5---| |-----3h5---3-4-5-|
|-0-0-------------| |-0-0-------------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/r/rage_against_the_machine/take_the_power_back_btab_ver_6.html ]
guitar solo part
|-------------------| |-----------------5h7-|
|---------3------3--| x3 |---------3h5-5h7-----|
|-----3h5----3h5----| |-----3h5-------------|
|-0-0------x--------| |-0-0-----------------|
s s p p s p s s p p p p
|-------------------| |--------------------|
|---------3------3--| x3 |----------77-66-55--| two riffs x2
|-----3h5----3h5----| |-----3h5--55-44-33--|
|-0-0------x--------| |-0-0----------------|
s s p p s p s s p
|-------------------| |---------------------|
|---------3------3--| x3 |-5//7--5-3-5-3-------| << u can slap that part
|-----3h5----3h5----| |---------------5-3-5-| but its really hard
|-0-0------x--------| |---------------------|
s s p p s p
|-------------------| |------x-x-x-x---------|
|---------3------3--| x3 |------x-x-x-x------3--|
|-----3h5----3h5----| |------x-x-x-x--3h5----|
|-0-0------x--------| |-0-0--x-x-x-x---------|
s s p p s p
bridge 3
|-------------| |-----|
|-------------| x6 |-----| x8
|-5-4-3-----3-| |-----|
|-------3-5---| |-0-0-|
s s
main part agien
|-------------------| |-----------------|
|---------3------3--| x3 |---------3-------|
|-----3h5----3h5----| |-----3h5---3-4-5-|
|-0-0------x--------| |-0-0-------------|
s s p p s p s s p p s s s
|-------------------| |-------------|
|---------3------3--| x3 |-------------|
|-----3h5----3h5----| |-----3h5-5~--|
|-0-0------x--------| |-0-0---------|
s s p p s p S S P P
back to chorus
|------------------x-x-x-| |-----------------------------|
|------------------x-x-x-| |-----------------------------|
|---5---3-4-5------x-x-x-| |---5---3-4-5-----------------|
|-0---0-------0-0--x-x-x-| |-0---0-------0-0----0//12\\0-|
|------------------x-x-x-| |----------|
|------------------x-x-x-| |----------|
|---5---3-4-5------x-x-x-| |---5---3~-|
|-0---0-------0-0--x-x-x-| |-0---0----|
bridge 4 wait til guitar
|-------5--|
|---5------|
|-3---3----|
|----------|
thats all the bass doas in that riff but if u wanna do the guitar
part play this or u can play both ;)
|-------------------------------------------------|
|---2---2---2---3---3---3---5---5---5---3---3---3-|
|-3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---|
|-------------------------------------------------|
outro
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------| repeat
|-5-4-3--5-4-3--5-4-3-3-3h4-|
|---------------------------|
or u can slap it which I like to do in this part. It goes like this
|------------------------5---7-|
|------------------------------| repeat
|-5-4-3--5-4-3--5-4-3--3---5---|
|------x------x------x---------|
p p p p p p p p p s p s p
and then finish it of
|---------|
|---------|
|-5\\1//5-|
|---------|