Part 1: Play this 6 times ========================= e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|-------------9-------------------11-9----------------9--------------------| D|11-9-11-9-11-9-11-9-11-9-11-9-11-11-9-9-11-9-11-9-11-9-11-9-11-9-9-9-9-9-10 A|11-9-11-9-11---11-9-11-9-11-9-11------9-11-9-11-9-11---11-9-11-9-9-9-9-9-10 E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| Part 2: Play this 3 times ========================= Don't play this notes in the the third time <-___ e|----------------------------------------------------------------| B|----------------------------------------------------------------| G|-----------2-------------------5-4-2------------2-------6-4-2---| | D|-2-4-4-4-2-2-4-2-4--2-4-4-4--4-5-4-2--2-4-4-4-2-2-4-2-4-6-4-2---| | A|-2-4-4-4-2-0-4-2-4--2-4-4-4--4-3-2-0--2-4-4-4-2-0-4-2-4-4-2-0---| | E|-0-2-2-2-0---2-0-2--0-2-2-2--2--------0-2-2-2-0---2-0-2--------| | / \____/ Part 3: Play this 4 times ========================= e|-------------------------------------------| B|-------------------------------------------| G|-------------------------------------------| D|-4---------------2-3-4---------------------| A|---------0-2-3-4--------------0-2-3-2-0----| E|---2-0-2----------------2-0-2-----------2--| Part 4: Play this 3 times ========================= - e|------------------------------------------------------------------| B|------------------------------------------------------------------| G|------------2--------------------5-4-2------------2-------6-4-2---| D|-2-4-4-4-2--2--4-2-4--2-4-4-4--4-5-4-2--2-4-4-4-2-2-4-2-4-6-4-2---| A|-2-4-4-4-2--0--4-2-4--2-4-4-4--4-3-2-0--2-4-4-4-2-0-4-2-4-4-2-0---| E|-0-2-2-2-0-----2-0-2--0-2-2-2--2--------0-2-2-2-0---2-0-2---------| Part 5: Play this 3-1/2 times ============================= e|-------------------------------------------| B|-------------------------------------------| G|-------------------------------------------| D|-4---------------2-3-4---------------------| A|---------0-2-3-4--------------0-2-3-2-0----| E|---2-0-2----------------2-0-2-----------2--| Part 6: Play this 4 times ========================= e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|--------------------------------2---------------------------------5-4----| D|-4-4-4--2-2--4-4-4--2-2--4-4-4--2--4-4-4--2-2--4-4-4--2-2--4-4-4--5-4-3--| A|-4-4-4--2-2--4-4-4--2-2--4-4-4--0--4-4-4--2-2--4-4-4--2-2--4-4-4--3-2----| E|-2-2-2--0-0--2-2-2--0-0--2-2-2-----2-2-2--0-0--2-2-2--0-0--2-2-2---------| Part 7: (Guitar in the I, and the end of V) (Bass: the 5 times) ================================================================== e|----------------------------------------------------------------| B|----------------------------------------------------------------| G|-----------2-------------------5-4-2------------2-------6-4-2---| D|-2-4-4-4-2-2-4-2-4--2-4-4-4--4-5-4-2--2-4-4-4-2-2-4-2-4-6-4-2---| A|-2-4-4-4-2-0-4-2-4--2-4-4-4--4-3-2-0--2-4-4-4-2-0-4-2-4-4-2-0---| E|-0-2-2-2-0---2-0-2--0-2-2-2--2--------0-2-2-2-0---2-0-2---------| End of 7 (I'm not sure how many times you have to play it, you must ========= figure it out by yourself) e|------------------------------------------------| B|------------------------------------------------| G|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-0-2b---| D|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-0-2b---| A|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0------| E|------------------------------------------------| Part 8: (Guitar in II, III, IV and V) (Bass: the 5 times) ============================================================== e|-------------------------------------------| B|-------------------------------------------| G|-------------------------------------------| D|-4---------------2-3-4---------------------| A|---------0-2-3-4--------------0-2-3-2-0----| E|---2-0-2----------------2-0-2-----------2--| Lyrics ====== -------------------------------------------------------- Born with insight and a raised fist A witness to the slit wrist As we move into '92 Still in a room without a view | Ya got to know | Ya got to know | That when I say go, go, go | Amp up and amplify | Defy | I'm a brother with a furious mind Action must be taken Part 3 We don't need the key / ====== We'll break in / | Something must be done | About vengence, a badge and a gun | 'Cause I'll rip the mike, rip the stage, rip the system | I was born to rage against 'em | | Fist in ya face, in the place / And I'll drop the style clearly / Know your enemy / --------------------------------------------------------/ ------------------------------------------------------- Word is born Fight the war, fuck the norm Now I got no patience | So sick of complacence | With the | The mind of a revolutionary | So clear the lane The finger to the land of chains > Part 5 What? The land of the free? / ====== Whever told you that is your enemy | | Something must be done | About vengence, a badge, and a gun | 'Cause I'll rip the mike, rip the stage, rip the system | I was born to rage agaisnt 'em / / / / Now action must be taken-----------------------------/ We don't need no key ------------ We'll break in > Without instruments ----------------------------------/ ----------------------------------------------- I've got no patience now | So sick of complacence now | I've got no patience now Part 6 So sick of complacence now / ====== Sick of sick of sick of sick of sick of you | Time has come to pay | -----------------------------------------------/ ------------------------------------------------- Yes I know my enemies | They're the teachers who taught me to fight me Compromise, conformity, assimilation, submission, > Part 8 Ignorance, hypocrisy, brutality, the elite / ====== All of which are American dreams | -------------------------------------------------/

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