Dropped Tuning Riff 1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -----5-------3-------5-5-----5-------3-------5--x-x-x-x--------------------- -------0-3-5---5-3-5-----0-3---0-3-5---5-3-5----x-x-x-x--------------------- Then the next part goes like this. Riff 2 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -----15-----15-15---------15---15-15-------15-----15-15--------------------- -----14-----14-14---------14---14-14-------14-----14-14--------------------- -----12-----12-12---------12---12-12-------12-----12-12--------------------- -----12-----12-12---------12---12-12-------12-----12-12----------10-9-10-10- --------0-0-------0-0-0-0--------------0-0----0-0-------0-0-0-0--10-9-10-10- Then it goes back to Riff 1, and Riff 2. This is followed by a break in whick only the drums and bass plays. After spoken: "Anger is a gift..." Riff 3 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -----3-3-3-3-3-3-5--5-5-5-3-5----------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Play this four times. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------5-5-5-5-5-5-7--7-7-7-5-7---------------------------------------------- ------3-3-3-3-3-3-5--5-5-5-3-5---------------------------------------------- ------------------0--0-0-0---0---------------------------------------------- Play this four times. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------4-4-4-4-4-4-6--6-6-6-4-6---------------------------------------------- ------5-5-5-5-5-5-7--7-7-7-5-7---------------------------------------------- ------5-5-5-5-5-5-7--7-7-7-5-7---------------------------------------------- ------3-3-3-3-3-3-5--5-5-5-3-5---------------------------------------------- ------------------0--0-0-0---0---------------------------------------------- Play this four times. On the fourth time hold the last chord. (Solo) Then it plays a new riff. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------5-3-5-3-5--------------------------------------------------- -----5-3-5-3-5------------3-2-3-2-3---------------3------------------------- -------------------------------------5-3-5-3-5-3--3------------------------- Next it goes to a variation of Riff 2, ending with a slide. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -----15-----15-15---------15-\\slide\\\------------------------------- -----14-----14-14---------14-\\slide\\\------------------------------- -----12-----12-12---------12-\\slide\\\------------------------------- -----12-----12-12---------12-\\slide\\\------------------------------- --------0-0-------0-0-0-0----\\slide\\\------------------------------- This slide is made by running the palm of your left hand up the strings starting at the first fret. Then it goes back to Riff 2. The end of the song goes: Play this softly with no distortion. (Normally played by bass) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------3--4--5------------------------------------------------- -----0--3--5--6--7---------------------------------------------------------- Next, with heavy distortion: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------5--6--7------------------------------------------------- -----0--3--5--6--7--3--4--5------------------------------------------------- -----0--3--5--6--7---------------------------------------------------------- Solo: Use a lotta vibe. (note: pick note, let ring, then bend -half step)- E--------------------------------------------------------------------- B----------------------------------------------------------6-6b------- G------10~~~~~~~~~~--109~~~~~~~~~~~-----5~~~~~~~~~~----5h7-----7---7/ D---12-------------------------------5h7------------5h7-------------- A--------------------------------------------------------------------- D--------------------------------------------------------------------- rake E-------------------------------------------------------------12-13-12----- B-----------------------------------------------------------13--------13--- G------10~~~~~~~~~~--101214-1514-12109~~~~~~~~~~-----14--------------- D---12-------------------------------------------------------------------- A-------------------------------------------------------------------------- D-------------------------------------------------------------------------- rake E------12-13-12----------12-13-15-17--15-13-15-13--------------------- B----13--------13------13-------------------------15~~~~~~~~~~-------- G--14----------------14----------------------------------------------- D--------------------------------------------------------------------- A--------------------------------------------------------------------- D--------------------------------------------------------------------- -Lyrics- Solo, I'm a soloist or a solo list All live, never on a floppy disk Inka, inka, bottle of ink Paintings of rebellion Drawn up by the thoughts I think It's set up like a deck of cards They're sending us to early graves For all the diamonds They'll use a pair of clubs to beat the spades With poetry I paint the pictures that hit More like the murals that fit Don't turn away Get in front of it Chorus: Brotha did ya forget ya name Did ya lose it on the wall Playin' tic-tac-toe Yo, check the diagonal Three brothers gone Come one Doesn't that make it three in a row Anger is a gift Chorus Yo, check the diagonal Three million gone Come on 'Cause they're counting backwards to zero Environment The environment exceeding on the level Of our unconciousness For example What does the billboard say Come and play, come and play Forget about the movement Anger is a gift Freedom, freedom, yea right

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