PEOPLE OF THE SUN
Performed by Rage Against The Machine
Album: Evil Empire
Transcribed by: Adam Poulsen

Ok, here is the deal.
To play this properly you will need an alen wrench. A pick will not do the job properly. You can do it on a guitar with single coil pickups, but it sounds much better with humbuckers.

Fret the A string on the second fret.
Tom frets it the third, but when I do that it sounds wrong, so I do it on the 2nd fret.
Rub the wrench back and forth six times over the A string starting with a rub towards the bridge pickup.
Here is the above in tab form:

VERSE RIFF

E|-----------------------|
B|-----------------------|
G|-----------------------|
D|-----------------------|
A|--2--2--2--2--2--0-----|
E|-----------------------|

...But it will sound like this:

E|------------------------|
B|------------------------|
G|------------------------|
D|------------------------|
A|--2--3--2--3--2--0------|
E|------------------------|


CHORUS
Still scratching with the alen wrench

Played like this:
E|----------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------|
E|---/3----2-2-2-2-2-2-2?2-/3---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-/3--|

Will sound like this:
E|----------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------|
E|---/3----2-3-2-3-2-3-2?3-/3---2-3-2-3-2-3-2-3-2-3-2-3-/3--|


RIFF 3

This riff is played without the alen wrench; you will have to finger pick it.

E|--------------------------|
B|----------------0---------|
G|----------------0---------|
D|----------------0---------|
A|---*----------------------|
E|---5b-(8)--(5)------------|
* = Gradual bend