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Know Your Enemy Guitar Tablature
Know Your Enemy, Rageagaistmyself, [email protected]

Part 1: Play this 6 times 
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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 
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                    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--------|     | 
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Part 3: Play this 4 times 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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) 
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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) 
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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 
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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                                          /    
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Word is born                                              
Fight the war, *** the norm                               
Now I got no patience                                     | 
So sick of complacence                                    | 
With the D E F I A N C E                                  | 
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              
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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                            |     
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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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