FREAK!
by Bruce Dickinson
From the 1997 Album ACCIDENT OF BIRTH
Words by Bruce Dickinson
Music by Bruce Dickinson, Adrian Smith and Roy Z
Tabed by Ironmaiden747
Tuning Drop C (CGCFAD)
Duration Legend
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th
+ - note tied to previous
. - note dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Duration letters will appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
for.
Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests.
Tablature Legend
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
- natural harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
PM - palm muting
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
Intro
200 BPM
4/4
Gtr I
PM-|
H Q Q Q. Q. Q +E H.. Q. Q. Q +E H..
|------------|--------------|---------------|---------------|------------|
|------------|------7----7--|-(7)-7---------|-10----7----7--|-(7)-7------|
|------------|-7----7----6--|-(6)-7---------|--9----7----6--|-(6)-7------|
|------0--0--|-4----7----4--|-(4)-7---------|--7----7----4--|-(4)-7------|
|------0--0--|-5----5-------|-----5---------|-------5-------|-----5------|
|------0--0--|--------------|---------------|---------------|------------|
PM
Q. Q. Q +E H.. Q. Q. Q +E Q. +Q Q
|----------------|---------------|----------------|------------------||
|-10----12----7--|-(7)-7---------|-10----12----7--|-(7)-7----(7)-----||
|--9----11----6--|-(6)-7---------|--9----11----6--|-(6)-7----(7)-----||
|--7-----9----4--|-(4)-7---------|--7-----9----4--|-(4)-7----(7)--0--||
|----------------|-----5---------|----------------|-----5----(5)--0--||
|----------------|---------------|----------------|---------------0--||
Pre-Verse
E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
||--3-0-0-3-0-0-3-0-|-0-3-0-0-6--(6)--|-3-0-0-3-0-0-3-0-|-0-3-0-0-6--(6)--|
||o-3-0-0-3-0-0-3-0-|-0-3-0-0-6--(6)--|-3-0-0-3-0-0-3-0-|-0-3-0-0-6--(6)--|
||--3-0-0-3-0-0-3-0-|-0-3-0-0-6---6---|-3-0-0-3-0-0-3-0-|-0-3-0-0-6---6---|
E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q E E E E E E E E E E E E Q +Q
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
|-3-0-0-3-0-0-3-0-|-0-3-0-0-6--(6)--|-3-0-0-3-0-0-3-0-|-0-0-----7--(7)----||
|-3-0-0-3-0-0-3-0-|-0-3-0-0-6--(6)--|-3-0-0-3-0-0-3-0-|-0-0-5-6----------o||
|-3-0-0-3-0-0-3-0-|-0-3-0-0-6---6---|-3-0-0-3-0-0-3-0-|-0-0---------------||
Verse
Q E Q E Q +W Q E Q E Q +W
||---------------|------------|--------------|--------|
||o--------------|------------|--------------|--------|
||---------------|------------|--------------|--------|
||--7--x-5--x-3--|-(3)--------|-3--x-5--x-3--|-(3)----|
||o-8--x-7--x-5--|-(5)--------|-5--x-7--x-5--|-(5)----|
||---------------|------------|--------------|--------|
Q E Q E Q +W Q E Q E Q +H Q Q
|--------------|------------|--------------|----------------||
|--------------|------------|--------------|---------------o||
|--------------|------------|--------------|----------------||
|-2--x-3--x-2--|-(2)--------|-3--x-5--x-3--|-(3)----0--2----||
|-3--x-5--x-3--|-(3)--------|-5--x-7--x-5--|-(5)----1--3---o||
|--------------|------------|--------------|----------------||
Chorus
E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
||--3-0-0-3-0-0-3-0-|-0-3-0-0-6--(6)--|-3-0-0-3-0-0-3-0-|-0-3-0-0-6--(6)--|
||o-3-0-0-3-0-0-3-0-|-0-3-0-0-6--(6)--|-3-0-0-3-0-0-3-0-|-0-3-0-0-6--(6)--|
||--3-0-0-3-0-0-3-0-|-0-3-0-0-6---6---|-3-0-0-3-0-0-3-0-|-0-3-0-0-6---6---|
E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q Q. Q. Q +E E +Q Q Q
|-----------------|-----------------|--------------|--------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|--------------|-------------------o||
|-----------------|-----------------|--------------|--------------------||
|-3-0-0-3-0-0-3-0-|-0-3-0-0-6--(6)--|-7----5----3--|-(3)-7-(7)--5--3----||
|-3-0-0-3-0-0-3-0-|-0-3-0-0-6--(6)--|-8----7----5--|-(5)-8-(8)--7--5---o||
|-3-0-0-3-0-0-3-0-|-0-3-0-0-6---6---|--------------|--------------------||
Verse
Q E Q E Q +W Q E Q E Q +W
||---------------|------------|--------------|--------|
||o--------------|------------|--------------|--------|
||---------------|------------|--------------|--------|
||--7--x-5--x-3--|-(3)--------|-3--x-5--x-3--|-(3)----|
||o-8--x-7--x-5--|-(5)--------|-5--x-7--x-5--|-(5)----|
||---------------|------------|--------------|--------|
Q E Q E Q +W Q E Q E Q +H Q Q
|--------------|------------|--------------|----------------||
|--------------|------------|--------------|---------------o||
|--------------|------------|--------------|----------------||
|-2--x-3--x-2--|-(2)--------|-3--x-5--x-3--|-(3)----0--2----||
|-3--x-5--x-3--|-(3)--------|-5--x-7--x-5--|-(5)----1--3---o||
|--------------|------------|--------------|----------------||
Pre-Chorus
H E E E E +H E E E E +W +H E E E E
|--------------|----------------|------------|-----------------|
|--------------|----------------|------------|-----------------|
|-2----2-0---3-|-(3)----2-0---5-|-(5)--------|-(5)----2-0---2--|
|-2--------3-3-|-(3)--------3-5-|-(5)--------|-(5)--------3-2--|
|-0----------1-|-(1)----------3-|-(3)--------|-(3)----------0--|
|--------------|----------------|------------|-----------------|
+H E E E E +H E E E E +W +H E E E E
|----------------|----------------|------------|-----------------|
|----------------|----------------|------------|-----------------|
|-(2)----2-0---3-|-(3)----2-0---5-|-(5)--------|-(5)----2-0---2--|
|-(2)--------3-3-|-(3)--------3-5-|-(5)--------|-(5)--------3-2--|
|-(0)----------1-|-(1)----------3-|-(3)--------|-(3)----------0--|
|----------------|----------------|------------|-----------------|
+H E E E E +H E E E E +H.. E +H E E E E
|----------------|----------------|--------------|-----------------|
|----------------|----------------|--------------|-----------------|
|-(2)----2-0---3-|-(3)----2-0---7-|-(7)--------5-|-(5)----2-0---2--|
|-(2)--------3-3-|-(3)--------3-7-|-(7)--------5-|-(5)--------3-2--|
|-(0)----------1-|-(1)----------5-|-(5)--------3-|-(3)----------0--|
|----------------|----------------|--------------|-----------------|
+H E E E E +H E E Q Q E E +E E Q E E +E E Q Q
|----------------|---------------|-----------------|------------------|
|----------------|---------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-(2)----2-0---3-|-(3)----2-0----|-5----5-(5)---5--|---5-(5)---5--5---|
|-(2)--------3-3-|-(3)--------3--|-5----5-(5)---5--|---5-(5)---5--5---|
|-(0)----------1-|-(1)-----------|-3--0-3-(3)-0-3--|-0-3-(3)-0-3--3---|
|----------------|---------------|-----------------|------------------|
Chorus
E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
||--3-0-0-3-0-0-3-0-|-0-3-0-0-6--(6)--|-3-0-0-3-0-0-3-0-|-0-3-0-0-6--(6)--|
||o-3-0-0-3-0-0-3-0-|-0-3-0-0-6--(6)--|-3-0-0-3-0-0-3-0-|-0-3-0-0-6--(6)--|
||--3-0-0-3-0-0-3-0-|-0-3-0-0-6---6---|-3-0-0-3-0-0-3-0-|-0-3-0-0-6---6---|
E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q Q. Q. Q +E E +Q Q Q
|-----------------|-----------------|--------------|--------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|--------------|-------------------o||
|-----------------|-----------------|--------------|--------------------||
|-3-0-0-3-0-0-3-0-|-0-3-0-0-6--(6)--|-7----5----3--|-(3)-7-(7)--5--3----||
|-3-0-0-3-0-0-3-0-|-0-3-0-0-6--(6)--|-8----7----5--|-(5)-8-(8)--7--5---o||
|-3-0-0-3-0-0-3-0-|-0-3-0-0-6---6---|--------------|--------------------||
Q. Q. Q +E E +Q Q Q W +H. Q
|--------------|------------------|----------|---------------|
|--------------|------------------|----------|---------------|
|--------------|------------------|----------|---------------|
|-7----5----3--|-(3)-7-(7)--5--3--|-2--------|-(2)-----------|
|-8----7----5--|-(5)-8-(8)--7--5--|-3--------|-(3)------3/---|
|--------------|------------------|----------|----------3/---|
Bridge
E E +E E E E E E +E E Q E E Q 3x
||--------------------|------------------||
||o-------------------|-----------------o||
||--------------------|------------------||
||--------------------|------------------||
||o-0-0-(0)-0-3s2-0-0-|-(0)-0-3--0-0-6--o||
||--0-0-(0)-0-3s2-0-0-|-(0)-0-3--0-0-6---||
E E +E E E E E E +E E Q E E Q
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|---------------9\--|
|-------------------|--------------10\--|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-0-0-(0)-0-3s2-0-0-|-(0)-0-3--0-0--6---|
|-0-0-(0)-0-3s2-0-0-|-(0)-0-3--0-0--6---|
E E +E E E E E E +E E Q E E Q 3x
||--------------------|------------------||
||o-------------------|-----------------o||
||--------------------|------------------||
||--------------------|------------------||
||o-0-0-(0)-0-3s2-0-0-|-(0)-0-3--0-0-6--o||
||--0-0-(0)-0-3s2-0-0-|-(0)-0-3--0-0-6---||
E E +E E E E E E +E E Q E E Q
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|---------------9\--|
|-------------------|--------------10\--|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-0-0-(0)-0-3s2-0-0-|-(0)-0-3--0-0--6---|
|-0-0-(0)-0-3s2-0-0-|-(0)-0-3--0-0--6---|
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E E +E E E E E E +E E Q E E Q 3x
||--------------------|------------------||
||o-------------------|-----------------o||
||--------------------|------------------||
||--------------------|------------------||
||o-0-0-(0)-0-3s2-0-0-|-(0)-0-3--0-0-6--o||
||--0-0-(0)-0-3s2-0-0-|-(0)-0-3--0-0-6---||
E E +E E E E E E +E E Q E E Q
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|---------------9\--|
|-------------------|--------------10\--|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-0-0-(0)-0-3s2-0-0-|-(0)-0-3--0-0--6---|
|-0-0-(0)-0-3s2-0-0-|-(0)-0-3--0-0--6---|
E E E E E E E E +E E +E E +H
|-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------|
|---------------7-|-(7)-5-(5)-3-(3)----|
|-3-3-3-3-3s2-0-7-|-(7)-5-(5)-3-(3)----|
|-3-3-3-3-3s2-0-5-|-(5)-3-(3)-1-(1)----|
|-3-3-3-3-3s2-0---|--------------------|
E E E E E E E E +E E +E E +Q Q
|-----------------|----------------------|
|-----------------|----------------------|
|-----------------|----------------------|
|-0-3-0-0-3s2-0-3-|-(3)-5-(5)-7-(7)--5---|
|-0-3-0-0-3s2-0-5-|-(5)-7-(7)-8-(8)--7---|
|-0-3-0-0-3s2-0---|----------------------|
Interlude
E E +E E E E E E +E E Q E E Q
||-----------------------|----------------------|
||o----------------------|----------------------|
||-----------------------|----------------------|
||-----------------------|-----------------<5>--|
||o-0----0-(0)-0-3s2-0-0-|-(0)----0-3--0-0------|
||--0----0-(0)-0-3s2-0-0-|-(0)----0-3--0-0------|
|
| Gtr II
| W +W
||-----------------------|----------------------|
||o----------------------|----------------------|
||-----------------------|----------------------|
||--3tr4-----------------|-(3tr4)---------------|
||o----------------------|----------------------|
||-----------------------|----------------------|
E E +E E E E E E +E E Q E E Q
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------<5>--|
|--0-----0-(0)-0-3s2-0-0-|-(0)---0-3--0----0------|
|--0-----0-(0)-0-3s2-0-0-|-(0)---0-3--0----0------|
|
| +W H H
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|-(3tr4)-----------------|--5tr6------6tr7--------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
E E +E E E E E E +E E Q E E Q
|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|-----------------<5>--|
|-0----0-(0)-0-3s2-0-0-|-(0)----0-3--0-0------|
|-0----0-(0)-0-3s2-0-0-|-(0)----0-3--0-0------|
|
| W +W
|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
|-4tr5-----------------|-(4tr5)---------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
E E +E E E E E E +E E Q E E Q
|------------------------|------------------------||
|------------------------|-----------------------o||
|------------------------|------------------------||
|------------------------|-----------------<5>----||
|--0-----0-(0)-0-3s2-0-0-|-(0)----0-3--0-0-------o||
|--0-----0-(0)-0-3s2-0-0-|-(0)----0-3--0-0--------||
|
| +W +W
|------------------------|------------------------||
|------------------------|-----------------------o||
|------------------------|------------------------||
|------------------------|------------------------||
|-(4tr5)-----------------|-(4tr5)----------------o||
|------------------------|------------------------||
Guitar Solo
E E E E E E E E +E E +E E +H
|----------------------|-------------------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------------------|
|--------------------7-|--(7)-5--(5)-3--(3)------------|
|--3-----3-3-3-3s2-0-7-|--(7)-5--(5)-3--(3)------------|
|--3-----3-3-3-3s2-0-5-|--(5)-3--(3)-1--(1)------------|
|--3-----3-3-3-3s2-0---|-------------------------------|
|
| W +Q +Q +Q +Q
|----------------------|-------------------------------|
|-20b22================|=(20)---(20)r==(20)b22===(20)r=|
|----------------------|-------------------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------------------|
E E E E E E E E +E E +E E +H
|-------------------------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------------------------|--------------------|
|---0------3---0-----0---3s====2--0-3-|-(3)-5-(5)-7-(7)----|
|---0------3---0-----0---3s====2--0-5-|-(5)-7-(7)-8-(8)----|
|---0------3---0-----0---3s====2--0---|--------------------|
|
|
| +Q +Q +Q Q W
|-------------------------------------|--------------------|
|-(20)pb22r==(20)b22r==(20)b22r==18---|--------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-19~~~--------------|
|-------------------------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------------------------|--------------------|
E E E E E E E E +E E +E E +H
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------7-|-(7)---5----(5)-----3----(3)----------------------|
|-3---3-3-------3-3s2-------0-7-|-(7)---5----(5)-----3----(3)----------------------|
|-3---3-3-------3-3s2-------0-5-|-(5)---3----(3)-----1----(1)----------------------|
|-3---3-3-------3-3s2-------0---|--------------------------------------------------|
|
| |---------3----------|
| H H H E. S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------|---------13-12--10--------------------------------|
|---------17----------18--------|-18----------------13-10-13--10-13-10-13-10----10-|
|-6b8-----16b18-------19b21-----|-19b21--------------------------------------12----|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
E E E E E E E E +E E +E E +Q Q
|-------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|--0-----3-----0-----0-----3s====2-----0--3-|-(3)-----5----(5)-----7----(7)---5----|
|--0-----3-----0-----0-----3s====2-----0--5-|-(5)-----7----(7)-----8----(8)---7----|
|--0-----3-----0-----0-----3s====2-----0----|--------------------------------------|
|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S E E S S S S S S S S Q Q
|-------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|-13-10-13-10-13-10-13-10-13-10-13-10----10-|-13--10-13-10-13--10-13-10-13\--------|
|-------------------------------------12----|--------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|--------------------------------17----|
|-------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
Breakdown
Cm
W +W +W +W
|----------------|------------------------|------------|--------|
|----------------|------------------------|------------|--------|
|----------------|------------------------|------------|--------|
|--3-------------|-(3)--------------------|-(3)--------|-(3)----|
|--5-------------|-(5)--------------------|-(5)--------|-(5)----|
|--0-------------|-(0)--------------------|-(0)--------|-(0)----|
|
| H +H H S S S S S S S S W W
|----------------|------------------------|------------|--------|
|----------------|------------------------|------------|--------|
|----------------|------------------------|------------|--------|
|-15----(15)\----|--------xsxsxsxsxsxsxsxs|==x---------|--------|
|----------------|--------xsxsxsxsxsxsxsxs|==x---------|--------|
|----------------|--------xsxsxsxsxsxsxsxs|==x---------|--------|
+W +W +W +W
|------------|------------|------------|--------|
|------------|------------|------------|--------|
|------------|------------|------------|--------|
|-(3)--------|-(3)--------|-(3)--------|-(3)----|
|-(5)--------|-(5)--------|-(5)--------|-(5)----|
|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(0)----|
Chorus
E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
||--3-0-0-3-0-0-3-0-|-0-3-0-0-6--(6)--|-3-0-0-3-0-0-3-0-|-0-3-0-0-6--(6)--|
||o-3-0-0-3-0-0-3-0-|-0-3-0-0-6--(6)--|-3-0-0-3-0-0-3-0-|-0-3-0-0-6--(6)--|
||--3-0-0-3-0-0-3-0-|-0-3-0-0-6---6---|-3-0-0-3-0-0-3-0-|-0-3-0-0-6---6---|
E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q Q. Q. Q +E E +Q Q Q 4x
|-----------------|-----------------|--------------|--------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|--------------|-------------------o||
|-----------------|-----------------|--------------|--------------------||
|-3-0-0-3-0-0-3-0-|-0-3-0-0-6--(6)--|-7----5----3--|-(3)-7-(7)--5--3----||
|-3-0-0-3-0-0-3-0-|-0-3-0-0-6--(6)--|-8----7----5--|-(5)-8-(8)--7--5---o||
|-3-0-0-3-0-0-3-0-|-0-3-0-0-6---6---|--------------|--------------------||
Outro
Q. Q. Q +E E +Q Q Q W +W
|--------------|------------------|----------|--------|
|--------------|------------------|----------|--------|
|--------------|------------------|----------|--------|
|-7----5----3--|-(3)-7-(7)--5--3--|-2--------|-(2)----|
|-8----7----5--|-(5)-8-(8)--7--5--|-3--------|-(3)----|
|--------------|------------------|----------|--------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q W
|-----------------|-----------------|------*|
|-----------------|-----------------|------*|
|-----------------|-----------------|------*|
|-3-0-0-3-0-0-3-0-|-0-3-0-0-6--(6)--|------*|
|-3-0-0-3-0-0-3-0-|-0-3-0-0-6--(6)--|------*|
|-3-0-0-3-0-0-3-0-|-0-3-0-0-6---6---|------*|