Freedom Or Fire Chords & Tabs
Artist: Fear Factory
Song: "Freedom or Fire"
Album: "Obsolete"
Label: Roadrunner Records, copyright 1998, (The All-Blacks B.V.)
Tune all strings down a perfect fifth (a, D, G, C, E, a)
LEGEND:
* -- palm-mute
H -- hit-on
P -- pull-off
~~~~ -- vibrato
A.H. -- Artificial Harmonic
N.H. -- Natural Harmonic
/ -- slide up
\ -- slide down
X -- lay fingers on strings to cause a "thud"; a "dead note"
moderate to fast speed
Intro: Bass intro (see corresponding bass tab) with the sounds of a
pick scraping the strings of a guitar
Riff a
Let all notes sustain
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|-10-----------------10-12-10-----------------|
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|-10-----------------10-12-10----------10-----9---------------|
|-----------------------------------------------11-(11)-(11)--|
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Riff B
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|-/7--4-2--5-5-5-/7--4-2--5-5-5--|
Riff C
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|-/7--4-2--5-5-5-/7-5-7--4-/7-5--|
Riff D
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|-------------------------------|
|----------------9\7\4/6/7-7/9--|
|-/7--4-2--5-5-5-7\5\2/4/5-5/7--|
Riff E
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|-----------------------|
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|-4---------------------|
|-4------/7--6--7--/9\--|
|-2------/5--4--5--/7\--|
Riff F
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|-4-----------------------|
|-4-----------------------|
|-2------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
* * * * * * * *
Riff G
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|----------------9-\-6-\-4-/-7--|
|----------------9-\-6-\-4-/-7--|
|-/7--4-2--5-5-5-7-\-4-\-2-/-5--|
Riff H
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|-/7--4-2--5-5-5-/7--4-2--5-5-5--|
* * * * * * * * * * * *
Riff I
Let the chords ring out
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|-3------6------4--------------3------6------7---------------|
|-3------6------4--------------3------6------7---------------|
|-1------4------2------(2)-(4)-1------4------5------(4)-(2)--|
Riff J
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/f/fear_factory/freedom_or_fire_tab.html ]
(a.H)
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|------------------------6---------------------------|
|----6----6----6----6---------6----6----6----6----6--|
|-33-4-33-4-33-4-33-4-33---33-4-33-4-33-4-33-4-33-4--|
** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** **
(a.H)
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|----6----6----6----6----5----6----6----6----6----6--|
|-33-4-33-4-33-4-33-4-33---33-4-33-4-33-4-33-4-33-4--|
** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** **
Riff K
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|-3---4--3--4--3--4--3--4--3--4--|
Riff L
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|-333-4-4-4-3-4-4-4-3-4-4-4-3-4-4-4--|
*** * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Riff M
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|-5/6-6--6/7--7\(6)-7-----9--|
|-5/6-6--6/7--7\(6)-7-----9--|
|-3/4-4--4/5--5\(4)-5-(6)-7--|
Riff N
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|-------------------------2-2-2-2--|
|-333-4-4-333-4-4-333-4-5----------|
*** * * *** * * *** * * * * * *
Riff O
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|-5--------5----------------|
|-3/4-4-4--3/4-4-5-7-7-7-7--|
* * * * * * * * * *
Riff P
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|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-3------6------4--------------3------6------7--------------------|
|-3------6------4--------------3------6------7--------------------|
|-1------4------2------(2)-(4)-1------4------5------(4)-22222222--|
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Riff Q
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|-11111111111144444444444422222222222222224444--|
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|-1111111111114444444444445555555555554444222222--|
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Riff R
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|-1111111111114444444444445555555555554444222222--|
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Riff S
Let the chord sustain, feedback, and fade out
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|-3-------|
|-3-------|
|-1-------|
Song Structure
Riff A 2 times
Riff B 3 times
Riff C 1 time
Riff B 3 times
Riff D 1 time
Riff E 8 times
Riff B 3 times
Riff D 1 time
Riff A 1 time
Riff E 3 times
Riff F 1 time
Riff H 3 times
Riff G 1 time
Riff I 2 times
Riff J 1 time
Riff K 4 times
Riff L 4 times
Riff M 3 times
Riff N 1 times
Riff L 4 times
Riff M 3 times
Riff O 1 time
Riff P 1 time
Riff Q 2 times
Riff R 4 times
Riff S 1 time, feedback and fade out with synths