Freedom Or Fire Chords & Tabs
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FREEDOM OR FIRE
As recorded by Fear Factory
(From the 1998 Album OBSOLETE)
Transcribed by rx aka. iskim86
Words and Music by Fear Factory
Arranged by Fear Factory
Gtr I (A D G C F A D) - 'Guitar I'
Gtr II (A D G C F A D) - 'Heavy Tone I'
Gtr III (A D G C F A D) - 'Heavy Tone II'
Gtr IV (A D G C F A D) - 'Heavy Tone III'
Gtr V (A D G C F A D) - 'Heavy Tone IV (Guitar II)'
Intro
Q=160
4/4
Gtr I
Wx8
|--------|
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|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
E E Esus2/F#
W +W +W +H Q Q
|-0--------|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(0)----(0)--(0)---|
|-5--------|-(5)--------|-(5)--------|-(5)-----5----7----|
|----------|------------|------------|-------------------|
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|----------|------------|------------|-------------------|
E
W +W +W +W
|-0--------|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(0)----|
|-5--------|-(5)--------|-(5)--------|-(5)----|
|----------|------------|------------|--------|
|----------|------------|------------|--------|
|----------|------------|------------|--------|
|----------|------------|------------|--------|
|----------|------------|------------|--------|
E E Esus2/F#
W +W +W +H Q Q
|-0--------|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(0)----(0)--(0)---|
|-5--------|-(5)--------|-(5)--------|-(5)-----5----7----|
|----------|------------|------------|-------------------|
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|----------|------------|------------|-------------------|
|----------|------------|------------|-------------------|
|----------|------------|------------|-------------------|
E E C C#m/Ab
W +W H. Q W
|-0--------|-(0)--------|-(0)------(0)--|-(0)----|
|-5--------|-(5)--------|--5--------4---|--2-----|
|----------|------------|---------------|-(1)----|
|----------|------------|---------------|--------|
|----------|------------|---------------|--------|
|----------|------------|---------------|--------|
|----------|------------|---------------|--------|
E Esus2/F#
W +W +W +H Q Q
|-0--------|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(0)----(0)--(0)---|
|-5--------|-(5)--------|-(5)--------|-(5)-----5----7----|
|----------|------------|------------|-------------------|
|----------|------------|------------|-------------------|
|----------|------------|------------|-------------------|
|----------|------------|------------|-------------------|
|----------|------------|------------|-------------------|
E E E C C#m
W W H. Q W
|-0--------|-0--------|-0-------(0)--|-(0)----|
|-5--------|-5--------|-5--------4---|--2-----|
|----------|----------|--------------|--------|
|----------|----------|--------------|--------|
|----------|----------|--------------|--------|
|----------|----------|--------------|--------|
|----------|----------|--------------|--------|
Pre-Verse
Q=165
N.C. N.C.
Gtrs I, II, III, IV, V
S S E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E
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||-------------------|-----------------||-|
||o------------------|----------------o||-|
||-------------------|-----------------||-|
||o------------------|----------------o||-|
||--0-0-2------------|-0-2-------------||-|
||--------4-2--5-5-4-|-----4-2--5-5-4--||-|
N.C. F#5C#5F#5C#5F#C#5
S S E E Q E E E 3x E. E. E. E. E E
||--------------------||------------------|
||--------------------||------------------|
||o------------------o||------------------|
||--------------------||-4-----4-----4----|
||o------------------o||-4--4--4--4--4-4--|
||--0-0-2-------------||-2--4--2--4--2-4--|
||--------4-2--5-5-4--||----2-----2----2--|
N.C. F#5D#5C#5E5 NN.C.
S S E E S E. E E E 7x E. E. Q E E E
||----------------------||------------------|
||----------------------||------------------|
||o--------------------o||------------------|
||----------------------||-4----------------|
||o--------------------o||-4--6--4--7-7-7---|
||--0-0-2---------------||-2--6--4--7-7-7---|
||--------4-2-2--5-5-4--||----4--2--5-5-5---|
Verse
N.C. N.C.
Q H. Q. Q. Q 7x Q H.
||-------------|---------------||------------|
||-------------|---------------||------------|
||o------------|--------------o||------------|
||-------------|---------------||------------|
||o------------|--------------o||------------|
||--2----------|---------------||-2----------|
||-----2-------|-5----4----5---||----2-------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
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|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
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|----------------------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5--|
Chorus
N.C. F#5D#5C#5E5
S S E E S E. E E E 7x E. E. Q E E E
||----------------------||----------------|
||----------------------||----------------|
||o--------------------o||----------------|
||----------------------||-4--------------|
||o--------------------o||-4--6--4--7-7-7-|
||--0-0-2---------------||-2--6--4--7-7-7-|
||--------4-2-2--5-5-4--||----4--2--5-5-5-|
Pre-Verse
E E Esus2/F#
Gtr I
W +W +W +H Q Q
|-0--------|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(0)----(0)--(0)---|
|-5--------|-(5)--------|-(5)--------|-(5)-----5----7----|
|----------|------------|------------|-------------------|
|----------|------------|------------|-------------------|
|----------|------------|------------|-------------------|
|----------|------------|------------|-------------------|
|----------|------------|------------|-------------------|
E E C C#m
W +W H. Q W
|-0--------|-(0)--------|-0-------(0)--|-(0)----|
|-5--------|-(5)--------|-5--------4---|--2-----|
|----------|------------|--------------|--------|
|----------|------------|--------------|--------|
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|----------|------------|--------------|--------|
|----------|------------|--------------|--------|
Verse
N.C. N.C. N.C. N.C.
Gtrs I, II, III, IV, V
PM------------|
Q H. Q. Q. Q 3x Q H. E E E E E E E E
||-------------|---------------||------------|-----------------|
||-------------|---------------||------------|-----------------|
||o------------|--------------o||------------|-----------------|
||-------------|---------------||------------|-----------------|
||o------------|--------------o||------------|-----------------|
||--2----------|---------------||-2----------|-----------------|
||-----2-------|-5----4----5---||----2-------|-5-5-5-4-4-4-5-5-|
Pre-Chorus
N.C. F#5D#5C#5E5
PM---------------|
S S E E S E. E E E 7x Q Q Q Q
||----------------------||-------------|
||----------------------||-------------|
||o--------------------o||-------------|
||----------------------||-4-----------|
||o--------------------o||-4--6--4--7--|
||--0-0-2---------------||-2--6--4--7--|
||--------4-2-2--5-5-4--||----4--2--5--|
Chorus
B# D#
E E E S E E S E E E E E S E E S E E
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|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
C# C# D#
E E E S E E S E E E E E S E E S E E
|-------------------|--------------------|
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|-------------------|--------------------|
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|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-4-4--|
B# D#
E E E S E E S E E E E E S E E S E E
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|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
E D# C#
E E E S E E S E E E E E S E E S E E
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-4-4-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|
B# D#
E E E S E E S E E E E E S E E S E E
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|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
C# C# D#
E E E S E E S E E E E E S E E S E E
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|-------------------|--------------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-4-4--|
B# D#
E E E S E E S E E E E E S E E S E E
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|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
E D# C#
E E E S E E S E E E E E S E E S S S S S
|-------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------|------------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-4-4-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/f/fear_factory/freedom_or_fire_tab_ver_3.html ]
Breakdown
N.C. N.C.
PM--| PM--| PM--| PM--| PM--|
S S E E S S E E S S E E S S E E S S E E +E
|-----------------------|-------------------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------[6]b7r(6)b7.5-|
|-----------------------|-------------------------------|
|-3-3-3-4-3-3-3-4-3-3-3-|-4-3-3-3-4-3-3-3---------------|
N.C. N.C.
PM--| PM--| PM--| PM--| PM--|
S S E E S S E E S S E E S S E E S S E E E
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-3-3-3-4-3-3-3-4-3-3-3-|-4-3-3-3-4-3-3-3-4---|
N.C. N.C.
PM--| PM--| PM--| PM--| PM--|
S S E E S S E E S S E E S S E E S S E E +E
|-----------------------|-------------------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------------|
|-3-3-3-4-3-3-3-4-3-3-3-|-4-3-3-3-4-3-3-3-[4]b5r(4)b5.5-|
N.C. N.C.
PM--| PM--| PM--| PM--| PM--|
S S E E S S E E S S E E S S E E S S E E E
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-3-3-3-4-3-3-3-4-3-3-3-|-4-3-3-3-4-3-3-3-4---|
Bridge
Q=80
N.C.
T T S S +T T S S +T T S S +T T S S +T T S E
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||o-------------------------------------------------o||
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||o-------------------------------------------------o||
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||--3-3-3-4-(4)-3-3-4-(4)-3-3-4-(4)-3-3-4-(4)-3-3-4--||
D5 D#5 D5D#5 D5D#5 D5D#5 D5D#5
PM------------------------------|
T T S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 4x
|-||-------------------------------------||
|-||-------------------------------------||
|-||o-----------------------------------o||
|-||-------------------------------------||
|-||o-----------------------------------o||
|-||--5-5-5-6-6-5-6-6-5-6-6-5-6-6-5-6-6--||
|-||--3-3-3-4-4-3-4-4-3-4-4-3-4-4-3-4-4--||
D5 D#5 E5 D#5 E5 F#5
T T S S S S S S S T T S S S S S S S 3x
||---------------------------------------||
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||o-------------------------------------o||
||---------------------------------------||
||o-------------------------------------o||
||--5-5-5-5-5-6-6-7-7-6-6-6-6-6-7-7-9-9--||
||--3-3-3-3-3-4-4-5-5-4-4-4-4-4-5-5-7-7--||
D5 D#5 E5 F#5
PM------------------------------------|
T T S S S T T S S S T T S T T S S S S S
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-6-6-6-6-6-7-7-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-|
|-3-3-3-3-3-4-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-|
D5 D#5 D5D#5 D5D#5 D5D#5 D5D#5
PM------------------------------|
T T S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 4x
||-------------------------------------||-|
||-------------------------------------||-|
||o-----------------------------------o||-|
||-------------------------------------||-|
||o-----------------------------------o||-|
||--5-5-5-6-6-5-6-6-5-6-6-5-6-6-5-6-6--||-|
||--3-3-3-4-4-3-4-4-3-4-4-3-4-4-3-4-4--||-|
D5 D#5 E5 D#5 E5 F#5
T T S S S S S S S T T S S S S S S S
||---------------------------------------||
||---------------------------------------||
||o-------------------------------------o||
||---------------------------------------||
||o-------------------------------------o||
||--5-5-5-5-5-6-6-7-7-6-6-6-6-6-7-7-9-9--||
||--3-3-3-3-3-4-4-5-5-4-4-4-4-4-5-5-7-7--||
Q=160
D5 D#5 E5 D#5 E5 F#5
S S E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-6-6-7-7-|-6-6-6-6-6-7-7-9-9-|
|-3-3-3-3-3-4-4-5-5-|-4-4-4-4-4-5-5-7-7-|
D5 D#5 F#5
PM------------|
S S E +Q S S E +Q E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------|------------------|
|-----------------------|------------------|
|-----------------------|------------------|
|-----------------------|------------------|
|-----------------------|------------------|
|-5-5-5-(5)--6-6-6-(6)--|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--|
|-3-3-3-(3)--4-4-4-(4)--|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
Pre-Chorus
B#5 D#5 C#5 C#5D#5
W W W +H Q Q
|----------|----------|----------|---------------|
|----------|----------|----------|---------------|
|----------|----------|----------|---------------|
|----------|----------|----------|---------------|
|-3--------|-6--------|-4--------|-(4)----4--6---|
|-3--------|-6--------|-4--------|-(4)----4--6---|
|-1--------|-4--------|-2--------|-(2)----2--4---|
B#5 D#5 E5 D#5 C#5
PM----------------------------|
W W H. Q S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|----------|----------|------------|-----------------------------------|
|----------|----------|------------|-----------------------------------|
|----------|----------|------------|-----------------------------------|
|----------|----------|------------|-----------------------------------|
|-3--------|-6--------|-7-------6--|-----------------------------------|
|-3--------|-6--------|-7-------6--|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---|
|-1--------|-4--------|-5-------4--|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---|
Chorus
Q=165
B# D#
E E E S E E S E E E E E S E E S E E
||--------------------|-------------------|
||--------------------|-------------------|
||o-------------------|-------------------|
||--------------------|-------------------|
||o-------------------|-------------------|
||--------------------|-------------------|
||--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
C# C# D#
E E E S E E S E E E E E S E E S E E
|-------------------|-------------------|
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|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-4-4-|
B# D#
E E E S E E S E E E E E S E E S E E
|-------------------|-------------------|
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|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
E D# C#
E E E S E E S E E E E E S E E S E E
|-------------------|---------------------||
|-------------------|---------------------||
|-------------------|--------------------o||
|-------------------|---------------------||
|-------------------|--------------------o||
|-------------------|---------------------||
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-4-4-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---||
B# D#
E E E S E E S E E E E E S E E S E E
||--------------------|-------------------|
||--------------------|-------------------|
||o-------------------|-------------------|
||--------------------|-------------------|
||o-------------------|-------------------|
||--------------------|-------------------|
||--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
E D# C#
E E E S E E S E E E E E S E E S S S S S
|-------------------|-------------------------||
|-------------------|-------------------------||
|-------------------|------------------------o||
|-------------------|-------------------------||
|-------------------|------------------------o||
|-------------------|-------------------------||
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-4-4-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---||
Out-Chorus
B# D#
E E E S E E S E E E E E S S S S S S S S S S
||--------------------|---------------------------|
||--------------------|---------------------------|
||o-------------------|---------------------------|
||--------------------|---------------------------|
||o-------------------|---------------------------|
||--------------------|---------------------------|
||--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
E D# C#
E E E S E E S E E E E E S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------|-----------------------------||
|-------------------|-----------------------------||
|-------------------|----------------------------o||
|-------------------|-----------------------------||
|-------------------|----------------------------o||
|-------------------|-----------------------------||
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-4-4-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---||
Outro
B#5
W +W +W +W
|----------|------------|------------|--------|
|----------|------------|------------|--------|
|----------|------------|------------|--------|
|----------|------------|------------|--------|
|-3--------|-(3)--------|-(3)--------|-(3)----|
|-3--------|-(3)--------|-(3)--------|-(3)----|
|-1--------|-(1)--------|-(1)--------|-(1)----|
+W +W W W
|------------|------------|----------|------*|
|------------|------------|----------|------*|
|------------|------------|----------|------*|
|------------|------------|----------|------*|
|-(3)--------|-(3)--------|----------|------*|
|-(3)--------|-(3)--------|----------|------*|
|-(1)--------|-(1)--------|----------|------*|
Duration Legend
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W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
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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
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
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| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
