Freedom or Fire Fear Factory
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
|--------| |--------| |--------| |--------| |--------| |--------| |--------|
[E]W +W +W +H [E] Q [Esus2/F#] Q
|-0--------|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(0)----(0)--(0)---| |-5--------|-(5)--------|-(5)--------|-(5)-----5----7----| |----------|------------|------------|-------------------| |----------|------------|------------|-------------------| |----------|------------|------------|-------------------| |----------|------------|------------|-------------------| |----------|------------|------------|-------------------|
[E]W +W +W +W
|-0--------|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(0)----| |-5--------|-(5)--------|-(5)--------|-(5)----| |----------|------------|------------|--------| |----------|------------|------------|--------| |----------|------------|------------|--------| |----------|------------|------------|--------| |----------|------------|------------|--------|
[E]W +W +W +H [E] Q [Esus2/F#] Q
|-0--------|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(0)----(0)--(0)---| |-5--------|-(5)--------|-(5)--------|-(5)-----5----7----| |----------|------------|------------|-------------------| |----------|------------|------------|-------------------| |----------|------------|------------|-------------------| |----------|------------|------------|-------------------| |----------|------------|------------|-------------------|
[E]W +W [E] H. [C] Q [C#m/Ab] W
|-0--------|-(0)--------|-(0)------(0)--|-(0)----| |-5--------|-(5)--------|--5--------4---|--2-----| |----------|------------|---------------|-(1)----| |----------|------------|---------------|--------| |----------|------------|---------------|--------| |----------|------------|---------------|--------| |----------|------------|---------------|--------|
W +W +W +H [E] Q [Esus2/F#] Q
|-0--------|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(0)----(0)--(0)---| |-5--------|-(5)--------|-(5)--------|-(5)-----5----7----| |----------|------------|------------|-------------------| |----------|------------|------------|-------------------| |----------|------------|------------|-------------------| |----------|------------|------------|-------------------| |----------|------------|------------|-------------------|
[E]W [E]W [E]H. [C] Q [C#m] 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
||-------------------|-----------------||-| ||-------------------|-----------------||-| ||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
|----------------------------------| |----------------------------------| |----------------------------------| |----------------------------------| |----------------------------------| |----------------------------------| |-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]Gtr I[E] [Esus2/F#]
W +W +W +H Q Q
|-0--------|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(0)----(0)--(0)---| |-5--------|-(5)--------|-(5)--------|-(5)-----5----7----| |----------|------------|------------|-------------------| |----------|------------|------------|-------------------| |----------|------------|------------|-------------------| |----------|------------|------------|-------------------| |----------|------------|------------|-------------------|
[E]W +W [E]H. [C] Q [C#m] W
|-0--------|-(0)--------|-0-------(0)--|-(0)----| |-5--------|-(5)--------|-5--------4---|--2-----| |----------|------------|--------------|--------| |----------|------------|--------------|--------| |----------|------------|--------------|--------| |----------|------------|--------------|--------| |----------|------------|--------------|--------|
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#]E E E S E E S E E [D#]E E E S E E S E E
|-------------------|-------------------| |-------------------|-------------------| |-------------------|-------------------| |-------------------|-------------------| |-------------------|-------------------| |-------------------|-------------------| |-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
[C#]E E E S E E S E E [C#]E E E S E E S [D#]E E
|-------------------|--------------------| |-------------------|--------------------| |-------------------|--------------------| |-------------------|--------------------| |-------------------|--------------------| |-------------------|--------------------| |-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-4-4--|
[B#]E E E S E E S E E [D#]E E E S E E S E E
|-------------------|-------------------| |-------------------|-------------------| |-------------------|-------------------| |-------------------|-------------------| |-------------------|-------------------| |-------------------|-------------------| |-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
[E]E E E S E E S [D#]E E [C#]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#]E E E S E E S E E [D#]E E E S E E S E E
|-------------------|-------------------| |-------------------|-------------------| |-------------------|-------------------| |-------------------|-------------------| |-------------------|-------------------| |-------------------|-------------------| |-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
[C#]E E E S E E S E E [C#]E E E S E E S [D#]E E
|-------------------|--------------------| |-------------------|--------------------| |-------------------|--------------------| |-------------------|--------------------| |-------------------|--------------------| |-------------------|--------------------| |-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-4-4--|
[B#]E E E S E E S E E [D#]E E E S E E S E E
|-------------------|-------------------| |-------------------|-------------------| |-------------------|-------------------| |-------------------|-------------------| |-------------------|-------------------| |-------------------|-------------------| |-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
[E]E E E S E E S [D#]E E [C#]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--|
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
||---------------------------------------------------|| ||---------------------------------------------------|| ||o-------------------------------------------------o|| ||---------------------------------------------------|| ||o-------------------------------------------------o|| ||---------------------------------------------------|| ||--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]T T S S S [D#5]S S [E5]S S [D#5]T T S S S [E5]S S [F#5]S S 3x
||---------------------------------------|| ||---------------------------------------|| ||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]T T S S S [D#5]S S [E5]S S [D#5]T T S S S [E5]S S [F#5]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]S S E E E [D#5]E E [E5]E E [D#5]S S E E E [E5]E E [F#5]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]W [D#5]W [C#5]W +H [C#5D#5]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#]E E E S E E S E E [D#]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#]E E E S E E S E E [C#]E E E S E E S [D#]E E
|-------------------|-------------------| |-------------------|-------------------| |-------------------|-------------------| |-------------------|-------------------| |-------------------|-------------------| |-------------------|-------------------| |-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-4-4-|
[B#]E E E S E E S E E [D#]E E E S E E S E E
|-------------------|-------------------| |-------------------|-------------------| |-------------------|-------------------| |-------------------|-------------------| |-------------------|-------------------| |-------------------|-------------------| |-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
[E]E E E S E E S [D#]E E [C#]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#]E E E S E E S E E [D#]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]E E E S E E S [D#]E E [C#]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#]E E E S E E S E E [D#]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]E E E S E E S [D#]E E [C#]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
--------------- 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
----------------
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
-----------
| - 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
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