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Freedom Or Fire
Fear Factory
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FREEDOM OR FIRE (Bassline)
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) - 'Bass'
Gtr II (A D G C F) - 'Bass Overdrive Effect'
Intro
Q=160
N.C.
4/4
Gtrs I, II
H H W W +H Q Q
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|-2s===1----|-4--------|-2--------|-(2)----2--4---|
W W H. Q W
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|-1--------|-4--------|-5-------4--|-2----|
E H Q. E H Q. E H Q. E H Q.
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|-1-1----1----|-4-4----4----|-2-2----2----|-2-2----4-----|
E H Q. E H Q. E H Q. Q. Q. S S E
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-----------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-----------------|
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|-1-1----1----|-4-4----4----|-5-5----4----|-2----2----2-2-2-|
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 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-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-4-2--|
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 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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|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-4-(4)-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|
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 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-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-4-2--|
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 E E S E E S E +E E E E E E E E E
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|---------------------|-----------------|
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|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-4-(4)-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
Pre-Verse
Q=165
S S S S E E H W S S S S E E H 3x E. E. E. E. E E
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||o------------------|----------o||-||o------------------o||------------------|
||-------------------|-----------||-||--------------------||------------------|
||o-0-0-0---0--------|----------o||-||o-0-0-0---0--------o||-2-----2-----2----|
||-------------------|-----------||-||--------------------||----2-----2----2--|
S S E E Q E E E 7x E. E. Q E E E
||--------------------||----------------|
||o------------------o||----------------|
||--------------------||----------------|
||o-0-0-2------------o||-2--------------|
||--------4-2--5-5-4--||----4--2--5-5-5-|
Verse
Q H. Q. Q. Q 7x Q H.
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||o------------|--------------o||------------|
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||o-2----------|--------------o||-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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|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5--|
Chorus
S S E E Q E E E 7x E. E. Q E E E
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||o------------------o||----------------|
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||o-0-0-2------------o||-2--------------|
||--------4-2--5-5-4--||----4--2--5-5-5-|
Pre-Verse
Q H. Q. Q. Q 3x Q H. W
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||o------------|--------------o||------------|------|
||-------------|---------------||------------|------|
||o-2----------|--------------o||-2----------|------|
||-----2-------|-5----4----5---||----2-------|-5----|
Verse
Q H. Q. Q. Q 3x Q H. E E E E E E E E
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||o------------|--------------o||------------|-----------------|
||-------------|---------------||------------|-----------------|
||o-2----------|--------------o||-2----------|-----------------|
||-----2-------|-5----4----5---||----2-------|-5-5-5-4-4-4-5-5-|
Pre-Chorus
S S E E Q E E E 7x Q Q Q Q
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||o------------------o||-------------|
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||o-0-0-2------------o||-2-----------|
||--------4-2--5-5-4--||----4--2--5--|
Chorus
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 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--|
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 E E S E E S E E E E E S E E S E E
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|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-4-4-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|
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 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--|
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 E E S E E S E E E E E S E E S S S S S
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|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-4-4-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|
Breakdown
S S e E S S e E S S e E S S e E S S e Q
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||o-----------------------|--------------------|
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||o-----------------------|--------------------|
||--3-3-3-4-3-3-3-4-3-3-3-|-4-3-3-3-4-3-3-3-4--|
S S e E S S e E S S e E S S e E S S e E E
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|-3-3-3-4-3-3-3-4-3-3-3-|-4-3-3-3-4-3-3-3-4-------||
Bridge
Q=80
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||
||--3-3-3-4-(4)-3-3-4-(4)-3-3-4-(4)-3-3-4-(4)-3-3-4--||
T T S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 4x
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|-||o-----------------------------------o||
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|-||--3-3-3-4-4-3-4-4-3-4-4-3-4-4-3-4-4--||
T T S S S S S S S T T S S S S S S S 3x
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||--3-3-3-3-3-4-4-5-5-4-4-4-4-4-5-5-7-7--||
T T S S S T T S S S T T S T T S S S S S
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|-3-3-3-3-3-4-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-|
T T S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 4x
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||o-----------------------------------o||-|
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||o-----------------------------------o||-|
||--3-3-3-4-4-3-4-4-3-4-4-3-4-4-3-4-4--||-|
T T S S S S S S S T T S S S S S S S
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||o-------------------------------------o||
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||--3-3-3-3-3-4-4-5-5-4-4-4-4-4-5-5-7-7--||
Q=160
S S E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E
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|-3-3-3-3-3-4-4-5-5-|-4-4-4-4-4-5-5-7-7-|
S S E +Q S S E +Q E E E E E E E E
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|-----------------------|------------------|
|-----------------------|------------------|
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|-3-3-3-(3)--4-4-4-(4)--|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
Pre-Chorus
W W W +H Q Q
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|----------|----------|----------|---------------|
|----------|----------|----------|---------------|
|-1--------|-4--------|-2--------|-(2)----2--4---|
W W H. Q S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
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|-1--------|-4--------|-5-------4--|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---|
Chorus
Q=165
E E E S E E S E E E E E S E E S E E
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||o-------------------|-------------------|
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||--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
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-|
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 E E S E E S E E E E E S E E S E E
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|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-4-4-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---||
E E E S E E S E E E E E S E E S E E
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||o-------------------|-------------------|
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||--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
E E E S E E S E E E E E S E E S S S S S
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|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-4-4-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---||
Out-Chorus
E E E S E E S E E E E E S S S S S S S S S S
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||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 S E E S E E E E E S S S S S S S S S S
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|-------------------|----------------------------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
W +W +W +W
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|----------|------------|------------|--------|
|----------|------------|------------|--------|
|----------|------------|------------|--------|
|-1--------|-(1)--------|-(1)--------|-(1)----|
+W +W W W
|------------|------------|----------|------*|
|------------|------------|----------|------*|
|------------|------------|----------|------*|
|------------|------------|----------|------*|
|-(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