Freedom or Fire Lyrics

As recorded by Fear Factory
(From the 1998 Album OBSOLETE)
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)'
Q=160
Gtr I
Wx8
W +W +W +H Q Q
W +W +W +W
W +W +W +H Q Q
W +W H. Q W
W +W +W +H Q Q
W W H. Q W
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||-|
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||------------------|
||o------------------o||-4--4--4--4--4-4--|
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||------------------|
||o--------------------o||-4--6--4--7-7-7---|
N.C. N.C.
Q H. Q. Q. Q 7x Q H.
||o------------|--------------o||------------|
||o------------|--------------o||------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
N.C. F#5D#5C#5E5
S S E E S E. E E E 7x E. E. Q E E E
||o--------------------o||----------------|
||o--------------------o||-4--6--4--7-7-7-|
Pre-Verse
Gtr I
W +W +W +H Q Q
W +W H. Q W
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||------------|-----------------|
N.C. F#5D#5C#5E5
PM---------------|
S S E E S E. E E E 7x Q Q Q Q
||o--------------------o||-------------|
||o--------------------o||-4--6--4--7--|
E E E S E E S E E E E E S E E S E E
E E E S E E S E E E E E S E E S E E
E E E S E E S E E E E E S E E S E E
E E E S E E S E E E E E S E E S E E
E E E S E E S E E E E E S E E S E E
E E E S E E S E E E E E S E E S E E
E E E S E E S E E E E E S E E S E E
E E E S E E S E E E E E S E E S S S S S
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
|-----------------------|-----------------b7r(6)b7.5-|
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
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-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
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||
PM------------------------------|
T T S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 4x
|-||o-----------------------------------o||
|-||o-----------------------------------o||
T T S S S S S S S T T S S S S S S S 3x
||o-------------------------------------o||
||o-------------------------------------o||
PM------------------------------------|
T T S S S T T S S S T T S T T S S S S S
PM------------------------------|
T T S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 4x
||o-----------------------------------o||-|
||o-----------------------------------o||-|
T T S S S S S S S T T S S S S S S S
||o-------------------------------------o||
||o-------------------------------------o||
Q=160
S S E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E
PM------------|
S S E +Q S S E +Q E E E E E E E E
W W W +H Q Q
PM----------------------------|
W W H. Q S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
Q=165
E E E S E E S E E E E E S E E S E E
||o-------------------|-------------------|
||o-------------------|-------------------|
E E E S E E S E E E E E S E E S E E
E E E S E E S E E E E E S E E S E E
E E E S E E S E E E E E S E E S E E
|-------------------|--------------------o||
|-------------------|--------------------o||
E E E S E E S E E E E E S E E S E E
||o-------------------|-------------------|
||o-------------------|-------------------|
E E E S E E S E E E E E S E E S S S S S
|-------------------|------------------------o||
|-------------------|------------------------o||
Out-Chorus
E E E S E E S E E E E E S S S S S S S S S S
||o-------------------|---------------------------|
||o-------------------|---------------------------|
E E E S E E S E E E E E S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------|----------------------------o||
|-------------------|----------------------------o||
W +W +W +W
+W +W W W
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