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Artist: Fear Factory

Song: "Freedom or Fire"

Album: "Obsolete"

Label: Roadrunner Records, copyright 1998, (The All-Blacks B.V.)



Nihilistic Automaton: Burton C. Bell

Hypercharged Detonator: Dino Cazares

Substatic Intensifier: Christian Olde Wolbers

Automodulated Groove Injector: Raymond Herrera



Thanks a lot to Yani and Ray for giving me the opportunity to do this.



My name is Dimitrije Kostic and any questions about this tab or any

others in the Fear Factory Tablature Archive can be emailed to me at

 martyr@fearfactory.com

I will gladly investigate any possible errors in any tablature on this site.



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The bass here, as usual, follows the guitar melody pretty well. There

should be few trouble spots in this tab. Just try to keep your stamina

up towards the end. Also, feel free to make octave substitutions, such

as...



|-----------------------|

|-----------------------|

|-----instead-of-----0--|

|-5---------------------|



...as it may be easier to play. I included more open D strings to give

the bass a more resonating effect. Have fun!



Tune all strings down a perfect fifth (A, D, G, C)



LEGEND:



 H -- hit-on

 P -- pull-off

 ~~~~ -- vibrato

 A.H. -- Artificial Harmonic

 N.H. -- Natural Harmonic

 / -- slide up

 \ -- slide down



moderate to fast speed



Riff A



This riff is accompanied by the sounds of a pick scraping against guitar

strings.



|-------------------------------------------------------|

|-------------------------------------------------------|

|--------0---------------------------------0------------|

|-2-------------2------2--3--2------4-------------4--2--|



Riff B



|--------------------------------------------------------------------|

|--------------------------------------------------------------------|

|-----------00-0----------------------------------------00-----------|

|-22-2----------------22-2----33-3--22-2------44-4--------------4--2-|



Riff C



|--------------------------------|

|--------------------------------|

|----------0-0-0----------0-0-0--|

|-/7--4-2--------/7--4-2---------|



Riff D



|--------------------------------|

|--------------------------------|

|----------0-0-0----0---------0--|

|-/7--4-2--------/7---7--4-/7----|



Riff E



|-------------------------------|

|-------------------------------|

|----------0-0-0-2\0-----0-0/2--|

|-/7--4-2------------2/4--------|



Riff F



|-----------------------|

|-----------------------|

|-------------------2---|

|-2------/5--4--5-------|



Riff G



|-------------------------|

|-------------------------|

|-------------------------|

|-2------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|



Riff H



|---------------------------|

|---------------------------|

|----------0-0-0-2-------0--|

|-/7--4-2----------4-\-2----|



Riff I



|------------------------------------------------------------|

|------------------------------------------------------------|

|--------------------------------------------0---------------|

|-1------4------2------(2)-(4)-1------4-------------(4)-(2)--|



Riff J



|----------------------------------------------------|

|----------------------------------------------------|

|----------------------------------------------------|

|-33-4-33-4-33-4-33-4-33-4-33-4-33-4-33-4-33-4-33-4--|



Riff K



|--------------------------------|

|--------------------------------|

|--------------------------------|

|-3---4--3--4--3--4--3--4--3--4--|



Riff L



|------------------------------------|

|------------------------------------|

|------------------------------------|

|-333-4-4-4-3-4-4-4-3-4-4-4-3-4-4-4--|



Riff M



|----------------------------|

|----------------------------|

|----------------------------|

|-3/4-4--4/5--5\(4)-5-(6)-7--|



Riff N



|----------------------------------|

|----------------------------------|

|-------------------------2-2-2-2--|

|-333-4-4-3-3-4-4-333-4-5----------|



Riff O



|---------------------------|

|---------------------------|

|-5--------5----------------|

|-3/4-4-4--3/4-4-5-7-7-7-7--|



Riff P



|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

|--------------------------------------------0--------------------|

|-1------4------2------(2)-(4)-1------4-------------(4)-22222222--|



Riff Q



|----------------------------------------------|

|----------------------------------------------|

|----------------------------------------------|

|-1-1-1-1-1-1-4-4-4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-4-4--|



|------------------------------------------------|

|------------------------------------------------|

|------------------------------------------------|

|-1-1-1-1-1-1-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-5-5-4-4-2-2-2--|



Riff R



|------------------------------------------------|

|------------------------------------------------|

|------------------------------------------------|

|-1-1-1-1-1-1-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-5-5-4-4-2-2-2--|



Riff S



Let the note sustain, feedback, and fade out



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|---------|

|---------|

|-1-------|



Song Structure



Riff A 1 time

Riff B 3 times

Riff C 3 times

Riff D 1 time

Riff C 3 times

Riff E 1 time

Riff F 8 times

Riff C 3 times

Riff E 1 time

Riff F 7 times

Riff G 1 time

Riff C 3 times

Riff H 1 time

Riff I 2 times

Riff J 2 times

Riff K 4 times

Riff L 4 times

Riff M 3 times

Riff N 1 time

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


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