Artist:  Fear Factory
Song:  "Freedom or Fire"
Album:  "Obsolete"
Label:  Roadrunner Records, copyright 1998, (The All-Blacks B.V.)

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

LEGEND:

        *    -- palm-mute
        H    -- hit-on
        P    -- pull-off
        ~~~~ -- vibrato
        A.H. -- Artificial Harmonic
        N.H. -- Natural Harmonic
	  /    -- slide up
	  \	 -- slide down
	  X    -- lay fingers on strings to cause a "thud"; a "dead note"

moderate to fast speed

Intro:  Bass intro (see corresponding bass tab) with the sounds of a
pick scraping the strings of a guitar

Riff A

Let all notes sustain

|---------------------------------------------|
|-10-----------------10-12-10-----------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|

|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-10-----------------10-12-10----------10-----9---------------|
|-----------------------------------------------11-(11)-(11)--|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|

Riff B

|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|-/7--4-2--5-5-5-/7--4-2--5-5-5--|

Riff C

|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|-/7--4-2--5-5-5-/7-5-7--4-/7-5--|

Riff D

|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|----------------9\7\4/6/7-7/9--|
|-/7--4-2--5-5-5-7\5\2/4/5-5/7--|

Riff E

|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|
|-4---------------------|
|-4------/7--6--7--/9\--|
|-2------/5--4--5--/7\--|

Riff F

|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-4-----------------------|
|-4-----------------------|
|-2------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
         * * * * * * * *

Riff G

|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|----------------9-\-6-\-4-/-7--|
|----------------9-\-6-\-4-/-7--|
|-/7--4-2--5-5-5-7-\-4-\-2-/-5--|

Riff H

|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|-/7--4-2--5-5-5-/7--4-2--5-5-5--|
   *  * *  * * *  *  * *  * * *

Riff I

Let the chords ring out

|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|-3------6------4--------------3------6------7---------------|
|-3------6------4--------------3------6------7---------------|
|-1------4------2------(2)-(4)-1------4------5------(4)-(2)--|

Riff J

                       (A.H)
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------6---------------------------|
|----6----6----6----6---------6----6----6----6----6--|
|-33-4-33-4-33-4-33-4-33---33-4-33-4-33-4-33-4-33-4--|
  **   **   **   **   **   **   **   **   **   **

                       (A.H)
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----6----6----6----6----5----6----6----6----6----6--|
|-33-4-33-4-33-4-33-4-33---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

|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|-5/6-6--6/7--7\(6)-7-----9--|
|-5/6-6--6/7--7\(6)-7-----9--|
|-3/4-4--4/5--5\(4)-5-(6)-7--|

Riff N

|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|-------------------------2-2-2-2--|
|-333-4-4-333-4-4-333-4-5----------|
  *** * * *** * * *** * * * * * *

Riff O

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

Riff P

|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-3------6------4--------------3------6------7--------------------|
|-3------6------4--------------3------6------7--------------------|
|-1------4------2------(2)-(4)-1------4------5------(4)-22222222--|
                                                        ********

Riff Q

|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-11111111111144444444444422222222222222224444--|
  ********************************************

|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-1111111111114444444444445555555555554444222222--|
  **********************************************

Riff R

|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-1111111111114444444444445555555555554444222222--|
  **********************************************

Riff S

Let the chord sustain, feedback, and fade out

|---------|
|---------|
|---------|
|-3-------|
|-3-------|
|-1-------|

Song Structure

Riff A 2 times
Riff B 3 times
Riff C 1 time
Riff B 3 times
Riff D 1 time
Riff E 8 times
Riff B 3 times
Riff D 1 time
Riff A 1 time
Riff E 3 times
Riff F 1 time
Riff H 3 times
Riff G 1 time
Riff I 2 times
Riff J 1 time
Riff K 4 times
Riff L 4 times
Riff M 3 times
Riff N 1 times
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