FREAK!
by Bruce Dickinson
From the 1997 Album ACCIDENT OF BIRTH
Words by Bruce Dickinson
Music by Bruce Dickinson, Adrian Smith and Roy Z
Tabed by Ironmaiden747
Tuning Drop C (CGCFAD)
Duration Legend
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th
+ - note tied to previous
. - note dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Duration letters will appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
for.
Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests.
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
- natural harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
PM - palm muting
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
Intro
200 BPM
4/4
Gtr I
PM-|
H Q Q Q. Q. Q +E H.. Q. Q. Q +E H..
|------------|--------------|---------------|---------------|------------||------------|------7----7--|-(7)-7---------|-10----7----7--|-(7)-7------||------------|-7----7----6--|-(6)-7---------|--9----7----6--|-(6)-7------||------0--0--|-4----7----4--|-(4)-7---------|--7----7----4--|-(4)-7------||------0--0--|-5----5-------|-----5---------|-------5-------|-----5------||------0--0--|--------------|---------------|---------------|------------|
PM Q. Q. Q +E H.. Q. Q. Q +E Q. +Q Q|----------------|---------------|----------------|------------------|||-10----12----7--|-(7)-7---------|-10----12----7--|-(7)-7----(7)-----|||--9----11----6--|-(6)-7---------|--9----11----6--|-(6)-7----(7)-----|||--7-----9----4--|-(4)-7---------|--7-----9----4--|-(4)-7----(7)--0--|||----------------|-----5---------|----------------|-----5----(5)--0--|||----------------|---------------|----------------|---------------0--||
Pre-Verse E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|||--3-0-0-3-0-0-3-0-|-0-3-0-0-6--(6)--|-3-0-0-3-0-0-3-0-|-0-3-0-0-6--(6)--|||o-3-0-0-3-0-0-3-0-|-0-3-0-0-6--(6)--|-3-0-0-3-0-0-3-0-|-0-3-0-0-6--(6)--|||--3-0-0-3-0-0-3-0-|-0-3-0-0-6---6---|-3-0-0-3-0-0-3-0-|-0-3-0-0-6---6---|
E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q E E E E E E E E E E E E Q +Q|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o|||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|||-3-0-0-3-0-0-3-0-|-0-3-0-0-6--(6)--|-3-0-0-3-0-0-3-0-|-0-0-----7--(7)----|||-3-0-0-3-0-0-3-0-|-0-3-0-0-6--(6)--|-3-0-0-3-0-0-3-0-|-0-0-5-6----------o|||-3-0-0-3-0-0-3-0-|-0-3-0-0-6---6---|-3-0-0-3-0-0-3-0-|-0-0---------------||
Verse Q E Q E Q +W Q E Q E Q +W||---------------|------------|--------------|--------|||o--------------|------------|--------------|--------|||---------------|------------|--------------|--------|||--7--x-5--x-3--|-(3)--------|-3--x-5--x-3--|-(3)----|||o-8--x-7--x-5--|-(5)--------|-5--x-7--x-5--|-(5)----|||---------------|------------|--------------|--------|
Q E Q E Q +W Q E Q E Q +H Q Q|--------------|------------|--------------|----------------|||--------------|------------|--------------|---------------o|||--------------|------------|--------------|----------------|||-2--x-3--x-2--|-(2)--------|-3--x-5--x-3--|-(3)----0--2----|||-3--x-5--x-3--|-(3)--------|-5--x-7--x-5--|-(5)----1--3---o|||--------------|------------|--------------|----------------||
Chorus E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|||--3-0-0-3-0-0-3-0-|-0-3-0-0-6--(6)--|-3-0-0-3-0-0-3-0-|-0-3-0-0-6--(6)--|||o-3-0-0-3-0-0-3-0-|-0-3-0-0-6--(6)--|-3-0-0-3-0-0-3-0-|-0-3-0-0-6--(6)--|||--3-0-0-3-0-0-3-0-|-0-3-0-0-6---6---|-3-0-0-3-0-0-3-0-|-0-3-0-0-6---6---|
E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q Q. Q. Q +E E +Q Q Q|-----------------|-----------------|--------------|--------------------|||-----------------|-----------------|--------------|-------------------o|||-----------------|-----------------|--------------|--------------------|||-3-0-0-3-0-0-3-0-|-0-3-0-0-6--(6)--|-7----5----3--|-(3)-7-(7)--5--3----|||-3-0-0-3-0-0-3-0-|-0-3-0-0-6--(6)--|-8----7----5--|-(5)-8-(8)--7--5---o|||-3-0-0-3-0-0-3-0-|-0-3-0-0-6---6---|--------------|--------------------||
Verse Q E Q E Q +W Q E Q E Q +W||---------------|------------|--------------|--------|||o--------------|------------|--------------|--------|||---------------|------------|--------------|--------|||--7--x-5--x-3--|-(3)--------|-3--x-5--x-3--|-(3)----|||o-8--x-7--x-5--|-(5)--------|-5--x-7--x-5--|-(5)----|||---------------|------------|--------------|--------|
Q E Q E Q +W Q E Q E Q +H Q Q|--------------|------------|--------------|----------------|||--------------|------------|--------------|---------------o|||--------------|------------|--------------|----------------|||-2--x-3--x-2--|-(2)--------|-3--x-5--x-3--|-(3)----0--2----|||-3--x-5--x-3--|-(3)--------|-5--x-7--x-5--|-(5)----1--3---o|||--------------|------------|--------------|----------------||
Pre-Chorus H E E E E +H E E E E +W +H E E E E|--------------|----------------|------------|-----------------||--------------|----------------|------------|-----------------||-2----2-0---3-|-(3)----2-0---5-|-(5)--------|-(5)----2-0---2--||-2--------3-3-|-(3)--------3-5-|-(5)--------|-(5)--------3-2--||-0----------1-|-(1)----------3-|-(3)--------|-(3)----------0--||--------------|----------------|------------|-----------------|
+H E E E E +H E E E E +W +H E E E E|----------------|----------------|------------|-----------------||----------------|----------------|------------|-----------------||-(2)----2-0---3-|-(3)----2-0---5-|-(5)--------|-(5)----2-0---2--||-(2)--------3-3-|-(3)--------3-5-|-(5)--------|-(5)--------3-2--||-(0)----------1-|-(1)----------3-|-(3)--------|-(3)----------0--||----------------|----------------|------------|-----------------|
+H E E E E +H E E E E +H.. E +H E E E E|----------------|----------------|--------------|-----------------||----------------|----------------|--------------|-----------------||-(2)----2-0---3-|-(3)----2-0---7-|-(7)--------5-|-(5)----2-0---2--||-(2)--------3-3-|-(3)--------3-7-|-(7)--------5-|-(5)--------3-2--||-(0)----------1-|-(1)----------5-|-(5)--------3-|-(3)----------0--||----------------|----------------|--------------|-----------------|
+H E E E E +H E E Q Q E E +E E Q E E +E E Q Q|----------------|---------------|-----------------|------------------||----------------|---------------|-----------------|------------------||-(2)----2-0---3-|-(3)----2-0----|-5----5-(5)---5--|---5-(5)---5--5---||-(2)--------3-3-|-(3)--------3--|-5----5-(5)---5--|---5-(5)---5--5---||-(0)----------1-|-(1)-----------|-3--0-3-(3)-0-3--|-0-3-(3)-0-3--3---||----------------|---------------|-----------------|------------------|
Chorus E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|||--3-0-0-3-0-0-3-0-|-0-3-0-0-6--(6)--|-3-0-0-3-0-0-3-0-|-0-3-0-0-6--(6)--|||o-3-0-0-3-0-0-3-0-|-0-3-0-0-6--(6)--|-3-0-0-3-0-0-3-0-|-0-3-0-0-6--(6)--|||--3-0-0-3-0-0-3-0-|-0-3-0-0-6---6---|-3-0-0-3-0-0-3-0-|-0-3-0-0-6---6---|
E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q Q. Q. Q +E E +Q Q Q|-----------------|-----------------|--------------|--------------------|||-----------------|-----------------|--------------|-------------------o|||-----------------|-----------------|--------------|--------------------|||-3-0-0-3-0-0-3-0-|-0-3-0-0-6--(6)--|-7----5----3--|-(3)-7-(7)--5--3----|||-3-0-0-3-0-0-3-0-|-0-3-0-0-6--(6)--|-8----7----5--|-(5)-8-(8)--7--5---o|||-3-0-0-3-0-0-3-0-|-0-3-0-0-6---6---|--------------|--------------------||
Q. Q. Q +E E +Q Q Q W +H. Q|--------------|------------------|----------|---------------||--------------|------------------|----------|---------------||--------------|------------------|----------|---------------||-7----5----3--|-(3)-7-(7)--5--3--|-2--------|-(2)-----------||-8----7----5--|-(5)-8-(8)--7--5--|-3--------|-(3)------3/---||--------------|------------------|----------|----------3/---|
Bridge E E +E E E E E E +E E Q E E Q 3x||--------------------|------------------||||o-------------------|-----------------o||||--------------------|------------------||||--------------------|------------------||||o-0-0-(0)-0-3s2-0-0-|-(0)-0-3--0-0-6--o||||--0-0-(0)-0-3s2-0-0-|-(0)-0-3--0-0-6---||
E E +E E E E E E +E E Q E E Q|-------------------|-------------------||-------------------|---------------9\--||-------------------|--------------10\--||-------------------|-------------------||-0-0-(0)-0-3s2-0-0-|-(0)-0-3--0-0--6---||-0-0-(0)-0-3s2-0-0-|-(0)-0-3--0-0--6---|
E E +E E E E E E +E E Q E E Q 3x||--------------------|------------------||||o-------------------|-----------------o||||--------------------|------------------||||--------------------|------------------||||o-0-0-(0)-0-3s2-0-0-|-(0)-0-3--0-0-6--o||||--0-0-(0)-0-3s2-0-0-|-(0)-0-3--0-0-6---||
E E +E E E E E E +E E Q E E Q|-------------------|-------------------||-------------------|---------------9\--||-------------------|--------------10\--||-------------------|-------------------||-0-0-(0)-0-3s2-0-0-|-(0)-0-3--0-0--6---||-0-0-(0)-0-3s2-0-0-|-(0)-0-3--0-0--6---|
E E +E E E E E E +E E Q E E Q 3x||--------------------|------------------||||o-------------------|-----------------o||||--------------------|------------------||||--------------------|------------------||||o-0-0-(0)-0-3s2-0-0-|-(0)-0-3--0-0-6--o||||--0-0-(0)-0-3s2-0-0-|-(0)-0-3--0-0-6---||
E E +E E E E E E +E E Q E E Q|-------------------|-------------------||-------------------|---------------9\--||-------------------|--------------10\--||-------------------|-------------------||-0-0-(0)-0-3s2-0-0-|-(0)-0-3--0-0--6---||-0-0-(0)-0-3s2-0-0-|-(0)-0-3--0-0--6---|
E E E E E E E E +E E +E E +H|-----------------|--------------------||-----------------|--------------------||---------------7-|-(7)-5-(5)-3-(3)----||-3-3-3-3-3s2-0-7-|-(7)-5-(5)-3-(3)----||-3-3-3-3-3s2-0-5-|-(5)-3-(3)-1-(1)----||-3-3-3-3-3s2-0---|--------------------|
E E E E E E E E +E E +E E +Q Q|-----------------|----------------------||-----------------|----------------------||-----------------|----------------------||-0-3-0-0-3s2-0-3-|-(3)-5-(5)-7-(7)--5---||-0-3-0-0-3s2-0-5-|-(5)-7-(7)-8-(8)--7---||-0-3-0-0-3s2-0---|----------------------|
Interlude E E +E E E E E E +E E Q E E Q||-----------------------|----------------------|||o----------------------|----------------------|||-----------------------|----------------------|||-----------------------|-----------------<5>--|||o-0----0-(0)-0-3s2-0-0-|-(0)----0-3--0-0------|||--0----0-(0)-0-3s2-0-0-|-(0)----0-3--0-0------|
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| Gtr II| W +W||-----------------------|----------------------|||o----------------------|----------------------|||-----------------------|----------------------|||--3tr4-----------------|-(3tr4)---------------|||o----------------------|----------------------|||-----------------------|----------------------|
E E +E E E E E E +E E Q E E Q|------------------------|------------------------||------------------------|------------------------||------------------------|------------------------||------------------------|-------------------<5>--||--0-----0-(0)-0-3s2-0-0-|-(0)---0-3--0----0------||--0-----0-(0)-0-3s2-0-0-|-(0)---0-3--0----0------|
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| +W H H|------------------------|------------------------||------------------------|------------------------||------------------------|------------------------||-(3tr4)-----------------|--5tr6------6tr7--------||------------------------|------------------------||------------------------|------------------------|
E E +E E E E E E +E E Q E E Q|----------------------|----------------------||----------------------|----------------------||----------------------|----------------------||----------------------|-----------------<5>--||-0----0-(0)-0-3s2-0-0-|-(0)----0-3--0-0------||-0----0-(0)-0-3s2-0-0-|-(0)----0-3--0-0------|
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| W +W|----------------------|----------------------||----------------------|----------------------||----------------------|----------------------||----------------------|----------------------||-4tr5-----------------|-(4tr5)---------------||----------------------|----------------------|
E E +E E E E E E +E E Q E E Q|------------------------|------------------------|||------------------------|-----------------------o|||------------------------|------------------------|||------------------------|-----------------<5>----|||--0-----0-(0)-0-3s2-0-0-|-(0)----0-3--0-0-------o|||--0-----0-(0)-0-3s2-0-0-|-(0)----0-3--0-0--------||
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| +W +W|------------------------|------------------------|||------------------------|-----------------------o|||------------------------|------------------------|||------------------------|------------------------|||-(4tr5)-----------------|-(4tr5)----------------o|||------------------------|------------------------||
Guitar Solo E E E E E E E E +E E +E E +H|----------------------|-------------------------------||----------------------|-------------------------------||--------------------7-|--(7)-5--(5)-3--(3)------------||--3-----3-3-3-3s2-0-7-|--(7)-5--(5)-3--(3)------------||--3-----3-3-3-3s2-0-5-|--(5)-3--(3)-1--(1)------------||--3-----3-3-3-3s2-0---|-------------------------------|
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| W +Q +Q +Q +Q|----------------------|-------------------------------||-20b22================|=(20)---(20)r==(20)b22===(20)r=||----------------------|-------------------------------||----------------------|-------------------------------||----------------------|-------------------------------||----------------------|-------------------------------|
E E E E E E E E +E E +E E +H|-------------------------------------|--------------------||-------------------------------------|--------------------||-------------------------------------|--------------------||---0------3---0-----0---3s====2--0-3-|-(3)-5-(5)-7-(7)----||---0------3---0-----0---3s====2--0-5-|-(5)-7-(7)-8-(8)----||---0------3---0-----0---3s====2--0---|--------------------|
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| +Q +Q +Q Q W|-------------------------------------|--------------------||-(20)pb22r==(20)b22r==(20)b22r==18---|--------------------||-------------------------------------|-19~~~--------------||-------------------------------------|--------------------||-------------------------------------|--------------------||-------------------------------------|--------------------|
E E E E E E E E +E E +E E +H|-------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------||-----------------------------7-|-(7)---5----(5)-----3----(3)----------------------||-3---3-3-------3-3s2-------0-7-|-(7)---5----(5)-----3----(3)----------------------||-3---3-3-------3-3s2-------0-5-|-(5)---3----(3)-----1----(1)----------------------||-3---3-3-------3-3s2-------0---|--------------------------------------------------|
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| |---------3----------|
| H H H E. S S S S S S S S S S S S S|-------------------------------|---------13-12--10--------------------------------||---------17----------18--------|-18----------------13-10-13--10-13-10-13-10----10-||-6b8-----16b18-------19b21-----|-19b21--------------------------------------12----||-------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
E E E E E E E E +E E +E E +Q Q|-------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------||--0-----3-----0-----0-----3s====2-----0--3-|-(3)-----5----(5)-----7----(7)---5----||--0-----3-----0-----0-----3s====2-----0--5-|-(5)-----7----(7)-----8----(8)---7----||--0-----3-----0-----0-----3s====2-----0----|--------------------------------------|
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| S S S S S S S S S S S S E E S S S S S S S S Q Q|-------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------||-13-10-13-10-13-10-13-10-13-10-13-10----10-|-13--10-13-10-13--10-13-10-13\--------||-------------------------------------12----|--------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------|--------------------------------17----||-------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
Breakdown Cm W +W +W +W|----------------|------------------------|------------|--------||----------------|------------------------|------------|--------||----------------|------------------------|------------|--------||--3-------------|-(3)--------------------|-(3)--------|-(3)----||--5-------------|-(5)--------------------|-(5)--------|-(5)----||--0-------------|-(0)--------------------|-(0)--------|-(0)----|
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| H +H H S S S S S S S S W W|----------------|------------------------|------------|--------||----------------|------------------------|------------|--------||----------------|------------------------|------------|--------||-15----(15)\----|--------xsxsxsxsxsxsxsxs|==x---------|--------||----------------|--------xsxsxsxsxsxsxsxs|==x---------|--------||----------------|--------xsxsxsxsxsxsxsxs|==x---------|--------|
+W +W +W +W|------------|------------|------------|--------||------------|------------|------------|--------||------------|------------|------------|--------||-(3)--------|-(3)--------|-(3)--------|-(3)----||-(5)--------|-(5)--------|-(5)--------|-(5)----||-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(0)----|
Chorus E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|||--3-0-0-3-0-0-3-0-|-0-3-0-0-6--(6)--|-3-0-0-3-0-0-3-0-|-0-3-0-0-6--(6)--|||o-3-0-0-3-0-0-3-0-|-0-3-0-0-6--(6)--|-3-0-0-3-0-0-3-0-|-0-3-0-0-6--(6)--|||--3-0-0-3-0-0-3-0-|-0-3-0-0-6---6---|-3-0-0-3-0-0-3-0-|-0-3-0-0-6---6---|
E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q Q. Q. Q +E E +Q Q Q 4x|-----------------|-----------------|--------------|--------------------|||-----------------|-----------------|--------------|-------------------o|||-----------------|-----------------|--------------|--------------------|||-3-0-0-3-0-0-3-0-|-0-3-0-0-6--(6)--|-7----5----3--|-(3)-7-(7)--5--3----|||-3-0-0-3-0-0-3-0-|-0-3-0-0-6--(6)--|-8----7----5--|-(5)-8-(8)--7--5---o|||-3-0-0-3-0-0-3-0-|-0-3-0-0-6---6---|--------------|--------------------||
Outro Q. Q. Q +E E +Q Q Q W +W|--------------|------------------|----------|--------||--------------|------------------|----------|--------||--------------|------------------|----------|--------||-7----5----3--|-(3)-7-(7)--5--3--|-2--------|-(2)----||-8----7----5--|-(5)-8-(8)--7--5--|-3--------|-(3)----||--------------|------------------|----------|--------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q W|-----------------|-----------------|------*||-----------------|-----------------|------*||-----------------|-----------------|------*||-3-0-0-3-0-0-3-0-|-0-3-0-0-6--(6)--|------*||-3-0-0-3-0-0-3-0-|-0-3-0-0-6--(6)--|------*||-3-0-0-3-0-0-3-0-|-0-3-0-0-6---6---|------*|