Free – Mr Big tab

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SONG: MR. BIG 
BAND: FREE
TABER: Jono
TABED: 30/3/2004

My tab explanations:

h - hammer on
p - pull off
/ - Slide down
\ - Slide up
b - bend
r - release
~ - vibrato
br - bend then release
b~ - bend and vibrato

This is my second attempt to tab this song
Intro/verse: clean/reverb
Chorus/solo: overdrive/reverb (I use an Ibanez ts9, sounds great with this song)

Intro 

e|---------------------------------------------------------b|-------------------8-------------------------8--8--------g|-------------------7-------------------------7--7--------d|-------------------6-------------------------6--6--------a|------0h2----------7------------0h2----------7--7--------e|-----------0-------------------------0-------------------


Verse

When bass starts play this. Bass starts after 2 of the above riff

e|---------------------------------------------------------b|-------------------8-------------------------8-----------g|-------------------7-------------------------7-----------d|-------------------6-------------------------6-----------a|------0h2----------7------------0h2----------7-----------e|-----------0-------------------------0-------------------


Chorus - heavy picking

e|---------------------------------------------------------b|-----------------------------------------------8---------g|------9----------------------------------------7---------d|------9------9---------------------------------6---------a|------7------9-------7--7--9--7---7--9--7------7---------e|-------------7-------5--5--5--5---5--5--5----------------


- play verse then chorus again




Guitar Solo - the solo is in E so it's pretty easy to add to

e|-----------------------------------------b|----------7h8p7--------------------------g|----9~-------------9~--9~---------9~-----d|-----------------------------------------a|-----------------------------------------e|-----------------------------------------


e|------------------------------------10-------------------b|------8----10b---r8---8h10~------------10----8h10br~-----g|----9---9---------------------------------9--------------d|---------------------------------------------------------a|---------------------------------------------------------e|---------------------------------------------------------


e|-----------------------------------------------b|----8h10~-----8p7---------7~----7h8-7----------g|------------------9~-------------------9~------d|-----------------------------------------------a|-----------------------------------------------e|-----------------------------------------------


e|---------10-----------------------15b~-----15b-----12--15-------b|---10b~-----r10----8h10--------12-------12----------------15b~--g|------------------------9~--------------------------------------d|----------------------------------------------------------------a|----------------------------------------------------------------e|----------------------------------------------------------------


e|-----------------------15---15---15---15---15---15---15---15------b|-15b-15b-15b-15b-15b-----15b--15b--15b--15b--15b--15b--15b—-15b~/-g|------------------------------------------------------------------d|------------------------------------------------------------------a|------------------------------------------------------------------e|------------------------------------------------------------------



Bass Solo - play this heaps of times during the bass solo

e|-----------------------------------------b|-----------------------------------------g|----9----------7----------9----------7---d|----9----------7----------9----------7---a|----7----------5----------7----------5---e|-----------------------------------------



Drums & Guitar slowly build up and riff changes to:

e|------------------------------------------------------------------b|------------------------------------------------------------------g|---9---9---9---9---7---7---7---7---9---9---9---9---7---7---7---7--d|---9---9---9---9---7---7---7---7---9---9---9---9---7---7---7---7--a|---7---7---7---7---5---5---5---5---7---7---7---7---5---5---5---5--e|------------------------------------------------------------------


Solo 2 - play this after the bass solo


e|------15-----------15-----15-----------14b~--14br------12--12---b|--15b----15b~---------15b-----15b~-----------------15-----------g|----------------------------------------------------------------d|----------------------------------------------------------------a|----------------------------------------------------------------e|----------------------------------------------------------------


Chorus - play twice (heavy picking)

e|---------------------------------------------------------b|-----------------------------------------------8---------g|------9----------------------------------------7---------d|------9------9---------------------------------6---------a|------7------9-------7--7--9--7---7--9--7------7---------e|-------------7-------5--5--5--5---5--5--5----------------

Second time riff is played, finish on the last chords strumming for a nice little finish.

Any question or problems with songs e-mail me at jono_g30@hotmail.com
I will be tabbing a lot more free tabs in the near future. I have no idea why there's
only a couple of free song on the net that have been tabbed, ill soon change that.