• Song:

    Freak

  • Artist:

    Bruce Dickinson

  • Album:

    Accident Of Birth (Expa...

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------|
|
|   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------|
|
| +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------|
|
| 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--------||
|
| +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---|-------------------------------|
|
|  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---|--------------------|
|
|
|  +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---|--------------------------------------------------|
|
| |---------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----|--------------------------------------|
|
|  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)----|
|
|  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---|------*|
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