song: Freedom
Album: Cry of Love
Transcribed by:enjoyincubus69
tune all strings down half step[sounds fine in regular though]
although this may not be hendrixs best known song,i reckon its his best!
intro
4x
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------------------
--6---------6-6-4-
--6---------6-6-4-
--4-------2-4-4-2-
---0-2-4---------
guitar 1: repeat pattern throughout verse
----0------------/0-0-
----5--x-----5---/2-2-
--4-4--x--/4-4---/4-4-
--3-3--x---3-3---/3-3-
--4----x--/4-4---/4---
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guitar 2:intro solo
-14(16)~14-12--------12/19-14(16)12~-14(16)12-----
--------------14~-12--------------------------14~-
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--------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------
-12-12(14)-------------------------
-----------13p11-10-----------------
--------------------11-9------------
-------------------------11-10-9-7-
------------------------------------
verse,guitar 1:
-0--------------/0-0-
-5--x-----5-----/2-2-
-4-4--x--/4-4---/4-4-
-3-3--x---3-3---/3-3-
-4----x--/4-4---/4---
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VERSE 1:
You got my pride hangin outta my bed
You been messin with my life, so I brought my lead.
Even messin with my children, and you screamin at my wife,
Get off of my back if you wanna get out of here alive.
verse(guitar 2)
------9------------
------9----11------
-9h10---10-11-9h10-
-9------9--11-9----
-9h11---11----9h11-
-9------9-----9----
CHORUS:
Freedom (freedom) give it to me (thats what i want now)
Freedom (freedom) give it to me (thats what i need now)
Freedom (freedom) give it to me (to live)
Freedom (freedom) give it to me (so i can give)
guitar 1: 4x
--------0--------------0-------
--------5--------------2-------
-----x--4---x-x------x-4---x-x-
-----x--3---x-x------x-3---x-x-
-----x--4---x-x------x-4---x-x-
-0-0-------------0-0-----------
guitar 2:
-------------------
-12(14)12~---------
-------------------
-------------------
-------------------
-------------------
-------------------
guitar 2
-------------------------------9----------------------------9----12-14(16)~
-----------------------------9--12(14)---------------------9--/14----------
---------9~---------9-11(13)----------------------9-11(12)-----------------
-----9h11--------9h11--------------------------9-11------------------------
9h11---------9h11--------------------------9-11----------------------------
---------------------------------------9-12--------------------------------
VERSE 2:
(repeat guitar pattern of 1st verse)
You've got my heart speak electric water
You've got my soul screamin and hollerin
you know you hooked my girlfriend, you know the drugstore man
but i dont need it now, just tryin to slap it out or her hand.
BRIDGE:
------------------------
------------------------
----------------------2-
----------------2---4---
-----------2--4---------
-0-0-2--4---------------
3x
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-----4(6)~--------------4(6)~--------------4(6)~----
-----4(6)~------2~------4(6)~------2~------4(6)~----
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-0--2-------0-2-----0--2-------0-2----0-2-------0-2-
You don't have to say that you love me
if you don't mean it, you better believe
If you need me or you just want to bleed me,
you better stick in your dagger in someone else, so i can leave.
set me free.
SOLO:
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------10(11)-----
--------------------------------------------------------9h11-------11~-
----------------------------------------------------9h11---------------
-2(4)-2(4)-2(4)-2(4)2p0------5h7-7-5h7-7-5h7-7--9h11-------------------
-----------------------2-0--0-----0-----0------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------17-----------------------
-14-16(18)16p14---14-16(18)16-14----16(18)~--16(18)16-14---16----14-
----------------16---------------16---------------------16----16----
--------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------
-----14-17-14-----------------
---14--------14---------------
-16-------------16(18)-14-----
--------------------------16-
------------------------------
------------------------------
guitar 1(4x)
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------3--------------------------1-------
-4-4-4-4-4-2p1-------------2--------4-4-4-4-4-2p1-------------/2-------
--------------4---1-2-3-4------------------------4---1-2-3-4-----------
----------------2------------0-0-0-----------------2-------------0-0-0-
g
uitar 2 (clean w/treble pickup)
-------14----------14---------------------------------------------------
----------17(19)17----14-17-14-17-14----14------------------------------
-16(18)--------------------------------16----16-14----------14----------
---------------------------------------------------16-16-16----16-14----
---------------------------------------------------------------------16-
------------------------------------------------------------------------
guitar 2 (contd.)
-----------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------17p14----14--------------------------------
-------------------14-------16----14----14-16(18)16-14---14~-14-
-14----------14-16-------------------16----------------16--------
----16-14h16-----------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------------
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-9------9-----------------------------
-11(13)-11(13)-11(13)11p9-------------
--------------------------11-9--------
-------------------------------11-9-7-
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OUTRO:
(play verse pattern on guitars)
keep on pushin', straight ahead
keep on pushin', straight ahead
keep on pushin', straight ahead
keep on pushin', straight ahead
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-6-6--4-4---------------------------------
----------6-6-4-4-2-----------------------
--------------------4--4-2-2--------------
------------------------------4-4-2-2-4-0-
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---------------------11----------------9-
------9--------------11----7-----------9-
-9h11---11p9------11-11-7h9--9p7-----9----
-------------10-9-9---------------8-7------
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----------------------------------4-4/7-7/10-13/16~-
-----------------7----------------4-4/7-7/10-13/16~-
-----5-----------7-----4----------4-4/7-7/10-13/16~-
-5h7---7p5-----7---4h6---6p4-4----3-3/6-6/9--12/15~-
-----------6-5---------------54--4----------13/16~-
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