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Rush - Freewill guitar tab

Rush: Freewill
From the album Permanent Waves (Mercury Records)
Copyright 1980 Core Music Publishing
Music by Lee and Lifeson
Lyrics by Peart

Comments/corrections to Branden Robinson 

Transcribed by Joe DeLoro and Branden Robinson

Riff A (q = 154)

  (4/4 time)
    e  e  e  e  e  e  e  e      e  e  e  e  e  e  e  e
e:--------------------------|----------------------------------------|
B:--6--5--3-----------------|----------------------------------------|
G:-----------5--4--2--------|---5--4--2------------------------------|
D:--------------------5--3--|------------5--3--2---------------------|
A:--------------------------|---------------------5--3\--------------|
E:--------------------------|----------------------------------------|

Riff B1 (q = 154)

  (6/4 time)           (7/4 time)
    q  Q  q  q  e  e     q  e  Q  q  q  e e  q
e:--------------------|----------------------------------------------|
B:--------------------|----------------------------------------------|
G:--------------------|----------------------0-----------------------|
D:--------------------|-----------2--0-------------------------------|
A:-(3)----3--2--0-----|-(3)----3--------2p3--------------------------|
E:--1--1-----------3--|--1--1----------------------------------------|

Riff B2 (q = 154)

  (6/4 time)           (4/4 time)
    q  Q  q  q  e  e     q  e  Q  q     q  q  q  q
e:--------------------|--------------|-------------------------------|
B:--------------------|--------------|-------------------------------|
G:--------------------|--------------|-------------------------------|
D:--------------------|-----------2--|--0-----0--2-------------------|
A:-(3)----3--2--0-----|-(3)----3-----|-----3-------------------------|
E:--1--1-----------3--|--1--1--------|-------------------------------|

Riff C (q = 154)

  (6/4 time)                 (7/4 time)
    q e  e e e  e e e e q      e e e  e e e  e e e e e e q
e:--1s3--3---8--8---7---5\--|--1---3--3---5--5---5---8---------------|
B:--1s3--3---8--8---8---6\--|--1---3--3---6--6---6---8---10\---------|
G:--2s4--4---9--9---7---5\--|--2---4--4---5--5---5---9---7\----------|
D:--------------------------|----------------------------------------|
A:--------------------------|----------------------------------------|
E:--------------------------|----------------------------------------|

Riff D1 (q = 77)

  (2/4 time)
    e  e  s  s  s  s     e  e  s  s  s  s     e  e  s  s  s  s
e:--------0-----------|--------0-----------|--------3----------------|
B:-----------3--------|-----------3--------|-----------6-------------|
G:--2--2--------2-----|--2--2--------2-----|--5--5--------5----------|
D:--0--0--------------|--0--0--------------|--3--3-------------------|
A:--2--2--------------|--1--1--------------|--3--3-------------------|
E:--------------------|--------------------|-------------------------|

    e  e  s  s  s  s
e:--------3----------------------------------------------------------|
B:-----------5-------------------------------------------------------|
G:--5--5--------5----------------------------------------------------|
D:--5--5-------------------------------------------------------------|
A:--3--3-------------------------------------------------------------|
E:-------------------------------------------------------------------|

Riff D2

  (q = 77)                                  (q = 154)
  (2/4 time)                                (4/4 time)
    e  e  s  s  s  s     e  e  s  s  s  s     Q  e+q q+    e  q+e h
e:--------0-----------|--------0-----------|--2--2---2--|-(2)-3---2--|
B:-----------3--------|-----------3--------|--3--3---3--|-(3)-3---3--|
G:--2--2--------2-----|--2--2--------2-----|--2--2---2--|-(2)-2---2--|
D:--0--0--------------|--0--0--------------|--0--0---0--|-(0)-0---0--|
A:--2--2--------------|--1--1--------------|------------|------------|
E:--------------------|--------------------|------------|------------|

Riff D3 (q = 77)

  (2/4 time)
    e  e  s  s  s  s     e  e  s  s  e     e  e  s  s  s  s
e:--------0-----------|--------0--------|--------8-------------------|
B:-----------3--------|-----------3-----|-----------10---------------|
G:--2--2--------2-----|--2--2--------2/-|--10-10-------10------------|
D:--0--0--------------|--0--0-----------|--10-10---------------------|
A:--2--2--------------|--1--1-----------|--8--8----------------------|
E:--------------------|-----------------|----------------------------|

    e  e  s  s  s  s
e:--------8----------------------------------------------------------|
B:-----------8-------------------------------------------------------|
G:--------------9----------------------------------------------------|
D:--10-10------------------------------------------------------------|
A:--10-10------------------------------------------------------------|
E:--8--8-------------------------------------------------------------|

Riff D4

  (q = 77)                                  (q = 154)
  (2/4 time)                                (4/4 time)
    e  e  s  s  s  s     e  e  s  s  s  s     q  e  e  q  q
e:--------0-----------|--------0-----------|--2--2--2--3--3----------|
B:-----------3--------|-----------3--------|--3--3--3--3--3----------|
G:--2--2--------2-----|--2--2--------2-----|--2--2--2--2--2----------|
D:--0--0--------------|--0--0--------------|--0--0--0--0--0----------|
A:--2--2--------------|--1--1--------------|-------------------------|
E:--------------------|--------------------|-------------------------|

    q  e  e  q  q
e:--2--2--3--2--2\---------------------------------------------------|
B:--3--3--3--3--3\---------------------------------------------------|
G:--2--2--2--2--2\---------------------------------------------------|
D:--0--0--0--0--0----------------------------------------------------|
A:-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E:-------------------------------------------------------------------|

Riff E1 (q = 154)

  (4/4 time)
    e  e  q  e  e  q     e  e  q  e  e  q     q  e  q  e  q+
e:--------------------|--------------------|-------------------------|
B:--------3--------3--|--------------------|-------------------------|
G:-----2--------2-----|--------2--------4--|--1--1--2--2--2----------|
D:--0-----------------|-----2--------4-----|--2--2--0--0--2----------|
A:-----------4--------|--0--------2--------|--2--2--0--0--0----------|
E:--------------------|--------------------|--0--0--2--2-------------|

  (3/4 time)
    e  e  q  q
e:-----5--5--5-------------------------------------------------------|
B:-----5--5--5-------------------------------------------------------|
G:-(2)-2--2--2-------------------------------------------------------|
D:-(2)---------------------------------------------------------------|
A:-(0)---------------------------------------------------------------|
E:-------------------------------------------------------------------|

Riff E2 (q = 154)

  (4/4 time)
    e  e  q  e  e  q     e  e  q  e  e  q     q  e  q  e  q+
e:--------------------|--------------------|--3--3--2--2-------------|
B:--------3--------3--|--------------------|--3--3--3--3-------------|
G:-----2--------2-----|--------4--------2--|--0--0--2--2--2----------|
D:--0-----------------|-----4--------2-----|--0--0--0--0--2----------|
A:-----------4--------|--2--------0--------|--2--2--0--0--0----------|
E:--------------------|--------------------|--3--3--2--2-------------|

  (3/4 time)
    H
e:-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B:-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G:-(2)---------------------------------------------------------------|
D:-(2)---------------------------------------------------------------|
A:-(0)---------------------------------------------------------------|
E:-------------------------------------------------------------------|

Riff E3 (q = 154)

  (4/4 time)
    e  e  q  e  e  q     e  e  q  e  e  q     Q     e  h     w
e:--------------------|--------------------|--3-----2-----|--2-------|
B:--------3--------3--|--------------------|--3-----3-----|--3-------|
G:-----2--------2-----|--------4--------2--|--0-----2-----|--2-------|
D:--0-----------------|-----4--------2-----|--0-----0-----|--0-------|
A:-----------4--------|--2--------0--------|--2-----0-----|----------|
E:--------------------|--------------------|--3-----2-----|----------|

Riff F

  (q = 154)
  (5/4 time)
    q  e  Q  q  q     q  e  Q  q  q     q  e  Q  q  q
e:-----------------|-----------------|-------------------------------|
B:-----------------|-----------------|-------------------------------|
G:--------2--------|-----------------|--------3----------------------|
D:-----------5--4--|--------5--3--2--|-----------5--3----------------|
A:--5--5-----------|--3--3-----------|-/5--5-------------------------|
E:-----------------|-----------------|-------------------------------|

                    (ritard)                  (q = 104)
                    (4/4 time)                (12/8 time)
    q  e  Q  q  q     e  e  e  e  e  e  e  e     W      W
e:-----------------|--------------------------|------|---------------|
B:--------3--------|--------------------------|------|---------------|
G:-----------5--3--|--10-9--7-----------------|-/12--|-(12)----------|
D:--5--5-----------|-----------10-9--7--------|------|---------------|
A:-----------------|--------------------10-8--|------|---------------|
E:-----------------|--------------------------|------|---------------|

Riff G1 (q = 104)

  (12/8 time, last beat occurs in solo)
    e e  e e  e  e  e  e e e  e
e:--1s3--3s8--8--8--8--8s3s1--1/-------------------------------------
B:--1s3--3s8--8--8--8--8s3s1--1/-------------------------------------
G:--2s4--4s9--9--9--9--9s4s2--2/-------------------------------------
D:-------------------------------------------------------------------
A:-------------------------------------------------------------------
E:-------------------------------------------------------------------

Riff G2 (q = 104)

  (12/8 time)
    e e  e  e  e  e  e  e  e  e  e  e
e:--1s3--3--3--5--5--5--8--8--8--7--7\-------------------------------|
B:--1s3--3--3--6--6--6--8--8--8--8--8\-------------------------------|
G:--2s4--4--4--5--5--5--9--9--9--7--7\-------------------------------|
D:-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A:-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E:-------------------------------------------------------------------|

Solo (q = 104)

    e     e      e       q    e       q    e       q     e
e:-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B:--15---------------------------------------------------------------|
G:--0--------------------[5]----------[0]----------[12]--------------|
D:-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A:-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E:-------------------------------------------------------------------|
    (bar) (-1/2) (+1/2)       (+1/2)       (+1/2)        (+1)

    q     e     q     e     q  e       e       q
e:-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B:-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G:--[0]---------[12]--------0------------------0---------------------|
D:-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A:-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E:-------------------------------------------------------------------|
    (bar) (+1)        (+1)     (+1/2)  (-1/2)  (dive)

    e  e  s  s  Q     e  e  e  e  e  s  s      Q+e e  q   e  q   e
e:------------------------------------------|------------------------|
B:--13p12p10----12~---10-12-13-15-------12--|------13-15~-13-15~-13--|
G:-----------12-------------------12-14-----|--10~-------------------|
D:------------------------------------------|------------------------|
A:------------------------------------------|------------------------|
E:------------------------------------------|------------------------|
                      AH-------------------------|

   q     e  q   e  q     e  s  s+q+  e   s  s  s  s  q  e+Q e  e  e
e:-----------------------------15-|-(15)-13h15p13p12h13--------------|
B:-15b17-15-13~-15-15b17-15-13----|---------------------13--12-13-12-|
G:--------------------------------|----------------------------------|
D:--------------------------------|----------------------------------|
A:--------------------------------|----------------------------------|
E:--------------------------------|----------------------------------|

    e      q+e   s  s  e   q     e+Q
e:-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B:-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G:--12-----------12h14p12--------------------------------------------|
D:-------------------------------9-----------------------------------|
A:-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E:-------------------------------------------------------------------|
    (bar)  (+1)            (+1)

    Q+e    e     e     q     e     s+s   q
e:-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B:-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G:--0----------------------------------------------------------------|
D:-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A:-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E:-------------------------------------------------------------------|
    (bar)  (+1)  (-1)  (+1)  (-1)  (+1)  (dive)

    ---3---        ---3---  ---3---  ---3---
    s  s  s  s  s  s  s  s  s  s  s  s  s  s  s  s  s  s  s  s  s
e:--16p15p13-13-13-17p15p13-13-13-13----------15p13-13-13-17-15-13---
B:-----------------------------------13-13h15------------------------
G:-------------------------------------------------------------------
D:-------------------------------------------------------------------
A:-------------------------------------------------------------------
E:-------------------------------------------------------------------

    s  s  s  s  t  t  s  s
e:-----------13-------13-17------------------------------------------|
B:--17-13h15----13h15------------------------------------------------|
G:-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D:-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A:-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E:-------------------------------------------------------------------|

    e  s  s  s  s  e  e  s  s  e  e  e  e  e  e
e:--------------13---------------------------------------------------|
B:--13-------13----15-13---------------------------------------------|
G:-----14p12-------------14p12---------------------------------------|
D:-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A:--------------------------------12----------10---------------------|
E:-----------------------------15----15-12s10------------------------|

   ---3---                          ---3---
   s  s  s  s  s  s  s  s  s  s  s  s  s  s  s  s  s  s  s  s
e:-------------------------------------------------------------------
B:-------------------------------------------------------------------
G:-------------------------------------------------------------------
D:----------------10-------------------------------------------------
A:-------------------------12p10----10-10-10-14-12p10-14-12p10-------
E:----10h12-12h13----12h13-------13----------------------------------

          ---3---
    s  s  s  s  s  s  s
e:-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B:-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G:-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D:--------10-------10h12---------------------------------------------|
A:--14-14----14p10---------------------------------------------------|
E:-------------------------------------------------------------------|

    s  s  s  s  s  s  s  s  s  s  s  s  s  s  t  t  s  s
e:-------------------------------------------------------------------
B:--------------------------------------------10h12-10h12------------
G:--------------------------10----10-12-10-12------------------------
D:--12-10h12-14-14-10-12-14----14------------------------------------
A:-------------------------------------------------------------------
E:-------------------------------------------------------------------

    ------3-----
    e  s  s  t  t  s  s                s  s
e:--13--------------------|---------------10-------------------------|
B:-----15-13-15p13-15p13--|------------------------------------------|
G:------------------------|------------------------------------------|
D:------------------------|------------------------------------------|
A:------------------------|------------------------------------------|
E:------------------------|------------------------------------------|
                            (riff G1)

  (this measure over riff G2)
    s  s  s  s  s  s  s  s  s  s  s  s  s  s  q+Q
e:--13p10-------10-13p10-------10h13p10----10-13b15------------------|
B:--------13p10----------13p10----------12---------------------------|
G:-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D:-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A:-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E:-------------------------------------------------------------------|

              s  t  t
e:--------------20h22------------------------------------------------|
B:-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G:-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D:-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A:-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E:-------------------------------------------------------------------|
    (riff G1)

    (this measure over riff G2)
    e  e     e+q   s  s  e  e  e     q     q
e:--20-20b22-20b22-------17-20-20b21-20b22-(22)----------------------|
B:-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G:-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D:-----------------19p17---------------------------------------------|
A:-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E:-------------------------------------------------------------------|

                     (this measure over riff G2)
               e     q     e+e   e  e  e  e  e  e    s  s  e  e
e:----------------|-----------------------------[14]-----------------|
B:----------------|--13b15-13b15-13-10-13-13b15------10h11p10-(10)\--|
G:----------------|--------------------------------------------------|
D:----------------|--------------------------------------------------|
A:----------------|--------------------------------------------------|
E:----------------|--------------------------------------------------|
    (riff G1)

                     (this measure over riff G2)
               e
e:----------------|--13-10-------10-10------------------12-----------
B:----------------|--------13-10-------13-10-------------------------
G:----------------|--------------------------10s9h10p9---------------
D:----------------|----------------------------------------10-11-----
A:----------------|--------------------------------------------------
E:----------------|--------------------------------------------------
    (riff G1)                                           PM-----------

e:-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B:-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G:--------------0----------------------------------------------------|
D:--12-10------------------------------------------------------------|
A:--------12-11------------------------------------------------------|
E:-------------------------------------------------------------------|
  ---------------|


Song progression:

Riff A x 1
Riff B1 x 1
Riff C x 2
Riff B2 x 1
Riff B1 x 2
Riff B2 x 1
Riff D1 x 1
Riff D2 x 1
Riff D1 x 1
Riff D2 x 1
Riff E1 x 1
Riff E2 x 1
Riff E1 x 1
Riff E3 x 1
Riff B1 x 1
Riff C x 2
Riff B2 x 1
Riff B1 x 2
Riff B2 x 1
Riff D1 x 1
Riff D2 x 1
Riff D1 x 1
Riff D2 x 1
Riff E1 x 1
Riff E2 x 1
Riff E1 x 1
Riff E3 x 1 (omit last measure)
Riff F x 1
Guitar tacet for 4 bars
Solo (includes riffs G1 and G2)
Riff A x 1 (first measure only)
Riff D3 x 1
Riff D4 x 1
Riff D1 x 1
Riff D2 x 1
Riff D1 x 1
Riff D2 x 1
Riff E1 x 1
Riff E2 x 1
Riff E1 x 1
Riff E3 x 1
Riff F x 1 (first four measures only)
Riff A x 1
G5 [3x0033]

Remarks:

In riff B1, the 1st position F is played as a power chord during the
verses, but as a single note otherwise. Riff C is always played twice;
the second time it is played omit the slide at the beginning -- play
the chords distinctly. The ends of riffs D2 and E2 are handled somewhat
liberally, as are the D riffs in general. I suggest using alternate
strokes in riffs D1 and D3 as well as the first halves of riffs D2
and D4. Play the fifth measure of riff F like the first measure of
riff A if you can get up to the 12th fret fast enough. Even Alex does
not reproduce the solo exactly when he plays it live; the key to the
fast part is to observe that except for a couple of (accidental?)
accidentals, it stays rigidly within the D Dorian mode; Geddy, however,
seems to boogie around D Phrygian (perhaps a bass player could confirm
this?).

Tablature explanation:

| - bar line

|----|
|----|
|o--o|  repeat
|o--o|
|----|
|----|

w  - whole note
h  - half note
q  - quarter note
e  - eighth note
s  - sixteenth note
t  - thirty-second note
x  - sixty-fourth note

Captial lengths indicate dotted notes, + indicates tied note

Length notations with no information below them indicate rests

Duplets, triplets, and their ilk are indicated by "---3---" and similar
constructs above the note lengths

h  - hammer on
p  - pull off
tr - trill
b  - bend (use tremolo bar for downbend)
r  - release bend
s  - slide
/  - slide up
\  - slide down
~  - vibrato
t  - tap (with strumming hand)
x  - muted, struck string

+  - wah pedal back
o  - wah pedal forward

() optional note, or note held from previous articulation
<> natural harmonics
[] artificial (pinch) harmonics
NH natural harmonics
AH artificial (pinch) harmonics
PM palm mute