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Freewill Bass Tab

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Rush-Freewill

This is 100% correct, including the solo. 
Much of this is taken from a transcription by Brian Fox. 
I made a few corrections.   

Fast q=156

    e hR e-q e hr e-q   w--h--w--h qR
G|----------|--------|------|--------|
D|4:3----3-3|--------|6:----|7:------|
A|4:--------|3----3-3|4:----|4:------|
E|----------|--------|--1---|--1-----|

      e eR e e-e e q q q   e eR e e-e e q q e e q    
G||---------------------|-------------------------||
D||*6:------------------|7:-------------2-0-----5*||
A||*4:-------3---3-2-0--|4:-------3---3-----2h3--*||
E||---1----1-----------3|--1----1-----------------||


    e eR e e-q  q q q   e eR e e-e e q q q q q
G|-------------------|----------------|-------|
D|6:-----------------|4:--------------|0---0-2|
A|4:-------3----2-0--|4:-------3---3-2|--3----|
E|--1----1----------3|--1----1--------|-------|

    e eR e e-e e q q q   e eR e e-e e q q e e q 
G|--------------------|------------------------|
D|6:------------------|7:-------------2-0-----5|
A|4:-------3---3-2-0--|4:-------3---3-----2h3--|
E|--1----1-----------3|--1----1----------------|

    e eR e e-e e q q q   e eR e e-e e q e e e-e q 
G|--------------------|--------------------------|
D|6:------------------|7:-------------2-0-0-----5|
A|4:-------3---3-2-0--|4:-------3---3-------2h3--|
E|--1----1-----------3|--1----1------------------|

    e eR e e-e  e q q   e eR e e-e e q q q q q
G|-------------------|----------------|-------|
D|6:-----------------|4:--------------|0---0-2|
A|4:-------3----2-0--|4:-------3---3-2|--3----|
E|--1----1----------3|--1----1--------|-------|

(half-time) q=78

  e e sR e s e e sR e s e e sR e s e e s e s e e sR e e e e sR e s
G|---------------------|--------------------|---------------------|
D|---------------------|3-3----3------------|---------------------|
A|2-2----2---1-1----1--|---------2-3-3-3-3--|2-2----2---1-1----1-0|
E|---------2----------1|-------------------3|---------2-----------|

  e. s-e e-s e s s s s s e e sR e s e e sR e s e s s sR e s s s s s sR e s               
G|-------7--------------|---------------------|---------------------------|
D|---7-------7-7---7----|---------------------|3-3-3----3-----------------|
A|5--------------5---5-0|2-2----2---1-1----1--|-----------2-3-3-3-3----3--|
E|----------------------|---------2----------1|--------------------------3|

  s s e sR e s e e sR e s e.s-s s e s s e s s e              
G|-----------------------|---------------------|
D|-----------------------|--7-----7-----7------|
A|2-2-2----2---1-1----1-0|5-----4---7-7---7-7-5|
E|-----------2-----------|---------------------|

faster again q=156

  q. e-h q. e-h q. e-e e q   qR q q   q. e-h q. e eR e e e                           
G|7--6--|---4--|----------|--------|--7--6--|-------------|
D|------|7-----|---4-----7|3:---7-7|4:------|9--7----7---7|
A|------|------|7------0--|4:------|4:------|----------7--|
E|------|------|----------|--------|--------|-------------|

  q. e-e e q   eR e s s s s e eR                               
G|----------|-------------------|
D|5--4---7--|3:---7-7-7-----7---|
A|---------0|4:---------0-0-----|
E|----------|-------------------|

  q. e-h q. e-h q. e-e e q   qR q q   q. e-h q. e eR e e e                           
G|7--6--|---4--|----------|--------|--7--6--|-------------|
D|------|7-----|---4-----7|3:---7-7|4:------|9--7----7---7|
A|------|------|7------0--|4:------|4:------|----------7--|
E|------|------|----------|--------|--------|-------------|

  q. e hr w      e eR e e-e q q q   e eR e e-e e q q e e q               
G|-------|----|------------------|------------------------|
D|5--7---|----|6:----------------|7:-------------2-0-----5|
A|-------|5---|4:-------3---2-0--|4:-------3---3-----2h3--|
E|-------|----|--1----1---------3|--1----1----------------|

    e eR e e-e e q q q   e eR e e-e  q e e e e e q        
G|--------------------|---------------------------|
D|6:------------------|7:--------------2-0-0-----5|
A|4:-------3---3-2-0--|4:-------3----3-------2h3--|
E|--1----1-----------3|--1----1-------------------|


    e eR e e-e e q q q   e eR e e-e e q q e e q     
G|--------------------|------------------------|
D|6:------------------|7:-------------2-0-----5|
A|4:-------3---3-2-0--|4:-------3---3-----2h3--|
E|--1----1-----------3|--1----1----------------|

    e eR e e-q q q q   e eR e e-e e q q q q q                        
G|------------------|----------------|-------|
D|6:----------------|4:-------------2|0---0-2|
A|4:-------3---2-0--|4:-------3---3--|--3----|
E|--1----1---------3|--1----1--------|-------|

    e eR e e-q q q q   e eR e e-e e q q e e q                        
G|------------------|------------------------|
D|6:----------------|7:-------------2-0-----5|
A|4:-------3---2-0--|4:-------3---3-----2h3--|
E|--1----1---------3|--1----1----------------|

    e eR e e-e e q q q   e e e e-e e q e e e e e e      
G|--------------------|---------------------------|
D|6:------------------|7:------------2-0-0-----5-5|
A|4:-------3---3-2-0--|4:------3---3-------2h3----|
E|--1----1-----------3|--1-1-1--------------------|

    e eR e e-e e q q q   e eR e e-e e q q q q q         
G|--------------------|----------------|-------|
D|6:------------------|4:-------------2|0---0-2|
A|4:-------3---3-2-0--|4:-------3---3--|--3----|
E|--1----1-----------3|--1----1--------|-------|

(half-time) q=78

  e e sR e s e e sR e s e s s sR e s e e sR e e e e sR e s e e sR e s             
G|---------------------|-----------------------|---------------------|
D|---------------------|3-3-3----3-------------|---------------------|
A|2-2----2---1-1----1--|-----------2-3-3----3--|2-2----2---1-1----1-0|
E|---------2----------1|----------------------3|---------2-----------|

  e. s-s s s s sR s s s sR s s s e e sR e s e e sR e s                              
G|---------7--------7-----------|---------------------|
D|---7-------7----7---7----7----|---------------------|
A|5------5-------------------5\0|2-2----2---1-1----1--|
E|------------------------------|---------2----------1|

  e e sR e s e e s e s e e sR e s e e sR e e s s e s s-s e s t s sR s                   
G|--------------------|-------------------|--------7----------------7|
D|3-3----3------------|-------------------|----7-------------7-------|
A|---------2-3-3-3-3--|2-2----2---1-1----1|5-5---5---5---5-5---5-----|
E|-------------------3|---------2---------|--------------------------|

Faster q=156

  q. e-h q. e-h q. e-e e q   eR e q q   q. e-h q. e eR e e e                        
G|7--6--|2--4--|----------|----------|--7--6--|4------------|
D|------|------|2--4-----7|3:-----7-7|4:------|---7----7---7|
A|------|------|-------0--|4:---0----|4:------|----------7--|
E|------|------|----------|----------|--------|-------------|

                       |-3-| |-3-| 
  q. e-e e q   s s s s e e e e e e   q. e-h q. e eR e eR e                   
G|----------|---------------------|--7--6--|---4----4----4|
D|5--4---7--|3:7-7-----7---7---7--|4:------|7-------------|
A|---------0|4:----7-7---7---7---7|4:------|--------------|
E|----------|---------------------|--------|--------------|

  q. e-e e q   eR e q q   q. e-h q. e eR e e e q. e hR                         
G|---------2|----------|--7--6--|4------------|-------|
D|---4------|3:-----7-7|4:------|---7----5-4--|5--7---|
A|7------0--|4:---0----|4:------|------------7|-------|
E|----------|----------|--------|-------------|-------|

    e eR e e-q q q e eR e e-q q q e eR e e-q q q e eR e e q q q                     
G|----------------|--------------|--------------|-------3-3-1-0|
D|5:-------7---5-4|--------------|-------3---1-0|1----1--------|
A|4:5----5--------|-------3---1-0|1----1--------|--------------|
E|----------------|1----1--------|--------------|--------------|

                    q=105
    e e e e e e e e    q.-q.-q.-q.-q.-q.-q.-e e e                                 
G|-----------------|--------------|--------------|
D|4:3-2-0----------|12:-----------|--------------|
A|4:------3-2-0----|-8:-----------|--------------|
E|--------------3-1|---3----------|-----------8\0|

  e eR e eR e e e e e e e e e eR e eR e e e e e e e e                       
G|-------------------------|-------------------------|
D|------------------------3|----------------2-3-2----|
A|5----5----5-0-5----------|5----5----5-0-5-------5-3|
E|----------------0-3-4-5--|-------------------------|

  e eR e eR e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e s s e e e e              
G|-------------------------|--------------3-3-1-0----|
D|-------------------------|------3---3-1---------3-1|
A|------------------0-1-0--|1-1-1---1----------------|
E|1----1----1-0-1-3-------3|-------------------------|

  e eR e e e e e s s e e e e                                  
G|--------------------------|-----------------------|
D|---------------3-3---3----|----3-2-5-3-2----------|
A|5----5-0-3-4-5-----5---0-3|4-5-----------5-3-2----|
E|--------------------------|--------------------3-2|

  e eR e eR e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e s s s s e e e                     
G|-------------------------|--------------3-3-----3----|
D|-------------------------|------3---3-1-----1-1---1--|
A|------------------0-1-0--|1-1-1---1-----------------3|
E|1----1----1-0-1-2-------3|---------------------------|

  q e e e e e s s s s e s s s s s s s s e e e e e e e e e e                         
G|-----------------------------|---------------------------|
D|~---------0-3-3-0-0-5-0-0-6-6|0-0-5-5-0-3----------------|
A|5-5-0-3-4--------------------|------------5-4-3-0-3-4-5--|
E|-----------------------------|--------------------------3|

  e eR e eR e e e s s e e e e e e e e e e e s s e e e e                       
G|---------------------------|--------------3-3-1-0----|
D|---------------------------|------3---3-1---------3-1|
A|--------------------0-1-0--|1-1-1---1----------------|
E|1----1----1-0-1-1-3-------3|-------------------------|

  q e e e e e s s s s e e e e s s s s s s s s s s e e e e e e                         
G|-------------------------|---------------------------------|
D|------------3-3-----3----|0-7-7-0-0-6-6-0-0-5-5-0-3-0------|
A|5-5-0-3-4-5-----5-5---0-3|----------------------------3-0--|
E|-------------------------|--------------------------------3|

  e eR e eR e e e e s s e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e                       
G|---------------------------|--------------3---3----|
D|---------------------------|------3---3 1---1---1--|
A|------------------0-0-1-0--|1-1-1----1------------3|
E|1----1----1-0-1-3---------3|-----------------------|

  q e e e e e e s s s s s s s s e e e e e e e e e e e e                           
G|-----------------------------|----5------------------|
D|----------0-3-3-0-0-5-5-0-0-6|6-7---7-6-5-3----------|
A|5-5-0-3-4--------------------|--------------5-4-3-0--|
E|-----------------------------|----------------------3|

  e eR e eR e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e                               
G|-------------------------|--------------3---5---7|
D|-------------------------|------3---3-1---3---5--|
A|------------------0-1-0--|1-1-1---1--------------|
E|1----1----1-0-1-3-------3|-----------------------|

  e e e e e e e e e e e s s e e s s e s s e e e e e e e                        
G|-------------------------|--7-----6-----5---4---3----|
D|--------------3---3------|---------------------------|
A|5-0-5-0-3-4-5---5---0-3-4|5---4-4---3-3---2---1---0--|
E|-------------------------|--------------------------3|

  e eR e eR e e e e e e e e e s s e e e e e s s e e e e   e e e e e e e 
G|-------------------------|----------------------3-3-3|--3-2-0--------|
D|-------------------------|--------3-3-3-1-1-1-1------|7:------3-2-0--|
A|------------------0-1-0--|1-1-1-1--------------------|8:------------3|
E|1----1----1-0-1-3-------3|---------------------------|---------------|

q=78

    e e sR e s e e sR e s e e sR e s e s s s e s                              
G|-----------------------|----------------------|
D|4:---------------------|3-3----3--------------|
A|4:2-2----2---1-1----1--|---------2-3-3-3-3-3--|
E|-----------2----------1|---------------------3|

    e e sR e s e e sR e s q q eR s s q                        
G|-----------------------|------------|
D|4:---------------------|-------7-7-7|
A|4:2-2----2---1-1----1-0|5-5---------|
E|-----------2-----------|------------|

  s s e s s s s s s s s s e e e sR e s e e sR e s                              
G|7-7---7-7---------------7|---------------------|
D|----7-----7-7-5-4-2------|---------------------|
A|--------------------5-5--|2-2----2---1-1----1--|
E|-------------------------|---------2----------0|

  e e sR e s e e sR e s e s s s e s e e sR e s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s                
G|---------------------|----------------------|------------7-----7---------7--|
D|-------3-------------|----------------------|------7-------7-7---7-7---7---7|
A|---------2-3-3----3--|2-2-2-2-2---1-1----1--|5-5-5---5-5-------------5------|
E|1-1-----------------3|----------2----------0|-------------------------------|

  e e sR e s e e sR e s e e sR e s e e sR e s e e sR e s e e sR e s                       
G|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
D|---------------------|3-3----3-------------|---------------------|
A|2-2----2---1-1----1--|---------2-3-3----3--|2-2----2---1-1----1--|
E|---------2----------0|--------------------3|---------2----------0|

  |----6---| |---6---| |---6---| |---6---|                                      
  e sR s s s s s sR e. s s sR e. s s sR e.                                 
G|----------------------------------------|
D|-------7---7---------7---------7--------|
A|5----5---5---5----5----5----5----5----5-|
E|----------------------------------------|

q=156

  q. e-h q. e eR e eR e q. e-e e q   qR q q   q.  e-h                              
G|7--6--|---4----4----4|----------|--------|--7--6---|
D|------|7-------------|---4-----7|3:---7-7|4:-------|
A|------|--------------|7------0--|4:------|4:-------|
E|------|--------------|----------|--------|---------|

  q. e eR e e e q. e-e e q   eR s s s s s s s s eR                              
G|4--2----2---2|0------2--|---------7-7-----7-7---|
D|----------2--|---4------|3:---7-7-----7-7-------|
A|-------------|---------0|4:---------------------|
E|-------------|----------|-----------------------|

    q. e-h q. e eR e eR e q. e-e e q   qR q q   q. e-h                            
G|--7--6--|---4----4----4|----------|--------|--7--6--|
D|4:------|7-------------|---4-----7|3:---7-7|4:------|
A|4:------|--------------|7------0--|4:------|4:------|
E|--------|--------------|----------|--------|--------|

  q. e eR e e e q. e hR   q e e-q q q q e e-q q q q e e-q q e                          
G|4------------|-------|------2---0--|-----------|-----------|
D|---7----5-4--|-------|5:0-0-------4|-----------|----3---1-0|
A|------------7|---0---|4:-----------|----3---1-0|1-1--------|
E|-------------|3------|-------------|1-1--------|-----------|

  q e e-q q q   s s s sR qR eR s s s eR.                                    
G|----3---1-0|--3-3-3-------------------|
D|1-1--------|4:------------------------|
A|-----------|4:---------------1-1-1----|
E|-----------|--------------------------|

                 ritard    ^
  s s s sR qR eR s s s eR. w                                          
G|------------------------|----|
D|3-3-3-------------------|----|
A|------------------------|----|
E|---------------1-1-1----|3---|


KEY:
w=whole note
h=half note
q=quarter note
e=8th note
s=16th note
t=32nd note
R=rest of the value of the letter preceding
-=tie
.=dotted note
|-3-|=triplet figure
|-6-|=sextuplet figure
4:=time signature
4:=time signature
^=fermata
/=slide up
\=slide down
h=hammer on (when h is used in the tab not time signature)

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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture Killer Wanna Be	#1 by Killer at Jun 7, 2006 at 8:46 PM EST
	Great tab dude, thats an awesome song, ecspecially the solo. good job

No Picture Alex Addicted Average	#2 by Alex Addicted ...why does my real last name matter? at Jun 30, 2006 at 11:32 AM EST
	wow, you messed up the lyrics horribly.

No Picture Harley Wanna Be	#3 by Harley Mckenzie at Aug 10, 2006 at 5:13 AM EST
	I'm not religious but I see a problem "free-willers" encounter in the absence of a higher power. Namely, that without a higher power, all that you're left with is the material world - all that is in the universe is made up solely of a collection of atoms and molecules which strictly conform to the physical laws of the universe. In turn, this means that we are made up of the same thing, so the atoms and molecules of our beings must conform to those same laws as well - over which we of course have no control. In this view then, free will disappears. Even our very thoughts are generated by a brain that is composed of material that must conform to these physical laws of the universe in this view. Even allowing for a degree of randomness (as quantum phyics allows), you're left with just that - randomness - which hardly equates with free will. So, a strictly material universe must by definition exclude free will.

No Picture Matt Average	#4 by Matt at Sep 16, 2006 at 11:03 PM EST
	Hey Theo, try reading the last stanza before making yourself look like an ass: "Each of us- A cell of awareness- Imperfect and incomplete. Genetic blends With uncertain ends On a fortune hunt that's far too fleet."

No Picture Sir Bagel Average	#5 by Sir Bagel at Oct 12, 2006 at 2:15 AM EST
	It is "still have made a choice," not "still haven't." Rather major screw up. Not much to interpret here...pretty straight forward.

No Picture Kevin Wanna Be	#6 by Kevin at Oct 17, 2006 at 8:02 AM EST
	my friends make fun of me for liking this song they say its like a fifth grade choosing the right lesson in prog rock for

No Picture Shay Average	#7 by Shay at Nov 23, 2006 at 10:01 PM EST
	this song is awesome! just has a philosophic feel about it

No Picture Layne Wanna Be	#8 by Layne Staley at Jan 27, 2007 at 4:50 AM EST
	Neil Peart, being in intellectual most likely realizes the fact that freewill is a paradox and doesn't exist and at the same time it doesn't not exist. However i'm absolutely certain that Peart means free will in a religous sense which does exist. The song is about finding your own path without the interference of anyone else (god). Nobody will deny that we can choose our own path in our lives, whether or not the path we take is pre-determined, is irelivant to whether or not we have the ability to chose our own mindset. Basically, this is just adding onto what coryoon said.

No Picture converes Average	#9 by converes at Feb 7, 2007 at 3:13 AM EST
	I wouldn't go as far to say this song is a knock at religion...or at least that's not the overall intention of the song...it tries to encourage people to make their own choices and not listen to everything like a bunch of playstrings.