Chord/Tab song: I've Got to Be Free

Band: Scorpions
Album: Taken By Force
Song: I've Got to Be Free

Copyright (c) (Harvest) (1977)
Version 1.0 - (03/08/06)

Transcribed By: Steve
Email: stephen.elvidge1@ntlworld.com

. - palm mute / - slide up to
\ - slide down to ~ - vibrato
h - hammer on b - Bend
p - pull off Suffixes for bend
t - tap f - full bend h - half bend
ph - pinched harmonic q - quarter bend t - tap bend
- see comment ^ - Hold bend r release bend
x - Stuccatto ~ - vibrato bend
, - slight palm mute () - ghost note, sustained note
" - tremolo note - harmonic
pb - pre bend

Tuning Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb

|------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------12-12-121212-1414\-|
|-5-----5-----5---5-----12-12-121212-1414\-|
|-5-7-7-5-7-7-5-7-5-7-7--------------------|
|---0-0---0-0---0---0-0--------------------|
|------------------------------------------|

~~~

|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|-5-----5-----5----------------|
|-5-7-7-5-7-7-5-7-0-1-2--------|
|---0-0---0-0---0--------------|
|-----------------------3---x\-|
|------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------12-12-121212-1414\-|
|-5-----5-----5---5-----12-12-121212-1414\-|
|-5-7-7-5-7-7-5-7-5-7-7--------------------|
|---0-0---0-0---0---0-0--------------------|
|------------------------------------------|

Guitar 1
~~~ ~~~

[--------------------------------|
[-------5-----5---7brbp5---------|
[-5-----5-----5---7brbp5---------|
[-5-7-7---7-7---5--------7-5---\-|
[---0-0---0-0--------------------|
[--------------------------------|

[Guitar 2
[ ~~~~ ~~~~

[--------------------------------|
[-----------------7brbp5---------|
[-5-----5-----5---7brbp5---------|
[-5-7-7-5-7-7-5-7--------7-5---\-|
[---0-0---0-0--------------------|
[--------------------------------|

Verse


[PM] [PM] PM [PM]~~~ [PM] [PM] PM

|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|-7-----7-----7---7-----5--7-----7-----7---7--------------------|
|---0-0---0-0---0---0-0------0-0---0-0---0---0-5-6-7-------3----|
|----------------------------------------------------3-4-5---3--| Rpt

Guitar 1
[PM] [PM] PM [PM]~~~ [PM] [PM] PM

[-----------------------------------------------------------------|
[-----------------------------------------------------------------|
[-------------5---------5-----------------------------------------|
[-7-----7-----5---7-----5--------7-----7-----7--------------------|
[---0-0---0-0---0---0-0------------0-0---0-0---0-5-6-7-------3----|
[------------------------------------------------------3-4-5---3--|

[Guitar 2
[ [PM] [PM] PM [PM]~~~ [PM] [PM] PM

[-----------------------------------------------------------------|
[-------------5---5-----------------------------------------------|
[-------------5---5-----------------------------------------------|
[-7-----7-----5---------5-7p5----7-----7-----7--------------------|
[---0-0---0-0---0---0-0------7-6---0-0---0-0---0-5-6-7-------3----|
[------------------------------------------------------3-4-5---3--|

Guitar 1
[PM] [PM] PM [PM] ~~~ [PM] [PM] PM

[------------------------------------------------------------------|
[-------------------------7p5--------------------------------------|
[-------------5---------5-7p5--------------------------------------|
[-7-----7-----5---7-----5-----7p5-7-----7-----7--------------------|
[---0-0---0-0---0---0-0-------------0-0---0-0---0-5-6-7-------3----|
[-------------------------------------------------------3-4-5------|

[Guitar 2
[ [PM] [PM] PM [PM] ~~~ [PM] [PM] PM

[------------------------------------------------------------------|
[------------------------------------------------7b7p5-------------|
[------------------------------------------------7b7p5-------------|
[-7-----7-----7---7-----5----7p5-7-----7-----7---------7--5--7-----|
[---0-0---0-0---0---0-0------------0-0---0-0---0-------------------|
[------------------------------------------------------------------|

Chorus

Guitar 1
~~

[---------------------------------------------------------|
[-------------------------------------10-10---------------|
[------------------------4--4--4-4----9-99----------------|
[------------------------5--5--5-5----7-77-----2--4p2-----|
[---------------2-5------5--5--5-5--0-------/4--------4---|
[-3----5------3-----5--\-3--3--3-3------------------------|

[Guitar 2
[ ~~~

[-15---17-------------------------------------------------|
[-18b--20b---------------8--8--8-8------10----------------|
[------------------------7--7--7-7--9---9------9-11p9-----|
[------------------------5--5--5-5--7---7------9-11p9-11--|
[------------------------------------------/11------------|
[---------------------------------------------------------| Rpt

Guitar 1

[----------------------------------|
[--------------10-10---------------|
[-4--4--4-4----9-99----------------|
[-5--5--5-5----7-77-----2--4p2-----|
[-5--5--5-5--0-------/4--------4---|
[-3--3--3-3------------------------|

[Guitar 2
[

[----------------------------------|
[-8--8--8-8------10----------------|
[-7--7--7-7--9---9-----------------|
[-5--5--5-5--7---7------2--4p2-----|
[--------------------/4--------4---|
[----------------------------------|

Guitar 1

[----------------------------------|
[--------------10-10---------------|
[-4--4--4-4----9-99----------------|
[-5--5--5-5----7-77-----2--4p2-----|
[-5--5--5-5--0-------/4--------4---|
[-3--3--3-3------------------------|

[Guitar 2
[

[----------------------------------|
[-8--8--8-8------10----------------|
[-7--7--7-7--9---9------9-11p9-----|
[-5--5--5-5--7---7------9-11p9-11--|
[-------------------/11------------|
[----------------------------------|

Guitar 1

[------------------PM-------------------]
[-----------------------------------------------------|
[-----------------------------------------------------|
[-4--4--4-4-------------------------------------------|
[-5--5--5-5-------------------------------------------|
[-5--5--5-5-------------------------------------------|
[-3--3--3-3--0--0--0--0--0--0-0-0--0--0-0-0--0-0-0-\--|

[Guitar 2

[ [------------------PM-------------------]
[-----------------------------------------------------|
[-8--8--8-8-------------------------------------------|
[-7--7--7-7-------------------------------------------|
[-5--5--5-5-----------------22--2-----22--2--22--2----|
[-----------------------------22--------22-----22-----|
[------------0--0--0--0--0---------0-------0-------\--|

Rpt Intro, Main Riff and Verse
Rpt Chorus

Backing for solo

|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|-7-7\5\1---------5----7-7-------5-5-------|
|-5-5\3\1----3-3--3----5-5--3----3-3-5-----|
|------------1-1------------1--------3-----| Rpt 3 X
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------77-7p66-55-44-3\2--|
|------------------------------55-5-66-77-88-9/10--------------------|
|-5-5-3-1---------3--4-5-5--3----------------------------------------|
|------------1-1------------1----------------------------------------|

Guitar solo with wah

pick scrape ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------13b------15fb----15b--------15-13-15fb----r-|
|------------------------------------------------14-----------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-x\-------o-trem dive----------------------------------------------|

~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

|----------------------------------17-20fb---20fb---20fb---20fb-----|
|-10-12p10-----10---------------------------------------------------|
|----------12b----12bp10----12--------------------------------------|
|------------------------12-----------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-20p17------------------------------------------------------|
|-------20-20\-----15----13b------------18b-18p15----15------|
|--------------/14----15------pb12r---------------17----17b--|
|------------------------------------15----------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|

h h h h h h

|----10-13p10----10-13p10-13p10-13p10----10-13p10----10-13p10-------|
|-13b---------13b---------------------13b---------13b---------13b---|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

h ~~~~~ h ~~~~~ ~~~~~~~

|-10-13p10-15-15b----r-13--10-13p10----10-1313-13b13b------17fb-----|
|-----------------------------------13------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

|-r17fb----17p15-----13brp10----10-------15b---------fb-----------|
|----------------------------13----13-10--------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|-0-trem dive with flanger/wah-------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|

Guitar 1
trem~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ trem~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

[-------------------------------------------------------------------|
[-------------------------------------------------------------------|
[-------------------------------------------------------------------|
[-7---------------------5-----------5-------------------------------|
[-------------------------------------------------------------------|
[-------------------------------------------------------------------|

[Guitar 2
[ [PM] [PM] PM [PM]~~~ [PM] [PM] PM

[-------------------------------------------------------------------|
[-------------------------------------------------------------------|
[-----------------------------5-------------------------------------|
[-7-----7-----7---7-----5-5-7---7p5-7-----7-----7-------------------|
[---0-0---0-0---0---0-0---------------0-0---0-0---0-5-6-7-------3---|
[---------------------------------------------------------3-4-5---3-|

Guitar 1
trem~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ trem~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

[-------------------------------------------------------------------|
[-------------------------------------------------------------------|
[-------------------------------------------------------------------|
[-7---------------------5--------5----------------------------------|
[-------------------------------------------------------------------|
[-------------------------------------------------------------------|

[Guitar 2
[ [PM] [PM] PM [PM]~~~ [PM] [PM] PM

[-------------------------------------------------------------------|
[-------------------------7br5--------------------------------------|
[-------------------------7br5--------------------------------------|
[-7-----7-----7---7-----5------7p5-7-----7-----7--------------------|
[---0-0---0-0---0---0-0--------------0-0---0-0---0-5-6-7-------3----|
[--------------------------------------------------------3-4-5---3--|

Rpt Main Riff with fills

|--------------|
|-7b--rp5------|
|-7b--rp5------|
|---------7p5--|
|--------------|
|--------------|
|---------------------------|
|-7b--rp5-----/12-----------|
|-7b--rp5-----/9--12p10-----|
|---------7p5-----12p10-10--|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-7b--rp5---7b--rp5-------|
|-7b--rp5---7b--rp5-------|
|---------7---------7-5-7-|
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|--------------|
|-7b-------r5--|
|-7b-------r5--|
|--------------|
|--------------|
|--------------|

Rpt Chorus 2 X

Fade out

Guitar 1

[----------------------------------------------------------------------|
[------------------------------------------/5----------9999999---------|
[-----------------------------------/4-----/6----------9999999---------|
[-----------------------------------/5-----/7----------9999999----9-9--|
[-2-------------(2)------------2----/5-----/7-----2---------------7-7--|
[-0-------------(0)------------0----/3-----/5-----0--------------------|

[Guitar 2

[----------------------------------------------------------------------|
[-5-7p5trill---7-10p7trill with trem vibrato---------------------------|
[----------------------------------------------------------------------|
[----------------------------------------------------------------------|
[----------------------------------------------------------------------|
[----------------------------------------------------------------------|

END