Freewheel Burning

by Judas Priest

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Guitar Pro Tab Summary

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Lyrics

Verse 1 Fast and furious, we ride the universe, to carve a road for us that slices every curve in sight. We accelerate, no time to hesitate. This load will detonate whoever would contend it's right. Pre-Chorus Born to lead, at breakneck speed. With high octane, we're spitting flames. Chorus Freewheel burning, freewheel burning. Verse 2 Off we catapult, we're thrusting to the hilt, Unearthing every fault, go headlong into any dare We don't accept defeat, we never will retreat, we blaze with scorching heat. Obliteration's everywhere. Repeat Pre-Chorus/Chorus Bridge Look before you leap has never been the way to keep, our road is free. Charging to the top and never give in, never stop's the way to be. Hold on to the lead with all your will and you'll concede this place is life, with victory on high!!! Guitar Solo Repeat Bridge Repeat Chorus (x4)

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Notice

Guitar Notes: Featuring one of Glenn's first true "shred" solos this barnburner of a song has been a fan favorite for years. This file is my own interpretation of a published source. That said, there are significant differences between this version and the aforementioned "source". Here are a few points to help you with your interpretation of this file. - All chord voicings represent the implied harmony with the bass guitar (not transcribed here, sorry ) : ( - In measures 9, 57, 61 62 & 65 the notes I've shown as artificial harmonics are actually representitive of harmonic and microphonic feedback. The pitches notated are accurate. - In measure 12 the muted notes after the whang bar dive represent the E and A strings crashing onto the pickups as the strings go slack. - In the chorus (measure 35 and repeats), the artificial harmonics represent pinch or "pick squeal" harmonics, and are a combination of the fundamental and its overtone. Ignore the notes in the upper register, they're only there to generate the overtone for the purpose of the midi playback. Again the overtone pitches are notated and correct. - The pick scrapes that Ken does in the Bridge to the solo (statring at measure 71) are notated in the correct rhythymic manner but I can't figure out how to get sound out of them. Listen to the recording and also note that there are TWO guitar overdubs COMBINED to create the effect that is heard on the recording. - Glenn enters at measure 98 with his tour de force (for the time!) solo. The lick in measures 103 and 104 is notated the way that I play it, I've seen it notated in other ways, some definately wrong. The position shifts are easy to manage at the tempo and I've never had anyone tell me that it sounded incorrect. (I play guitar with a Priest/Maiden tribute based in western Canada) As there is no way to express it in the software, it should be noted that the palm muting is quite light, serving mainly to prevent the open E string from ringing out. - The legato slides bridging between measure 107 and 108 are my own interpretation as well, (I've seen this notated using the whammy bar) frankly the long slide looks really cool on stage; watch Glenn on Priest's video for the song! - The pentatonic lick in measures 111- 114 is partially muted throughout. I put the notation on the prominent notes and left the rest, listen to the recording and you'll hear what I'm talking about. - The subsequent lick is notated (yet again) as I play it, in a more linear hand position with a couple of wide stretches; they shouldn't give a problem with practice. String skippers can transpose this to the 17th position as it also falls under the hand quite easily up there! - The "guitar army" harmony solo is notated in it's entirety, live I play guitar III for the first time through and move up to the octave (gtr II) on the repeat while my partner stays on the low harmony (gtr IV) throughout. If you've got half a dozen buddies who play, give it a try, we did at a semi-drunken jam one night and it was pretty righteous.(might have just been the alcohol however ; ) - The end of the song features some feel based retard and accelerando manoevres that I frankly didn't feel it was necessary wasting the time on duplicating exactly. You'll figure it out with the drummer you're playing with as he's the one that "drives the boat" through this part anyways. Listen to the recording!! Have fun with this !!!!!!! Ron

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