Free - Be my friend

BE MY FRIEND As recorded by Free (From the 1970 Album HIGHWAY) Words and Music by Paul Rodgers & Andy Fraser Transcribed by Slowhand Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Paul Kossoff - Electric Guitar' Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Paul Kossoff - Electric Guitar' Intro Q=64 Bbm Db/Eb7suEb/Bb Bbm7 Eb/G 4/4 Gtr I a Q Q Q Q W a E. S S S S S S S S S S S e |---------------|-----------|------------------6---------------| |---------------|-^8--------|------------------6-------8--8--8-| |---6--6--6--6--|-^8--------|---6--6-6-------6---------8--8--8-| |-6h8--6--6--6--|-^8--------|-6h8--8-8p6-6-6-6---------8--8--8-| |---------8--6--|-^6--------|--------------------8s10-10-10-10-| |---------------|-^6--------|----------------------------------| 1st - 3rd Verses $ ~~~ S S E S S S S S S Q. |----------------------------------| |----------------------------------| |----------------------------------| |----------------------------------| |-11s13-13-13s11-11-11-11s13-13----| |-11s13-13-13s11-11-11-11s13-13----| 1. N.C. BbmBbmDb/Eb7suEb/Bb S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E Q Q Q Q W |------------------------------------------------------|-------------|--------|| |------------------------------------------------------|-------------|-^8----o|| |------------------------------------------------------|-6--6--6--6--|-^8-----|| |-13-(13)-13-13-13-(13)-------13-(13)----13-(13)-------|-8--6--6--6--|-^8-----|| |-13h=15--15-15-15h=16--16-16-16p=15-----15p=13--13----|-------8--6--|-^6----o|| |-------------------------------------16------------16-|-------------|-^6-----|| 2.,D.S. Chorus To Coda D.S. al Coda & Chorus BbmBbmDb/Eb7sus4Bbm Eb7 Q Q Q Q H Q e E +H Q E E |-------------||--------------|---------------| |-------------||o-------------|-----------6---| |-6--6--6--6--||--6----6--6-6-|-(6)----6--6-6-| |-8--6--6--6--||--8----8--8-6-|-(6)----6--6-5-| |-------8--6--||o-------------|-------------6-| |-------------||--------------|---------------| 1.,2. 2. | | Gtr II | W W 3x H S E +S S S +E |--------------|--------------||-------------------------------|| |--------------|-------------o||-------------------------------|| |--------------|--------------||----------8b10r(8)-6-8b10==(8)-|| |--------------|--------------||-------------------------------|| |--------------|-------------o||-------------------------------|| |--------------|--------------||-------------------------------|| Outro | | ~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~ | +H. E S +S S E. +H. |------------------------|----------------------------| |------------------------|----------------------------| |-(8)r---------8pb10r(8)p|==6--6b8==(6)r--------------| |------------------------|----------------------------| |------------------------|----------------------------| |------------------------|----------------------------| | | ~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ | E E +S +E. +Q +S S e W |--------------------------------|-----------| |--------------------------------|-----------| |-----8b10==(8)r(8)-(8)--(8)-6-5-|-----------| |--------------------------------|-8---------| |--------------------------------|-----------| |--------------------------------|-----------| | | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ | +W +W +W S S S S S E. S S S S S S S S |------------|--------------|-------------|-------------------------------| |------------|--------------|-------------|-------------------------------| |------------|--------------|-------------|---6p5----------6p5-------6p5--| |-(8)--------|-(8)----------|-(8)---------|-------8-6-8--------8-6-8------| |------------|--------------|-------------|-------------------------------| |------------|--------------|-------------|-------------------------------| | | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~ | W +E E Q S S S +S S S E |------------|--------------------------------| |------------|--------------------------------| |------------|--------------8-8pb10r(8)-6-8---| |-8----------|-(8)\-------------------------8-| |------------|--------------------------------| |------------|--------------------------------| | |~~~~~ ~~~ | +H S S S +S S S E +H. Q |-----------------------------|----------------| |-----------------------------|----------------| |---------8b10==8-8r(8)-6-8---|----------------| |-(8)-----------------------8-|-(8)------------| |-----------------------------|----------------| |-----------------------------|----------------| | | ~~~~~~ ~~ ~~~~~~ | |---3----| | S S +S +S S S E +E E +E S E. E S S +E S S S S S S S E. |-----------------------------------------|-------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------|-------------------------------| |-6-8b10==(8)r(8)p6-8-------8b10r(8)-6-8--|--8-6-8-(8)-6p5----8p6p5h=6p5--| |---------------------8-(8)---------------|-----------------x-------------| |-----------------------------------------|-------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------|-------------------------------| | | ~ ~ ~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~ | Q +S T T S S Q T T S S S E S S +E S S +S S S S +Q |-----------------------------|-------------------------------| |-----------------------------|-------------------------------| |--------6p5--------6p5-------|--6p5-6-(6)-5-6-(6)p5-6s8-(8)--| |-8--(8)-----8-6-8------8-6-8-|-------------------------------| |-----------------------------|-------------------------------| |-----------------------------|-------------------------------| | | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~ | S S Q. +Q. +E S S S S +Q +S S S S +Q |---------------------|----6-9-----------------6-9------------| |---------------------|---------------------------------------| |-6-8-----------------|--------8b10==(8)--(8)r-----8b10==(8)--| |-----8----(8)---(8)/-|---------------------------------------| |---------------------|---------------------------------------| |---------------------|---------------------------------------| | |~~~~~~ ~~~~~~ | +H S S S S S S S S S S S S +S S E +S S E +S T T E |-----------------------------|------------------------------------------| |-----------11-11p9---11-11p9-|----11-11p9-(9)---------------------------| |-(8)r------------------------|----------------10s8-(8)-6p5-(5)-5h6-5----| |-----------------------------|------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------|------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------|------------------------------------------| | | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | W +Q H +E S S |-----------|----------------------| |-----------|----------------------| |-----------|------/8------(8)s6s8-| |-8---------|-(8)------------------| |-----------|----------------------| |-----------|----------------------| | | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~ | H. Q +S S S S E S S +H |--------------|------------------------------| |----------11--|-(11)-9-11-11-11-9-11-(11)----| |--------------|------------------------------| |-8------------|------------------------------| |--------------|------------------------------| |--------------|------------------------------| Bbm Eb E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |------------------------------------|--------------------------------------| |-6---6---6-------------6------------|---8-----------------8-------8----8---| |-6---6---6-------------6------------|---8-----------------8-------8----8---| |-8---8---8-------------8------------|---8-----------------8-------8----8---| |------------------------------------|--10----------------10------10---10---| |-6---6---6-------------6------------|--------------------------------------| | | H E S S +E S S +S S S +S S E. E E Q |-----------16--------------16-------|------16------------------------------| |--------------16b18==(16)r----16b18-|-(16)----16b18r(16)-14-16p==14--------| |------------------------------------|--------------------------------------| |------------------------------------|--------------------------------------| |------------------------------------|--------------------------------------| |------------------------------------|--------------------------------------| Bbm E E E E E E E E |------------------------------------------| |-6--------6-----------6----------6--------| |-6--------6-----------6----------6--------| |-8--------8-----------8----------8--------| |------------------------------------------| |-6--------6-----------6----------6--------| | | E. S S S S S S S S S S S E |------------------------------------------| |------16-16s18-18-18s16-16-16p14---14p13--| |------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------| Eb Bbm E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |---------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------| |--8---------8--------8--------8--------------|---6----6-----6------------------6-------| |--8---------8--------8--------8--------------|---6----6-----6------------------6-------| |--8---------8--------8--------8--------------|---8----8-----8------------------8-------| |-10--------10-------10-------10--------------|-----------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------|---6----6-----6------------------6-------| | | ~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ | S E. +S S E E. S E S S +H +S S +S S Q |--------------------------16-------16--------|-----------------------------16----------| |-14-13----(13)-14------------16b18----16b18==|=(16)-------(16)r-16b18-(16)----16b18====| |---------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------| Eb E E E E E E E E |-------------------------------------------------*| |---8------8------------------8-------------8-----*| |---8------8------------------8-------------8-----*| |---8------8------------------8-------------8-----*| |--10-----10-----------------10------------10-----*| |-------------------------------------------------*| | |~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | +Q T +T E S S E. +Q |----------------------------16-16pb18====(16)r---*| |-(16)r---16b18r(16)-14---------------------------*| |-------------------------15----------------------*| |-------------------------------------------------*| |-------------------------------------------------*| |-------------------------------------------------*| Duration Legend --------------- W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura + - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration) Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi- bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low melody durations appear below the staff Tablature Legend ---------------- h - hammer-on p - pull-off b - bend pb - pre-bend r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately) /\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere") s - legato slide S - shift slide - natural harmonic [n] - artificial harmonic n(n) - tapped harmonic ~ - vibrato tr - trill T - tap TP - trem. picking PM - palm muting \n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip \n - tremolo bar down n/ - tremolo bar up /n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip = - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls <> - volume swell (louder/softer) x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash Misc Legend ----------- | - bar || - double bar ||o - repeat start o|| - repeat end *| - double bar (ending) : - bar (freetime) $ - Segno & - Coda Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths