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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--------|----------------------------------|

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Accuracy Rating: - Votes: -


  Bbm7                 Eb/G
  a E. S S S S S S S S  S  S  S  e
|------------------6---------------|
|------------------6-------8--8--8-|
|---6--6-6-------6---------8--8--8-|
|-6h8--8-8p6-6-6-6---------8--8--8-|
|--------------------8s10-10-10-10-|
|----------------------------------|


  Bbm7                 Eb/G          Bbm7                 Eb/G
  a E. S S S S S S S S  S  S  S  e   a E. S S S S S S S S  S  E  e
|------------------6---------------|------------------6--------------||
|------------------6-------8--8--8-|------------------6--------------||
|---6--6-6-------6---------8--8--8-|---6--6-6-------6---------8--8---||
|-6h8--8-8p6-6-6-6---------8--8--8-|-6h8--8-8p6-6-6-6---------8--8---||
|--------------------8s10-10-10-10-|--------------------8s10-10-10---||
|----------------------------------|---------------------------------||


   1st - 3rd Verses
    $
    Bbm7                 Eb/G       N.C.                      Bb5
    a E. S S S S S S S S  S  E  e    S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S S S Q.
||-------------------6------------|----------------------------------|
||o------------------6------------|----------------------------------|
||----6--6-6-------6---------8--8-|----------------------------------|
||--6h8--8-8p6-6-6-6---------8--8-|----------------------------------|
||o--------------------8s10-10-10-|-11s13-13-13-13s11----11S8-8-8----|
||--------------------------------|-11s13-13-13-13s11-11------6-6----|


  N.C.
   S   S   S  S  S   S   S  S  S   S   S  S   S   S  E
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-13-(13)-13-13-13-(13)-------13-(13)----13-(13)--------|
|-13h=15--15-15-15h=16--16-16-16p=15-----15p=13--13-----|
|-------------------------------------16------------16--|


                              ~~~
   S  S  E  S  S  S  S  S  S  Q.
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|-11s13-13-13s11-11-11-11s13-13----|
|-11s13-13-13s11-11-11-11s13-13----|


  Bbm7                 Eb/G          N.C.                      Bb5
  a E. S S S S S S S S  S  S  S  e    S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S S S Q.
|------------------6---------------|-----------------------------------|
|------------------6-------8--8--8-|-----------------------------------|
|---6--6-6-------6---------8--8--8-|-----------------------------------|
|-6h8--8-8p6-6-6-6---------8--8--8-|-----------------------------------|
|--------------------8s10-10-10-10-|-11s13-13-13-13s11----11S8-8-8-----|
|----------------------------------|-11s13-13-13-13s11-11------6-6-----|


                                                        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.
  N.C.                      Bb5
   S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S S S Q.
|----------------------------------||
|----------------------------------||
|----------------------------------||
|----------------------------------||
|-11s13-13-13-13s11----11S8-8-8----||
|-11s13-13-13-13s11-11------6-6----||


 Chorus
  Bbm                           Eb7         Gb5
  H    E. S e E   +H     E. S e E   +Q   Q  H
|---------------|-----------------|--------------|
|-6-------------|-----------------|--------------|
|-6----6--6-6-6-|-(6)----6--6-6-6-|-(6)--6--6----|
|-8----8--8-8-6-|-(6)----6--6-6-5-|-(5)--5--4----|
|---------------|---------------6-|-(6)--6-------|
|---------------|-----------------|--------------|


  N.C.
   S  S  S  S  Q   Q   +S   S  e
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|-11s13-13-13-13--11--(11)-11-11-|
|-11s13-13-13-13--11--(11)-11-11-|


                                       To Coda
  Bbm                           Eb7         Gb5
  H    E. S e E   +H     E. S e E   +Q   Q  H
|---------------|-----------------|--------------|
|-6-------------|-----------------|--------------|
|-6----6--6-6-6-|-(6)----6--6-6-6-|-(6)--6--6----|
|-8----8--8-8-6-|-(6)----6--6-6-5-|-(5)--5--4----|
|---------------|---------------6-|-(6)--6-------|
|---------------|-----------------|--------------|


  Bbm7                 Eb/G
  a E. S S S S S S S S  S  S  S  e
|------------------6---------------|
|------------------6-------8--8--8-|
|---6--6-6-------6---------8--8--8-|
|-6h8--8-8p6-6-6-6---------8--8--8-|
|--------------------8s10-10-10-10-|
|----------------------------------|


  Bbm7                 Eb/G          Bbm7                 Eb/G
  a E. S S S S S S S S  S  S  S  e   a E. S S S S S S S S  S  S  S  e
|------------------6---------------|------------------6----------------|
|------------------6-------8--8--8-|------------------6-------8--8--8--|
|---6--6-6-------6---------8--8--8-|---6--6-6-------6---------8--8--8--|
|-6h8--8-8p6-6-6-6---------8--8--8-|-6h8--8-8p6-6-6-6---------8--8--8--|
|--------------------8s10-10-10-10-|--------------------8s10-10-10-10--|
|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|


                       D.S. al Coda &
  Bbm7                 Eb/G
  a E. S S S S S S S S  S  S  S  e
|------------------6----------------||
|------------------6-------8--8--8--||
|---6--6-6-------6---------8--8--8--||
|-6h8--8-8p6-6-6-6---------8--8--8--||
|--------------------8s10-10-10-10--||
|-----------------------------------||


                 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.
         Gb5       Bbm  Ab         Bbm  Ab
  +H     Q  Q    a H    H     3x a H    H
|--------------|--------------||-------------------------------||
|--------------|-------------o||-------------------------------||
|-(6)----6--6--|---6----5-----||---6----5----------------------||
|-(5)----4--4--|-6h8----6-----||-6h8----6----------------------||
|-(6)----------|-------------o||-------------------------------||
|--------------|--------------||-------------------------------||
|
|                                Gtr II
|  W               W          3x   H    S E    +S  S S     +E
|--------------|--------------||-------------------------------||
|--------------|-------------o||-------------------------------||
|--------------|--------------||----------8b10r(8)-6-8b10==(8)-||
|--------------|--------------||-------------------------------||
|--------------|-------------o||-------------------------------||
|--------------|--------------||-------------------------------||


 Outro
  Bbm          Bbm/Ab                               Eb7
   H      Q  E E           +Q        Q    S S S S e E
|------------------------|----------------------------|
|--6------6--6-6---------|-(6)-------6----6-6-6-6-6---|
|--6------6--6-6---------|-(6)-------6----6-6-6-6-6-6-|
|--8------8--8-6---------|-(6)-------6----6-6-6-6-6-5-|
|------------------------|--------------------------6-|
|------------------------|----------------------------|
|
|  ~~~~                        ~~~~~~~~~~
| +H.        E S     +S     S  E.   +H.
|------------------------|----------------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------------|
|-(8)r---------8pb10r(8)p|==6--6b8==(6)r--------------|
|------------------------|----------------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------------|


                    Gb5            Bbm  Ab
  +H                 H             H    H
|--------------------------------|-----------|
|--------------------------------|-6---------|
|-(6)----------------6-----------|-6----5----|
|-(5)----------------4-----------|-8----6----|
|-(6)----------------------------|-----------|
|--------------------------------|-----------|
|
|                ~~~~~~~~~~~~      ~
|  E  E     +S  +E. +Q   +S  S e   W
|--------------------------------|-----------|
|--------------------------------|-----------|
|-----8b10==(8)r(8)-(8)--(8)-6-5-|-----------|
|--------------------------------|-8---------|
|--------------------------------|-----------|
|--------------------------------|-----------|


  Bbm          Bbm/Ab         Eb7    Gb5    Bbm
   W            H.      e E    H     H      W
|------------|--------------|-------------|-------------------------------|
|--6---------|--6-------6---|-------------|-6-----------------------------|
|--6---------|--6-------6---|--6-----6----|-6-----------------------------|
|--8---------|--6-------6---|--5-----4----|-8-----------------------------|
|------------|--------------|--6----------|-------------------------------|
|------------|--------------|-------------|-6-----------------------------|
|
|  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~                    ~~
| +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------|
|------------|--------------|-------------|-------------------------------|
|------------|--------------|-------------|-------------------------------|


               Eb
  H    Q  Q     H         H
|------------|--------------------------------|
|-6----6--6--|--8---------8-------------------|
|-6----6--6--|--8---------8-------------------|
|-8----8--8--|--8---------8-------------------|
|------------|-10--------10-------------------|
|-6----6--6--|--------------------------------|
|
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~                        ~~~
| W            +E   E Q   S S S     +S  S S E
|------------|--------------------------------|
|------------|--------------------------------|
|------------|--------------8-8pb10r(8)-6-8---|
|-8----------|-(8)\-------------------------8-|
|------------|--------------------------------|
|------------|--------------------------------|


  Bbm                           Eb
   Q   Q  Q             Q        H      H
|-----------------------------|----------------|
|--6---6--6-------------6-----|--8------8------|
|--6---6--6-------------6-----|--8------8------|
|--8---8--8-------------8-----|--8------8------|
|-----------------------------|-10-----10------|
|--6---6--6-------------6-----|----------------|
|
|~~~~~                           ~~~
| +H      S     S S +S  S S E   +H.        Q
|-----------------------------|----------------|
|-----------------------------|----------------|
|---------8b10==8-8r(8)-6-8---|----------------|
|-(8)-----------------------8-|-(8)------------|
|-----------------------------|----------------|
|-----------------------------|----------------|


  Bbm                                       Eb
  Q               Q      Q           Q       Q      Q       Q        Q
|-----------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-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----|-------------------------------|
|
|                     ~~~~~~                 ~~  ~~~~~~
|                        |---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-------------|
|-----------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|-------------------------------|


  Bbm                           Eb
  Q   Q          Q  Q            H              H
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-6---6----------6--6---------|--8--------------8-------------|
|-6---6----------6--6---------|--8--------------8-------------|
|-8---8----------8--8---------|--8--------------8-------------|
|-----------------------------|-10-------------10-------------|
|-6---6----------6--6---------|-------------------------------|
|
| ~              ~                   ~~~~~~  ~~~~~~~   ~~~~~~
| 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-|-------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|


  Bbm                   Eb
  H         H            H                 H
|---------------------|---------------------------------------|
|-6---------6---------|--8-----------------8------------------|
|-6---------6---------|--8-----------------8------------------|
|-8---------8---------|--8-----------------8------------------|
|---------------------|-10----------------10------------------|
|-6---------6---------|---------------------------------------|
|
|     ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~         ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~    ~~~~~~~~~~~~
| 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)/-|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------------------------|


  Bbm                           Eb
   H      H                      H                   H
|-----------------------------|------------------------------------------|
|--6------6-------------------|--8-------------------8-------------------|
|--6------6-------------------|--8-------------------8-------------------|
|--8------8-------------------|--8-------------------8-------------------|
|-----------------------------|-10------------------10-------------------|
|--6------6-------------------|------------------------------------------|
|
|~~~~~~                                           ~~~~~~
| +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----|
|-----------------------------|------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------------------------|


  Bbm         Eb
  H    H       H        H
|-----------|----------------------|
|-6----6----|--8--------8----------|
|-6----6----|--8--------8----------|
|-8----8----|--8--------8----------|
|-----------|-10-------10----------|
|-6----6----|----------------------|
|
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| W           +Q    H      +E  S S
|-----------|----------------------|
|-----------|----------------------|
|-----------|------/8------(8)s6s8-|
|-8---------|-(8)------------------|
|-----------|----------------------|
|-----------|----------------------|


  Bbm            Eb
  H     H          H                    H
|--------------|------------------------------|
|-6-----6------|---8--------------------8-----|
|-6-----6------|---8--------------------8-----|
|-8-----8------|---8--------------------8-----|
|--------------|--10-------------------10-----|
|-6-----6------|------------------------------|
|
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~              ~~~~~~~
| 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

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