Best Friend Tab by Rex Orange County

Best Friend tab by Rex Orange County

Guitar Tab

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

NOTE:
Alex O'conner plays the D9 and C#9 chord in this song.
If you have a hard time playing these chords you can change them to the D7sus2 and C#7sus2 chords.

     D9    C9    D7sus2  C#7sus2
e|---5-----4---|---5-------4----|
B|---5-----4---|---5-------4----|
G|---5-----4---|---5-------4----|
D|---4-----3---|---7-------6----|
A|---5-----4---|---5-------4----|
E|-------------|----------------|


Verse 1:
       F#     F#7    Bmaj7    G#m  C#9
e|-----2---------------2---------------|
B|-----2---------------4-------4---4---|
G|-----3-------3-------3-------4---4---|
D|-----4-------2-------4-------6---3---|
A|-----4-------4-------2-------6---4---|
E|-----2-------2---------------4-------|

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       F#     F#7    Bmaj7    G#m7 D9  C#9
e|-----2-------2-------2-------11--12--11---------|
B|-----2-------2-------4-------12--13--12---------|
G|-----3-------3-------3-------11--11--10---------|
D|-----4-------2-------4-------13--12--11---------|
A|-----4-------4-------2-------11-----------------|
E|-----2-------2----------------------------------|
                             |____________|
                               simplified

                              G#m7  D9  C#9
                         e|-----4---5---4---------|
                         B|-----4---5---4---------|
                         G|-----4---5---4---------|
                         D|-----4---4---3---------|
                         A|-----6---5---4---------|
                         E|-----4-----------------|

Verse 2:
       F#      A#    Bmaj7     Bm
e|-----2-------6-------2-------2-------|  x2
B|-----2-------6-------4-------3-------|
G|-----3-------7-------3-------4-------|
D|-----4-------8-------4-------4-------|
A|-----4-------8-------2-------2-------|
E|-----2-------6-----------------------|


Verse 3:
       F#     F#7    Bmaj7     Bm
e|-----2-------2-------2-------2-------|  x2
B|-----2-------2-------4-------3-------|
G|-----3-------3-------3-------4-------|
D|-----4-------2-------4-------4-------|
A|-----4-------4-------2-------2-------|
E|-----2-------2-----------------------|

       F#     F#7    Bmaj7   G#m7  C#7sus2
e|-----2-------2-------2-------4---4---|
B|-----2-------3-------4-------4---4---|
G|-----3-------4-------3-------4---4---|
D|-----4-------2-------4-------4---6---|
A|-----4-------4-------2-------6---4---|
E|-----2-------2---------------4-------|

       F#     F#7    Bmaj7   G#m7  D9 C#9
e|-----2-------2-------2-------4-----------|
B|-----2-------3-------4-------4---5---4---|
G|-----3-------4-------4-------4---5---4---|
D|-----4-------2-------4-------4---4---3---|
A|-----4-------4-------2-------6---5---4---|
E|-----2-------2---------------4-----------|


Chorus:
       F#     F#7    Bmaj7     Bm
e|-----2-------2-------2-------2-------|  x4
B|-----2-------2-------4-------3-------|
G|-----3-------3-------3-------4-------|
D|-----4-------2-------4-------4-------|
A|-----4-------4-------2-------2-------|
E|-----2-------2-----------------------|

       Bm      Bm      Bm      Bm
e|-----2-------2-------2-------2-------|
B|-----3-------3-------3-------3-------|
G|-----4-------4-------4-------4-------|
D|-----4-------4-------4-------4-------|
A|-----2-------2-------2-------2-------|
E|-------------------------------------|


Verse 4:
       F#      A#    Bmaj7     Bm
e|-----2-------6-------2-------2-------|
B|-----2-------6-------4-------3-------|
G|-----3-------7-------3-------4-------|
D|-----4-------8-------4-------4-------|
A|-----4-------8-------2-------2-------|
E|-----2-------6-----------------------|

       F#      A#    Bmaj7     Bm      F#
e|-----2-------6-------2-------2-------2-------|
B|-----2-------6-------4-------3-------2-------|
G|-----3-------7-------3-------4-------3-------|
D|-----4-------8-------4-------4-------4-------|
A|-----4-------8-------2-------2-------4-------|
E|-----2-------6-----------------------2-------|


Interlude:
       F#      A#    Bmaj7     Bm
e|-----2-------6-------2-------2-------|
B|-----2-------6-------4-------3-------|
G|-----3-------7-------3-------4-------|
D|-----4-------8-------4-------4-------|
A|-----4-------8-------2-------2-------|
E|-----2-------6-----------------------|

       F#      A#    Bmaj7     Bm      F#
e|-----2-------6-------2-------2-------2-------|
B|-----2-------6-------4-------3-------2-------|
G|-----3-------7-------3-------4-------3-------|
D|-----4-------8-------4-------4-------4-------|
A|-----4-------8-------2-------2-------4-------|
E|-----2-------6-----------------------2-------|


Outro:
       F#      A#      B7      Bm      F# or F#
e|-----2-------6-------7-------7-------9-----2-------|
B|-----2-------6-------7-------7-------11----2-------|
G|-----3-------7-------8-------7-------11----3-------|
D|-----4-------8-------7-------9-------11----4-------|
A|-----4-------8-------9-------9-------9-----4-------|
E|-----2-------6-------7-------7-------------2-------|

Last updated: September 10, 2025

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