fresh tabs top tabs lessons submit videos
S Free

Be My Friend tab

Free

tools GoTabs

Start AutoScroll Font Size Down Font Size Up

Find us on Facebook

chords
tabs
bass ukulele keyboards
drums
flute
harmonica
guitar pro
video
GoTabs

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


  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
x
less
plus
Add to Songbook Print Version How to play lesson Submit videolesson
Click the best TAGS for this song:
None of them
Contributor: Anonymous Correct

If you can not find the chords or tabs you want, look at our partner E-chords. If you are a premium member, you have total access to our video lessons.

If you find a wrong Bad To Me from Free, click the correct button above.

login/signup
my songbooks
my recent views
my submits