Free – Be My Friend (Bass Tab)
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1.0x
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) - 'Andy Fraser - Bass'
Intro
Q=64
4/4
Gtr I
Wx6
|--------||
|--------||
|--------||
|--------||
Wx7 Q Q Q Q W
|------------|-3--1--------|------||
|------------|-------3--1--|-1----||
|------------|-------------|------||
|------------|-------------|------||
2nd & 3rd Verses
$
Q Q E Q E Q Q E E E E Q E. S S E S E E Q Q E E E E
|--------------|---------------|-------------------|---------------|
|--------------|---------------|---------6---------|-----------3---|
|-1------------|-1---------1---|-------6-----6-----|-1-------------|
|-------1-1----|-------1-------|-4-------------4---|-------1-------|
Q Q E Q E Q Q E E E E Q E. E S S S S S E Q. E. S E S S E
|--------------|---------------|---------------------|-------------------||
|--------------|---------------|---------6-----------|-------------------||
|-1------------|-1---------1---|-------6---6---------|-1-----------------||
|-------1-1----|-------1-------|-4-------------0-1---|---------1-1-1-1---||
Chorus
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S E +Q S S E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------3-(3)------3--|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------3----------3----|
|-1---1---1---1---|-----------------|-----------------|-1---1-----------------|
|-----------------|-4---4---4---4---|-3---3---2---2---|-----------------------|
To Coda
E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S S S E E E E E Q. E Q E. S E Q E
|-----------------|---------------------|-----------------|----------------|
|-----------------|---------------------|-----------------|----------------|
|-1---1---1---1---|---------------------|-----------------|-1--------------|
|-----------------|-4---4---4---4---1-2-|-3---3---2-------|-------x-1-1----|
D.S. al Coda &
Q Q E Q E Q E. S E Q E Q Q E Q E Q Q Q Q
|--------------|----------------|---------------||-3--1-----1--||
|--------------|----------------|---------------||-------3-----||
|-1------------|-1--------------|-1-------------||-------------||
|-------1-1----|-------x-1-1----|-------1-1-----||-------------||
Chorus
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-1---1---1---1---|-----------------|
|-----------------|-4---4---4---4---|
E E E E E E E E E S S S S E S S S S S S E
|-----------------|-----------3---1---1-------|
|-----------------|---------3-----------3-3---|
|-----------------|-1---1---------------------|
|-3---3---2---2---|-------------------------4-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E S S S S S S E
|-----------------|---------6-------------|
|-----------------|-----------8-----------|
|-1---1---1---1---|-------------8---------|
|-----------------|-4---4---------6---1-3-|
E E E E E E E E E S S S S E S S S S S S E
|-----------------|-----------3---1---1---------|
|-----------------|---------3-----------3-3-----|
|-----------------|-1---1-----------------------|
|-3---3---2---2---|-------------------------4---|
E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S Q Q
|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
|-1---1---1-------1-|-----------------|-----------------|-1---1---1--------||
|-------------1-3---|-4---4---4---4---|-3---3---2---2---|--------------1---||
Outro
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-1---1---1---1---|-----------------|
|-----------------|-4---4---4-4-4-3-|
+E E E E E E E E Q S S E S S S S S S E
|-------------------|--------3---1---1-----3--|
|-------------------|------3-------------3----|
|-------------------|-1-----------------------|
|-(3)---3---2---2---|-------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-1---1---1---1---|-----------------|
|-----------------|-4---4---4---4---|
E E E E E E E E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E
|-----------------|-------------3---1---1-----3--|
|-----------------|-----------3-------------3----|
|-----------------|---1---1----------------------|
|-3---3---2---2---|------------------------------|
Q S S E E E S S E Q S S E Q S S E
|--------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|
|-1------1-1-------1-|--------1--------1-|
|----1-4-------1-4---|----1-4------1-4---|
Q S S E Q S S E Q S S E E E S S E
|-------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------|----------------------|
|--------1--------1-|--------1---1-----1---|
|----1-4------1-4---|----1-4-------1-4-----|
Q S S E Q S S E Q S S E Q S S E
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|--------1--------1-|--------1--------1-|
|----1-4------1-4---|----1-4------1-4---|
Q S S E Q S S E Q S S E S S S S S S E
|-------------------|------------1---1---1-1-|
|-------------------|------------------------|
|--------1--------1-|--------1---------------|
|----1-4------1-4---|----1-4-----------------|
E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E S S E
|-----------------3-|-3---3---3---3-----|
|---------------3---|---------------4-3-|
|-1-------1---1-----|-------------------|
|-----1-------------|-------------------|
E E S S E Q S S E Q S S E S S S S S S E
|--------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------------|
|-1-------1--------1-|--------1---1-1-----------|
|-----1-4------1-4---|----1-4---------4---4-1---|
E E S S E E E S S E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E
|---------------------|-----------3-3-------------3-|
|---------------------|---3-4-----------3-3-3---4---|
|-1-------1---1-----1-|-----------------------------|
|-----1-4-------1-4---|-----------------------------|
E E S S E Q S S E E S S E S S S S S S S S S S
|--------------------|-------------------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------------------|
|-1-------1--------1-|-------1---1---------1---------|
|-----1-4------1-4---|---1-4---------4-1-4---4-1-4---|
E E S S E Q S S E Q S S E Q S S E Q S S E Q S S E
|--------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-1-------1--------1-|--------1--------1-|--------1--------1-|
|-----1-4------1-4---|----1-4------1-4---|----1-4------1-4---|
Q S S E Q S S E E E E E S S E E E E E E E S S E S S E
|-------------------|---------------3---|-3---3---3-1-------3--*|
|-------------------|-------------3-----|-------------3---3----*|
|--------1--------1-|-1-------1-4-------|----------------------*|
|----1-4------1-4---|-----1-------------|----------------------*|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
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| - 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