BE MY FRIEND (Bassline)

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