Friends will be Friends
Queen
A Kind of Magic (1986)
Written by Freddie Mercury and John Deacon
Guitar by Brian May
Tabbed by Fernandpaul

(Chords at the bottom)

Q=75




p: pull off
h: hammer on
/: slide
b: bend
r: release bend







Intro

There's 1 main guitar at the intro, and another guitar for chords.


Guitar 1:
e||--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
B||12------12p11h12----|10p9h10-------9h10--|--------------------|--------------------|
G||--------------------|--------------------|12p11h12------11h12-|10p9h10-------9h10--|
D||--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
A||--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
E||--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|

|||--------------------|--------12---12h13--|----12--------------|
|||--------------------|-----13-------------|----------15p13h15--|
|||9-------------------|-12-----------------|--------------------|
|||-----12----11/14----|--------------------|--------------------|
|||--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
|||--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|


Chords at Intro (Guitar 2)

|-G-|-B7-|-Em-|-G7-|-C-|-F-|



Verse 1; (The "G" of the verse starts with the last 15 of the intro)


   G (320003@1)                  D/F# (200232@1)         
   Another Red letter day

           Em (022000@1)                        Bm (x24432@1)          G7 (320001@1)  So the Pound has dropped, and the children are creating

   C (x32010@1)                 Am (x02210@1)  The Other half ran away

           D (xx0232@1)                      D7 (xx0212@1)  Taking all the cash and leaving you with the lumber

   G (320003@1)                   B7 (x21202@1)                 Em (022000@1)                    G7 (320001@1)  Got a pain in the chest, doctor's on strike, what you need is a rest

            Am (x02210@1)                     D7 (xx0212@1)  It's not easy love, but you got friends you can trust




Chorus:


   C (x32010@1)                  A/C# (042220@1)  Friends Will be Friends

                  G/Gb (320002@1)                       Em (022000@1)  When you're in need of love, they give you care and attention

   D (xx0232@1)                 D#?
   Friends will be Friends

                  Em (022000@1)                    Em/D#
   When you're through with life and all hope is lost

        Em/D (010000@1)  Hold out your hand

        Em/C# (042000@1)               C (x32010@1)  D (xx0232@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D
   Cos' friends will be friends...     Right till the end



Pre-verse (It' very alike the intro, I'm tabbing it anyway)


Guitar 1:
e||--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
B||12------12p11h12----|10p9h10----10p9h10--|--------------------|--------------------|
G||--------------------|--------------------|12p11h12---12p11h12-|-10p9h10----12b14---|
D||--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
A||--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
E||--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|

|||--------------------|--------------------|--------12---12h13--|----12--------------|
|||--------------------|--------------------|-----13-------------|----------15p13h15--|
|||--12b14r-12--10--9--|--------------------|-12-----------------|--------------------|
|||--------------------|--12-------10-------|--------------------|--------------------|
|||--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
|||--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|


Chords at Pre-verse (Guitar 2)

|-G-|-B7-|-Em-|-G7-|-C-|-C-|-F-|



Verse 2; (The same chords of the 1st Verse)
         (The "G" of the verse starts with the last 15 of the pre-verse)


   
   Now It's A Beautiful Day
   
   The Postman delivered a letter from your lover

   Only one phone call away

   You try to track him down but somebody stole his numer

   As a matter of fact, you're getting used to life, without him in your way

   It's so easy now, Cos' you've got friends you can trust



Chorus (You repeat the chorus but is the same in chords and lyrics)



   Friends Will be Friends

   When You're in need of love they give you care and attention

   Friends will be friends

   When you're through with life and all hope is lost

   Hold out your hand

   Cos' friends will be friends...   Right till the end



Pre-Solo


Guitar 1; (The First riff starts with the "end"(word) of the chorus


|||-3--3-3-3--1--1-1-1-|--------------------|-3--3-3-3--1--1-1-1-|--------------------|
|||-0--0-0-0--1--1-1-1-|----5-------3-------|-0--0-0-0--1--1-1-1-|-5h6-5-------3h4-3--|
|||-0--0-0-0--2--2-2-2-|------5-------3-----|-0--0-0-0--2--2-2-2-|-5---5---7-5-3---3--|
|||-0--0-0-0--3--3-3-3-|-3/5----5/3--------3|-0--0-0-0--3--3-3-3-|-5h7-5-------3h5-3--|
|||-----------3--3-3-3-|--------------------|-----------3--3-3-3-|--------------------|
|||-3--3-3-3--1--1-1-1-|--------------------|-3--1-1-1--1--1-1-1-|--------------------|

Guitar 2

|-G-F-|-C-Bb-|-G-F-|-C-Bb-|



Solo

(The chords on Guitar II are the same of the verses, I'm tabbing it anyway)


           (G)                  (D/F#)               (Em)             (Bm)   (G7)
|||--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
|||--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|-----15-17----------|
|||--------------------|----7-9b11-7------9-|11-12--11-12-14--12-|14-16------16--14-12|
|||------------5-----7-|-9------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
|||---5h7--7-----------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
|||--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|


           (C)                   (Am)                 (D)               (D7)
|||---------------12---|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
|||--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
|||---------12-14------|14b16r-14--12h14p12-|11-11h12p11--9--9h11|p9--7---7h9p7-------|
|||-14-----------------|--------------------|--------------------|---------------10-9-|
|||--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
|||--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|


           (G)                   (B7)                 (Em)              (G7)
|||--------------------|--------------------|-------------12-----|-----10-8-7---------|
|||---8--10b12-----b10r|---10-8-10---10b12--|-10-8-7-8-----------|-----------10-8-----|
|||7-------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
|||--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
|||--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
|||--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|


           Am (x02210@1)                     D7 (xx0212@1)  It's so easy now, Cos' you've got friends you can trust



Chorus (You repeat the chorus Twice)



   Friends Will be Friends

   When You're in need of love they give you care and attention

   Friends will be friends

   When you're through with life and all hope is lost

   Hold out your hand

   Cos' friends will be friends...   Right till the end


Outro


|||-3-----3-----1------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
|||-0-----0-----1------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
|||-0-----0-----2------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
|||-0-----0-----3------|---------9------5---|---------9----7p5h7-|-----9----9-7-5-----|
||--------------3------|---5--7------------5|--5h7---------------|-5------------------|
|||-3-----3-----1------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|


|||--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
|||--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
|||-------7--9---------|--7h9--11---12v-----|-11p12h11p12h11--9/-|--------------------|
|||--7/9---------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
|||--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
|||--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|



(Keyboard Ending)




CHORDS

        Am (x02210@1)              A/C# (042220@1)              B7 (x21202@1)              Bb (x1333x@1)  X X 2 2 1 0       X 4 2 2 2 X         X 2 1 2 0 2       X 1 3 3 3 X

        Bm (x24432@1)              C (x32010@1)                 D (xx0232@1)               D7 (xx0212@1)  X 2 4 4 3 2       X 3 2 0 1 0         X X 0 2 3 2       X X 0 2 1 2

        D#?               D/F# (200232@1)              Em (022000@1)              Em/C# (042000@1)  X X 1 2 1 2       2 X 0 2 3 2         0 2 2 0 0 0       X 4 X 0 0 0

        Em/D (010000@1)            Em/D#               F (133211@1)                G (320003@1)  X X 0 0 0 0       X X 1 0 0 0         1 3 3 2 1 1       3 2 0 0 0 3

        G7 (320001@1)              G/Gb (320002@1)  3 2 0 0 0 1       X X 0 4 3 3


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