WWW.AZCHORDS.COM | Queen - You're My Best Friend Bass | Ver. 1
"Tablature for Electric Bass
Tuning: Standard
I think this is pretty close to the original track, but due to the fact that the bass is
low in the mix it would be quite hard to get everything perfect.
Bass enters at ~0:09
Verse
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This is essentially two phrases with slight variations, you can do them as hammer-ons if
wish.
(Ooo, you make me live.....)
|----------------------5---------|----------------------7-8-9-----|
|----------------5-7-----7-5-----|----------------------------5-7-|
|3-------------------------------|3-------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|5---------------------5---------|----------------------7-8-9-----|
|----------------5-7-----7-5-----|----------------------------5-7-|
|--------------------------------|3-------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
(It's you......)
|5-------------------------------|----------------------7-8-9-----|
|------------------7-----5-------|----------------------------5-7-|
|--------------------------------|3-------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|----------------------5---------|----------------------7-8-9-----|
|----------------5-7-----7-5-----|----------------------------5-7-|
|3-------------------------------|3-------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|5---------------------5---------|
|----------------5-7-----7-5-----|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
Chorus
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|----------------------5---4-----|2-----------------------4---5---|
|--------2-------5---------------|--------------------------------|
|3-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
(That I ever had....)
|7-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|------------------------17----16|15--------------17\-------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
(I've been with you../You know...) **Second time play phrase below**
|----------------------5---4-----|2-----------------------4---5---|
|--------2-------5---------------|--------------------------------|
|3-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
(Want you to know...)
|7-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|------------------------17----16|15--------------17--------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
(I really love you...)
|------------------------17------|16------16----------------------|
|18--------------19--------------|----17-----15~------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
2/4 bar
(You're my...)
|--------------------------------|-------------------17-14--------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------17----|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|13------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|15~-----------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
Bridge
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(Ooo, you make me live.....)
|----------------------5---------|
|----------------5-7-----7-5-----|
|3-------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|----------------6-------6-------|7-------7-------8-------8-------|
|3-------3-----------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------5/------10------10------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------10------10--|--------------------------------|
|8-------------------------------|8-------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
(Rain or shine....)
|12------12--11--10--9-------9---|--------5---7-------------7-5---|
|----12------------------9-----9-|7---9-------------------------7-|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------12--12------|------------------------------5-|
|5---------------------------5---|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
(Best Friend...)
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|3-------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
Repeat Verse - There are slight variations in this verse which will not be tabbed
Repeat Chorus - First phrase is the same, see below for second phrase
Second Chorus - Second phrase
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|------------------------5---4---|2-----2-----4---5-------7-----9-|
|--------2-------5---------------|--------------------------------|
|3-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
(Love the things...)
|----------11----12--13--14------|--------------------------------|
|12----12------------------------|15--------------17--------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
(..the things that you do...)
|--------------------------------|----------------------17--14----|
|18------18--19~-----------------|17--------------15--------------|
|----19--------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
(...Friend)
|------------------------17-14---|--------------------------------|
|------------------------------17|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|15~-----------------------------|
|13------------------------------|--------------------------------|
Repeat Bridge for guitar solo - Slight variation in rhythm at ~2:10
Outro - from the end of the Guitar solo
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**These scalic bits are really fast**
(Best Friend...) (This is 10, 12, 13, 14, 15)
|--------------------------------|------------7-8-9---------------|
|--------------------------------|------------------10121312131415|
|3-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|10------10------10--------------|
|--------------------------------|----------------------------7---|
|--------------------------------|--------------------8---9-------|
(This is 10, 12, 13, 10, 12, 10)
|--------------------------------|--------------7-8-9-------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------10121310----|
|8-------------------------------|----------------------------1210|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|------------------------9-------|10----------------------9-------|
|----------------10--------------|------------10------------------|
|8-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------4---------5-------|------------4-----------5-------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|3-------------------------------|3-------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|------------------------7-------|
|----------9-------10----------9-|--------2-------5---------------|
|10----------------------10------|3-------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|9~------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
"