friend of mine
View chords used in this chart
Intro/Fig. 1
e|----------------------------------------------------------||
B|----------------------------------------------------------||
G|--------10-10--12--10--8--8--0--5-5-5-5--0----------------||
D|--3-----10-10--12--10--8--8--0--5-5-5-5--0----------------||
A|--3------8--8--10---8--6--6--0--3-3-3-3--0----------------||
E|--1-------------------------------------------------------||
^
fade in
Fig. 2A
(rhythm) (lead - slide approx. from these frets)
e|-----|-----||---------------------------------------------||
B|-----|-----||---------------------------------------------||
G|-----|--3--||--8/12\8/12\8/12\8/12\8\6/10\6/10\6/10\6/10\-||
D|--3--|--3--||---------------------------------------------||
A|--3--|--1--||---------------------------------------------||
E|--1--|-----||---------------------------------------------||
Fig. 3 last time
e|-------------------------|-----------||
B|-------------------------|-----------||
G|-2-----3-----------5-----|--3-----5--||
D|-2-----3-----3-----5-----|--3-----5--||
A|-0-----1-----3-----3-----|--1-----3--||
E|-------------1-----------|-----------||
let ring................
Chorus/Fig. 4
e|----------------------------------------------||
B|----------------------------------------------||
G|-------------5--5--5-5--3--3--3-3--5--5--5-5--||
D|--3--3--3-3--5--5--5-5--3--3--3-3--5--5--5-5--||
A|--3--3--3-3--3--3--3-3--1--1--1-1--3--3--3-3--||
E|--1--1--1-1-----------------------------------||
Play Fig. 1
Fig. 2B
e|-----|-----|--------||
B|-----|-----|--------||
G|-----|--3--|--3--5--||
D|--3--|--3--|--3--5--||
A|--3--|--1--|--1--3--||
E|--1--|-----|--------||
last time
Play Fig. 4
SOLO (chords)
Play Fig. 1 then:
e|---------------------------------||
B|---------------------------------||
G|--8---3-------5---8---5---3---5--||
D|--8---3---3---5---8---5---3---5--||
A|--6---1---3---3---6---3---1---3--||
E|----------1----------------------||
SOLO (lead)
3X full bend
e|----------------|------------|----------------------------||
B|----------------|-----------o|---^^^---------------\10-8--||
G|--\10-10-10-10--|--9-9-9-9---|--10-(10)--8-10-7-10--------||
D|----------------|------------|----------------------------||
A|----------------|-----------o|----------------------------||
E|----------------|------------|----------------------------||
(repeat)
e|----------------------------------------------------------||
B|----------8-------^^^------------8--10-------10-----------||
G|--10-9h10---10-9-10-(10)--8-9-10-------10-------10--------||
D|------------------------------------------10-------10-----||
A|----------------------------------------------------------||
E|----------------------------------------------------------||
let ring..............
Outro
Chords: Fig. 4 fade out
Lead:
e|----------------------------------|---------8~~~~~--8~~~~~--||
B|--10~~~~~-8~~~~~-11~~~~~-8~~~~~--o|--10~~~~~-------10~~~~~--||
G|----------------------------------|-------------------------||
D|----------------------------------|-------------------------||
A|---------------------------------o|-------------------------||
E|----------------------------------|-------------------------||
rapid picking (not vibrato)
Mike Carignan <carignae@cadvision.com>
http://www.cadvision.com/carignae/guitar.html
How to play friend of mine
Use the controls above to change the key and text size. Follow the highlighted chords while listening, then practice each section slowly before playing at the original tempo.
What is the starting chord?
The first identified chord is B. You can transpose without leaving the page.
Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?
Yes. The chord progression works on acoustic guitar, electric guitar and keyboard. Adapt the voicings to your instrument and level.