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I Wanna Be Your Friend

Mourning Widows
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I WANNA BE YOUR FRIEND *** (transcription by Antonio)29/05/01

Mourning Widows -- Mourning Widows

Music- N. Bettencourt (I?m not sure)

Lyrics- N. Bettencourt (I?m not sure)

TUNE GUITAR DOWN 1/2 STEP (Eb) Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb

VERSE

PM. PM. PM.

|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-/6-------------6--6------------6--6------------6---------------------|
|-/7-------------7--7------------7--7------------7---10-10-10-10--5----|
|-------7--5-------------7--5------------7--5--------8--8--8--8---3----|

Let me be your friend be your friend be your friend

PM. PM. PM. PM.

|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-6-6------------6--6------------6--6------------6---------------------|
|-7-7------------7--7------------7--7------------7---10-10-10-10--5----|
|-------7--5-------------7--5------------7--5--------8--8--8--8---3----|

I wanna be your friend can I please be your friend

PM. PM. PM.

|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---6------------6--6------------6--6------------6----------------12---|
|---7------------7--7------------7--7------------7---10-10-10-10--10---|
|XX-----7--5-------------7--5------------7--5--------8--8--8--8--------|

I promise not to drool on your date when we hang

PM. PM. PM.

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|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---6------------6--6------------6--6------------6--------10-10-10-----|
|---7------------7--7------------7--7------------7--------10-10-10-----|
|0------7--5-------------7--5------------7--5---------7---8--8--8---\--|

Ijust gotta beur friend can I please be your friend

CHORUS

(Ok, I?m not so good at transcribing chords so it might be wrong)-(Muted

strings are writen not exactly,just to give an idea; hear the song)

|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------6-6-------10-10-----------|
|-6-XXX-6/7-7-X-X-6-6-X-X-X-X---6/7-7-XX-X---5-5-X-X-X-10-10--X-X-X-X--|
|-5-XXX-5-5-5-X-X-5-5-X-X-X-X---5-5-5-XX-X---4-4-X-X-X-10-10--X-X-X-X--|
|-5-XXX-5-5-5-X-X-5-5-X-X-X-X---5-5-5-XX-X---5-5-X-X-X-8--8---X-X-X-X--|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|

Hey you I beg you not to laugh cause I despise

|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------6-6-------10-10-----|
|--6-6-X-X-X-6/7-7-X-X--6-6-6-X-X-X-X-6/7-7-X-X-X--5-5-X-X-X-10-10-X-X-|
|--5-5-X-X-X-5-5-5-X-X--5-5-5-X-X-X-X-5-5-5-X-X-X--4-4-X-X-X-10-10-X-X-|
|--5-5-X-X-X-5-5-5-X-X--5-5-5-X-X-X-X-5-5-5-X-X-X--5-5-X-X-X-8--8--X-X-|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|

myself I need somebody else to tell me that I?m

|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------6-5--------------------------------6-6-X-X-X-10-10-10-10-|
|--6-6-XX-X-6/7-7----7-7--6-7---6-7---6-7-4-X-X-X----5-5-X-X-X-10-10X10-10-|
|--5-6-XX-X-5-5-5---------5-5-5-5---5-5-5---X-X-X----4-4-X-X-X-10-10X10-10-|
|--5-5-XX-X-5-5-5---------5-5---5---5-5-5---X-X-X----5-5-X-X-X-8--8-X8--8--|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|

stu -pid or maybe even cool I?ll leave it up to y--

BRIDGE

|-------0------0-1---------------------0-----0-1-----------------------|
|---3-3----3-3---------3-----------3-3---3-3---------------------------|
|-3----------3-------------3-----1---------1---------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|

-ou Trouble with your bills I'll lend you all my

|--------0-----0-1-------------------------0-----0-2-------------------|
|----3-3---3-3--------3----------------4-4---4--------4----------------|
|--3---------3--------------3------3/4---------4--------4--------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|

cash And you won't even have to pay me back

VERSE II

PM. PM. PM.

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|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-/6-------------6--6------------6--6------------6---------------------|
|-/7-------------7--7------------7--7------------7---10-10-10-10--5----|
|-------7--5-------------7--5------------7--5--------8--8--8--8---3----|

Let me be your friend be your friend be your friend

PM. PM. PM. PM.

|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-6-6------------6--6------------6--6------------6----------------12---|
|-7-7------------7--7------------7--7------------7---10-10-10-10--10---|
|-------7--5-------------7--5------------7--5--------8--8--8--8--------|

I wanna be your friend can I please be your friend

PM. PM. PM.

|------------------------------------------------------------------------|(hear

|------------------------------------------------------------------------| this

|------------------------------------------------------------------------|part,

|--6------------6--6------------6--6------------6------------------------|guitar
|--7---7--------7--7---7--------7--7-6-7--------7----10-10-10-10--12-----|makes
|XX--7--7--5---------7---7--5------------7--5--------8--8--8--8---10-----|another

Cops chase u down you can hide in my house thing)

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|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--6------------6--6------------6--6------------6-------------12-12-12-|
|--7---7--------7--7---7--------7--7-6-7--------7----10-10-10-12-12-12-|
|XX--7--7--5---------7---7--5------------7--5--------8--8--8--10-10-10-|

justwannabyour friend Let me please be your friend

CHORUS II

|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------6-6-------10-10-----------|
|-6-XXX-6/7-7-X-X-6-6-X-X-X-X---6/7-7-XX-X---5-5-X-X-X-10-10--X-X-X-X--|
|-5-XXX-5-5-5-X-X-5-5-X-X-X-X---5-5-5-XX-X---4-4-X-X-X-10-10--X-X-X-X--|
|-5-XXX-5-5-5-X-X-5-5-X-X-X-X---5-5-5-XX-X---5-5-X-X-X-8--8---X-X-X-X--|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|

He- llo where you wanna go I?ll drive you any-

(*** means pick muted string with nails from thick to thin)

|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------6-6-------10-10-----|
|--6-6-X-X-X-6/7-7--**--6-6-6-X-X-X-X-6/7-7-X-X-X--5-5-X-X-X-10-10-X-X-|
|--5-5-X-X-X-5-5-5-***--5-5-5-X-X-X-X-5-5-5-X-X-X--4-4-X-X-X-10-10-X-X-|
|--5-5-X-X-X-5-5-5-**---5-5-5-X-X-X-X-5-5-5-X-X-X--5-5-X-X-X-8--8--X-X-|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|

-where I?ll follow you around in case you need a

BRIDGE II

|-------0------0-1---------------------0-----0-1-----------------------|
|---3-3----3-3---------3-----------3-3---3-3---------------------------|
|-3----------3-------------3-----1---------1---------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|

ride Take you out to lunch nothing but the

|--------0-----0-1-------------------------0-----0-2-------------------|
|----3-3---3-3--------3----------------4-4---4---------4---------------|
|--3---------3--------------3------3/4---------4----------4------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|

best I?ll even get the waitresses'telephone number

VERSE III

PM. PM. PM.

|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-/6-------------6--6------------6--6------------6----------------12---|
|-/7-------------7--7------------7--7------------7---10-10-10-10--10---|
|-------7--5-------------7--5------------7--5--------8--8--8--8--------|

Let me be your friend can I please be your friend

|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--6------------6--6------------6--6------------6-----------------12---|
|--7---7--------7--7---7--------7--7-6-7--------7----10-10-10-10--10---|
|XX--7--7--5---------7---7--5------------7--5--------8--8--8--8--------|

justgottabyour friend be your friend be your friend

PM. PM. PM.

|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---6------------6--6------------6--6------------6---------------------|
|---7------------7--7------------7--7------------7---10-10-10-10--5----|
|XX-----7--5-------------7--5------------7--5--------8--8--8--8---3----|

I wanna be yourfriendIwannabyourfriend I wannaburfriend I wanna

PM. PM. PM.

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|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---6-------XXX--6--6--------XXX-6--6--------------10-10--10-10-\------|
|---7-------XXX--7--7--------XXX-7--7------------9/10-10--10-10--\-----|
|0------7--5-------------7--5------------7--5----7/8--8---8--8----\----|

I wanna be your friend Be your friend, be your friend

CHORUS *(Another chorus, not like before, but I had to call it chorus)

Harmonic noises

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|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4/-5-5-5-5-5---------------------------------------------|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4/-6-6-6-6-6-5-4-3-2-2-2---X-X-X--X--X----2-2-2--X-X-X-X-|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4/-6-6-6-6-6-5-4-3-2-2-2---X-X-X--X--X----2-2-2--X-X-X-X-|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2/-4-4-4-4-4-3-2-1-0-0-0---X-X-X--X--X----0-0-0--X-X-X-X-|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|

I'll never leave you alone No I won't

Harmonic noises

|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4/-5-5-5-5-5---------------------------------------------|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4/-6-6-6-6-6-5-4-3-2-2-2---X-X-X--X--X-------------------|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4/-6-6-6-6-6-5-4-3-2-2-2---X-X-X--X--X-4-4-4--3-3-3--2---|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2/-4-4-4-4-4-3-2-1-0-0-0---X-X-X--X--X-4-4-4--3-3-3--2---|
|----------------------------------------------------2-2-2--1-1-1--0---|

I can never ever leave u down you can count on me

SOLO

|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------2---------------------|
|---0-2-5-------0-2-5----0-2-5--------0-2-5--2-----0---0-2-5-------|
|-4-------4---4-------4-4-----4-4~-4~--------0---4---4-------4-----|

A.H. A.H.

|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------1---------|
|---------------------------------2-----------2~-------------------|
|---0-2-5----0-2-5--------0-2-5---2-----0-2-5------0-2-5-----0-2-5-|
|-4-------4-4------4-4~-4---------0---4----------4----------4------|

A.H.

|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-2~---------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------\------------|
|-------0-2-5-0-------0-2-5------0-2-5----0-2-5--------\-----------|
|-----4---------4---4-------4--4-------4-4-----4~--------\---------|

Another guitar enters here

|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-12-14--14-14-14--12-14---\------12-14--12-14----12-14/15---------|
|------------------------------------------------------------11/12-|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|

| |

| from now on I?ll save the X |

|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--6--6-----------6/7--7--X-X-X----6--6-6--X-X-X---6/7-7---X-X-----|
|--5--5------X----5-5--5--X-X-X----5--5-5--X-X-X---5-5-5---X-X-----|
|--5--5------X----5-5--5--X-X-X----5--5-5--X-X-X---5-5-5---X-X-----|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------8--------8------8---8--8-------|
|-----------------------------------9bu10----10bd9--7---6--7-------|
|-10~--10~---/12-----10-9-----10-9---------------------------------|
|---------------------------10-------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|

| |

| |

|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-6-6--------10-10-------------------------------------------------|
|-5-5--------10-10-------------6-6-------6/7--7-7------------------|
|-4-4--------10-10-------------5-5-------5-5--5-5------------------|
|-5-5--------8--8--------------5-5-------5-5--5-5------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|

1/4 A.H.... A.H......

|-----------------------------11-----------15------15--17-17-------|
|-8------8-----------------11----12--13----------------------------|
|-9bu10--10~---~~bu(11)--11-------------12-------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|

| |

| |

|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------6-6---------10-10-------|
|--6/7\6----------6/7-7--------------------5-5---------10-10-------|
|--5-5-5----------5-5-5--------------------4-4---------10-10-------|
|--5-5-5----------5-5-5--------------------5-5---------8--8--------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|

1/2

|--------------------------------------------------------------------|You
|----------------15-13----13-13--------13-12-----15------------------|musn?t
|-9bu-------/12--------12--------12-12--------12---------------------|pay

|--------------------------------------------------------------------|atention

|--------------------------------------------------------------------|tospace

|--------------------------------------------------------------------|between

| |notes;in

| |this part

|--------------------------------------------------------------------|even the

|--------------------------------------------------------------------|chords are

|--------6-6-6-------------6/7-7-------------------------------------|not in
|--------5-5-5-------------5-5-5-------------------------------------|their
|--------5-5-5-------------5-5-5-------------------------------------|place.
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------13-12----13---13-12----13-12----13-12-----------13-12---13-|
|-12-12-------12-----------12-------12------------12-12------12----|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|

| |

| |

|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------6-6--------------------6/7-7-------------------------------|
|-------5-5--------------------5-5-5-------------------------------|
|-------5-5--------------------5-5-5-------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|

A.H. A.H.

|--------------------------------------17-----------------19~--/(20--|
|-12-13-------13-12----15------13-12------------13-12-13-------------|
|-------12-12-------12-------12-----12--------12---------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|

| |

| |

|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------6-6------|
|---------------------------------------------------------5-5------|
|---------------------------------------------------------4-4------|
|---------------------------------------------------------5-5------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|

1/4

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

|-------9bu-----------------| End of the solo.

|--\------------------------|Starts the "let you

|--\------------------------| abuse me" part

|--\------------------------|

| |

| |

|---------------------------|
|--10-10--------------------|
|--10-10--------------------|
|--10-10--------------------|
|--8--8---------------------|
|---------------------------|

clean

|--0-----------------------0---------------------------------------|
|--0-----------------0-------0-----------0-------------------------|
|--3---------------3----3-------------3----3-------------1---------|
|--2-------------2----------------------------------4------4-------|
|--2---------------------------------------------------------2-----|
|--0----------2--------------------4-------------0----0------------|
|----------0-------------------0-----------------------------------|
|--------0---0-----------0---------------------------------0-------|
|------3---------------3----3-----------------------3--------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---2--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--0----------------2----------------------------4------4----------|

Let you abuse me Tell yourfriedsyou use me I wont

P.M.......................

|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--6-6-6-6-6------X-X-X--XXXX--X-X-X-X--X-X--XXXX-|
|--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--6-6-6-6-6------X-X-X--XXXX--X-X-X-X--X-X--XXXX-|
|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--4-4-4-4-4------X-X-X--XXXX--X-X-X-X--X-X--XXXX-|

betray you

CHORUS *II*

Harmonic noises

|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4/-5-5-5-5-5---------------------------------------------|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4/-6-6-6-6-6-5-4-3-2-2-2---X-X-X--X--X----2-2-2--X-X-X-X-|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4/-6-6-6-6-6-5-4-3-2-2-2---X-X-X--X--X----2-2-2--X-X-X-X-|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2/-4-4-4-4-4-3-2-1-0-0-0---X-X-X--X--X----0-0-0--X-X-X-X-|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|

I'll never leave you alone No I won't

|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4/-5-5-5-5-5---------------------------------------------|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4/-6-6-6-6-6-5-4-3-2-2-2--2------------------------------|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4/-6-6-6-6-6-5-4-3-2-2-2--2-6-5-4--4-4--3-3----2-2-------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2/-4-4-4-4-4-3-2-1-0-0-0--0-6-5-4--4-4--3-3----2-2-------|
|-----------------------------------------4-3-2--2-2--1-1----0-0-------|

I can never ever let u down it?s your com -mand

|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--4-3-2-0---4-3-2-0-0--4-3-2-0--0-4-3-2-1-0-0--4-3-2-0--0-4-3-2-1-0-0-|

Giddeyup

clean

|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------0----|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------3----|
|-----------------------------------2-6-5-4-2--2-6-5-4-3-2-2------2----|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--4-3-2-0--0-4-3-2-1-0-.....-------0-4-3-2-0--0-4-3-2-1-0-0-...-------|

etc then etc

*************************** END (enjoy it!)***********************

I did it. I finally did it. Well, the transciption of this song has been

especially difficult cause half the song was transcripted without the first

string (that?s the thinnest). Anyway, I was there, even knowing that I wouldn?t

get a good mark in my Literature Theory exam if I keept losing time with this

song. And I see three ways in wich you can pay me my effort:

1)Inviting me to drink a beer(kinda difficult cause most of you are

in another continent).

2)Sending me loads of e-mails telling me how cool I am.

3)(And definitely what I?d prefer)Tabbing a song from Mourning Widows.

If you have any suggestion,correction, or question to make, send an

email to:

asc12@alu.um.es or nunozowie@mixmail.com

Things I?ve used for the transcription:

-Transcribe! 2.00 (Unregistered version). It slowsdown Wavs. Get it at

www.harmony-central.com

www.seventhstring.demon.co.uk

-Winamp

-Analogx Vocal Remover Plugin for Winamp. Removes vocals. Get it at

www.hitsquad.com

-My shitty Samick Artist Series

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******************************S Y M B O L S*****************************

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h ======>hammer on

p ======>pull off

b ======>bend 1=one step(two frets) ==>bu(bend up) bd(bend down)

A.H. ====>Artificial harmonics

P.M. ====>Palm Mute

/ and \ =>slide

+ ======>fret board tapping

X ======>Muted strings

~~~ ===>vibrato

w\bar =>whammy bar

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The end.

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