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Song: You’ll Always Be My Best Friend
Artist: Relient K
Album: The Bird and the Bee Sides
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Tabbed by: Jordan Lambert
Email: tmacman001@yahoo.com
Notes: Good song, though short, it’s fun to do. I arranged it for one acoustic, so if
have a bass player, neglect all “passing tones.” THIS CAN BE PLAYED IN THE Eb STANDARD
you want to do this, just Capo 3rd instead of 2nd. Oh, and please don’t mind my chord 
I’m lazy. They’ll be notated as if no capo is present.

Tuning: Standard w/ CAPO 2nd

Intro: Listen 
own, then stre
tones, like th
     E      E/
e|---0-------0
B|---0-------0
G|---1-------1
D|---2-------2
A|--(2)------x
E|--0-------2-

for rhythm. It
ss the higher 
e E/F# and the
F#  A2    A2/B
----0------0--
----0------0--
----2------2--
----2------x--
---0------2---
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’s like a country two-step feel, so hit the bass notes on
strings on the strumming. This is especially important on the
 A2/B.
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Verse 1: (No p
     E        
e|---0--------
B|---0--------
G|---1--------
D|---2--------
A|--(2)-------
E|--0---------
       I wish 

assing tones)
         A2   
----------0---
----------0---
----------2---
----------2---
---------0----
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I knew you, wa

          E   
----------0---
----------0---
----------1---
----------2---
---------(2)--
---------0----
y back when, b

              
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efore you were

   A2
----0--|
----0--|
----2--|
----2--|
---0---|
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 part of my…

*The last part
    C#m7     A
e|----0-------
B|----0-------
G|----6-------
D|----6-------
A|---4-------0
E|------------
  …plans, I th

 here is the b
2          Bsu
0------------0
0------------0
2------------4
2------------4
------------2-
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ink that we wo

it after the v
s4            
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uld have been 

erse, the A notes are fast.
E  A  E  A  E  A  E
0-----0-----0-----0----|
0-----0-----0-----0----|
1-----1-----1-----1----|
2-----2-----2-----2----|
2)-0-(2)-0-(2)-0-(2)0--|
-----0-----0-----0-----|
friends.

Verse 2: (With
     E        
e|---0--------
B|---0--------
G|---1--------
D|---2--------
A|------------
E|--0---------

 passing tones
     A2/B A2  
-------0--0---
-------0--0---
-------2--2---
-------x--2---
------2--0----
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)
           E  
--------0--0--
--------0--0--
--------2--1--
--------x--2--
-------2------
----------0---

              
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A2/B A2
--0--0--|
--0--0--|
--2--2--|
--x--2--|
-2--0---|
--------|
       There's
*The F#/G# isn
on its own, th
   Bsus4 C#m7 
e|---0----0---
B|---0----0---
G|---4----6---
D|---4----6---
A|--2----4----
E|------------
…by my side. &

 only  time, t
’t critical, i
en head to the
       F#     
-------2------
-------2------
-------3------
-------4------
-------4------
------2-------
 I can promise

o live our liv
t’s a quick sw
 A2 to simplif
  Bsus4/G#  A2
------2-----0-
------0-----0-
------4-----2-
------4-----2-
------x----0--
-----4--------
 you, that you

es. You’ll be 
itch anyways, 
y it.
   Bsus4
-----0--------
-----0--------
-----4--------
-----4--------
----2--------(
-------------0
'll…be my best

the one that’s…
so you could just play the G#
0-----0--|
0-----0--|
1-----1--|
2-----2--|
2)-0-(2)-|
-----0---|
 friend.

Bridge?: (O:53
the rhythm rig
          A2  
e|--------0---
B|--------0---
G|--------2---
D|--------2---
A|--------0---
E|------------
'Till the end…

) Fuller strum
ht.
        E     
--------0-----
--------0-----
--------1-----
--------2-----
--------2-----
--------0-----
 I will give… 

ming, don’t wo
E/A Bsus4    C
-0----0-------
-0----0-------
-1----4-------
-2----4-------
0-----2-------
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and I promise…

rry about hitt
#m7           
-0------------
-0------------
-6------------
-6------------
-4------------
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 all that it i

ing bass notes like before, just
     Bsus4
-------0------|
-------0------|
-------4------|
-------4------|
-------2------|
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s, and I will…

    A2     A2/
e|--0---------
B|--0---------
G|--2---------
D|--2---------
A|--0--------2
E|------------
   …promise… w

B  E          
0--0----------
0--0----------
2--1----------
x--2----------
---2----------
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henever… need 

E/A  Bsus4
-0----0-------
-0----0-------
-1----4-------
-2----4-------
0-----2-------
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me, Because yo

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u'll always be

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…

Outro: Don’t n
for the chord 
         A2   
e|--------0---
B|--------0---
G|--------2---
D|--------2---
A|--------0---
E|------------
…my best frien

ecessarily try
changes and th
Bsus4       C#
--0----------0
--0----------0
--4----------6
--4----------6
--2----------4
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d…be my best f

 to follow alo
ey’ll be right
m7    A2      
-------0------
-------0------
-------2------
-------2------
-------0------
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riend, you’ll 

ng with the wo
.
     Bsus4    
-------0------
-------0------
-------4------
-------4------
-------2------
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always be my b

rds, since there’s echoing; just
   F#
---2-----|
---2-----|
---3-----|
---4-----|
---4-----|
---2-----|
est friend

   A2         
e|--0---------
B|--0---------
G|--2---------
D|--2---------
A|--0---------
E|------------
     You'll al

   Bsus4      
-----0--------
-----0--------
-----4--------
-----4--------
-----2--------
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ways be my bes

        E5   E
--------0----0------------------------------|
--------0----0------------------------------|
--------7—or-1------------------------------|
--------7----2------------------------------|
--------5----2------------------------------|
--------0----0------------------------------|
t…      friend

And that’s the end of that one. Remember to keep that rhythm going throughout the song,
hope you have a bass player to make your job easier. Have fun, God bless.
| x  Mute note
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