I'll Be There For You

	  		Intro:   
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(Played 4 times)   
   
b = bend up   
p = pull off   
s = slide   
   
E|-----------------------------------   
B|---2-2-0----------0--------------------   
G|---------2-0-0--2--2--------------------   
D|-----------------------------------   
A|----------------------------------   
E|-----------------------------------
   
   
    
A                                         G   
So no one told you life was gonna be this way   
A                                                     C#m   
Your job's a joke, you're broke, your love life's D.O.A.   
G                Bm              A   
It's like you're always stuck in second gear   
        G                D                    E   
When it hasn't been your day, your week, your month, or even your year but   

A       D          E   
I'll be there for you (When the rain starts to pour)   
A       D          E   
I'll be there for you (Like I've been there before)   
A       D          E                              G   
I'll be there for you ('Cause you're there for me too)
  
   
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(Fill 1: Played at the end of each of the first two lines of the Chorus)   
   
E|-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----------   
B|------------------------3--0-----   
G|------------------------------2--   
D|---------------------------------   
A|---------------------------------   
E|---------------------------------   
   
   
(Fill 2: Played on the G chord at the end of the Chorus)   
   
E|-----------------------   
B|-0--0---0--1--0-----0--   
G|------2----------2-----   
D|-----------------------   
A|-----------------------   
E|----------------------- 
  
   
A                                            G   
You're still in bed at ten and work began at eight   
A                                                  C#m   
You burned your breakfast so far, things are going great   
G           Bm                    A   
Your mother warned you there'd be days like these   
        G               D                  E   
But she didn't tell you when the world has brought you down to your knees that   

A       D          E   
I'll be there for you (When the rain starts to pour)   
A       D          E   
I'll be there for you (Like I've been there before)   
A       D          E                              G       A   
I'll be there for you ('Cause you're there for me too)
  
   
D   
No one could ever know me   
D   
No one could ever see me   
F#m   
Sometime the only one who knows what its like to be me   
Bm                            Bm7   
Someone to face the day with, make it through all the mess with   
G            D                  E              D         E        F#m   
Someone I'll always laugh with, even under the worst I'm best with you   
   
Instrumental: Starts when the word 'you' is sung)   
   
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(Note: The Esus chord isn't actually played in the original but if you're   
playing this on your own it sounds better with it in)   
   
   F#m       Bm         Esus  E                A     D    E   
E|------------------------------------------------------------------   
B|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--0-0---0--0-----0----0-s2-------2--0--0-------   
G|---------------------------------------2---------------------2--1-   
D|-----------------------------------------------2-s4---------------   
A|------------------------------------------------------------------   
E|------------------------------------------------------------------   
   
               F#m           Bm        Esus      E                A   
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------   
B|--------------------------------------------------------------0----   
G|----------------------------------------------2-2-2--1-1-1--2---2--   
D|-4--2--------------------------------------------------------------   
A|-------4--2--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4------0-s4--2--2-----------------------   
E|-----------------------------2-2-----------------------------------   
   
       D       E   
E|-0--------------------2--5-----------------------------------------   
B|-------3--3--0--2--3-----------------------------------------------   
G|----2--------------------------------------------------------------   
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------   
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------   
E|------------------------------------------------------------------- 
  
   
G                Bm              A   
It's like you're always stuck in second gear   
        G                D                    E    (play out the E longer)   
When it hasn't been your day, your week, your month, or even your year but   

A       D          E   
I'll be there for you (When the rain starts to pour)   
A       D          E   
I'll be there for you (Like I've been there before)   
A       D          E                              G   
I'll be there for you ('Cause you're there for me too)
  
   
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Note: Don't play Fill 2 here   
   
(Chorus again)   
   
(Fill 3: Play while singing 'I'll be there for you' - only on last Chorus)   
   
E|-----------------------   
B|-----------------------   
G|-----------------------   
D|-----------------------   
A|-4-------0-s4--2-------   
E|----2--2--------------- 
  
   
A       D          E   
I'll be there for you   
A       D          E   
I'll be there for you   
A       D          E                              G    A   
I'll be there for you ('Cause you're there for me too)