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Ill Be There for You

Bon Jovi
Tab
4.2(9)

This is tablature — fret positions rather than chord names. Wide lines scroll sideways on their own, so the page never does.

Intro

e|-------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----5s7-7s9-9s12-12p11--------------------------------| x2
D|-------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------|

Verse

e|-------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------|
G|--9~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~------------------------------|
D|--9~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~------------------------------|
A|--7~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~------------------------------|
E|--0----------------------------------------------------|

Interlude 1

e|-------------------------------------------------------|
B|---3s5-5s3-3-------------------------------------------|
G|---2s4-4s2-2--2h4p2------------------------------------|
D|--------------2h4p2--2h4----7~~~~~~--------------------|
A|---------------------2h4----5~~~~~~--------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------|

Verse

e|-------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------|
G|--9~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-----------------------------|
D|--9~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-----------------------------|
A|--7~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-----------------------------|
E|--0----------------------------------------------------|

Interlude 2

e|---10~~~-5h7-5-7---------------------------------------|
B|---10~~~-5h7-5-7---------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------|

Verse

e|-------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------|
B|--9~~~~~-----------------------------------------------|
D|--9~~~~~-----------------------------------------------|
A|--7~~~~~-----------------------------------------------|
E|--0----------------------------------------------------|

Interludes 3 and 4

e|-------------------------7h10-5-5h7-5h7----------------|
B|--------3h5p3------------7h10-5-5h7-5h7----------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------|
A|--2h4p4------2h4p2-------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------|

Interlude 5

Use the vibrato bar at the end of this interlude

e|--(19)-------------------------------------------------|
B|------(19)---------(19)~~~~----------------------------|
G|----------(19)--------(19)~~~~-------------------------|
D|--------------(19)-------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------|

Interlude 6

e|------9------7----9~~~---------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------|
G|---7h9---6h7---7h9-------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------|

Chorus

Make up a strumming pattern for the chorus

e|-----------------------------------------------------------|
B|--3--------------------------------------------------------|
G|--2-------------4------------------------------5-----------|
D|--0-------------4----------5---------7---------5------5----|  x2
A|--0-------------2---2-2----5---------7-----xx--3--xx--5----|
E|----------------2---2-2----3---------5-----xx-----xx--3----|

PM...

Play the intro once, and then procede into Verse 2

Verse

e|-----------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------|
G|--9~~~~~~~~~~~~~~------------------------------------------|
D|--9~~~~~~~~~~~~~~------------------------------------------|
A|--7~~~~~~~~~~~~~~------------------------------------------|
E|--0--------------------------------------------------------|

Interlude 7

e|------10-----12-----14-----12---10-------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------|
G|--9h11--11h12--12h14--11h12--7h9---------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------|

Repeat Interlude 5

Bridge

e|-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--5-----7-----12-----9-------5---7---------------------------|
A|--5-----7-----12-----9--9-9--5---7---------------------------|
E|--3-----5-----10-----7--7-7--3---5---------------------------|

PM...

Chorus

e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------10b12-10--|
G|--9b11--9p7---7---9b11--9p7---7--------7-7-----7-7---9b11r9---9-7------------|
D|------------9---------------9------7h9-----7h9-------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--7h9p7-------7h9--7-10-10-10-8-8----7h9----7---7h9p7-10-10-10-8-8------|
E|--------10~~~---------------------10------------------------------------|
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--10b12-12-10----------------10b12r10-----------------------------------|
G|--------------10p9p7--10p9p7----------10p9p7--9~~~~~--------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Repeat Bridge (only add a pick scrape in at the end), then play the Chorus.

You are going to play the whole chorus twice here.

The 2nd time you play the it, go one step higher from D to E, like so...

e|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--9---------6---------------------7-----------------------------------|
D|--9---------6-------7------9------7----7------------------------------|
A|--7---------4-------7------9---xx-5-xx-7------------------------------|
E|--7---------4-------5------7---xx---xx-5------------------------------|

[Outro Solo] (x2)

Also one step higher

e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---9h11p9----9h11--9--12-12-12-11-11-----------------------------|
E|----------12-----------------------------------------------------|

Then this

e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----7-----------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----7----7------------------------------------------------------|
A|--xx-5-xx-7------------------------------------------------------|
E|--xx---xx-5------------------------------------------------------|

And finally, you play the intro again, only one step higher

Outro

e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--7s9-9s11-11s14-14p13-------------------------------------------| x2
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

And you're done.

Here's the song structure:

[Intro] (x2)

Interlude 5

[Chorus] (x2)

[Intro] (x1)

Interlude 5

[Chorus] (x2)

Solo

[Chorus](x2)

[E Chorus] (x2)

[Outro Solo] (x2)

[Outro] (x2)

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h hammer on

p pull off

() harmonics

PM palm muting

X muffled strings

b bend

r return

~ vibrating

s slide

/ or \ pick scrape

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