Ill Be There for You

Intro

(Played 4 times)

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B|----0s2-h2s0--------------------------|
G|-------------2-0-0-2-2h4-2------------|
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A|--0-----------------------------------|
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(BASS GUITAR PART AFTER THE LAST TIME OF SOLO)

G|-----------|
D|--h2-5h2---|
A|-----------|
E|-----------|

Verse 1

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

Chorus

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)

(Fill 1: Played at the end of each of the first two lines of the chorus)

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B|------3-0----------------3-2-0-------|
G|------------------------------2------|
D|-------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------|
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(Fill 2: Played on the G chord at the end of the chorus)

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B|--0--0---0--1--0-----0----|
G|-------2----------2-------|
D|--------------------------|
A|--------------------------|
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Verse 2

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

Chorus

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)

(played at the A chord after the G chord solo)

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G|---------------2---2--2-----|
D|-------------2---2----------|
A|----0-2----2---2-----2------|
E|----------------------------|

Bridge

D

No one could ever know me

D

No one could ever see me

F#m

Seems you're the only one who knows what it's 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

[Solo] (Starts when the word 'you' is sung)

F#m Bm Esus E A D E

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B|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--0-0---0--0---0----0-s2----2--0--------|
G|--------------------------------------2---------------2--1---|
D|---------------------------------------------2-s4------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|

F#m Bm Esus E A

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D|--4--2------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------4--2--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4------0-s4--2--2---------------|
E|------------------------------2-2---------------------------|
e|-------------------------|
B|-----------------0-------|
G|-2-2-2--1-1-1--2---2-----|
D|-------------------------|
A|-------------------------|
E|-------------------------|

D E

E|------------------------0--2--5--7--------------------------|
B|---------------0--2--3--------------------------------------|
G|-----2-----2------------------------------------------------|
D|--2-----0---------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------|

Pre-chorus

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

Chorus

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)

Note: Don't play Fill 2 here

(Chorus again)

(Fill 3: Play while singing 'I'll be there for you' - only on last chorus)

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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)