I'll Be There For You (Theme to "Friends")- The Rembrandts

Music: Michael Skloff
Lyrics: David Crane, Marta Kauffman, Allee Willis, Phil Solem and Danny Wilde

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Intro:
(Played 4 times)

b = bend up
p = pull off
s = slide

E------------------------------------
B------------------------------------
G-----5b6--5b6--4--2--0--0--2--4--2--
D------------------------------------
A--0---------------------------------
E------------------------------------


A--0------------------------------
E-----9--9--7--5--3--3--5--7--5

 
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)

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

(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)

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)

(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

(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)

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)

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Chord Guide

x = don't play string

      A     Bm   Bm7   C#m    D     E   Esus   F#m    G

E-----5-----2-----2-----4-----2-----0-----0-----2-----3
B-----5-----3-----3-----5-----3-----0-----0-----2-----3
G-----6-----4-----2-----6-----2-----1-----2-----2-----4
D-----7-----4-----4-----6-----0-----2-----2-----4-----5
A-----7-----2-----2-----4-----x-----2-----2-----4-----5
E-----5-----2-----2-----4-----x-----0-----0-----2-----3

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