I'll Be There For You
The Rembrandts
Música: Michael Skloff
Letra: David Crane, Marta Kauffman, Allee Willis, Phil Solem and Danny
Wilde
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)