Intro:
(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)
(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)
(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)
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)