I‘ll be there for you       (1995)     (video)    (midi)

 

    G - F - G - F (2x)

 

   G                                                                       F

1.    So no one told you life was gonna be this way,

G                                                                                Bm

    your job's a joke, you're broke, your love life's D.O.A.

F                        Am                       G

    It's like you're always stuck in second gear.

                    F                         C

    When it hasn't been your day, your week,

                D

    your month or even your year. But….

 

G              C                - D                                          G

    I'll be there for you        (when the rain starts to pour),

             C                - D                                       G

I'll be there for you        (like I've been there before).

             C               - D                                               F

I'll be there for you       ('cause you're there for me, too).

 

   G                                                                        F

2.    You're still at bed at ten, and work began at eight,

G                                                                                         Bm

    you've burned your breakfast, so far things are going great.

F                        Am                                G

    Your mother warned you there'd be days like these,

                   F                      C

    but she didn't tell you when the world

               D

    has brought you down to your knees. And …

 

G              C                - D                                          G

    I'll be there for you        (when the rain starts to pour),

             C                - D                                       G

I'll be there for you        (like I've been there before).

             C               - D                                               F    - G

I'll be there for you       ('cause you're there for me, too).

 

   C

+      No one could ever know me, no one could ever see me,

      Em

    seems you're the only one who knows what it's like to be me.

Am                                                   C

    Someone to face the day with, make it through all the rest with,

F                      Am

    someone I'll always laugh with,

D                       C                          Em  - C   D

    even at my worst I'm best with you,       yeah !

 

+  G - C - D   - Em - C - D     - G - C - D

 

    F                       Am                      G

+     It's like you're always stuck in second gear

                   F                         C

    when it hasn't been your day, your week,

                D

    your month or even your year.

 

G              C                - D                                          G

    I'll be there for you        (when the rain starts to pour),

             C                - D                                       G

I'll be there for you        (like I've been there before).

             C               - D                                               F

I'll be there for you       ('cause you're there for me, too).

 

   G              C                  - D

+     I'll be there for you !

G              C                   - D

    I'll be there for you !

G              C                - D                                               F       - G

    I'll be there for you        ('cause you're there for me, too) !

 

 

(orig. = capo 2nd)    (The Rembrandts)