From: "Matthew Kik" 
Subject: TAB: I'll Be There For You by The Rembrandts
Date: Sat, 21 Feb 1998 19:40:07 -0000




Matt Kik
mattyk@lineone.net

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

Hello all!

This is the first song I've tried to TAB (and that's only because I've
searched all over for a copy of it and not found one.  Well, all the ones
I found were either inaccurate or incomplete.

I don't know if it's all right (but I'd like to think so).  There is one
small instrumental played several times throughout the song that I don't
know (well most of it I don't know) and if you can tab it out then I can
add it to this (and credit you for it of course).

If you want to try and help me out with this bit then it's most noticably
played just after the second chorus or just after the large instrumental
after 'It's like you're always stuck in second gear' is sung.

Any way, enough of this rubbish.  Try it out and please let me know if any
thing needs changing or even to tell me that it's right (living a dream
now)

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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					  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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Matthew Kik
mattyk@lineone.net
http://website.lineone.net/~mattyk