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'sD.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)
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
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)
