Ill Be There For You - Bon Jovi
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Tabs and lyrics
Tunning: Standard (E A D G B e)
Bon Jovi
I'll be there for you
written by JB , Rs
tabbed by Santiago Rodriguez

Standard tuning

intro:

e|-------------------------------------------------
B|-------------------------------------------------
G|5/7-7-7/9-9-9/12-12-12/11--5/7-7-7/9-9-9/12-12-11
D|-------------------------------------------------
A|-------------------------------------------------
E|-------------------------------------------------

verse riffs:
i guess this time i heard your suitcase
you're really leaving say goodbye
----------------------------------|---------------------------
---------------------5~~----------|---3/5-5/3-3~~-------------
---------------------4~~----------|---2/4-4/2-2~~-2h4-2-------
---------------------2~~----------|---------------2h4-2-4--7~~
----------------------------------|---------------------4--5~~
----------------------------------|---------------------------
lies bleeding...
------------------------------|--7/10--10-10--7--5/7----------
----------------5~~-----------|--7/10--10-10--7--5/7----------
----------------4~~-----------|-------------------------------
----------------2~~-----------|-------------------------------
------------------------------|-------------------------------
------------------------------|-------------------------------

...thousand rivers
----------------------|------------------------------|--------
----------------5~~---|---------------3h5p3----------|-repeat-
----------------4~~---|------------------------------|-fill-2-
----------------2~~---|--------2h4p2~--------2h4p2~~-|--------
----------------------|------------------------------|--------
----------------------|-0-2-3------------------------|--------

...in my tears
---(19)-------------------------------------------------------
--------(19)----------(19)------------------------------------
-------------(19)----------(19)------natural harmonics--------
------------------(19)----------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------

anymore...

-------9---------10-------------12-----------14~~-------------
--------------------------------------------------------------
--7h9----9--9/11-----11--11/12-----12--12/14------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------


chorus...
D5 B5 G5 A5 C5 G5
||-----------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------||
||-----------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------||
||-----------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------||
||----7------|-----4-------|-------------|-------------|-5-----------||
||----5------|-----2-------|-----5-------|-----7-------|-3------5----||
||-----------|-------------|-----3-------|-----5-------|--------3----||

good times...
----------------------------------|
-----------------5~~------3h5p3---|
-----------------4~~--------------|
-----------------2~~--------------|
----------------------------------|
----------------------------------|

-------------10-------------12-----------14------------12-------
----------------------------------------------------------------
--------9/11-----11--11/12-----12--12/14----14--14\12-------11~~
----------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------


...promise you tomorrow
---(19)-------------------------------------------------------
--------(19)----------(19)-----------natural harmonics--------
-------------(19)----------(19)~~~~vibrato with bar-----------
------------------(19)----------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------

...yesterday ... are dirty ...Valentiiiine...
--------------|-------|--------|--------|----------|-----------
--------------|-------|--------|--------|----------|-----------
--------------|-------|--------|--------|----------|-----------
--------------|-------|--------|--------|----------|-----------
-----7--------|---5---|----7---|--9--12-|-12~~--12-|---9-------
-----5--------|---3---|----5---|--7---9-|-10~~---9-|---7-------


...thirsty baby ....wiiine....
----------------|-----------------------------------------------
----------------|-----------------------------------------------
----------------|------------------------then goto chorus again-
----------------|-----------------------------------------------
-----5----------|--------------7~~------------------------------
-----3----------|--------------5~~------------------------------

chorus again

solo:
-----------------------------|--------------------------------|
-----------------------------|--------------------------------|
--9fb(11)r---9p7---7~~---7~~-|--9fb(11)r---9p7---7~~-7--------|
-----------------9-----9-----|-----------------9-------9~~----|
-----------------------------|--------------------------------|
-----------------------------|--------------------------------|


-----------------|--------------------------------------------|
-----------------|---------------------------7----------------|
-----7-7-----7-7-|-----7---7-9fb(11)r9~~-7-----9-7~~~---------|
-7h9-----7h9-----|-7h9---9-----------------9------------------|
-----------------|--------------------------------------------|
-----------------|--------------------------------------------|

||----------------------------------------------|
||----------------------------------------------|
||----------------------------------------------|
||----------------------------------------------|
||----7/9/7/5-7-7/9/7/10-/9/7-------------------|
||----------------------------------------------|x2

this parts not TOTALLY accurate, but its pretty close
----------------------7------------------------------------------|
----10fb(12)-10fb(12)---10p7---------------10p7------------------|
--7--------------------------10p9p7-9~~----------10p9p7-9~~------|
-----------------------------------------------------------------|
-----------------------------------------------------------------|
-----------------------------------------------------------------|

... you're happy ...down, down...
-------|--------|--------|----------|-----------
-------|--------|--------|----------|-----------
-------|--------|--------|----------|-----------
-------|--------|--------|----------|-----------
---5---|----7---|--9--12-|-12~~--12-|---9-------
---3---|----5---|--7---9-|-10~~---9-|---7-------


...birthday baby ....candles out....
----------------|----------------------------|
----------------|----------------------------|
----------------|----------------------------|
----------------|----------------------------|
-----5----------|--------------7~~-----------|
-----3----------|--------------5~~-----------|

chorus
D5 B5 G5 A5 C5 G5
||-----------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------||
||-----------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------||
||-----------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------||
||----7------|-----4-------|-------------|-------------|-5-----------||
||----5------|-----2-------|-----5-------|-----7-------|-3------5----||
||-----------|-------------|-----3-------|-----5-------|--------3----||

one step higher

E5 C#5 A5 B5 D5 A5
||-----------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------||
||-----------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------||
||-----------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------||
||----5------|-----6-------|-------------|-------------|-7-----------||
||----7------|-----4-------|-----7-------|-----9-------|-5------7----||
||-----------|-------------|-----5-------|-----7-------|--------5----||


whoa oh oh...
||----------------------------------------------|---|
||----------------------------------------------|---|
||----------------------------------------------|7--|
||----------------------------------------------|7-7|
||--9/11/9/7-9-9/11/9/12--12/9------------------|5-7|
||-------------------------------------------------5|


outro (same as intro)

Santiago Rodriguez
Maracay , Venezuela
Srodemail@yahoo.es
Tunning: Standard (E A D G B e)
[Intro]

e|-------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----5s7-7s9-9s12-12p11--------------------------------| x2
D|-------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------|


[Verse]

e|-------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------|
G|--9~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~------------------------------|
D|--9~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~------------------------------|
A|--7~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~------------------------------|
E|--0----------------------------------------------------|


[Interlude 1]

e|-------------------------------------------------------|
B|---3s5-5s3-3-------------------------------------------|
G|---2s4-4s2-2--2h4p2------------------------------------|
D|--------------2h4p2--2h4----7~~~~~~--------------------|
A|---------------------2h4----5~~~~~~--------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------|


[Verse]

e|-------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------|
G|--9~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-----------------------------|
D|--9~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-----------------------------|
A|--7~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-----------------------------|
E|--0----------------------------------------------------|


[Interlude 2]

e|---10~~~-5h7-5-7---------------------------------------|
B|---10~~~-5h7-5-7---------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------|


[Verse]

e|-------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------|
B|--9~~~~~-----------------------------------------------|
D|--9~~~~~-----------------------------------------------|
A|--7~~~~~-----------------------------------------------|
E|--0----------------------------------------------------|


[Interludes 3 and 4]

e|-------------------------7h10-5-5h7-5h7----------------|
B|--------3h5p3------------7h10-5-5h7-5h7----------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------|
A|--2h4p4------2h4p2-------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------|


[Interlude 5]

Use the vibrato bar at the end of this interlude

e|--(19)-------------------------------------------------|
B|------(19)---------(19)~~~~----------------------------|
G|----------(19)--------(19)~~~~-------------------------|
D|--------------(19)-------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------|


[Interlude 6]

e|------9------7----9~~~---------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------|
G|---7h9---6h7---7h9-------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------|


[Chorus]

Make up a strumming pattern for the chorus

e|-----------------------------------------------------------|
B|--3--------------------------------------------------------|
G|--2-------------4------------------------------5-----------|
D|--0-------------4----------5---------7---------5------5----| x2
A|--0-------------2---2-2----5---------7-----xx--3--xx--5----|
E|----------------2---2-2----3---------5-----xx-----xx--3----|
PM...

Play the intro once, and then procede into Verse 2


[Verse]

e|-----------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------|
G|--9~~~~~~~~~~~~~~------------------------------------------|
D|--9~~~~~~~~~~~~~~------------------------------------------|
A|--7~~~~~~~~~~~~~~------------------------------------------|
E|--0--------------------------------------------------------|


[Interlude 7]

e|------10-----12-----14-----12---10-------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------|
G|--9h11--11h12--12h14--11h12--7h9---------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------|

Repeat Interlude 5


[Bridge]

e|-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--5-----7-----12-----9-------5---7---------------------------|
A|--5-----7-----12-----9--9-9--5---7---------------------------|
E|--3-----5-----10-----7--7-7--3---5---------------------------|
PM...


[Chorus]

e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------10b12-10--|
G|--9b11--9p7---7---9b11--9p7---7--------7-7-----7-7---9b11r9---9-7------------|
D|------------9---------------9------7h9-----7h9-------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--7h9p7-------7h9--7-10-10-10-8-8----7h9----7---7h9p7-10-10-10-8-8------|
E|--------10~~~---------------------10------------------------------------|

e|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--10b12-12-10----------------10b12r10-----------------------------------|
G|--------------10p9p7--10p9p7----------10p9p7--9~~~~~--------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Repeat Bridge (only add a pick scrape in at the end), then play the Chorus.
You are going to play the whole chorus twice here.
The 2nd time you play the it, go one step higher from D to E, like so...

e|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--9---------6---------------------7-----------------------------------|
D|--9---------6-------7------9------7----7------------------------------|
A|--7---------4-------7------9---xx-5-xx-7------------------------------|
E|--7---------4-------5------7---xx---xx-5------------------------------|


[Outro Solo] (x2)

Also one step higher

e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---9h11p9----9h11--9--12-12-12-11-11-----------------------------|
E|----------12-----------------------------------------------------|


Then this

e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----7-----------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----7----7------------------------------------------------------|
A|--xx-5-xx-7------------------------------------------------------|
E|--xx---xx-5------------------------------------------------------|


And finally, you play the intro again, only one step higher


[Outro]

e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--7s9-9s11-11s14-14p13-------------------------------------------| x2
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

And you're done.


Here's the song structure:
[Intro] (x2)
[Verse]
[Interlude 1]
[Verse]
[Interlude 2]
[Interludes 3 and 4]
[Interlude 5]
[Chorus] (x2)
[Intro] (x1)
[Verse]
[Interlude 7]
[Interlude 5]
[Chorus] (x2)
[Solo]
[Chorus](x2)
[E Chorus] (x2)
[Outro Solo] (x2)
[Outro] (x2)



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h hammer on
p pull off
() harmonics
PM palm muting
X muffled strings
b bend
r return
~ vibrating
s slide
/ or \ pick scrape

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Tunning: Standard (E A D G B e)
I'll Be There For You - Bon Jovi
Tabbed by:Jamone96
Email:EXPLOSIVESUCKA@comcast.net
Tuning:Standard

[Intro]
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----1\3------3\5------5\8------8/7---------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-0--------0--------0---------0--------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----1\3------3\5------5\8------8---8/7-----------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-0--------0--------0---------0--------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|

[Verse]
/ D / E- / G / D /

The Last Line of the Verses Play These Chords

/ D / E- / G / A /

[Chorus]
/ D / B- / G / A C G / D / x2
[ 1 3 4]

[ 1 3 4 ] - The Beat For That Measure

Play The Last Line Of The Intro After The Choruses

[Bridge]
/ A / B- / A / D / B- / E- / G / A /

Now I Know It doesnt sound Like The Actual Song But That's Because, Its A Beginner
One More Thing Play The Chorus Over The Solo.

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Song info
Ill Be There For You
Bon Jovi
2001
  • Rock
  • Hard Rock
  • Pop Rock
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