'Ill Be There For You' by Bon Jovi - Guitar Tutorial

            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--1412-------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
[email protected]