Date: Jan / 6/99
Transcribed :Chuckweet
I’ll Be There For You / Marty Stuart
C.D: Honky Tonkin’s What I Do Best

I’ll Be There For You

Marty Stuart

(into) E/E5 – A – C#m – B – A – E
verse 1
[E/E5]If somebody breaks your heart
And tears your world apart
Baby, I’ll be there for you

Verse 2
[E/E5]If somebody treats you unkind
And brings troubles to your mind
Baby, I’ll be there for you

chorus

I’ll be there everyday
Loving you in every way
I’ll stand beside you, your whole life th[—–]rough

——–B

I’ll be true

Verse 3
[E/E5]If somebody hurts you bad
Makes you blue, makes you sad
Baby, I’ll be there for you

Guitar: E/E5-A-C#m-B-A-E x2

chorus
I’ll be there everyday
Loving you every way
I’ll stand beside you, your whole life [B—–]through

———-B

I’ll be true

Verse 3
[E/E5]If somebody makes you cry
I’ll kiss every teardrop dry
Baby, I’ll be there for you
Baby, I’ll be there for you
(Outro): E/E5-A-C#m-B-A-E over and over:

E———4————-
B————5———-
G———4————- E5
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hold bend hold bend
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pre-bend hold bend
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Standard Tuning, Capo 2
(Whole Step Up)

The (D) in the intro (and after chorus) is strummed very quickly.
Listen to the song, and you’ll figure it out.

Intro:
A,E,A,D,A

Stuart:
Who’ll buy my wheat, who’ll buy my corn?
To feed my babies when they are born
Seeds and dirt, a prayer for rain that I can use.
I work the land, I watch the sky
I talk to God and wonder why
But it’s the only life I know, these farmer’s blues.

(chorus)
I see the seasons come and go
Sending rain, fire, and snow.
I’m at the mercy of it all, this life I choose.
Sometimes I hang my head and cry
When that evening train comes by.
I wish it could take me far away
These farmer’s blues.

A,E,A,D,A

Haggard:
The tractor’s old, the fence is down
Put on my suit and go to town.
I ask for a loan and I know well they might refuse
Back at home, still by my side
The one I love, with worried eyes
Waits for me to love away, these farmer’s blues.

(Repeat chorus)

Life was perfect complete through and through

Now you’re gone and it’s shattered all to pieces

I’m learning to live in a world without you

A world without love is so hard to bear

It leaves a soul empty with no one to care

Existing day after day trying hard to find my way

While learning to live in a world without you

I walk the floor then turn to the bottle

My heart aches no matter what I do

A broken heart can only take so much hurting

While learning to live in a world without you

A world without love is so hard to bear

It leaves a soul empty with no one to care

Existing day after day trying hard to find my way

While learning to live in a world without you

Tuning: Standard
Capo: 1st fret

I killed another man today, it’s hard to believe,
That I lost count at thirty, and I’ve grown too numb to grieve.
The bottle helps me cope, when I lay down at night,
And when the dope rolls through my veins, it all fades out of sight.

Hangman, Hangman,
That’s my stock and trade.
Hangman, Hangman,
Sending bad men to their grave.
But who killed who? I ask myself,
Time and time again.
God have mercy on the soul,
Of this Hangman.

And there’s a woman down the street, named Rosalie McFall,
She don’t ask me any questions, when I come to call.
Her body keeps me warm, her words are soft and kind,
She holds me in her arms, ‘til the bad dreams leave my mind.

Hangman, Hangman,
That’s my stock and trade.
Hangman, Hangman,
Sending bad men to their grave.
But who killed who? I ask myself,
Time and time again.
God have mercy on the soul,
Of this Hangman.

Play with capo on 1st fret.
Chord shapes are relative to position of capo.

Bb x02220 Eb xx0232

F 022100

Verse 1

——–

It comes from Mississippi and down in Alabam,

Creepin’ like a fever, all across the land.

The people got to have it, they wanna hear some more.

Chorus

——-

Its the hillbilly rock, beat it with a drum,
Playin’ them guitars like shootin’ from a gun.
Keepin’ up the rhythm, steady as a clock.
Doin’ a little thing called the hillbilly rock.

Verse 2

——–

Some say it came from Memphis, down in Tennessee,

Or it drifted in from Georgia about 1953.

Just as long as its greasy, as long as its fast,

As long as its pumpin’ honey, its gonna last.

REPEAT CHORUS

INSTRUMENTAL

Verse 3

——–

Way back in old Kentucky where the bluegrass grows,

Through the Carolinas on them dirt red roads.

Burnin’ like a fire runnin’ wild in the woods,

REPEAT CHORUS

Verse 4

——–

So when the heat starts to risin’ and you gotta blow some steam,

Take a ride down the river, you’ll see just what I mean.

The juke joint’s jumpin’ when that cat goes on,

The whole place is shakin’, there’s a something goin’ on.

REPEAT CHORUS

Doin’ a little thing called the hillbilly rock.
Doin’ a little thing called the hillbilly rock.

b bend p pulloff / slide up

bh bend & hold r release bend

~ let ring slide down

LEAD SOLO (without capo)

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INTRO: F Bb C F Bb C

Well my friend you asked me what to do
If I were you, and feelin’ blue
I know inside that you still care
You want her here but she’s out there

CHORUS:
Don’t leave her [C-Bb]lonely too long
‘Cause she’ll be gone, gone, gone
Don’t leave her [C-Bb]lonely too long
‘Cause she’ll be gone, gone, gone

You still have time to change her mind
She needs to know the way you feel
And there could be better time
You’ve got to show her your love is real

CHORUS

SOLO

There’s strangers waiting in line
To take your place and leave you behind
And then too late you’ll change your mind
Your heart will break a million times

CHORUS

‘Cause she’ll be gone, gone, gone