Everything I Do I Do It For You Cifras

Title:   Everything I Do (I Do It For You) (acoustic)
Artist:  Bryan Adams
Albums:  Waking Up the Neighbours (1991), So Far So Good (1993), MTV Unplugged (1997),
         The Best of Me (1999)
Tuning:  Standard Tuning, Capo on First Fret
Tabber:  coolguy824 (coolguy824@excite.com)
 
Chords:
C   [x32010]
G   [320003]
F   [133211]
Dm  [xx0231]
Bb  [113331]
Eb  [668886]
Fm  [133111]
 
 
This song can be played many ways, and with many different arrangements.
The album version is played with two guitars (rhythm and lead), one bass,
drums, and piano. However, I find that the arrangement of two guitars
(one acoustic for rhythm and one electric for picking), with percussion
(you can't really call it drums, since the percussion in this version
usually only consists of the drummer, Mickey Curry, keeping the beat
with a maraca). The version being tabbed here (the latter version)
is very easy to play, and sounds great. It is in a different key, so it
may sound a little bit different than normal. I hope you enjoy it.
 
 
[VERSE I]
 
C                  G
Look into my eyes, you will see
F                G
What you mean to me            
            C                  G
Search your heart, search your soul
             F                     C         G
And when you find me there, you'll search no more
 
 
[CHORUS I]
 
      Dm                     C      Dm    C
Don't tell me it's not worth trying for
          Dm                     C     Dm
You can't tell me it's not worth dying for
              C                G            C
You know it's true, everything I do, I do it for you
 
 
[VERSE II]
 
C                     G
Look into your heart, you will find
        F                G
There's nothing there to hide
                  C           G
Just take me as I am, take my life
        F                    C    G
I would give it all, I would sacrifice
 
 
[CHORUS II]
 
      Dm                     C        Dm    C
Don't tell me it's not worth fighting for
        Dm                       C      Dm
I can't help it, there's nothing I want more
              C                G             C
You know it's true, everything I do, I do it for you
 
 
[BRIDGE]
 
Bb                   Eb
There's no love like your love
       Bb               F
And no other could give more love
        C              G
There's nowhere unless you're there
        D             G    C
All the time, all the way, yeah
 
 
[INTERLUDE and SOLO]
 
Rhythm Guitar: F  C  F  C
 
Lead Guitar:  This solo is the one that works best with this arrangement, and appears
on the Live at the Budokan DVD.
 
  1 + 2 + 3  +  4  +  1 + 2 + 3  +  4  +   1   +   2     +    3  + 4   +   1 + 2 + 3  +  4  +
E|-------------------|--------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------|
B|--------3----5-----|--------------------|-------------------3----5------|-----------8-------|
G|-----------------2-|5-------------------|----------------------------0h2|5-------5----------|
D|-------------------|--------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------|
A|-------------------|--------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------|
E|-------------------|--------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------|
 
E|-------------------|-----------3h5-----6|5h3h5-3h1h1---1----------------|-------------------|
B|--------3----5-----|--------------------|-------------------3----5------|--------8-8--------|
G|-----------------2-|5-------------------|----------------------------0h2|5------5---5-------|
D|-------------------|--------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------|
A|-------------------|--------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------|
E|-------------------|--------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------|
 
 
[CHORUS III]
 
              Dm                            G
Oh, you can't tell me it's not worth trying for
        Dm                              G
I can't help it, there's nothing I want more
              C                  G
Yeah, I would fight for you, I'd lie for you
         F                       Fm
Walk the wire for you, yeah, I'd die for you
              C                G     F Dm          C
You know it's true, everything I do, ohh,  I do it for you
 
 
[ALTERNATE SOLO]
 
There are alternate ways of playing the solo in this song, as demonstrated during
Bryan's concerts and video/DVD releases. I will list one of them here.
 
 
ALTERNATE #1:  This is the solo that appears on the album version and most major
releases of the song. If you are playing the song in the same key that it appears
in on the album, simply move each note up two frets.
 
  1 2   3 4  1 +   2   +   3  +  4  +  1 +    2   + 3 + 4  +    1    +  2 +      3   +   4  +
E|----------|--------------------------|-----------------------|-------------------------------|
B|--3h5-----|---3h5-3p1---1-----1/3----|----------------1---1h3|1----------------5h8--8-----1-1|
G|----------|-----------2--------------|---------------2-------|-------------------------------|
D|----------|--------------------------|-----------------------|-------------------------------|
A|----------|--------------------------|-----------------------|-------------------------------|
E|----------|--------------------------|-----------------------|-------------------------------|
 
E|----------|--------------------------|-----------------------|-------------------------------|
B|--8/10----|--13p10-10----------------|--10p8--10-3h5---------|-5p3-5p3-5p3-----1-------------|
G|----------|--------------------------|-----------------------|-------------------------------|
D|----------|--------------------------|-----------------------|-------------------------------|
A|----------|--------------------------|-----------------------|-------------------------------|
E|----------|--------------------------|-----------------------|-------------------------------|
 
 
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| /  slide up
| \  slide down
| h  hammer-on
| p  pull-off
| ~  vibrato
| +  harmonic
| x  Mute note
 
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