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 to Know: (unless otherwise noted, all chords are to be
played at the 1st fret)
[X32010]
[320003]
[133211]
[000231]
[113331]
[113331] at 6th fret
[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 marraca). 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]
Look into my e
yes, you will
see
What you mean
to me
Search your he
art, search yo
ur soul
And when you f
ind me there,
you'll search
no more
[CHORUS I]
Don't tell me
it's not worth
trying for
You can't tell
me it's not w
orth dying for
You know it's
true, everythi
ng I do, I do
it for you
[VERSE II]
Look into your
heart, you wi
ll find
There's nothin
g there to hid
e
Just take me a
s I am, take m
y life
I would give i
t all, I would
sacrifice
[CHORUS II]
Don't tell me
it's not worth
fighting for
I can't help i
t, there's not
hing I want mo
re
You know it's
true, everythi
ng I do, I do
it for you
[BRIDGE]
There's no lov
e like your lo
ve
And no other c
ould give more
love
There's nowher
e unless you'r
e there
All the time,
all the way, y
eah
[INTERLUDE and SOLO]
Rhythm Guitar:
Lead Guitar: This solo is the one that works best with this arrangement, and appears
on the Live at the Budokon DVD.
1 + 2 + 3 +
E|------------
B|--------3---
G|------------
D|------------
A|------------
E|------------
4 + 1 + 2
-------|------
-5-----|------
-----2-|5-----
-------|------
-------|------
-------|------
+ 3 + 4 +
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1 + 2
|-------------
|-------------
|-------------
|-------------
|-------------
|-------------
+ 3 + 4
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------3----5--
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+ 1 + 2 + 3
----|---------
----|---------
-0h2|5-------5
----|---------
----|---------
----|---------
+ 4 +
----------|
--8-------|
----------|
----------|
----------|
----------|
E|------------
B|--------3---
G|------------
D|------------
A|------------
E|------------
-------|------
-5-----|------
-----2-|5-----
-------|------
-------|------
-------|------
-----3h5-----6
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--------------
--------------
--------------
|5h3h5-3h1h1--
|-------------
|-------------
|-------------
|-------------
|-------------
-1------------
------3----5--
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--------------
--------------
--------------
----|---------
----|--------8
-0h2|5------5-
----|---------
----|---------
----|---------
----------|
-8--------|
--5-------|
----------|
----------|
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[CHORUS III]
Oh, you can't
tell me it's n
ot worth tryin
g for
I can't help i
t, there's not
hing I want mo
re
Yeah, I would
fight for you,
I'd lie for y
ou
Walk the wire
for you, yeah,
I'd die for y
ou
You know it's
true, everythi
ng I do, ohh,
I do it for y
ou
[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
E|----------|-
B|--3h5-----|-
G|----------|-
D|----------|-
A|----------|-
E|----------|-
+ 2 + 3
--------------
--3h5-3p1---1-
----------2---
--------------
--------------
--------------
+ 4 + 1 +
-----------|--
----1/3----|--
-----------|--
-----------|--
-----------|--
-----------|--
2 + 3 +
--------------
--------------
-------------2
--------------
--------------
--------------
4 + 1 +
-------|------
1---1h3|1-----
-------|------
-------|------
-------|------
-------|------
2 + 3
--------------
-----------5h8
--------------
--------------
--------------
--------------
+ 4 +
-----------|
--8-----1-1|
-----------|
-----------|
-----------|
-----------|
E|----------|-
B|--8/10----|-
G|----------|-
D|----------|-
A|----------|-
E|----------|-
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-13p10-10-----
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--------------
-----------|--
-----------|--
-----------|--
-----------|--
-----------|--
-----------|--
--------------
10p8--10-3h5--
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--------------
-------|------
-------|-5p3-5
-------|------
-------|------
-------|------
-------|------
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p3-5p3-----1--
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| / slide up
| \ slide down
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| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
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