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
Chords to Know: (unless otherwise noted, all chords are to be
played at the 1st fret)
[X32010]
[320003]
[133211]
[000231]
[113331]
Eb [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 eyes, you will see
What you mean to me
Search your heart, search your soul
And when you find 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 worth dying for
You know it's true, everything I do, I do it for you
VERSE II:
Look into your heart, you will find
There's nothing there to hide
Just take me as I am, take my life
I would give it all, I would sacrifice
CHORUS II:
Don't tell me it's not worth fighting for
I can't help it, there's nothing I want more
You know it's true, everything I do, I do it for you
BRIDGE:
There's no love like your love
And no other could give more love
There's nowhere unless you're there
All the time, all the way, yeah
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 + 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:
Oh, you can't tell me it's not worth trying for
I can't help it, there's nothing I want more
Yeah, I would fight for you, I'd lie for you
Walk the wire for you, yeah, I'd die for you
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|----------|--------------------------|-----------------------|-------------------------------|
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
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