Transcribed by Rob 
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Chords 
 
 
  D  Dsus2 G6 G6/F# G  A  Bm  Bm/A  B  Em  E   F#m  C#m  Ab  E/F#  E/G# 
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Intro: 
Dsus2  G6  G6/F#  G (hammer on A string second fret) G 
 
 
Yon starts to play trumpet. 
 
 
 
Dsus2  G6         G6/F#   G(h on A) 
Candle dies, on a bedside table 
Dsus2        G6             G6/F#  G 
I touch your cheek, and you softly smile 
Dsus2       G6           G6/F#       G 
You turn to sleep, but I hold you tighter 
G(let ring)        A 
I wanna talk for a while (audience laughs, then Gatesy says: What?!) 
D                 A 
At the end of the day,  
                        Bm 
When you're left all alone 
        A       D 
I'll be there 
                        A 
When you're all out of hope,  
                      Bm 
And you just can't go on 
        A       G 
I'll be there 
                      F# 
I'll be right by your side 
                 Bm 
In me you can confide 
        Bm/A         G 
I will take it in my stride 
                   Em     A(let ring) 
There's no need to hide 
                    Dsus2  G6  G6/F#  G 
Cause I will be there 
 
 
(whistling part) 
 
 
D                     A 
When the dishes stack up  
                     Bm 
And the milk is left out 
        A 
I'll be there 
D                   A 
When the HiFi's too loud 
                     Bm 
And you're having to shout 
        A 
I'll be there 
G                        F# 
When the lights get left on 
                          Bm 
And the Tim Tams* are all gone 
        Bm/A         G 
And the bill to your phone 
                Em   A   B 
Is eight pages long_______ 
          E 
I will be there_____ 
                        B 
When the chips are left on 
                      C#m 
And the kitchen burns down 
        B                E 
I'll be there, I will be there______ 
                       B 
When your friends move away 
                 C#m 
To a whole other town 
        B 
I'll be there 
A                       Ab 
When your car had been rolled 
                   C#m 
And dumped in Werribee 
         B          A 
And your Grandma is sold 
                F#m 
Into white slavery 
                        Ab 
And there's rubble and wreckage 
                        C#m(let ring) 
Where your flat used to be 
                        A(let ring) 
And the wrong form gets signed 
                        F#m(let ring)   B(let ring) 
And you wake up an amputee 
                E     E/F#  E/G# 
Yup, I will be there 
A           E           E/F#  E/G# 
I will be there, you're in my care 
A           E    E/F#           E/G# 
I will be there, I'll brush your hair 
A(let ring)E(play each string low to high) 
I will be there_________ 
 
 
 
*Tim Tams are a registered trade mark of Arnotts Australia 
Be careful where you use it, cause they might try and sue you