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This article is from the Friends FAQ, by Andy J. Williams AndyJW@dartmouth.edu with numerous contributions by others.

1.07 All about the theme song? (Friends)

There was a great deal of debate over whether the first line was "So no one
told you life was gonna be this way" or "So no one told you that was gonna
be this way." Alexa Junge put the argument to rest with the following:

AJ: "the lyric question is 'No one told you LIFE was going to be this
way...' But it's not a dumb one - there was momentary debate even between
Marta [Kauffman] and David [Crane] who didn't want to believe they wrote two
consecutive lines with the word 'Life' in them. But they did."

And there are only four claps.

The Theme song is sung by the Rembrandts. An extended version can be found
on their 1995 album "L.P." The music is by Michael Skloff and the lyrics by
Allee Willis

So no one told you life was gonna be this way [four claps]
Your job's a joke, you're broke, your love life's D.O.A.
It's like you're always stuck in second gear
When it hasn't been your day, your week, your month, or even your year

but
I'll be there for you
(When the rain starts to pour)
I'll be there for you
(Like I've been there before)
I'll be there for you
('Cause you're there for me too)

Carl Sobeski (sobeski@lf.hp.com) figured out the following guitar chords:

             Fret                Fret                Fret
     A                   G                  C#m
+---------+         +---------+         +---------+
1 | | | 1 1  5th    1 | | | 1 1  3rd    | 1 | | | 1  4th
+---------+         +---------+         +---------+
| | | 2 | |         | | | 2 | |         | | | | 2 |
+---------+         +---------+         +---------+
| 3 4 | | |         | 3 4 | | |         | | 3 4 | |
  
    Bm                   D                   E
+---------+         +---------+         +---------+
| 1 | | | 1  2nd    | 1 | | | |  5th    | | | 1 | |  1st
+---------+         +---------+         +---------+
| | | | 2 |         | | | | | |         | 2 3 | | |
+---------+         +---------+         +---------+
| | 3 4 | |         | | 3 3 3 |         | | | | | |
  
A                                         G
So no one told you life was gonna be this way
  
A                                                     C#m
Your job's a joke, you're broke, your love life's D.O.A.
  
G                Bm              A
It's like you're always stuck in second gear
  
         G               D                    E
And it hasn't been your day, your week, your month, or even your year
  
     A       D         E
But, I'll be there for you (When the rain starts to pour)
  
A       D         E
I'll be there for you (Like I've been there before)
  
A       D         E                  G                 A
I'll be there for you ('Cause you're there for me too)

 

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