Now And Forever Chords & Tabs
This version was originally posted by Mike Gray(slx6b@cc.usu.edu). But I've edited it and
added in the solo. =) Yup, the long wait is over, I figured out the whole solo part. Lots
of thanks to Mike! Without his original post, I would not know how to play the song at all. =)
Thanks alot, Mike! And lastly but not least, I thank God for teaching me what I wanted to play
for months.. the solo. Praise God!
I tabbed out the solo part together with Mike's original post for easier reference. Enjoy. =)
Now and Forever
by Richard Marx
Tabbed by Adwin Lam =P
adwin@homewithgod.net
Intro
(Tacit top
note 2nd
time)
| |--------------Fill I-------------|
|----------3-------|----h------s------|--------------3---|-----------p------|
|--0---------------|--0-/-1---1/3-1---|------------------|----------1\0-----|
|------------------|--0-------0---0---|----------0-------|--------------0---|
|------0-----------|--0-/-2---2/4-2---|------2-----------|------2-----------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|--3-----------3---|------------------|------------------|------------------|
1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .
(Repeat Intro with Fill II)
|-------------Fill II-------------|
|--------------3---|------------------|
|------------------|----------1-------|
|----------0-------|--------------0---|
|------2-----------|------------------|
|------------------|------2-----------|
|------------------|------------------|
1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .
Chorus I (w/ lyrics)
|----------3-------|------------------|--------------0---|------------------|
|--0---------------|----------3-------|--------------0---|--------------0---|
|------------------|------2-----------|------------------|----------0-------|
|------0-----------|------------------|----------2-------|------2-----------|
|------------------|------------------|------2-----------|------------------|
|--3-----------3---|--2-----------2---|--0---------------|------------------|
1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .
Tacit 2nd
time
|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|--0-----------|---|
|-----------1------|--------------0---|----------3-------|----------3-------|
|--------------2---|----------2-------|------2-------2---|--------------2---|
|------2-----------|------0-----------|------------------|------------------|
|--0---------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|--3---------------|--2---------------|------2-----------|
1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .
(Repeat Chorus I w/lyrics)
Chorus II
|--------------0---|------------------|--------------2---|------------------|
|------------------|----------1-------|------------------|----------0-------|
|----------0-------|------------------|----------2-------|--------------2---|
|------2-----------|------2-----------|------1-----------|------1-----------|
|--3---------------|--3-----------0---|--2---------------|--2---------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .
|----------0-------|------------------|--------------0---|
|--------------0---|----------3-------|--------------0---|
|------------------|------2-------2---|----------0-------|
|------------------|--0---------------|------2-----------|
|------2-----------|------------------|--4---------------|
|--0---------------|------------------|------------------|
1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .
|---------------------------------Fill III------------------------------|
|--------------0---|------------------|----------3-------|--2---------------|
|--------------1---|----------1-------|----------3-------|--3-------3-------|
|----------0-------|----------0-------|------2-------2---|------2-------2---|
|------2-----------|--------------2---|--0---------------|------------------|
|--0---------------|------0-----------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .
(play Intro and Fill II, Chorus I & II and Fill III,
repeat Chorus I & II sections again ending with Intro and Fill IV)
|----------------------------------Fill IV-------------------------------|
|--------------0---|-----------p------|----------3-------|--2---------------|
|--------------1---|----------1\0-----|----------3-------|--3-------3-------|
|----------0-------|--------------0---|------2-------2---|------2-------2---|
|------2-----------|------------------|--0---------------|------------------|
|--0---------------|------0-----------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .
(play Intro w/ Fill V into Chorus III)
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/r/richard_marx/now_and_forever_tab.html ]
Chorus III
|---Fill V-----|
|----------3-------|----------2-------|----------0-------|----------0-------|
|------------------|----------3-------|----------0-------|----------1-------|
|------------------|------2-------2---|--------------0---|------0-------0---|
|------2-------2---|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------2-----------|--3---------------|
|------------------|--2---------------|--0---------------|------------------|
1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .
h p
|----------3-------|----------0/2\0---|----------0-------|----------0-------|
|----------0-------|--------3-------3-|----------0-------|----------1-------|
|------0-------0---|------2-----------|--------------0---|------0-------0---|
|------------------|--0---------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------2-----------|--3---------------|
|--3---------------|------------------|--0---------------|------------------|
1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .
|----------3-------|----------2-------|-----------h--3---|------------------|
|----------0-------|----------3-------|----------0/1-----|------------------|
|------0-------0---|------2-------2---|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|--0---------------|------2-----------|----------2-------|
|------------------|------------------|--0---------------|------0-------0---|
|--3---------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .
(bar 3rd fret)
|--3---------------|------------------|
|----------4-------|------------------|
|------------------|--5---------------|
|------------------|----------5-------| (Solo w/chorus I twice)
|------3-------3---|------3-------3---|
|------------------|------------------|
1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .
(play Chorus II & III w/ fill IV,
then Intro w/ Ending)
Ending
|------------------|--3---------------|--------------0---|------------------|
|----------1-------|------1-----------|------------------|----------1-------|
|--------------0---|----------0-------|----------0-------|------------------|
|------2-----------|--------------2---|------2-----------|------2-------2---|
|------------------|------------------|--0---------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .
h
|----------3-------|--3---------------|--0/2-------------|--2---------------|
|----------3-------|--3-------3-------|--3---------------|------3-----------|
|------2-------2---|------2-----------|----------2-------|----------2-------|
|--0---------------|--------------0---|------0-------0---|--------------0---|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .
(bar 3rd fret)
|
|------------------|--0---------------|--3---------------|------------------|
|----------1-------|----------1-------|----------4-------|------------------|
|------------------|--------------0---|------------------|--5---------------|
|------2-----------|------------------|------------------|----------5-------|
|--3-----------3---|------3-----------|------3-------3---|------3-------3---|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .
rit..................
|----------3-------|------------------|--3---------------|
|--0---------------|--1-/-3-3---------|--3---------------|
|------------------|--0-----0---------|--0---------------|
|------0-----------|--2-/-4-4---------|--0---------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|--3-----------3---|------------------|--3---------------|
1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .
Chorus I:
Whenever I'm weary
from the battles in my head,
You make sense of madness
when my sanity hangs by a thread,
Chorus II:
I lose my way but still you seem to understand,
Fill III:
Now and forever, I will be your man.
Chorus I (2nd time):
Sometimes I just hold you
Too caught up in me to see,
I'm holding a fortune
that heaven has given to me,
Chorus II:
I'll try to show you each and every way I can,
Fill IV:
Now and forever, I will be your man.
Chorus III:
Now I can rest my worries
and always be sure
that I won't be alone anymore,
if I'd only known you were there
all the time
all this time.
Solo:
|--------------------|----------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------------|----------------------|--------------8-----7--|
|-----------------4-4|-4-5---4-5-5h7p5-4----|-----------------------|
|-5-5h7p5-4-5-5h7----|-----7-------------5-7|-----4-5-7-5----5-4----|
|--------------------|----------------------|-5-7-------------------|
|--------------------|----------------------|-----------------------|
|---------7-7h8-7-5-5-7-----------------|-------------------------------------|
|-7h8p7-5--------------8-5---8-8---8h10-|--8-7h8p7----------------------------|
|--------------------------7-----7------|----------9-7------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|----------------10-9--7-9h10---------|
|---------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
Chorus II:
Until the day the ocean doesn't touch the sand,
Fill IV:
Now and forever, I will be your man.
Ending:
Now and forever, I will be your man.
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