(Everything I Do) I Do It For You | Chords + Lyrics (no capo)
Intro
| Db (Dbadd4) | Dbsus2 | Gb (Gbmaj13) | Ab/Eb |
Verse 1
| Db (Dbadd4) | Dbsus2 |
Look into my eyes you will see,
| Gb | Ab/Eb |
what you mean to me.
| Db (Dbadd4) | Dbsus2 |
Search your heart, search your soul.
| Gb | Absus4 Ab/Eb |
And when you find me there, you’ll search no more.
Bridge 1
||: Ebm11 | Gbsus4/Eb :||
Don’t tell me it’s not worth trying for.
You can’t tell me it’s not worth dying for.
Chorus 1
| Db (Dbadd4) | Ab | Db | Db5 |
You know it’s true. Everything I do, I do it for you.
Verse 2
Look into your heart, you will find.
There is nothing there to hide.
Take me as I am, take my life.
I would give it all, I would sacrifice.
Bridge 2
Don’t tell me it’s not worth fighting for.
I can’t help it, there’s nothing I want more.
Chorus 2
| Db (Dbadd4) | Ab | Db (Dbsus4) | Db |
You know it’s true. Everything I do, I do it for you. Oh yeah.
Middle 8
| B | E |
There’s no love, like your love.
| B | F# |
And no other, could give more love.
| Db | Ab |
There’s nowhere, unless you’re there.
| Eb | Ab Absus4 | Ab |
All the time, all the way, yeah.
Solo
||: Gb | Gb (Gb6) | Db (Dbsus4) | Db :||
Look into your heart baby. Yeah. Oh yeah
Bridge 3
Oh, you can’t tell me it’s not worth trying for.
I can’t help it, there’s nothing I want more.
Middle 8 2
| Db | Ab |
Yeah, I would fight for you, I’d lie for you.
| Gb | Gbm | Gbm |
Walk the wire for you, yeah, I’d die for you.
Chorus 3
| Db (Dbadd4) | Ab | Gb (Gbmaj13) | Db |
You know it’s true. Everything I do, oh, oh, I do for you.
Outro
||: Gb | Gb (Gb6) | Db (Dbsus4) | Db :||
Everything I do, darling.
Yea we’ll see it through. We’ll see it through, oh, yeah. Yeah!
Search your heart, search your soul. You can’t tell me it ain’t worth dyin’ for.
I’ll be there. I’d walk the fire for you. Yeah I’d die for you.
Oh, yeah. All the time. I’m going all the way, all the way.
Yeah, yeah, oh. Oh!
(Everything I Do) I Do It For You | Chords + Lyrics (capo 4)
Intro
| A (Aadd4) | Asus2 | D (Dmaj13) | E/B |
Verse 1
| A (Aadd4) | Asus2 |
Look into my eyes you will see,
| D5 | E/B |
what you mean to me.
| A (Aadd4) | Asus2 |
Search your heart, search your soul.
| D | Esus4 E/B |
And when you find me there, you’ll search no more.
Bridge 1
||: Bm11 | Esus4/B :||
Don’t tell me it’s not worth trying for.
You can’t tell me it’s not worth dying for.
Chorus 1
| A (Aadd4) | E | A | A5 |
You know it’s true. Everything I do, I do it for you.
Verse 2
Look into your heart, you will find.
There is nothing there to hide.
Take me as I am, take my life.
I would give it all, I would sacrifice.
Bridge 2
Don’t tell me it’s not worth fighting for.
I can’t help it, there’s nothing I want more.
Chorus 2
| A (Aadd4) | E | A (Asus4) | A |
You know it’s true. Everything I do, I do it for you. Oh yeah.
Middle 8
| G | C |
There’s no love, like your love.
| G | D |
And no other, could give more love.
| A | E |
There’s nowhere, unless you’re there.
| B | E Esus4 | E |
All the time, all the way, yeah.
Solo
||: D | D (D6) | A (Asus4) | A :||
Look into your heart baby. Yeah. Oh yeah
Bridge 3
Oh, you can’t tell me it’s not worth trying for.
I can’t help it, there’s nothing I want more.
Middle 8 2
| A | E |
Yeah, I would fight for you, I’d lie for you.
| D | Dm | Dm |
Walk the wire for you, yeah, I’d die for you.
Chorus 3
| A (Aadd4) | E | D (Dmaj13) | A5 |
You know it’s true. Everything I do, oh, oh, I do for you.
Outro
||: D | D (D6) | A (Asus4) | A :||
Everything I do, darling.
Yea we’ll see it through. We’ll see it through, oh, yeah. Yeah!
Search your heart, search your soul. You can’t tell me it ain’t worth dyin’ for.
I’ll be there. I’d walk the fire for you. Yeah I’d die for you.
Oh, yeah. All the time. I’m going all the way, all the way.
Yeah, yeah, oh. Oh!
Everything I Do (I Do It For You) Chords: Master the Progressions with Ease
Search the internet for “(Everything I Do) I Do It For You chords”, and you’ll see most results suggesting you should play standard open-position chords in the key of C, putting a capo on fret 1, making it the key of Db.
A capo on fret 1 is always awkward, but when it comes to (Everything I Do) I Do It For You chords, it’s not just awkward—it sounds wrong.
Playing in the key of Db and trying to fit in all those extensions is very difficult; on the acoustic, it may even be impossible.
If we put a capo on fret 4 and think in the key of A instead, you’ll sound like the original piano part, and it all falls into place. Let’s compare; here’s the verse in the key of Db.
| Db (I) (Dbadd4) | Dbsus2 | Gb (IV) | Ab/Eb (V) |
| Db (Dbadd4) | Dbsus2 | Gb | Absus4 Ab/Eb |
In the key of A, it’s so much easier!
| A (I) (Aadd4) | Asus2 | D5 (IV) | E/B (V) |
| A (Aadd4) | Asus2 | D5 | Esus4 E/B |
I’ve designed some TAB for how to play this; here’s a link to that part of the lesson: (Everything I Do) I Do It For You – Guitar Lesson with TAB.
The bridge is much easier in the key of A, too; here it is with Roman numerals.
||: Bm11 (II) | Esus4/B (V/5) :||
Everything I Do (I Do It For You) Chords: Explore the Unique Chorus and Key Changes
There are three different choruses in (Everything I Do) I Do It For You; the first looks like this:
| A (I) (Aadd4) | E (V) | A | A5 |
The second chorus is the same, just using different extensions, like this:
| A (Aadd4) | E | A (Asus4) | A |
The third chorus is very different, which is unusual; now we include chord IV.
| A (I) (Aadd4) | E (V) | D (IV) (Dmaj13) | A5 |
There are also two middle-8 sections. The first one changes the key to G initially, then goes back to the key of A, like this.
| G (I) | C (IV) | G (I) | D (V) | (key of G)
| A (I) | E (V) | B (IIx) | E (V) Esus4 | E | (key of A)
The second middle-8 stays in the key of A but uses new chords, including the IVm, like this:
| A (I) | E (V) | D (IV) | Dm (IVm) | Dm |
There’s also a solo and outro with completely new chords!
||: D (IV) | D (D6) | A (I) (Asus4) | A :||
That was a lot of chords in what may have sounded like a very simple song, and that’s the beauty of (Everything I Do) I Do It For You. All chord progressions are very common; there are just a lot of them, and they have many extensions.
Having digested the TAB from the other lesson, a chord chart is enough to bring to the gig; here’s one I made for you.
(Everything I Do) I Do It For You Chord Chart | PDF + iReal Pro
I had to wrestle with the layout of that chord chart for a while. Initially, I tried using segno and coda signs, which looked completely nuts, so I settled on listing all sections and then using a form guide at the bottom.
Having written hundreds of charts like this in the last few months, I have to say that I do like this way of displaying the chords somewhat separately from the form.
Should you want to download this chart, here’s a PDF: (Everything I Do) I Do It For You Chord Chart PDF.
This chord chart was created using iReal Pro; here’s a link to that file: (Everything I Do) I Do It For You iReal Pro. You can change the key using this and the iReal Pro app.
(Everything I Do) I Do It For You is the 12th best-selling single of all time!
Released as a single from the soundtrack for Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991), (Everything I Do) I Do It For You is one of the most successful tunes of all time.
As a #1 in 19 countries, it broke the record for the longest consecutive #1 in the U.K. with 16 weeks at the top. In the U.S., it sold over 4 million copies.
With 16 million copies sold worldwide, it is the best-selling single of all time.
Most people probably forgot the outro, which has a phenomenal guitar solo. I need to record this to make lessons; there is so much to learn from this Bryan Adams classic.
(Everything I Do) I Do It For You Chords: Continue Learning
Want to master this song? Check out the full TAB lesson here: (Everything I Do) I Do It For You (Bryan Adams) Guitar Lesson with TAB.
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