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Now And Forever
Richard Marx
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00:00 Song Demo
01:34 Lesson Intro
01:48 Main Riff
05:53 Strum 1
07:06 Strum 2
10:32 Strumming Technique Freebie!
11:09 Verses
14:27 Chorus
16:47 Chorus pt2
17:34 Before the bridge...
18:41 Bridge
21:07 Last Chorus/Outro
22:31 Lesson Outro

It's not WHAT you strum...

...But HOW you strum it!

Not sure what to strum for these songs?

How do you come up with strumming patterns?

Fed up strumming D DU UDU all the time?

You need to LEVEL UP YOUR STRUMMING!

[Intro]

 

  G                    Am7               

|--x-----3-------------------|-----------3-------------|

|--0-----0----0h1----3--1----|--1--1--1--1----1--1--0--|

|--0-----0----0------0--0----|--0--0--0--0----0--0--0--|

|--0--0--0----0h2----4--2----|--2--2--2--2----2--2--0--|

|--x--x--x-------------------|-------------------------|

|--3--3--3-------------------|-------------------------|

 

[Verse 1/Chorus]

 

G   D/F#      Em

 Whenever I'm weary

         Am7         Am7/G       D/F#

From the battles that rage in my head

G    D/F#           Em

 You make sense of madness

         Am7 Am7/G          D/F#

When my sanity hangs by a thread

C              B7

 I lose my way, but still you

 Em    Dadd11  Dbm7b5

Seem to understand

            Am7 D                 (riff – G Am7) 

Now and forever,   I will be your man

 

[Verse 2/Chorus]

 

G    D/F#         Em

 Sometimes I just hold you

Am7          Am7/G     D/F#

Too caught up in me to see

G    D/F#       Em

 I'm holding a fortune

     Am7     Am7/G      D/F#

That Heaven has given to me

C               B7

 I'll try to show you

          Em Dadd11  Dbm7b5

Each and every way I   can

            Am7 D              (riff to bridge)

Now and forever,   I will be your man.

 

 

[Riff To Bridge]

 

   G                    Am7                 B7

                                           (Now I can...)

|--x-----3-------------------|--------------2--2--2-----|

|--0-----0----0h1----3--1----|--1--1--1--0--0--0--0--0--|

|--0-----0----0------0--0----|--0--0--0--0--2--2--2--0--|

|--0--0--0----0h2----4--2----|--2--2--2--0--1--1--1--0--|

|--x--x--x-------------------|--------------2--2--2-----|

|--3--3--3-------------------|--------------------------|

 

[Bridge]

          Em       C

Now I can rest my worries

   G          D

And always be sure

Em        C         G        D/F#

 That I won't be alone, anymore

Em       C    G               D

 If I'd only known you were there

         C              Cm     

All the time, all this time

 

[Solo]

 

|G   D/F# |Em        |Am7  Am7/G|D/F#      |

|G   D/F# |Em        |Am7  Am7/G|D/F#      |

 

[Outro]

C             B7

  Until the day the ocean

  Em     Dadd11   Em

Doesn't touch the sand

            Am7  D                 G Am7 D

Now and forever,   I will be your man.

           Am7   D                   C   Cm   G       

Now and forever      I will be your man