Bon Jovi, Livin' On A Prayer (1986)
Key: :[C#m] (w: Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora, Desmond Child) (BPM: 122)
INTRO:
[C#m] [A5] [B5] [C#m] :
[x2]
VERSE 1:
[C#m] Tommy used to work on the docks.
[C#m] Union's been on strike, he's down on his luck,
It's
[A5] tough,
[B5] so
[C#m] tough.
[C#m] Gina works the diner all day.
[C#m] Working for her man, she brings home her pay
For
[A5] love,
[B5] mmmm for
[C#m] love.
PRE-CHORUS:
We've got to
[A5] hold
[B5] on, to what we've
[C#m] got.
It
[A5] doesn't make a
[B5] difference if we
[C#m] make it or not.
We've
[A5] got each
[B5] other, and
[C#m] that's a lot, ^
[B5] for ^
[A5] love.
We'll ^
[B5] give it a ^
[B5 open] shot.
CHORUS:
[C#m] Whoa
[A5] ooh, we're
[B5] halfway there
[E5] Whoa
[A5] ooh,
[B5] livin' on a prayer
[C#m] Take my
[A5] hand, we'll
[B5] make it I swear
[E5] Whoa
[A5] ooh,
[B5] livin' on a prayer
BREAK: [C#m]
VERSE 2:
[C#m] Tommy's got his six-string in hock.
[C#m] Now he's holding in, what he used to make it talk
So
[A5] tough,
[B5] mmm it's
[C#m] tough
[C#m] Gina dreams of running away.
[C#m] When she cries in the night, Tommy whispers:
Baby, it's o-
[A5]-kay,
[B5] so
[C#m] me day.
REPEAT PRE-CHORUS:
REPEAT CHORUS:
SOLO: [over CHORUS]
PRE-CHORUS 2:
Oooooooooh, we gotta
[A5] hold
[B5] on,
[C#m] ready or not ^
[B5]
You
[A5] live for the fight when that's ^
[B5] all that you've ^
[B5 open] got.
SONG KEY CHANGE: [+3] [Em]
CHORUS 2:
[Em] Whoa
[C5] ooh, we're
[D5] halfway there
[G5] Whoa
[C5] ooh,
[D5] livin' on a prayer
[Em] Take my
[C5] hand, we'll
[D5] make it I swear
[G5] Whoa
[C5] ooh,
[D5] livin' on a prayer
REPEAT CHORUS 2: 