Bon Jovi, Livin' On A Prayer (1986)
Key: :[Am] (w: Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora, Desmond Child) (BPM: 122)
INTRO:
[Am] [F5] [G5] [Am] :
[x2]
VERSE 1:
[Am] Tommy used to work on the docks.
[Am] Union's been on strike, he's down on his luck,
It's
[F5] tough,
[G5] so
[Am] tough.
[Am] Gina works the diner all day.
[Am] Working for her man, she brings home her pay
For
[F5] love,
[G5] mmmm for
[Am] love.
PRE-CHORUS:
We've got to
[F5] hold
[G5] on, to what we've
[Am] got.
It
[F5] doesn't make a
[G5] difference if we
[Am] make it or not.
We've
[F5] got each
[G5] other, and
[Am] that's a lot, ^
[G5] for ^
[F5] love.
We'll ^
[G5] give it a ^
[G5 open] shot.
CHORUS:
[Am] Whoa
[F5] ooh, we're
[G5] halfway there
[C5] Whoa
[F5] ooh,
[G5] livin' on a prayer
[Am] Take my
[F5] hand, we'll
[G5] make it I swear
[C5] Whoa
[F5] ooh,
[G5] livin' on a prayer
BREAK: [Am]
VERSE 2:
[Am] Tommy's got his six-string in hock.
[Am] Now he's holding in, what he used to make it talk
So
[F5] tough,
[G5] mmm it's
[Am] tough
[Am] Gina dreams of running away.
[Am] When she cries in the night, Tommy whispers:
Baby, it's o-
[F5]-kay,
[G5] so
[Am] me day.
REPEAT PRE-CHORUS:
REPEAT CHORUS:
SOLO: [over CHORUS]
PRE-CHORUS 2:
Oooooooooh, we gotta
[F5] hold
[G5] on,
[Am] ready or not ^
[G5]
You
[F5] live for the fight when that's ^
[G5] all that you've ^
[G5 open] got.
SONG KEY CHANGE: [+3] [Cm]
CHORUS 2:
[Cm] Whoa
[Ab5] ooh, we're
[A#5] halfway there
[Eb5] Whoa
[Ab5] ooh,
[A#5] livin' on a prayer
[Cm] Take my
[Ab5] hand, we'll
[A#5] make it I swear
[Eb5] Whoa
[Ab5] ooh,
[A#5] livin' on a prayer
REPEAT CHORUS 2: 