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