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