Bon Jovi, Livin' On A Prayer (1986)
Key: :[G#m] (w: Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora, Desmond Child) (BPM: 122)
INTRO:
[G#m] [E5] [F#5] [G#m] :
[x2]
VERSE 1:
[G#m] Tommy used to work on the docks.
[G#m] Union's been on strike, he's down on his luck,
It's
[E5] tough,
[F#5] so
[G#m] tough.
[G#m] Gina works the diner all day.
[G#m] Working for her man, she brings home her pay
For
[E5] love,
[F#5] mmmm for
[G#m] love.
PRE-CHORUS:
We've got to
[E5] hold
[F#5] on, to what we've
[G#m] got.
It
[E5] doesn't make a
[F#5] difference if we
[G#m] make it or not.
We've
[E5] got each
[F#5] other, and
[G#m] that's a lot, ^
[F#5] for ^
[E5] love.
We'll ^
[F#5] give it a ^
[F#5 open] shot.
CHORUS:
[G#m] Whoa
[E5] ooh, we're
[F#5] halfway there
[B5] Whoa
[E5] ooh,
[F#5] livin' on a prayer
[G#m] Take my
[E5] hand, we'll
[F#5] make it I swear
[B5] Whoa
[E5] ooh,
[F#5] livin' on a prayer
BREAK: [G#m]
VERSE 2:
[G#m] Tommy's got his six-string in hock.
[G#m] Now he's holding in, what he used to make it talk
So
[E5] tough,
[F#5] mmm it's
[G#m] tough
[G#m] Gina dreams of running away.
[G#m] When she cries in the night, Tommy whispers:
Baby, it's o-
[E5]-kay,
[F#5] so
[G#m] me day.
REPEAT PRE-CHORUS:
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