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