Bon Jovi, Livin' On A Prayer (1986)
Key: :[Em] (w: Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora, Desmond Child) (BPM: 122)
INTRO:
[Em] [C5] [D5] [Em] :
[x2]
VERSE 1:
[Em] Tommy used to work on the docks.
[Em] Union's been on strike, he's down on his luck,
It's
[C5] tough,
[D5] so
[Em] tough.
[Em] Gina works the diner all day.
[Em] Working for her man, she brings home her pay
For
[C5] love,
[D5] mmmm for
[Em] love.
PRE-CHORUS:
We've got to
[C5] hold
[D5] on, to what we've
[Em] got.
It
[C5] doesn't make a
[D5] difference if we
[Em] make it or not.
We've
[C5] got each
[D5] other, and
[Em] that's a lot, ^
[D5] for ^
[C5] love.
We'll ^
[D5] give it a ^
[D5 open] shot.
CHORUS:
[Em] Whoa
[C5] ooh, we're
[D5] halfway there
[G5] Whoa
[C5] ooh,
[D5] livin' on a prayer
[Em] Take my
[C5] hand, we'll
[D5] make it I swear
[G5] Whoa
[C5] ooh,
[D5] livin' on a prayer
BREAK: [Em]
VERSE 2:
[Em] Tommy's got his six-string in hock.
[Em] Now he's holding in, what he used to make it talk
So
[C5] tough,
[D5] mmm it's
[Em] tough
[Em] Gina dreams of running away.
[Em] When she cries in the night, Tommy whispers:
Baby, it's o-
[C5]-kay,
[D5] so
[Em] me day.
REPEAT PRE-CHORUS:
REPEAT CHORUS:
SOLO: [over CHORUS]
PRE-CHORUS 2:
Oooooooooh, we gotta
[C5] hold
[D5] on,
[Em] ready or not ^
[D5]
You
[C5] live for the fight when that's ^
[D5] all that you've ^
[D5 open] got.
SONG KEY CHANGE: [+3] [Gm]
CHORUS 2:
[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
