Bon Jovi, Livin' On A Prayer (1986)
Key: :[Fm] (w: Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora, Desmond Child) (BPM: 122)
INTRO:
[Fm] [Db5] [Eb5] [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
[Db5] tough,
[Eb5] so
[Fm] tough.
[Fm] Gina works the diner all day.
[Fm] Working for her man, she brings home her pay
For
[Db5] love,
[Eb5] mmmm for
[Fm] love.
PRE-CHORUS:
We've got to
[Db5] hold
[Eb5] on, to what we've
[Fm] got.
It
[Db5] doesn't make a
[Eb5] difference if we
[Fm] make it or not.
We've
[Db5] got each
[Eb5] other, and
[Fm] that's a lot, ^
[Eb5] for ^
[Db5] love.
We'll ^
[Eb5] give it a ^
[Eb5 open] shot.
CHORUS:
[Fm] Whoa
[Db5] ooh, we're
[Eb5] halfway there
[Ab5] Whoa
[Db5] ooh,
[Eb5] livin' on a prayer
[Fm] Take my
[Db5] hand, we'll
[Eb5] make it I swear
[Ab5] Whoa
[Db5] ooh,
[Eb5] 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
[Db5] tough,
[Eb5] mmm it's
[Fm] tough
[Fm] Gina dreams of running away.
[Fm] When she cries in the night, Tommy whispers:
Baby, it's o-
[Db5]-kay,
[Eb5] so
[Fm] me day.
REPEAT PRE-CHORUS:
REPEAT CHORUS:
SOLO: [over CHORUS]
PRE-CHORUS 2:
Oooooooooh, we gotta
[Db5] hold
[Eb5] on,
[Fm] ready or not ^
[Eb5]
You
[Db5] live for the fight when that's ^
[Eb5] all that you've ^
[Eb5 open] got.
SONG KEY CHANGE: [+3] [Abm]
CHORUS 2:
[Abm] Whoa
[E5] ooh, we're
[Gb5] halfway there
[B5] Whoa
[E5] ooh,
[Gb5] livin' on a prayer
[Abm] Take my
[E5] hand, we'll
[Gb5] make it I swear
[B5] Whoa
[E5] ooh,
[Gb5] livin' on a prayer
REPEAT CHORUS 2: 