Bon Jovi, Livin' On A Prayer (1986)
Key: :[Gbm] (w: Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora, Desmond Child) (BPM: 122)
INTRO:
[Gbm] [D5] [E5] [Gbm] :
[x2]
VERSE 1:
[Gbm] Tommy used to work on the docks.
[Gbm] Union's been on strike, he's down on his luck,
It's
[D5] tough,
[E5] so
[Gbm] tough.
[Gbm] Gina works the diner all day.
[Gbm] Working for her man, she brings home her pay
For
[D5] love,
[E5] mmmm for
[Gbm] love.
PRE-CHORUS:
We've got to
[D5] hold
[E5] on, to what we've
[Gbm] got.
It
[D5] doesn't make a
[E5] difference if we
[Gbm] make it or not.
We've
[D5] got each
[E5] other, and
[Gbm] that's a lot, ^
[E5] for ^
[D5] love.
We'll ^
[E5] give it a ^
[E5 open] shot.
CHORUS:
[Gbm] Whoa
[D5] ooh, we're
[E5] halfway there
[A5] Whoa
[D5] ooh,
[E5] livin' on a prayer
[Gbm] Take my
[D5] hand, we'll
[E5] make it I swear
[A5] Whoa
[D5] ooh,
[E5] livin' on a prayer
BREAK: [Gbm]
VERSE 2:
[Gbm] Tommy's got his six-string in hock.
[Gbm] Now he's holding in, what he used to make it talk
So
[D5] tough,
[E5] mmm it's
[Gbm] tough
[Gbm] Gina dreams of running away.
[Gbm] When she cries in the night, Tommy whispers:
Baby, it's o-
[D5]-kay,
[E5] so
[Gbm] me day.
REPEAT PRE-CHORUS:
REPEAT CHORUS:
SOLO: [over CHORUS]
PRE-CHORUS 2:
Oooooooooh, we gotta
[D5] hold
[E5] on,
[Gbm] ready or not ^
[E5]
You
[D5] live for the fight when that's ^
[E5] all that you've ^
[E5 open] got.
SONG KEY CHANGE: [+3] [Am]
CHORUS 2:
[Am] Whoa
[F5] ooh, we're
[G5] halfway there
[C5] Whoa
[F5] ooh,
[G5] livin' on a prayer
[Am] Take my
[F5] hand, we'll
[G5] make it I swear
[C5] Whoa
[F5] ooh,
[G5] livin' on a prayer
REPEAT CHORUS 2: 