Bon Jovi, Livin' On A Prayer (1986)
Key: :[Ebm] (w: Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora, Desmond Child) (BPM: 122)
INTRO:
[Ebm] [B5] [Db5] [Ebm] :
[x2]
VERSE 1:
[Ebm] Tommy used to work on the docks.
[Ebm] Union's been on strike, he's down on his luck,
It's
[B5] tough,
[Db5] so
[Ebm] tough.
[Ebm] Gina works the diner all day.
[Ebm] Working for her man, she brings home her pay
For
[B5] love,
[Db5] mmmm for
[Ebm] love.
PRE-CHORUS:
We've got to
[B5] hold
[Db5] on, to what we've
[Ebm] got.
It
[B5] doesn't make a
[Db5] difference if we
[Ebm] make it or not.
We've
[B5] got each
[Db5] other, and
[Ebm] that's a lot, ^
[Db5] for ^
[B5] love.
We'll ^
[Db5] give it a ^
[Db5 open] shot.
CHORUS:
[Ebm] Whoa
[B5] ooh, we're
[Db5] halfway there
[Gb5] Whoa
[B5] ooh,
[Db5] livin' on a prayer
[Ebm] Take my
[B5] hand, we'll
[Db5] make it I swear
[Gb5] Whoa
[B5] ooh,
[Db5] livin' on a prayer
BREAK: [Ebm]
VERSE 2:
[Ebm] Tommy's got his six-string in hock.
[Ebm] Now he's holding in, what he used to make it talk
So
[B5] tough,
[Db5] mmm it's
[Ebm] tough
[Ebm] Gina dreams of running away.
[Ebm] When she cries in the night, Tommy whispers:
Baby, it's o-
[B5]-kay,
[Db5] so
[Ebm] me day.
REPEAT PRE-CHORUS:
REPEAT CHORUS:
SOLO: [over CHORUS]
PRE-CHORUS 2:
Oooooooooh, we gotta
[B5] hold
[Db5] on,
[Ebm] ready or not ^
[Db5]
You
[B5] live for the fight when that's ^
[Db5] all that you've ^
[Db5 open] got.
SONG KEY CHANGE: [+3] [Gbm]
CHORUS 2:
[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
REPEAT CHORUS 2: 