Bon Jovi, Livin' On A Prayer (1986)
Key: :[Cm] (w: Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora, Desmond Child) (BPM: 122)
INTRO:
[Cm] [G#5] [A#5] [Cm] :
[x2]
VERSE 1:
[Cm] Tommy used to work on the docks.
[Cm] Union's been on strike, he's down on his luck,
It's
[G#5] tough,
[A#5] so
[Cm] tough.
[Cm] Gina works the diner all day.
[Cm] Working for her man, she brings home her pay
For
[G#5] love,
[A#5] mmmm for
[Cm] love.
PRE-CHORUS:
We've got to
[G#5] hold
[A#5] on, to what we've
[Cm] got.
It
[G#5] doesn't make a
[A#5] difference if we
[Cm] make it or not.
We've
[G#5] got each
[A#5] other, and
[Cm] that's a lot, ^
[A#5] for ^
[G#5] love.
We'll ^
[A#5] give it a ^
[A#5 open] shot.
CHORUS:
[Cm] Whoa
[G#5] ooh, we're
[A#5] halfway there
[D#5] Whoa
[G#5] ooh,
[A#5] livin' on a prayer
[Cm] Take my
[G#5] hand, we'll
[A#5] make it I swear
[D#5] Whoa
[G#5] ooh,
[A#5] livin' on a prayer
BREAK: [Cm]
VERSE 2:
[Cm] Tommy's got his six-string in hock.
[Cm] Now he's holding in, what he used to make it talk
So
[G#5] tough,
[A#5] mmm it's
[Cm] tough
[Cm] Gina dreams of running away.
[Cm] When she cries in the night, Tommy whispers:
Baby, it's o-
[G#5]-kay,
[A#5] so
[Cm] me day.
REPEAT PRE-CHORUS:
REPEAT CHORUS:
SOLO: [over CHORUS]
PRE-CHORUS 2:
Oooooooooh, we gotta
[G#5] hold
[A#5] on,
[Cm] ready or not ^
[A#5]
You
[G#5] live for the fight when that's ^
[A#5] all that you've ^
[A#5 open] got.
SONG KEY CHANGE: [+3] [D#m]
CHORUS 2:
[D#m] Whoa
[B5] ooh, we're
[C#5] halfway there
[F#5] Whoa
[B5] ooh,
[C#5] livin' on a prayer
[D#m] Take my
[B5] hand, we'll
[C#5] make it I swear
[F#5] Whoa
[B5] ooh,
[C#5] livin' on a prayer
REPEAT CHORUS 2: 