Livin' On A Prayer
Words & Music:
Jon Bon Jovi, Ritchie
Sambora & Desmond Child
Em
C D E
[spoken:] Once
upon a time, not so long ago...
Em
Em/F#
Tommy used to work on the docks.
Em
C
D Em
Union's been on strike. He's
down on his luck. It's though,
so though.
Gina work the dinner all day
Working for her man. She
brings home her pay
For love, for love.
C D
Em
She says we've got to hold on
to what we've got.
C
D
Em
It doesn't make a difference
if we make it or not.
C D
Em C D
We've got each other and
that's a lot, for love. We'll give it a shot.
CHORUS:
Em C D G
D7sus4
Woooo, we're halfway there,
wooo, livin' on a prayer.
Em C D
G C D7sus4
Take my hand we'll make it, I
swear. Wooo, livin' on a prayer
Tommy's got his six string in
hock,
Now he's holding in, what he
used to make it talk. So though,
it's so though.
Gina dreams of running away.
When she cries in the night,
Tommy whispers: "Baby it's
O.K., some day...
We've got to hold on..."
CHORUS: [then:]
C
Livin' on a prayer.
INSTRUMENTAL SOLO: Em C
D G C
D
Em
C D
Em D
Oooooooooh, we've got to hold
on, ready or not.
C
D
You live for the fight when
it's all that you've got.
Bb Eb Fsus4 F
Bb Eb F7sus4
Woooooo, we're half ---- way
there. Woooooo, livin' on a
prayer.
Gm Eb
F
Bb Eb F7sus4
Take my hand and we'll make
it, I swear. Woooo, livin on a
prayer.