Bon Jovi - Livin' On A Prayer

Original (other versions below)

Intro

  PM  PM  PM--|           C5         D5
|-----------------| x8  |----------|------|
|-----------------|     |----------|------|
|-----------------|     |----------|------|
|-----------------|     |-5--------|-7----|
|---7---5-------5-|     |-3--------|-5----|
|-0---7---0-0-7---|     |----------|------|

Verse
                   
  PM  PM  PM--|    
|-----------------|
|-----------------|
|-----------------|
|-----------------|
|---7---5-------5-|
|-0---7---0-0-7---|


                      C5         D5
|---------|---------|----------|------|
|---------|---------|----------|------|
|---------|---------|----------|------|
|---------|---------|-5--------|-7----|
|---------|---------|-3--------|-5----|
|---------|---------|----------|------|


  N.C.
  PM  PM  PM--|     PM  PM  PM--|     PM  PM  PM--|     PM  PM  PM--|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|---7---5-------5-|---7---5-------5-|---7---5-------5-|---7---5-------5-|
|-0---7---0-0-7---|-0---7---0-0-7---|-0---7---0-0-7---|-0---7---0-0-7---|


                                      C5         D5
  PM  PM  PM--|     PM  PM  PM--|
|-----------------|-----------------|----------|------|
|-----------------|-----------------|----------|------|
|-----------------|-----------------|----------|------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-5--------|-7----|
|---7---5-------5-|---7---5-------5-|-3--------|-5----|
|-0---7---0-0-7---|-0---7---0-0-7---|----------|------|


                                      Pre-chorus
  N.C.                                 C5  D5                E5
  PM  PM  PM--|     PM  PM  PM--|
|-----------------|-----------------||---------------|-------------|
|-----------------|-----------------||---------------|-------------|
|-----------------|-----------------||---------------|-------------|
|-----------------|-----------------||-5---7-(7)---x-|-7--7--9---x-|
|---7---5-------5-|---7---5-------5-||-3---5-(5)---x-|-5--5--7---x-|
|-0---7---0-0-7---|-0---7---0-0-7---||---------------|-------------|


  C5  D5                E5      C5  D5                E5 D5
|---------------|-------------|---------------|-------------|
|---------------|-------------|---------------|-------------|
|---------------|-------------|---------------|-------------|
|-5---7-(7)---x-|-7--7--9---x-|-5---7-(7)---x-|-7--7--9--7--|
|-3---5-(5)---x-|-5--5--7---x-|-3---5-(5)---x-|-5--5--7--5--|
|---------------|-------------|---------------|-------------|


                             Chorus
  C5         D5               E5  C5          D5
                                                     PM|
|----------|---------------||---------------|-------------|
|----------|---------------||---------------|-------------|
|----------|---------------||---------------|-------------|
|-5--------|-7-7-7-7-------||-2---5-(5)---5s|=7--------4--|
|-3--------|-5-5-5-5-------||-2---3-(3)---3s|=5------7----|
|----------|----------10\--||-0-------------|-------------|


  G5  C5            D5             E5  C5          D5
              PM|                              PM         PM|
|-----------------|--------------|---------------|-------------|
|-----------------|--------------|---------------|-------------|
|-----------------|--------------|---------------|-------------|
|-----5-(5)-------|-7------(7)---|-2---5-(5)-----|-7--------4--|
|-5---3-(3)---3-0-|-5------(5)-0-|-2---3-(3)---3-|-5------7----|
|-3---------------|--------------|-0-------------|-------------|


  G5  C5            D5         N.C.
              PM|              PM  PM  PM--|     PM  PM  PM--|
|-----------------|----------|-----------------|------------------||
|-----------------|----------|-----------------|------------------||
|-----------------|----------|-----------------|------------------||
|-----5-(5)-------|-7--------|-----------------|------------------||
|-5---3-(3)---3-3-|-5--------|---7---5-------5-|---7---5-------5--||
|-3---------------|----------|-0---7---0-0-7---|-0---7---0-0-7----||


 Verse
  PM  PM  PM--|     PM  PM  PM--|     PM  PM  PM--|     PM  PM  PM--|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|---7---5-------5-|---7---5-------5-|---7---5-------5-|---7---5-------5-|
|-0---7---0-0-7---|-0---7---0-0-7---|-0---7---0-0-7---|-0---7---0-0-7---|


                               ~~~~
|--------------------------|------------------|
|--------------------------|------------------|
|----14b16==(14)-(14)---14r|=(14)------(14)\--|
|--------------------------|------------------|
|--------------------------|------------------|
|--------------------------|------------------|


                                       \2.5
             ~~~~~~~~~~
|---20b22==(20)--(20)r----|-15---------------------|
|-------------------------|----17-(17)-------------|
|-------------------------|------------0----(0)----|
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------|


  Gtr II
   PM   PM  PM--|     PM  PM  PM--|     PM  PM  PM--|     PM  PM  PM--|
|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----7---5-------5-|---7---5-------5-|---7---5-------5-|---7---5-------5-|
|--0----7---0-0-7---|-0---7---0-0-7---|-0---7---0-0-7---|-0---7---0-0-7---|
|
| Gtr I
|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-(0)---------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|


  PM  PM  PM--|     PM  PM  PM--|     PM  PM  PM--|     PM  PM  PM--|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|---7---5-------5-|---7---5-------5-|---7---5-------5-|---7---5-------5-||
|-0---7---0-0-7---|-0---7---0-0-7---|-0---7---0-0-7---|-0---7---0-0-7---||


 Pre-chorus
  C5  D5                E5      C5  D5                E5
|---------------|-------------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|-------------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|-------------|---------------|---------------|
|-5---7-(7)---x-|-7--7--9---x-|-5---7-(7)---x-|-7--7--9---x---|
|-3---5-(5)---x-|-5--5--7---x-|-3---5-(5)---x-|-5--5--7---x---|
|---------------|-------------|---------------|---------------|


  C5  D5                E5      C5         D5
|---------------|-------------|----------|----------------||
|---------------|-------------|----------|----------------||
|---------------|-------------|----------|----------------||
|-5---7-(7)---x-|-7--7--9--7--|-5--------|-7-7-7-7--------||
|-3---5-(5)---x-|-5--5--7--5--|-3--------|-5-5-5-5--------||
|---------------|-------------|----------|----------10\---||


 Chorus
  E5  C5          D5           G5  C5            D5
                         PM|               PM|
|---------------|------------|-----------------|---------------|
|---------------|------------|-----------------|---------------|
|---------------|------------|-----------------|---------------|
|-2---5-(5)---5s|=7--------4-|-----5-(5)-------|-7------(7)----|
|-2---3-(3)---3s|=5------7---|-5---3-(3)---3-0-|-5------(5)-0--|
|-0-------------|------------|-3---------------|---------------|


  E5  C5          D5           G5  C5            D5
              PM         PM|               PM|
|---------------|------------|-----------------|------||
|---------------|------------|-----------------|------||
|---------------|------------|-----------------|------||
|-2---5-(5)-----|-7--------4-|-----5-(5)-------|-7----||
|-2---3-(3)---3-|-5------7---|-5---3-(3)---3-3-|-5----||
|-0-------------|------------|-3---------------|------||


  CsusD       G
                                       Gt
                              ~~~
|-3----------------|-------------------||
|-3----------------|-------------------||
|-5---/7-(7)--/12--|-(12)----[9]-------||
|-5----------------|-------------------||
|-3---/5-(5)--/10--|-(10)--------------||
|------------------|---------------12\-||


 Guitar Solo
  E5    C5                  D5
  Gtr II
  |     ||                    |
  /     //                    /

 r I
      ~                             ~~~~~~~
|-------------------------|---------------------12-14-|
|-------------------------|-------------------x-------|
|-------------------------|-----------------x---------|
|--------5-7-[7]b9==([7])r|=([7])---------------------|
|-7-5-7-------------------|-------5-5--(5)------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|


  G5       C5
   |        |   |
   /        /   /

|-15-----------------------------------------|
|----15-12-13-(13)-15-15b17-(15)-15b17==(15)-|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|


  D5                       E5     C5
    |                      |       | |
    /                      /       / /

             ~~~~~~~~~
|------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-(15)r(15)-15--(15)\----|---12---13---12----------------|
|------------------------|-9-12-x-14-x-12-x-11b12==(11)r=|
|------------------------|------x----x-12-x--------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------------|


  D5                            G5       C5
    |                            |        |   |
    /                            /        /   /

           ~~~~~~~~
|-----------------------12-14-|-15----------------------|
|---------------------x-------|----15-12-13-(13)-12-----|
|-(11)--------------x---------|---------------------12--|
|------12---------------------|-------------------------|
|---------12--(12)------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------|


        E5
          |  |         |  |  |  ||  |     |     |     |     |             |  |||
          /  /         /  /  /  //  /     /     /     /     /             /  ///

                                                                          ~~~~
|--------------------------------------|-------------15----15-17-17b19==(17)----||
|-15b17-(15)--15b17==(15)--(15)r==(15)-|-------15h17----17----------------------||
|--------------------------------------|-14h16----------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------|----------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------|----------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------|----------------------------------------||


  C5      D5           D5    E5 D5   C5         D5
                                               3/4
  Gtr II
                 PM|
|--------------------|-------------|----------|------------||
|--------------------|-------------|----------|------------||
|--------------------|-------------|----------|------------||
|---5-----7-(7)------|-7--7--9--7--|-5--------|-7-7-7-7----||
|---3-----5-(5)--5-5-|-5--5--7--5--|-3--------|-5-5-5-5----||
|--------------------|-------------|----------|------------||
|
| Gtr I
|   ~~~~~
|-(17)r--------------|-------------|----------|------------||
|--------------------|-------------|----------|------------||
|--------------------|-------------|----------|------------||
|--------------------|-------------|----------|------------||
|--------------------|-------------|----------|------------||
|--------------------|-------------|----------|------------||


   Outro-Chorus
    G5  Eb5         F5         Bb5 Eb5        F5
   4/4
||----------------|----------|--------------|------|
||o---------------|----------|--------------|------|
||----------------|----------|--------------|------|
||------8-(8)-----|-3--------|-----8-(8)----|-3----|
||o-5---6-(6)---6-|-3--------|-8---6-(6)----|-3----|
||--3-------------|-1--------|-6------------|-1----|


  G5  Eb5         F5         Bb5 Eb5          F5
                                                    3x
|---------------|----------|----------------|-------||
|---------------|----------|----------------|------o||
|---------------|----------|----------------|-------||
|-----8-(8)-----|-3--------|-----8-(8)------|-3-----||
|-5---6-(6)---6-|-3--------|-8---6-(6)--6-6-|-3----o||
|-3-------------|-1--------|-6--------------|-1-----||


- - - - - - - - - - - 

Capo on 3rd Fret

Am    F     G    Am 
(Once upon a time, not so long ago ....)

Am                                 
Tommy used to work on the docks, Union's been on strike. He's down on his luck
      F      G       Am
It's tough,   so tough.
Am
Gina work the diner all day, Working for her man. She brings home her pay
       F    G        Am
For love,    for love

                                   F      G                    Am
She says we've got to hold on to what we've got.
    F                      G                                       Am
It doesn't make a difference if we make it or not.
           F            G                         Am       F
We've got each other and that's a lot, for love.
          G
We'll give it a shot.

Am     F                     G              C      F      G7sus4
Woo - oo,  we're halfway there, wo - oo,   livin' on a prayer.
Am         F                G
Take my hand, we'll make it, I swear
C       F      G7sus4
Wo - oo,    livin'   on a prayer


Am
Tommy's got his six strings in hock, Now he's holding in, 
                                      F      G             Am
when he used to make it talk  So tough,      it's so tough.

Am
Gina dreams of running away, when she cries in the night, Tommy whispers:
               F     G              Am
Baby its O.K,       some day.


                      F     G            Am      F                      G                       Am
We’ve got to hold   on to what we've got.    It doesn't make a difference if we make it or not.

           F            G                        Am     F            G
We've got each other and that's a lot, for love            We'll give it a shot.


Am     F                     G              C      F      G7sus4
Woo - oo,  we're halfway there, wo - oo,   livin' on a prayer.
Am         F                G          C       F      G7sus4
Take my hand, we'll make it, I swear   Wo - oo,    livin'   on a prayer
F
Livin' on a prayer.


[Solo]
Am   F    G     C      F     G  x2


[Chorus]

Am                                     F      G   Am        G
Oooooooooh, we've got to hold on, ready or not
        F                                        G
You live for the fight when it's all that you've got.


(KEY CHANGE)

D#     G#                  A#sus4       A#   D#      G#          A#7sus4
Woo - oooo,   we're half  -  way there       Woo  - oooo,    livin' on a prayer
Cm         G#                   A#       D#    G#      A#7sus4
Take my hand and we'll make it I swear   Woo - oo,    living on a prayer 
  

A#7sus4 - x13141
G7sus4  - 353533
A#sus4  - x13341