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---|
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| 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
| | | | | || | | | | | | |||
/ / / / / // / / / / / / ///
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|--------------------------------------|-------------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----||
|--------------------|-------------|----------|------------||
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| 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