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T|  Livin' On A Prayer - Bon Jovi
A|  Chorded By: Da Tickler
B|  
N|  122 bpm in the key of 'G'
A|  
B|  INTRO: Em C D… …
B|  ------
E|  Once upon a time… not so long ago…
R|  
.|  VERSE #1:
C|  ---------
O|  
M|  Em
-|  Tommy used to work on the docks… Union's been on strike.
T|  
A|                              C    D    Em
B|  He's down on his luck. It's tough… so tough.
N|  
A|  
B|  Gina works the diner all day. Working for a her man,
B|  
E|                              C     D           Em
R|  she brings home her pay for love… U-m-m-m for love.
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C|                       C    D               Em
O|  She says we've go to hold on to what we've got,
M|  
-|     C                 D             Em
T|  It doesn't make a difference if we make it or not
A|  
B|        C        D                  Em      C
N|  We've got each other and that's a-lot for love…
A|  
B|        D
B|  We'll give it a shot!
E|  
R|  CHORUS:
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C|  
O|  Em   C          D        G
M|  Wo-o-oah, we're half way there.
-|  
T|       C    D           Em
A|  Wo-o-oah, livin' on a prayer.
B|  
N|          C           D          G
A|  Take my hand, we'll make it, I swear.
B|  
B|       C    D          Em
E|  Wo-o-oah, livin on a prayer.
R|  
.|  Em C D
C|  
O|  VERSE #2:
M|  ---------
-|  
T|  Em
A|  Tommy's got his six-string in hock
B|  
N|  Now, he's holdin' in… when he used to make it talk so
A|  
B|  C      D             Em
B|  tough, M-m-m-m, it's tough.
E|  
R|  
.|  Gina dreams of running away. When she cries in the night
C|  
O|                               C    D     Em
M|  Tommy whispers, "Baby, its o-kay… Some… day."
-|  
T|                       C    D               Em
A|  She says we've gotta hold on to what we've got
B|  
N|            C              D                           Em
A|  'Cause it doesn't make a difference if we make it or not.
B|  
B|        C        D                  Em
E|  We've got each other and that's a-lot for love,
R|  
.|      C           D
C|  for love… We'll give it a shot.
O|  
M|  [Chorus]
-|  
T|  C
A|  Livin on a pra-a-yer…
B|  
N|  (Em C D G C D)
A|  Ooooh we've go to hold on ready or not
B|  We'll live for the fight when it's all that we've got
B|  
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