Artist : Bon Jovi
song : Livin’ on a prayer acoustic version (as performed for the WTC tribute)
tabbed by : Christian Strowitzki
tuning : 1/2 step down
* = harmonic
~ = vibrato
x = don’t play the string
… = play note MANY times
(word) = this is what richie plays, (exmpl. (riff1))
Chords used:
Em Em2 Csus4 Dsus4 C D G Cadd9
——0——7——3——5——0——3——3——3——|
——0——8——3——5——1——2——3——3——|
——0——9——5——7——0——3——0——0——|
——2——9——5——7——2——0——0——x——|
——2——7——3——5——3——x——x——3——|
——0——x——x——x——x——x——3——x——|
play the Em2 chord like this
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—-8—8-7—7-7-8—8-8-7—-|
—-9—9-7—7-7-9—9-9-7—-|
—-9—9-7—7-7-9—9-9-7—-|
—-7—7-7—7-7-7—7-7-7—-|
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Em2 (intro)
Em2
Tommy used to work on the docks
Em2
The union’s strike
Csus4 Dsus4 Em2 (riff 1)
He’s down on his look It’s tough, so tough
Em2
Gina works the dinner all day
Em2
Workin’for her man, she brings home her pay
Csus4 Dsus4 Em2 (riff 1)
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’ll make it or not
C D Em
We’ve got each other, and that’s a lot
C D
For love We’ll give it a shot
Em C D
Ohh ohh we’re half way there
G Cadd9 D
Ohh ohh livin’on a prayer
Em C D
Take my hand, we’ll make it I swear
G Cadd9 D
Ohh ohh livin’on a prayer
Em2 (riff 2)
Em2
Tommy feels his six string hock
Em2
He’s on his knees with what used
Em2 Csus4 (riff 3) Dsus4 Em2
to make it look so tough so tough
Em2
Gina dreams of running away
Em2
When she cries in the night
Em2 Csus4 Dsus4 Em2 (riff 1)
Tommy whispers Baby it’s okay someday
C D Em
He said we’ve got to hold on to what we’ve got
C D Em
It doesn’t make a difference if we’ll make it or not
C D Em
We’ve got each other, and that’s a lot
C D
For love … We’ll give it a shot
Em C D
Ohh ohh we’re half way there
G Cadd9 D
Ohh ohh livin’on a prayer
Em C D
Take my hand we’ll make it I swear
G Cadd9 D
Ohh livin’on prayer
C
We’re living on a prayer….
Em2 — Csus4 — Dsus4 — Em2 — Em2 — C — D — Em2 (solo)
C D Em
We’ve gotta hold on ready or not
C
You live fot the fight,
D
when it’s all that you’ve got
Em C D
Would i straight walk we’re half way there yeah
G Cadd9 D
Ohh ohh we’re living on a prayer
Em C D
Take my hand , we’ll make it I swear
G Cadd9 D
Ohh ohh we’re living on a prayer
I say
Em C D
Ohhh ohhh We’re half way,
G Cadd9 D
ohh livin on a prayer
Em C D
take my hand , we’ll make it a swear
G Cadd9 D
ohh livin on a prayer
Em C D
G Cadd9 D
Em C D
(end)
intro
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—————5-7-7/9/7-5-7-7—5h7p5—————-|
———-5-7————————5-7-(7)-(7)—-|
—-5h7p5——————————————-|
—-12*—————————————————————————|
—-12*—15b17———————————————————————|
——————14-12-14-14h16p14-12-14-14h16p14-12-14—-12h14p12—————|
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————————————————————————5h7p5p0—-|
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riff 1
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———0—0h2p0——————|
—-0-2———-2—0h2p0———|
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riff 2
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—-7-8-7h8p7————————————|
—————9—7——————————|
—————-9———0h2p0h2p0h2p0h2p0…—-|
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riff 3
—————————————12…-14…-15…————————————|
———————————————————15b17-17-12———————-|
———————————————————————14-14b16-14-12——-|
————5-7—7/9/7-5-7-7/9/7-5h7————————————————14—-|
———5-7——————————————————————————-|
—-5-7————————————————————————————|
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———-7h8—-|
—-7h9p7———|
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solo
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——————————————————12—12-15b17—17p15————|
——————————————————x——————16p14~—-|
—-0h2p0h2p0h2p0h2…—————5-7-7/9/7-5-7~———————————|
———————————5-7————————————————|
————————(0)—5-7—————————————————-|
—————————————————12…-14…-15…—15b—-|
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—-12-14-14/16-12-14-12-14-14/16~—12—————————————|
—————————————14-12h14~—————————-|
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—-15-17-15-17-15b17—-17-15—————————————————|
——————————-16-14b16r14-12—-12-12h14p12——-12-14-12~—-|
———————————————-14————-12-14—————|
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————————————————-8-8/10—8p7-7/8————-|
————————————————9——————-7-7h9~—-|
————5-7-7/9-5-7-7/9-5h7~——5-7-7/9———————————|
———5-7————————5-7—————————————-|
—-5-7———————————————————————-|
end
—-3-3-3-3—3-0—0———|
—-3-3-3-3—3-0—0———|
—-0-0-0-0—0-0—-0——-|
—-0-0-0-x—x-x——2——|
—-x-x-x-3—3-3——2——|
—-3-3-3—————0—-|