Livin' On A Prayer
Bon Jovi


[Intro]

    
             
 (Once upon a 

             
time,  not so 

      
long ago)


[Verse]
            
Tommy used to 

              
work on the do

        (
cks

Union's been o

n strike. He's

 down on his l

uck
            
It's tough,   

           
 so tough.

            
Gina works the

                     
 diner all day

Working for he

r man. She bri

ngs home her p

ay
            
For love,     

          
for love.


[Pre-Chorus]
              
She says we've

            
 got to hold o

              
n to what we'v

  
e got.
             
It doesn't mak

             
e a difference

              
 if we make it

    
 or not.
             
We've got each

             
 other and tha

            
t's a lot, for

 
 love.
      
We'll give it 

a shot.


[Chorus]
          
Oh,   we're ha

             
lfway there, w

       
oah oh, livin'

 on a prayer.
           
Take my hand, 

      
we'll make it 

I swear
       
Woah oh, livin

' on a prayer.


[Verse]
            
Tommy's got hi

              
s six string i

       
n hock.

Now he's holdi

ng in, what he

 used to make 

it talk
            
So tough, it's

   
  tough.

            
Gina dreams of

                     
 running away

When she cries

 in the night,

 Tommy whisper

s:
             
Baby it's O.K.

     
,  some day.


[Pre-Chorus]
             
We've got to h

             
old on to what

       
 we've got.
             
It doesn't mak

             
e a difference

              
 if we make it

    
 or not.
             
We've got each

             
 other and tha

            
t's a lot, for

 
 love.
      
We'll give it 

a shot.


[Chorus]
          
Oh,   we're ha

             
lfway there, w

       
oah oh, livin'

 on a prayer.
           
Take my hand, 

      
we'll make it 

I swear
       
Woah oh, livin

' on a prayer.

Livin' on a pr

ayer.


[Solo]
           
           


[Bridge]
            
Oooooooooh, we

             
've got to hol

             
d on, ready or

 
 not.
             
You live for t

              
he fight when 

       
that's all tha

t you've got.


[Outro Chorus]
          
Woooooo, we're

        
 halfway there
     
Woah oh, livin

' on a prayer.
          
Take my hand a

         
nd we'll make 

it I swear
     
Woah oh, livin

' on a prayer.