Livin On A Prayer Acoustic chords

Livin On A Prayer Acoustic

• Em

Bon Jovi
Livin' On a Prayer (Acoustic/Slow Version)
No Capo
(there is another version on here that has a great tab for picking--I am not that advanced :))
Please let me know if it sounds wrong, so I can get better at this and correct it. 

Em2 (intro) pick

VERSE 1
Em
Tommy used to work on the docks
Em
The union's went on strike
                            Cadd9  D   Em     
He's down on his luck, it's tough, so tough
Em
Gina works the diner all day
Em                                               Cadd9
Workin' for her man, she brings home her pay for love
D                            Em
She brings home her pay 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

CHORUS:
Em    C         D
Whoah,   we're half way there
G  Cadd9  D
Whooah, livin' on a prayer
Em       C           D
Take my hand, we'll make it I swear
G   Cadd9   D             Em
Ohh ohh livin' on a prayer

(Em (pick))

VERSE 2
Em
Tommy put his six string in hock
Em                                                   Cadd9
Now he's holding in what he used to make it talk so tough
D                              Em
What he used to make talk so tough
Em
Gina dreams of runnin' away
Em
When she cries in the night
Em                   Cadd9        
Tommy whispers, it's okay.         
D            Em
Baby, it's okay
                  
                        C    D               Em
He 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

CHORUS: 
 
Em    C         D
Whoah,   we're half way there
G  Cadd9  D
Whooah, livin' on a prayer
Em       C           D
Take my hand, and we'll make it I swear
G                      D
Ohh ohh livin' on a prayer
Cadd9                  Em
We're livin' on a prayer

INTERRLUDE:

(Em-Cadd9-D-Em-Em-C-D-Em) 

            C    D           Em
We've got to hold on ready or not
    C
You live for the fight,
          D
When it's all that you've got

CHORUS:
Em    C        D
Whoah, we're half way there
G   Cadd9  D
Whooah, 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

BRIDGE: 
C                D          Cadd9           D
Should I fall behind, say you'll wait for me
C                 D         Em
Should I fall behind, say you'll wait for me

CHORUS:
Em    C        D
Whoah, we're half way there
G   Cadd9  D
Whooah, 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

Em   Cadd9          Em
Take my hand and we'll make it I swear.

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