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Livin On A Prayer Bass Tab

by Bon Jovi

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#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#
#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the #
#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------##
Bon Jovi - Living On a Prayer
from Slippery When Wet



   play 16 times                 1st verse
||----------------------------||--------------------------|-------------
||o--------------------------o||o-------------------------|-------------
||o-----7-----5------------5-o||o----7-----5-----------5--|----7-----5--
||---0-----7-----0--0--7------||--0-----7-----0--0--7-----|-0-----7-----
                                                                        
                                                                        
--------------|-------------------------|------------------------------|
--------------|-------------------------|------------------------------|
-----------5--|----7-----5-----------5--|----7-----5-----------5-------|
--0--0--7-----|-0-----7-----0--0--7-----|-0-----7-----0--0--7----------|
                                                                        
                                                                        
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|----7-----5-----------5-|----7-----5-----------5-|----7-----5-----------5-|
|-0-----7-----0--0--7----|-0-----7-----0--0--7----|-0-----7-----0--0--7----|
                                                                        
1.                            2.                                        
|--------------------------||---------------------------|
|--------------5--4--5--4-o||-----------------4--5------|
|-----7-----5-------------o||-----7-----5--7--------2---|
|--0-----7-----------------||--0-----7------------------|
                                                                        
1st Pre-Chorus                                                          

|------------------------|----------------------|-----------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------|-----------------------|
|-3--3--3--5--5--5--5--5-|-5--5--5--5--7--7--7\-|-3--3--3--5--5--5--5---|
|------------------------|----------------------|---------------------5-|
                                                                        
                                                                        
|------------------|------------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------|------------------------|--------------------------|
|-5--7/9--7--7--7\-|-3--3--3--5--5--5--5--5-|-5--5--5--5--7--7--5\-----|
|------------------|------------------------|--------------------------|
                                                                        
                                                                        
|------------------------|----------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------|
|-3--------3-----------3-|--5--5----5--5--------|
|----3--5--------3--5----|-----------------12\--|
                                                                        
1st chorus                                                              

|-----------------------|------------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------2--4-|-5--------------------|
|----------3----2--3--4-|-5--5--5--5--5--5-------|----5--2--3----2--3-4-|
|-0--2--3---------------|------------------------|----------------------|
                                                                        
                                                                        
|----------------------------|--------------------------|---------------
|----------------------------|--------------------2--4--|-5-------------
|-5--5--5--5--5--------------|--5--5--5--5--5--5--------|----5--2--3--2-
|-----------------x--0--3--2-|--------------------------|---------------


------|----------------------||---------------------------||
------|----------------------||o-------------------------o||
-3--4-|-5--5--5--5--5--5--5--||o-----7-----5-----------5-o||
------|----------------------||---0-----7-----0--0--7-----||
                                                                        

2nd Verse
                                                                        
||---------------------------|------------------------|
||o--------------------------|------------------------|
||o------7-----5-----------5-|----7-----5-----------5-|
||----0-----7-----0--0--7----|-0-----7-----0--0--7----|
                                                                        
                                                                        
|-------------------------|------------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------|-----------------------|
|----7-----5-----------5--|----7-----5-----------5-|----7-----5-----------5|
|-0-----7-----0--0--7-----|-0-----7-----0--0--7----|-0-----7-----0--0--7---|
                                                                        
                           1.                                           
|------------------------|--------------------------||
|------------------------|-------------------------o||
|----7-----5-----------5-|-----7-----5/10--9--7--5-o||
|-0-----7-----0--0--7----|--0-----7-----------------||
                                                                        
2.                         2nd pre chorus                               
|-------------------------|------------------------|--------------------
|-------------------------|------------------------|--------------------
|----7-----5--------0--2--|-3--3--3--5--5--5--5--5-|-5--5--5--5--7--7---
|-0-----7-----0--3--------|------------------------|--------------------
                                                                        
                                                                        
--------|------------------------|---------------------|----------------
--------|------------------------|---------------------|----------------
--7--7\-|-3--3--3--5--5--5--5----|-5--7/9--7--7--7--7\-|-3--3--3--5--5--
--------|----------------------5-|---------------------|----------------
                                                                        
                                                                        
----------|----------------------|-----------------------|--------------
----------|----------------------|-----------------------|--------------
--5--5--5-|-5--5--5--5--7--7--5\-|-3--------3----------3-|-5--5----5--5-
----------|----------------------|----3--5-------3--5----|--------------
                                                                        
         2nd chorus                                                   
-------|-----------------------|------------------------|---------------
-------|-----------------------|-------------------2--4-|-5-------------
-------|----------3----2--3--4-|-5--5--5--5--5--5-------|----5--2--3----
--12\--|-0--2--3---------------|------------------------|---------------
                                                                        
                                                                        
-----------|---------------------------|-------------------------------|
-----------|---------------------------|-------------------------------|
--2--3--4--|-5--5--5--5--5-------------|----------3----2--3/7----------|
-----------|----------------x--0--3--2-|-0--2--3-----------------------|


|-------------------------|------------------------|--------------------
|--------------------2--4-|-5----------------------|--------------------
|--5--5--5--5--5--5-------|----5--2--3----2--3--4--|-5--5--5--5--5--5---
|-------------------------|------------------------|--------------------
                                                                        
                                                                        
--------|-------------------------|------------------------------------|
--------|----------5--------9/10--|------------------------------------|
--0--2--|--3----------------------|------------------------------------|
--------|-------------------------|-------------12\--------------------|
                                                                        
Guitar solo                                                             
|------------------------|------------------------|---------------------|
|------------------------|-------------2--2--4--4-|-5------------------2|
|-----------3----3--3--4-|-5--5--5--5-------------|----5--2--3----2--3--|
|--0--2--3---------------|------------------------|---------------------|
                                                                        
                                                                        
|---------------------------|-----------------------|-------------------
|---------------------------|-----------------------|-------------------
|-5--5--5--5--5-------------|----------3----2--3--4-|-5--5--5--5--5--5--
|----------------x--0--3--2-|-0--2--3---------------|-------------------
                                                                        
                                                                        
-------|-----------------|-------------------------|--------------------
--2--4-|--5--------------|-------------------------|--------------------
-------|-----5--2--3--/--|-------------------------|-------------------0
-------|-----------------|-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--|-0--0--0--0--0--0---
                                                                        
      3rd pre chorus                                                    
----|------------------------|---------------------|-------------------|
----|------------------------|---------------------|-------------------|
--2-|-3--3--3--5--5--5--5--5-|-5--5--5--5--7--7--5-|-3--3-3--3---------|
----|------------------------|---------------------|-------------------|
                                                                        
                                                                        
|-----------------|
|-----------------|
|---5--5----5--5\-|
|-----------------|
                                                                        
                                                                        
3rd chorus
||-------------------------|------------------------|-------------------
||o------------------------|-------------------5--7-|-8-----------------
||o-----------6----5--6--7-|-8--8--8--8--8--8-------|----8--5--6----5--6
||---3--5--6---------------|------------------------|-------------------
                                                                        
                                                                        
----|---------------------------|-----------------------|---------------
----|---------------------------|-----------------------|----------5--5-
--7-|-8--8--8--8--8-------------|----------6----5--6/10-|-8--8--8-------
----|----------------x--5--6--5-|-3--5--6---------------|---------------


                                   play 3times then fade
---------|-----------------------|------------------------------------||
-5--7--7-|-8---------------------|-----------------------------------o||
---------|----8--5--6----5--6--7-|-8--------8--------8--------8------o||
---------|-----------------------|----8--8-----8--8-----8--8-----x-5--||
                                                                        
                                                                        
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bf = bend full                  tr = trill
rb = release bend               p.s. = pick scrape
dive = dive with bar            b = bend / step written over note
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saturns_bassman wrote on March 25 2005, 12:00 am

nice freakin tab buddy!!!!!!

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TheRollingStone wrote on January 15 2007, 08:16 pm

you can replace most all the open E's with the seventh fret A string, same note and it sounds like what he's playing on the record. awesome tab though

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GoDiSiNsAnE wrote on December 29 2007, 04:32 pm

Nice tab homie! thx it has helped me a lot

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