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Fear by Jon Bon Jovi
from the album "Keep The Faith" (1992)

Pretty heavy for a Bon Jovi-song. I was amazed the first time I heard this.
Guitar plays mainly power chords, except for the chorus and the jingles
in the 2nd verse. No guitar solo! Not usual in Bon Jovi. When you're
playing Chord diagramF# minorF#m in the verses damp it strongly and let the Chord diagramA augmentedA and Chord diagramE MajorE smack
you in the face!


Bass riff:
  Chord diagramF# minorF#m
e|---------------------------------|
Chord diagramBB|---------------------------------|
Chord diagramG+G|---------------------------------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|---------------------------------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|--------4-2------------4-2-2-----|
Chord diagramE MajorE|-2--4-5------5--2--4-5-------5---|

Verse:
------
(Chord diagramA augmentedA Chord diagramE MajorE)
Chord diagramF# minorF#m Chord diagramA augmentedA
Chord diagramF# minorF#m Chord diagramA augmentedA Chord diagramE MajorE

Bridge:
-------
Chord diagramA augmentedA Chord diagramD MajorD
Chord diagramA augmentedA Chord diagramD MajorD Chord diagramE MajorE
Chord diagramA augmentedA Chord diagramD MajorD
Chord diagramD MajorD Chord diagramE MajorE

Chorus:
-------
Bass riff + guitar plays this:

e|---------------|
Chord diagramBB|---------------|
Chord diagramG+G|------8^8------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|------9^9--7---|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|-9---------7---|
Chord diagramE MajorE|---------------|
 Repeat 4 times


Verse 2:
--------

Let ring!

e|-----5---4--|-----------------|----5---4----|
Chord diagramBB|--2----2----|----5----4----2--|--2---2------|
Chord diagramG+G|------------|--2----2---2-----|-------------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|------------|-----------------|-------------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|------------|-----------------|-------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|------------|-----------------|-------------|

C-part:
-------
   Chord diagramBB  Chord diagramE MajorE  Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramF# minorF#m  Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramF# minorF#m            Chord diagramBB  Chord diagramA augmentedA  Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramF# minorF#m  Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramF# minorF#m
e|-----------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramBB|-4-----------------------------4--2------------------------|
Chord diagramG+G|-4-----------------------------4--2------------------------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|-4--2--2-4-4--2-4-4------------4--2--2-4-4--2-4-4----------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|-2--2--2-4-4--2-4-4---------4--2--0--2-4-4--2-4-4--------4-|
Chord diagramE MajorE|----0--0-2-2--0-2-2---2-4-5----------0-2-2--0-2-2--2-4-5---|

   Chord diagramD MajorD  Chord diagramA augmentedA   Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramF# minorF#m  Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramF# minorF#m          Chord diagramD MajorD   Chord diagramE MajorE
e|--------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramBB|-3----------------------------3-------------------|
Chord diagramG+G|-2--2-------------------------2-------------------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|-0--2---2-4-4--2-4-4----------0---2---------------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|----0---2-4-4--2-4-4-------2------2--2-2-2-2-2-2--|
Chord diagramE MajorE|--------0-2-2--0-2-2-2-4-5--------0--0-0-0-0-0-0--|

Fear
----
(Jon Bon Jovi)

I see you looking over your shoulder
Tell me who do you think's out there
You're reaching for your four leaf clover
But baby there ain't no luck down here

I swear that there's no heart in this city
It's here the slogan reads "Do your time"
Everybody's doing their sentence
It's just there ain't nobody here who knows just what's the crime

I watched my father live a lie here
I'd rather die than fade away
I read the rules and yeah, I know them
You ain't never gonna make me play the game of

Fear
Fear
Fear
Of a new thing

Running with the rats in this city
Makes you feel like you're a partner in crime
Girl, once you were young and pretty
Now you won't stop to watch
That little girl did

Hey baby, won't you stop and hear me
Just being here we're breathing heart attacks
We can run, chase the setting sun
We can run and we won't ever look back

Take my hand I know we'll make it
I'll let nothing slow us down
I know you wanna curse this place
But there's only one thing stopping us now it's

Fear
Fear
Fear
Of a new thing
Fear
Fear
Fear
Of a brass ring

You ain't one for taking chances
You work and you live and you breathe that 9 to 5
Still that's what you call living
Man, that's surviving to me
And surviving is living to die in
Fear

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