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Born To Be My Baby tab by Bon Jovi

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Born To Be My Baby by Bon Jovi: Guitar, Bass & Songwriting Insights

"Born to Be My Baby" by Bon Jovi features a catchy guitar riff played by Richie Sambora, using a combination of power chords and palm muting. The song is driven by a strong bassline played by Alec John Such, providing a solid foundation for the energetic rock anthem. Released in 1988 as part of the "New Jersey" album, the song showcases Bon Jovi's signature arena rock sound.
Born To Be My Baby
by Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora & Desmond Child
Submitted by: Ronny80


C5   x35xxx
A5   x02xxx
F5   13xxxx
G5   35xxxx
G/B  x25xxx

Gtr I Electric w/distortion
Gtr II Electric w/distrotion

Standard Tuning
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Accuracy Rating: - Votes: -
 Intro
  Moderate Rock Q=132
             F#5        D5
 4/4
  Gtr I
  W          W          H    +E  E  Q
|----------|----------|----------------|
|----------|----------|----------------|
|----------|----------|-7----(7)-9s11--|
|----------|-4--------|-7----(7)-------|
|----------|-4--------|-5----(5)-7s=9--|
|----------|-2--------|----------------|


  E5         A5   E5     F#5
  W          H    H      W
|----------|-----------|------|
|----------|-----------|------|
|-9--------|-----------|------|
|----------|-2---------|-4----|
|-7--------|-0----2----|-4----|
|----------|------0----|-2----|


  D5               N.C.                          F#5
                                    ~~~
                   |-3-| |-3-|
  H    +E  E  Q    q q q q q Q     +W            E E Q  H
|----------------|---------------|------------||-------------|
|----------------|---------------|------------||-------------|
|-7----(7)-9s11--|-2-2-2-2-4-4b6r|=(4)--------||-------------|
|-7----(7)-------|---------------|------------||-4-4---------|
|-5----(5)-7s=9--|---------------|------------||-4-4---------|
|----------------|---------------|------------||-2-2---------|


  Wx7
|--------||
|--------||
|--------||
|--------||
|--------||
|--------||


   1st, 2nd, Verses
    (F#m)
    E E E E +E  E E E   +E  E E E E E E E
||--------------------|-------------------|
||o-------------------|-------------------|
||--------------------|-------------------|
||--4---2-4-(4)---2-4-|-(4)---2-4-7-6-4-2-|
||o---4---------4-----|-----4-------------|
||--------------------|-------------------|


  (D)
  E E E E +E  E E E   +E  E E E E E E E
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-4---2-4-(4)---2-4-|-(4)---2-4-7-6-4---|
|---4---------4-----|-----4-----------7-|
|-------------------|-------------------|


  (E)                                    Asus4A
  E E E E +E  E E E   +E  E E E E E Q    Q.   E +H
|-------------------|------------------|---------------|
|-------------------|------------------|-3----2-(2)----|
|-------------------|------------------|-2----2-(2)----|
|-2-----2-(2)-----2-|-(2)-----2-6-4-2--|-2----2-(2)----|
|---2-4-------2-4---|-----2-4----------|-0----0-(0)----|
|-------------------|------------------|---------------|


                    Pre-Chorus
  (D)     (F#m)      F5               G5   A5
           |-3--|
  e e e e +Q  Q Q    H    +E  E E E   Q.   E +H
|-----------------||----------------|---------------|
|-----------------||----------------|---------------|
|-------2-(2)-2s4-||----------------|---------------|
|-----2-----------||----------------|------2-(2)----|
|---4-------------||-3----(3)---3---|-5----0-(0)----|
|-5---------------||-1----(1)-1-1-1-|-3-------------|


  F5               G5   A5         F5
  H    +E  E E E   Q.   E +H       W
|----------------|---------------|------|
|----------------|---------------|------|
|----------------|---------------|------|
|----------------|------2-(2)----|-3----|
|-3----(3)---3---|-5----0-(0)----|-3----|
|-1----(1)-1-1-1-|-3-------------|-1----|


  A5         E5
                              PM    PM
  W          W          +E  E E E E E E E
|----------|----------|-------------------||
|----------|----------|-------------------||
|-2--------|----------|-------------------||
|-2--------|-2--------|-(2)---------------||
|-0--------|-2--------|-(2)-2---2-2---2---||
|----------|-0--------|-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0-x-||


 Chorus
  $
  A5           F5                G5
  H    +E  E E E   +H.      Q    Q.   E +H
|----------------|-------------|---------------|
|----------------|-------------|---------------|
|----------------|-------------|---------------|
|-2----(2)-2-----|-------------|---------------|
|-0----(0)-0---3-|-(3)------3--|-5----5-(5)----|
|--------------1-|-(1)------1--|-3----3-(3)----|


  C5   B5     A5         F5
  H    H      W          H    +E  E E E
|-----------|----------|----------------|
|-----------|----------|----------------|
|-----------|----------|----------------|
|-5----4----|-2--------|----------------|
|-3----2----|-0--------|-3----(3)---3---|
|-----------|----------|-1----(1)-1-1-1-|


  G5         A5         F5            C5
  W          W          Q.   E +E  Q  E
|----------|----------|-----------------|
|----------|----------|-----------------|
|----------|----------|-----------------|
|----------|-2--------|---------------5-|
|-5--------|-0--------|-3----3-(3)-3--3-|
|-3--------|----------|-1----1-(1)-1----|


                   A5               G5
  +Q   E E Q  Q    Q  E E E E E E   Q.   E Q  E E
|--------0-------|----------------|---------------|
|------1---------|----------------|---------------|
|----------------|----------------|---------------|
|-(5)------5-----|-2--2-2---2---2-|---------------|
|-(3)------3--2--|-0--0-0---0---0-|-5----2-3--2---|
|----------------|----------------|-3-----------3-|


                          To Coda
  A5              F5           G5
  H    +E  Q.     H.      Q    W
|---------------|------------|-------|
|---------------|------------|-------|
|---------------|------------|-------|
|-2----(2)-2----|------------|-------|
|-0----(0)-0----|-3-------3--|-5-----|
|---------------|-1-------1--|-3-----|


  1.
  A5                       (F#m)
  W          +W            E E E E +E  E E E   +E  E E E E E E E
|----------|------------||-------------------|--------------------|
|----------|------------||-------------------|--------------------|
|----------|------------||-------------------|--------------------|
|-2--------|-(2)--------||-4---2-4-(4)---2-4-|-(4)---2-4-7-6-4-2--|
|-0--------|-(0)--------||---4---------4-----|-----4--------------|
|----------|------------||-------------------|--------------------|


  (D)
  E E E E +E  E E E   +E  E E E E E E E
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-4---2-4-(4)---2-4-|-(4)---2-4-7-6-4---|
|---4---------4-----|-----4-----------7-|
|-------------------|-------------------|


  (E)
  E E E E +E  E E E   +E  E E E E E Q
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-2-----2-(2)-----2-|-(2)-----2-6-4-2---|
|---2-4-------2-4---|-----2-4-----------|
|-------------------|-------------------|


                                      2.
  N.C.    (A)             (E)          C5
                                       Gtr II
  W                 W                  E Q  E +E Q  E   +E Q  E  Q      Q
                                       | |  |  | |  |    | |  |  |      |
                                       / /  /  / /  /    / /  /  /      /

                                                                 ~~~~~~
  e e e e +Q   Q    e e e e +H         W                 H       H
|-----------------|-----------------||----------------|---------------------||
|-------3-(3)--2--|-------0-(0)----o||----------------|---------10b12=======||
|-----------------|-------1-(1)-----||----------------|---------------------||
|-4---2-----------|-----2-----------||----------------|---------------------||
|---4-------------|---4------------o||----------------|---------------------||
|-----------------|-5---------------||----------------|---------------------||


 Guitar Solo
  A5                 F5                          G5
    H          +E Q  E   +Q    Q       +E Q      E
    |           | |  |    |    |        | |      |

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