That Was Then This Is Now chords by Bon Jovi

• Difficulty: Intermediate 💪

Key: Ab

🤘 Intro:

 F#m    D  | A    E/G#  : 2x


🤘 Verse 1:
F#m                       D       A     E/G#
8 years old, hammer in my old go cart
    F#m                          D         A      E/G#
A two by four and a dream in my folks backyourd
      F#m                               D      A     E/G#
The steering wheel was a rope when it broke I lost
 F#m                                         D         A
Life was a knife in my dream when then the wheels came off
  E/G#     D            F#m
That was then, this is now

🤘 Chorus:
 D                              E
World keeps spinning round and round
       F#m                         E
You're either up or you're upside down
D                      E     F#m    A
Every road has led me back around
 D                              E
Tears will fall and scars will fade
     F#m                                E
You learn to live with the mess you've made
    D                         E        F#m
A broken road still gets you home somehow
  A        D     E      F#m
That was then, this is now


🤘 Verse 2:
                                       D           A      E/G#
Firing off kisses on all pistons in a little red dress
     F#m                                           D        A     E/G#
A chrome plated heart teach you somethin that you never forget
     F#m                                 D            A      E/G#
She take you to the finish line but you never gonna cross
  F#m                                  D         A
Crashed on a dead end street when my wheels came off
  E/G#     D            F#m
That was then, this is now


🤘 Chorus:
 D                              E
World keeps spinning round and round
       F#m                         E
You're either up or you're upside down
D                      E     F#m    A
Every road has led me back around
 D                              E
Tears will fall and scars will fade
     F#m                                E
You learn to live with the mess you've made
    D                         E        F#m
A broken road still gets you home somehow
  A        D     E      F#m
That was then, this is now
  E        D     E      F#m     A
That was then, this is now


🤘 Solo:
 D    E  | F#m    E  | D    E  | F#m    A  :



🤘 Bridge:
 F#m                               D        A
Sometimes at night my mind plays tricks on me
 F#m                           D        A
Tells me that this dream just don't work out
 F#m                    D      A
Haunted by a ghost that I can't see
           D            F#m
That was then, this is now


🤘 Chorus:
 D                              E
World keeps spinning round and round
       F#m                         E
You're either up or you're upside down
D                      E     F#m    A
Every road has led me back around
 D                              E
Tears will fall and scars will fade
     F#m                                E
You learn to live with the mess you've made
    D                         E        F#m
A broken road still gets you home somehow
  A        D     E      F#m
That was then, this is now
  E        D     E      F#m     A
That was then, this is now


Ending:
 D    E  | F#m    E  | D    E  | F#m    A  : 2x