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You Give Love A Bad Name  Chords by Bon Jovi

You Give Love A Bad Name chords by Bon Jovi (Ver. 2)

Guitar chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Intro:
The intro is is a bass riff or walk down that goes for 8 bars, ]
N.C.
                                                               1 & a 2 & a 3 & a 4 & a
N.C.
3/4 time.... open 5th /3rd fret 6th/ 1st 6th/ open 6th ...     A x A G x G F x F E E G  X2


Verse 1:
Am         Am/G     F        Em
An angel's smile is what you sell
Am             Am/G         F              Em
You promise me heaven, then put me through Hell
Am        Am/G       F       Em
Chains of love got a hold on me
F             F         E         E
When passions a prison, you can't break free
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Pre-Chorus:
Dm     Dm     Dm       Dm
Oh, you're a loaded gun, yeah
Am         Am/G     F        E
Instrumental:
Dm     Dm      Dm       Dm
Ooooh, there's nowhere to run
E         E        F         F
No one can save me the damage is done

Chorus:
Am               F         G         Am
Shot through the heart And you're to blame baby
F         G     C   Am
You give love a bad name
Am              F        G       Am
I play my part and you play your game
F    F       G       G
You give ....looooove, a bad

Bridge:
Am         Am/G     F        Em
name......
Am         Am/G     F        Em
Instrumental:

Verse 2:

Am         Am/G     F     Em
Paint your smile on your lips
Am         Am/G         F         Em
Blood red nails on your fingertips
Am             Am/G       F        Em
A school boy's dream, you act so shy
F                F             Em       E
You kiss me once kiss me twice then you said bye-bye

Pre-Chorus:
Dm     Dm     Dm       Dm
Oh, you're a loaded gun
Am         Am/G     F        E
instrumental:
Dm     Dm     Dm     Dm
Oh, you nowhere to run
E              E            F            F
No one's gonna save me yeah the damage is done

Chorus:
Am               F         G         Am
Shot through the heart And you're to blame baby
F        G      C   Am
You give love a bad name
Am        F            G       Am
I play my part and you play your game
F    F       G       G
You give ....looooove, a bad
Am               F         G      Am
Shot through the heart And you're to blame baby
F         G     C   Am
You give love a bad name
Am              F        G       Am
I play my part and you play your game
F    F       G       G
You give ....looooove, a bad

Solo:
Am         G     F        Em
name...   (Jon sings with the lead guitar
Am         G     F        Em
throughout the whole solo,
Am         G     F        Em
do da do de da da do etc
Am         G     F        Em

Chorus:
[This 3rd chorus is done acapella style over a bass riff  A G A G A C C A... If you were to strum through
 this part, It would be a muted Am, or if you pull off your ring finger while strumming the Am
 and hammer it back on,then accent your pinky on the 4th beat, you can mimic the bass riff..]

Am
Shot through the heart And you're to blame baby
Am
You give love a bad name
Am
I play my part and you play your game
Am
You give ....looooove, a bad name

Outro:

Am         Am/G     F        Em
Instrumental:
Am         Am/G     F        E
                    You give love a bad
Am         G        F        E
name                You give love... Hit the
Am   G        F              E
road Jack and don't you come back no
Am        G       F       E
more   no more no more no more Hit the
Am   G        F              E
road Jack and don't you come back no
Am   G        F            E
more          cuz you give love a bad
Am       G         F        E
name bad name  bad name bad name, such a
Am       G        F            E
bad girl bad girl such a dirty bad girl
Am       G         F        E
But I like it like that
F(3xdownward stroke, 1 up)  G (1 dward strum)  finish on Am

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