Bon Jovi – Growing Up the Hard Way (Demo)
130 bpm 4/4 8th Note Strumming [New Jersey 1988]
Intro
(F#m) (D) (Bm) (C#7)
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Growing up
(F#m) (D) (Bm) (C#7)
the hard way… Growing up the hard way…
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F#m D Bm C#7
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Verse 1
F#m F#m
She's got a blue tattoo… on the back of her hand…
F#m F#m
that says "I love you…" from the boys in the band…
Bm Bm
She's been living on the run… for almost a year…
C#7 C#7
Her daddy would abuse her… She's been living in fear…
Verse 2
F#m F#m
She's got a diamond in her teeth… and a leather beret
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she knows every city street… from New York to L.A…
Bm Bm
She's got little girl eyes… and her heart's made of stone…
C#7 C#7
I guess you gotta grow up fast… when you're out on your own…
Pre Chorus
D. C#7. Bm A. E. F#m
Try-yyy-yyy-yyy… to hold your head up hi-iii-iii-gh…
D. C#7. Bm C#7.
You live and then you di-iii---iii-e… Can someone tell me why…
Chorus
F#m F#m D D
Growing up the hard way… Learning how to live with the pain…
Bm Bm
The weight of the world on your shoulders…
C#7 C#7
I guess that's just the price that you pay… FOR GROWING UP…
F#m F#m D D
Growing up the hard way… It's getting harder every day…
Bm Bm C#7 C#7
Lying in a bed made of fire… Praying to God for some rain…
Interlude 1
F#m F#m
Growing up the hard way…
Verse 3
F#m F#m
He was the pride and joy… of his family…
F#m F#m
He always was the good boy… they told him he'd be…
Bm Bm
but no one knew the anger… that was building up inside…
C#7 C#7
He was drinking from the bottle that his old man used to hide…
Verse 4
F#m F#m
He stole a rented car off of Route Thirty Five…
F#m
and when he gunned it I heard him scream
F#m
"straight to hell I'm gonna drive…"
Bm
Then the cops came out of nowhere…
Bm
and that truck got in his way…
C#7 C#7
I'm sorry Mrs. Johnson… that it had to end this way…
Pre Chorus
D. C#7. Bm A. E. F#m
Try-yyy-yyy-yyy… to hold your head up hi-iii-iii-gh…
D. C#7. Bm C#7.
You live and then you di-iii---iii-e… Can someone tell me why…
Chorus
F#m F#m D D
Growing up the hard way… Learning how to live with the pain…
Bm Bm
The weight of the world on your shoulders…
C#7 C#7
I guess that's just the price that you pay… FOR GROWING UP…
F#m F#m D D
Growing up the hard way… It's getting harder every day…
Bm Bm C#7 C#7
Lying in a bed made of fire… Praying to God for some rain…
Refrain 1
F#m D Bm C#7
I’m growing up the hard way… Growing up the hard way…
F#m D Bm C#7
Growing up the hard way… Growing up the hard way…
Solo
F#m D Bm C#7 F#m D Bm C#7
Bridge
D E D E
Try-yyy-yyy-yyy… to hold your head up high… high…
Chorus
F#m F#m D D
Growing up the hard way… Learning how to live with the pain…
Bm Bm
The weight of the world on your shoulders…
C#7 C#7
I guess that's just the price that you pay… FOR GROWING UP…
F#m F#m D D
Growing up the hard way… It's getting harder every day…
Bm Bm C#7 C#7
Lying in a bed made of fire… Praying to God for some rain…
Refrain 2
F#m D Bm C#7
Growing up the hard way… Growing up the hard way…
F#m D
Growing up the hard way…
Bm C#7
It’s definitely the hard way baby…
F#m D Bm C#7
Growing up the hard way… Growing up the hard way…
Interlude 2
F#m D Bm C#7
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Outro
F#m D Bm C#7 F#m D Bm * C#7 * F#m
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