VERSION: Edited
Getting Started - by EchoElysium
To learn Bon Jovi - Misunderstood chords with lyrics, your practice should emphasize these chord progressions: G, C, D, Em, C, D, C, D, Em. Kick off your practice at a gentle 65 BPM, then escalate to the song's tempo of 131 BPM. Fine-tune the capo based on your vocal range, ensuring it complements the key of G.
C _ _ _ _
D _ _ _ _ .
Em _ _ _ _ _ _ _
C _ .
_ _ _ _ _
D _ _ _ .
_
Em _ _ _ _ _ _
D.
I
C was walking around just
D to fasten the crown,
E trying to keep myself out of the rain.
C Saw a bag of bunking where I
D styrofoam crown, wondered
E if I might end up the
D same.
C There's some men out on the
D corner _ _
Em singing old songs
C about change.
_ _ Everybody's
D got their cross to bear
G these _ days.
_ .
_
C She came looking for
D some shelter
Em with a suitcase full of dreams.
C To the motel room
D on the _ boulevard, I
Em guess she's trying to be James Lane.
_
D _
C Seeing all the
D disciples _
Em and all the _
C _ .
wannabes.
_ No one wants
D to be themselves these
Em days.
_ _ _ .
_
C Still there's nothing to
D hold on to but
G these _ days.
_ _ .
_
C These days,
D the stars ain't
Em out of reach.
_ _ _ .
_ _
C These days,
D there ain't a lot of _
G _ _ reach.
_ _ .
All
C these days are vain,
D nothing _
G lasts in this
C graceless _ age.
There ain't nobody
D left but
G us these _ _ days.
_ .
_
C Jimmy's shoes, he busted
D both his legs, _
Em trying to learn to fly.
_
G C From the second story
D window, he
Em just jumped to close his eyes.
C _ Mama said it
D was crazy, he
Em said, Mama, _
C I'd try.
_ _ _ Don't you know
D that all my
Em heroes _ died?
_ _ .
_ And I
C guess I'd rather
D die than
G fade away.
_ _ Yeah, _
C these days,
D the stars ain't
E out of
Em reach.
_ _ _ .
_
C These days,
D there ain't a lot _
G of reach.
_ All these
C days are fast,
D nothing lasts
G in this _
C graceless _ age.
Even _
G innocence
D has not the midnight
Em strain.
_ _ There _
C ain't _
D nobody left but us
G these days.
_ _ _ .
_
C _ _ _ _ _
A _ _ .
_
C _ _ _ _
A Gold's still
E burning,
C _ _ though the
A times have _
C changed.
This
A world keeps
D turning round and round, _ _ _ .
C these _
G days.
_ _ _ .
D _ _ _ _ _ _
G _ _ .
C _ _ _
G _ _ _ _ _ .
D _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
C These days,
D the stars ain't
E out of reach.
Em _ _ _ _
C These days,
G there
D ain't a lot _
G of reach.
_ All these
C.
days are fast,
D nothing
G lasts.
There ain't no time
C to waste.
There ain't nobody
D left to take
Em the blame.
Oh, for _ _
C _ _ .
_
D _ _ us
G these _ days.
_ _ _
C _ _ _
D _ _ _ _
A _ _
Em _ _ .
_ _ _ _
C _ _ _ _ .
D _ _ _
G _ _ _ _ _ .
_ _ _
C _ _ _ _
D _ .