Dead or alive — Bon Jovi

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Dead Or Alive - Bon Jovi - transcribed by Gary Chapman

Mostly played with a 12-string acoustic.

Note: Do not play the rhythm figures until advised.

H - Natural harmonic Ah - artificial (pinched) harmonic ^ - hammer/pull ' - Semitone (1 fret) bend (b) - bend / - slide

(keyboard part is played a second time here) | Keyboard part v Dadd2

Main run: (play twice)

Rhythm fig.1:

B --15(w)13(r)15(w)13(r)15(w)13(r)15~~-- (hit note at 15, lower it with whammy to 13, release, repeat)

<-- play 3 times, 2nd --> C F Dadd2 time play rhythm fig.1

Verse

It's all the same, only the names will change. Another town, where the faces are so cold.

Ev'ryday, seems we're wasting away. I travel all night just get back home. I'm

Chorus

a cowboy, on a steel horse I ride. I'm

wanted, dead or alive. wanted, dead or alive.

Rhythm fig.2

Rhythm fig.3 (keyboard arranged for guitar)

(main run) w/rhythm fig.2 (main run) w/rhythm fig.3

Sometimes I sleep, sometimes it's not for days. And people I meet, always go their seperate ways. Sometimes you tell the day by the bottle that you drink. And times when you're alone all you do is drink.

Rhythm fig.4

(chorus) w/rhythm fig.4 (chorus) (main run)

Solo

ah ah ah ah

ah

ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah

ah ah ah

(after the solo, accompany main 12-string chords with distorted power chords)

(chorus)

Rhythm fig.5

I walk these streets, a loaded six string on my back. I play for keeps, cause I might not make it back. I've been everywhere, still I'm standing tall. I've seen a million faces, and I've rocked them all. (w/rhythm fig.5)

(chorus)

Rhythm fig.6

(chorus) w/rhythm fig.6

(main run) (main run) end with Dmaj as last chord

Mr.Scary (Gary Chapman) [email protected]

From: [email protected] (Robert Smith) Subject: Re: REQ - Dead or Alive - Bon Jovi

Intro continues with the following chords, which also make up the verse of The song:

D Dsus D D* D C/G G C/G G F D

To get the rhythym down, they go along with the words like this:

It's all the same only the names have changed D Dsus D D* D C/G G

Everyday it seems were wasting away C/G G F D etc.

Chords:

D Dsus D* C/G G F

2 3 0 0 1 1 key for Chords: 1 2 2 2 0 0 2 D* is not the real name for this chord :) 0 0 0 2 0 3 I just can't remember it and don't Feel X X X 3 2 3 like looking it Up. X X X 3 3 1 "X" means don't play that string.

Good Luck,

Bob