Never Say Die Chords

KeyA CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays423

Never Say Die by Bon Jovi is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of A. It uses the chords A, Bm and D. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			Intro: 
   
    A         Bm      D 
e|-----------|-------|---------| 
B|--2----2---|3-2----|-------2-| 
G|---4-2--4-2|---4-2-|----2-4--|    2x 
D|-----------|-------|-2-4-----| 
A|-----------|-------|---------| 
E|-----------|-------|---------| 

A  pm 
As we stood there older than men 
D pm                       D 
And younger than the boys (that's right) 
A  pm 
We were as still as the wind 
D pm 
That blows on a hot August night 

             A 
And you were lonesome 
As a jukebox 
    D  
But deadly just the same 
              A 
I could be as gentle as a newborn 
                  D 
Then spit into the eye of a hurricane 
  
       Bm 
And we knew how to laugh 
       D 
And we knew how to cry 
         Bm 
Yeah, we sure knew how to live 
            D 
But we don't ever 
  
             intro 
Never say die 
Never say die 

              A 
I guess you'd say we had a pact 
     D                       D 
These words we knew so well (that's right) 
A 
Still they remained unspoken 
                          D 
And we'd take them to the fiery 
Gates of hell 

       Bm 
Once I was afraid of love 
                   D 
But when it's your brother 
Those things change 
       Bm 
'Cause love is just another word 
For trust 
   D 
So hear me when I say 

          A 
Never say die 
          D 
Never say no 
           A 
You got to look them in the eye 
              D 
And don't let go 
               A 
When it's your own blood you'll bleed 
        D 
And your own tears you'll cry 
        A 
When you're brought up to believe 
              D 
That it's the strong who survive 
              intro 
Never say die 

Solo: igual à base da intro 

          Bm 
Yeah, and we could run like lightning 
D 
Through the pouring rain 
             Bm 
And we'll be standing like a soldier 
          D 
Who comes marching home again 

A  Bm  D 2x 

                 A pm 
They ask what it is that I want written 
         D pm 
On the gravestone where I'll lie 
               A pm 
Tell them it's just my bones 
That died there 
   D pm 
So save the tears they'll cry 

   Bm                      
My spirit is still riding 
D 
Somewhere in this night 
          Bm 
When it's these three words that come to me 
     D 
As I kiss this world goodbye 

          A 
Never say die 
          D 
Never say no 
           A 
You got to look them in the eye 
              D 
And don't let go 
               Bm 
When it's your own blood you'll bleed 
         D 
And your own tears you'll cry 
         Bm 
When you're brought up to believe 
              D 
That it's the strong who survive 
             intro 
Never say die 
Never say die (faz o fade) 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante