Santa Fe Chords
by Bon Jovi
Santa Fe by Bon Jovi is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, D, Em, Am and C. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: G D Em Am C D
G D Em
They say that no man is an island.
Am C D
And good things come to those who wait.
G D Em C D Em
But things I hear are there just to remind me. Every dog will have his day.
G D Em Am C D
The spirits, they intoxicate me. I watched them infiltrate my soul.
G D G D Am Em C D Em
They tried to say its too late for me. Tell my guns I'm coming home.
C D G C D Em
I swear I'm gonna live forever. Tell my maker he can wait.
C D G D Am Em C D Em
I'm riding somewhere south of heaven. Heading back to Santa Fe.
C D Em G D Em
Its Judgement Day in Santa Fe. Once I was promised absoulution.
Am C D
There's only one solution for my sins.
G D Em
You gotta face your ghosts and know with no illusions
C D Em
That only one of you is going home again.
G D Em
And I blame this world for making a good man evil.
Am C D
And its this world that can drive a good man mad.
G D G D Am Em
And its this world that turns a killer into a hero.
C D Em
Well I blame this world for making a good man bad.
C D G C D Em
Now I ain't gettin into heaven. If the devil has his way.
C D G D Am Em C D Em
I swear I'm gonna live forever. Heading back to Santa Fe.
C D G C D Em
Got debts to pay in Santa Fe. Its judgement day in Santa Fe.
*Lord have mercy* Solo: G D Em Am C D G D Em C D Em
C D G Em
So I save a prayer when I need it most To the Father, Son and the Holy Ghost.
C D Em C D
And sign it from a sinner with no name. When I meet my maker will he close the book
G Em
in the hearts I broke and the lives I took?
C D Em
Will he walk away 'cause my soul's too late to save?
C D G Em C D Em
Now I ain't gettin' into heaven. If the devil has his way.
C D G D Am Em C D Em
I swear I'm gonna live forever. Heading back to Santa Fe.
C D G C D Em
I got debts to pay in Santa Fe Its judgement day in Santa Fe. Ending: Same as Solo.