Em             C 
Start me up 

D 
Start me up  

Em 
Tommy used to work on the docks  
Em 
Union's been on strike, he's down on his luck.  
    C      D  E 
It's tough, so tough  

Em        C   D            Em 
We gotta hold on ready or not  
      C                             D   D    D     D 
You live for the fight when that's all that you've got  

Em          C 
Start me up  
D 
We're half way there  
G    D 
Woah-oh livin' on a prayer  

Em          C 
Start me up  
D 
We'll make it I swear  
G    C 
Woah-oh livin' on a prayer 

D 
If you start me up (uh)  
D                            G 
Kick on the starter give it all you got, you got, you got  
D                                        G 
I can't compete with the riders in the other heat, yeah yeah  

A                      D 
I'll make a grown man cry, 
A                      D   D  D  D 
I'll make a grown man give it a shot  

Em          C 
Start me up  
D 
We're half way there  
G    D 
Woah-oh livin' on a prayer  

Em          C 
Start me up  
D 
We'll make it I swear  
G    C 
Woah-oh livin' on a prayer 

Em     D    C 
Livin' on a prayer  

Solo: 
    Em, C, D, G, C, D 

    Em        C   D            Em 
Oh, We gotta hold on ready or not  
      C                             D   D    D     D 
You live for the fight when that's all that you've got  

Em          C 
Start me up  
D 
We're half way there  
G    D 
Woah-oh livin' on a prayer  

Em       C 
Take my hand, 
D 
we'll make it I swear, 
G    D 
Woah-Oh livin' on a prayer  

Em          C       D 
Start me up  
                     Em     C       D 
If you start me up I'll never stop (I'll never stop)  
Livin' on a prayer  
Em         C        D 
Take my hand and we'll make it I swear  
Em      C       D 
Oh, livin on a prayer  

Em      C      D 
Oh, we're half way there 
Em   C      D 
Oh, livin' on a prayer  
Em      C        D 
Take my hand and we'll make it I swear,  
Em   C     D 
Oh livin' on a prayer (we're almost there)  

Em      C     D 
Livin' on a prayer  
           D    D   D 
You gotta start me up