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Never Say Die

Bon Jovi

MetalMedium for beginners3 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

A×
Bm×
D××

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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              Intro: 
   
 hide this tab    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) 
          
 

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Chord set

A · Bm · D

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.