Bon Jovi - Thank You For Loving Me

Words and backing

Intro (with piano intro):
D    G    Bm    A
D    G    Bm    A (with intro riff)

Verse:
     G
It's hard for me to say the things
  D
I want to say sometimes
        G
There's no one here but you and me
         D
And that broken old street light
         Bm
Lock the doors
        G                  A (with verse riff)
(We'll) leave the world outside
D               G
All I've got to give to you
    A                    A7
Are these five words and I

Chorus:
      D              G
Thank you for loving me
             A    A7  A
For being my eyes
     D
When I couldn't see
               Bm   Bm7
For parting my lips
                E  A(7)
When I couldn't breathe
      D       G      A
Thank you for loving me
      D       G      A
Thank you for loving me

Verse:
I never knew I had a dream
Until that dream was you
When I look into your eyes
The sky's a different blue
Cross my heart
I wear no disguise     (with verse riff)
If I tried, you'd make believe
That you believed my lies

Chorus:
Thank you for loving me
For being my eyes
When I couldn't see
For parting my lips
When I couldn't breathe
Thank you for loving me

Bridge:
G                                 A
   You pick me up when I fall down
                                          E(m)
You ring the bell before they count me out
                            F#(m)     /G C (with bridge riff)
If I was drowning you would part the sea
                          D      /E   A
And risk your own life to rescue me Yeah!
Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeaah Yeah Yeaahh!

SOLO:
D    G     A    D

Verse:
         Bm
Lock the doors
        G                  A
(We'll) leave the world outside
D               G
All I've got to give to you
    C                    A
Are these five words and I

Chorus:
Thank you for loving me
For being my eyes
Oh, when I couldn't see
For parting my lips
When I couldn't breathe

Thank you for loving me
When I couldn't fly
Oh, you gave me wings
You parted my lips
When I couldn't breathe
Thank you for loving me
Thank you for loving me
Thank you for loving me, oh for loving me

Outro as intro. End on D. With intro riff played twice then outro riff.

Tab notation used:

H = hammer
P = pull-off
^ = bend
v = release bend
> = restrike during a bend
/ = slide
~ = virbrato

Piano intro and outro, arranged for guitar

      /D              /G              /Bm               /A
        P                               P           H
--H--|-2-0-----------|------------H--|-2-0---------0-2-|-0-----
-3-5-|-----3---------|--H--------3-5-|-----3-----0-----|-------
-----|-------------2-|-2-4-----------|-----------------|-------
-----|---------------|---------------|-----------------|-------
-----|---------------|---------------|-----------------|-------
-----|---------------|---------------|-----------------|-------

Intro riff and outro riff

 _____________________________________________________________ ______________________
| Intro Riff                                                  | Outro Riff           |
| D                   G               Bm                  A                     D
|-----Full----------|---------------|-----Full----------|---------------------|------
|------^-v--Full----|---------------|------^-v--Full----|----------------------------
|----14------^-vP---|---------------|----14------^-vP---|-----------------H---|------
|----------14->--12-|-12~-----------|----------14->--12-|-14~-----------12-14---12---
|-------------------|---------------|-------------------|--------H---12-------|------
|-------------------|---------------|-------------------|------12-14-----------------

Verse riff

  A               D
|---------------|---
|---------------|---
|---/6---7---/9-|\7-
|---------------|---
|---------------|---
|---------------|---

Bridge riff

  E       F#(m)  /G          C           D      /E      A
                  Full
|------------------^---P---|---------------------Full-|----
|----------------17--17-15-|-17~---------15-------^---|----
|--------------------------|--------------------14----|-14-
|--------------------------|--------------------------|----
|--------------------------|--------------------------|----
|--------------------------|--------------------------|----

Solo - layered as two pieces

  D                    G                    A                    D
                                                                   ½  ½
                                                                   ^  ^ vP
|---------Full-Full--|--------------------|----/9----10-----12-|-14-14----12-14~----|
|------------^-^-^-v-|--H-----------------|--------------------|--------------------|
|-----------9-9-9----|-7-9----------------|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|-----9~----------/9-|-7-LET RING---------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|

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