Bon Jovi – Janie, Don't Take Your Love to Town
178 bpm 4/4 Strumming [Destination Anywhere 1997]
Intro
Am E7 G F F F E7 E7
Verse 1
C G
Sitting here just watching you
Am F
sleep… Wish I could slip inside
C F C G
and be in some technicolor dream…
C G
but the air's too thick for one of us to
Am F
breathe… I'm not fool enough to
C F C G
think you couldn't live life without-ttt me…
Pre Chorus 1
F G C C
I didn't come this far to throw the towel in…
F G C C
I didn't fight this hard to walk away…
Am E7 F F
If I ain't smart enough to say I'm sorry…
F G * C (C)
it's just because the words got in the way…
Verse 2
C G
I remember how it used to
Am F
be… I was you and you were
C F C G
me… We were more than just the same…
C G
Now these shoes don't fit… my skin's too tight…
Am F
When you want a kiss… I take a bite…
C F
Let your heart call up… the cops read me
C G
my-yyy rights…
Pre Chorus 2
F G C C
Last night I drank enough to drown-nnn…
F G
Raise a toast to your good looks and to
C C
my-yyy health…
Am E7 F F
Look… we both know how much I've let you-uuu down…
F G C C
Janie… don't you take your love to town… Janie…
Chorus
F G C C
don't you take your love to town… Janie…
F G C C
don't you take your love to town… If
Am E7 F F
I've got to beg… I'll beg… Just don't walk away…
F G * C (C)
Janie… don't you take your love to town…
Verse 3
C G
You deserve a shooter a
Am F
saint… Someone to give it to you
C F C G
straight to find the soul through flesh and-ddd bone…
C G
My life's a treasure full of sunny weather
Am F
but it's left me feeling cold…
C F C G
Now all you wanna do is take me-eee home…
Pre Chorus 3
F G C C
I hated you the night you said you loved-ddd me…
F G C C
I hated you because I couldn't love my-yyy-self…
Am E7 F F
I'm begging you now baby please just hold-ddd me…
F G C C
I got one foot in and one foot off the ground… Janie…
Chorus
F G C C
don't you take your love to town… Janie…
F G C C
don't you take your love to town… If
Am E7 F F
I've got to beg… I'll beg… Just don't walk away…
F G * C (C)
Janie… don't you take your love to town…
Interlude
* F (G) (C) (C)
Janie… don't you take your love-eee…
Solo
C G Am F C F C G
Am E7 F F F G * C (C)
Bridge
C G
Sitting here while you're fast
Am F
asleep… in the bathroom by the
C F C G
sink… trying to write the right word-ddds down…
C G
I turn out the lights… close my eyes…
Am F
There ain't no prayers or kiss goodnight…
C F C G
What I'll forget to say tomorrow… I'll say-yyy now…
* F (G) (C) (C)
Janie… don't you take your love-eee-eee… to town…
(C) (C)
Janie…
Refrain
F G C C
don't you take your love to town… Janie…
F G C C
don't you take your love to town… If
Am E7 F F
I've got to beg… I'll beg… Just don't walk away…
F G C C
Janie… don't you take your love to town… Janie
F G C C
don't you take your love to town… Janie…
F G C C
don't you take your love to town… If
Am E7 F F
I've got to beg… I'll beg… Just don't walk away…
F G C C
Janie… don't you take your love to town… Janie
F G C C
don't you take your love to town… Janie…
F G C C
don't you take your love to town… If
Am E7 F F
I've got to beg… I'll beg… Just don't walk away…
F G C C
Janie… don't you take your love to town…
Outro
F G C C C C * C
Janie… don't you take your love-eee…