Bon Jovi – Hey God
132 bpm 4/4 8th Note Strumming [These Days 1996}
Intro
Dm Dm Dm Dm Dm Dm Dm Dm
Dm Dm C C G/B G/B A# A#
Dm Dm C C G/B G/B A# A#
Prelude
Dm Dm
Hey God… I'm just a little man got a wife and family…
C C
but I almost lost the house… I bought into the dream…
G/B G/B
We're barely holdin' on… when I'm in way to deep…
C C
We're two paychecks away from living out on the streets…
Dm Dm C C
Verse 1
Dm Dm
She's a workin' single mom like a Saint she doesn't complain…
C C
She never says a word but she thinks that she's to blame…
G/B G/B
Her son just got convicted… he blew some cop away…
A# A#
She did her best to raise him but the world got in the way…
Chorus
Dm Dm
Hey God… Tell me what the hell is going
C C
on… It seems like all the good shit’s
G/B G/B
gone… It keeps on getting harder hanging
A# A#
on… but hey… hey… hey… hey…
Dm Dm
God… There's nights you know I want to
C C
scream-mmm… These days you've even harder to
G/B G/B
believe… I know how busy you must
A# A# G/B * G/B
be-eee… but hey… hey… hey… hey God… Do you ever think
Interlude
Dm Dm C C
about-ttt me…
Verse 2
Dm Dm
Born into the ghetto… nineteen ninety one…
C C
just a happy child playing… beneath the summer sun…
G/B G/B
A vacant lots' his playground… by twelve he's got a gun…
A# A#
The odds are bet against him… Junior don't make twenty one…
Chorus
Dm Dm
Hey God… Tell me what the hell is going
C C
on… It seems like all the good shit’s
G/B G/B
gone… It keeps on getting harder hanging
A# A#
on… but hey… hey… hey… hey…
Dm Dm
God… There's nights you know I want to
C C
scream-mmm… These days you've even harder to
G/B G/B
believe… I know how busy you must
A# A# G/B G/B
be-eee… but hey… hey… hey… hey God… Do you ever think
Solo
Dm Dm C C G/B G/B A# A#
about-ttt me…
Dm Dm C C G/B G/B F F
Bridge (Play Softly)
Dm Dm Dm Dm
Dm Dm
I'd get down on my knees-sss…
Dm Dm
I'm going to try this thing you way-yyy…
G/B G/B
Seen a dying man… too proud-ddd to beg…
A# A#
Spit on his own grave…
Dm Dm
Was he too gone to save-eee…
C C
Did you even know his name-eee…
G/B G/B
Are you the one to blame-eee…
A# A#
I got something to say-yyy…
Chorus
Dm Dm
Hey God… Tell me what the hell is going
C C
on… It seems like all the good shit’s
G/B G/B
gone… It keeps on getting harder hanging
A# A#
on… but hey… hey… hey… hey…
Dm Dm
God… There's nights you know I want to
C C
scream-mmm… These days you've even harder to
G/B G/B
believe… I know how busy you must
A# A# G/B * G/B
be-eee… but hey… hey… hey… hey God… Do you ever think
Refrain / Solo 2
Dm Dm C C
about-ttt me… Do you ever think about
G/B G/B A# A#
me… Oh hey God… Hey God…
Dm Dm C C
Think about-ttt me… Do you ever think about
G/B G/B A# A#
me… Hey God… Hey God… Hey God…
Dm Dm C C G/B G/B A# A#
Think about-ttt me…
Dm Dm C C G/B G/B A# A#
Dm Dm C C G/B G/B A# A#
Outro (Play Softly)
Dm Dm C C G/B G/B A# A# * Dm