Janie, Don't Take Your Love To Town original guitar chords by
Jon Bon Jovi

1996•Rock•1.4K views•

Key: C major•

Intro 1

Am

Am

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E/Ab

E/Ab

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G

G

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Fadd9

Fadd9

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Dm

Dm

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E7

E7

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Verse 1

C

C

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G

G

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Am

Am

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Sitting here just watching you sleep

F

F

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C

C

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Wish I could slip inside and be

F

F

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C

C

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G

G

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In some technicolor dream

C

C

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G

G

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Am

Am

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But the air's too thick for one of us to breathe

F

F

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C

C

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I'm not fool enough to think

F

F

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C

C

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You couldn't live life without me

F

F

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G

G

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C

C

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I didn't come this far to throw the towel in

F

F

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G

G

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C

C

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I didn't fight this hard to walk away

Am

Am

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E

E

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F

F

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If I ain't smart enough to say I'm sorry

G

G

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C

C

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It's just because the words got in the way

Verse 2

C

C

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G

G

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Am

Am

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I remember how it used to be

F

F

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C

C

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I was you and you were me

F

F

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C

C

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G

G

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We were more than just the same

C

C

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G

G

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Now these shoes don't fit, my skin's too tight

Am

Am

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F

F

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When you want a kiss, I take a bite

C

C

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F

F

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Let your heart call up the cops,

C

C

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read me my rights

F

F

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G

G

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C

C

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Last night I drank enough to drown

F

F

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G

G

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Raise a toast to your good looks

C

C

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and to my health

Am

Am

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E

E

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Look, we both know how much

F

F

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I've let you down

G

G

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C

C

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Janie don't you take your love to town

Chorus 1

F

F

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G

G

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C

C

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Janie don't you take your love to town

F

F

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G

G

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C

C

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Janie don't you take your love to town

Am

Am

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E

E

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If I've got to beg, I'll beg,

F

F

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Fm/Ab

Fm/Ab

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just don't walk away

F

F

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G

G

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C

C

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Janie don't you take your love to town

Verse 3

C

C

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G

G

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Am

Am

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You deserve a shooter, a saint

F

F

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C

C

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Someone to give it to you straight

F

F

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C

C

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G

G

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To find the soul thought flesh and bone

C

C

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G

G

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My life's a treasure, full of sunny weather

Am

Am

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F

F

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But it's left me feeling cold

C

C

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F

F

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C

C

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Now all you want to do is take me home

F

F

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G

G

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C

C

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I hated you, the night you said you loved me

F

F

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G

G

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C

C

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I hated you, 'cause I couldn't love my self

Am

Am

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I'm begging you now,

E

E

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F

F

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baby please just hold me

G

G

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C

C

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I got one foot in, one foot off the ground

Chorus 2

F

F

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G

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C

C

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Janie don't you take your love to town

F

F

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G

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C

C

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Janie don't you take your love to town

Am

Am

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E

E

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If I've got to beg, I'll beg,

F

F

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Fm/Ab

Fm/Ab

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just don't walk away

F

F

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G

G

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C

C

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Janie don't you take your love to town

Fm

Fm

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Janie don't you take your love

Solo 1

C

C

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G

G

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Am

Am

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F

F

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C

C

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F

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C

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G

G

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Am

Am

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E

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F

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F

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G

G

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C

C

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Verse 4

C

C

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G

G

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Am

Am

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Sitting here while you're fast asleep

F

F

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C

C

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In the bathroom by the sink

F

F

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C

C

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G

G

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Trying to write the right words down

C

C

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G

G

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I turn out the lights, close my eyes

Am

Am

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F

F

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There ain't no prayers or kiss goodnight

C

C

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F

F

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C

C

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What I'll forget to say tomorrow, I'll say now

Fm

Fm

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Janie don't you take your love to town

Chorus 3

F

F

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G

G

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C

C

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Janie don't you take your love to town

F

F

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G

G

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C

C

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Janie don't you take your love to town

Am

Am

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E

E

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If I've got to beg, I'll beg,

F

F

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Fm/Ab

Fm/Ab

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just don't walk away

F

F

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G

G

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C

C

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Janie don't you take your love to town

Chorus 4

F

F

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G

G

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C

C

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Janie don't you take your love to town

F

F

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G

G

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C

C

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Janie don't you take your love to town

Am

Am

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E

E

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If I've got to beg, I'll beg,

F

F

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Fm/Ab

Fm/Ab

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just don't walk away

F

F

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G

G

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C

C

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Janie don't you take your love to town

Chorus 5

F

F

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G

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C

C

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Janie don't you take your love to town

F

F

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G

G

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C

C

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Janie don't you take your love to town

Am

Am

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E

E

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If I've got to beg, I'll beg,

F

F

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Fm/Ab

Fm/Ab

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just don't walk away

F

F

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G

G

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C

C

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Janie don't you take your love to town

F

F

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G

G

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C

C

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Janie don't you take your love

F

F

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G

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C

C

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Chords

Am
E/Ab
G
Fadd9
Dm
E7
C
F
E
Fm/Ab
Fm

Capo: No capo

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What is the original key of Janie, Don't Take Your Love To Town?

The original key of Janie, Don't Take Your Love To Town by Jon Bon Jovi is C major.

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The primary chords used in Janie, Don't Take Your Love To Town are Am, E, G, F, Dm, C.

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