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{title: You give love a bad name} {artist: Bon Jovi} {time: 4/4} {tempo: 123} {key: Cm} {meta: author Frans-Willem Post, 2026-05-06} {start_of_part: Intro} [NC]Shot through the heart and you're to blame Darling, [NC]you give love a bad name [Cm] [G#] [A#] [Cm] [G#] [A#] [D#] [Cm] [Cm] [G#] [A#] [Cm] [G#] [A#] [Cm] {end_of_part} {start_of_verse: Verse 1} An [Cm]angel's smile is [A#/C]what you sell You [Cm]promise me heaven, then put me through hell [Cm]Chains of love, got a [A#/C]hold on me When [Cm]passion's a prison, you can't break free [F]Whoa, you're a loaded gun, [Cm] yeah [A#]Whoa, there's nowhere to run [F]No one can save me, the [G]damage is done {end_of_verse} {start_of_chorus: Chorus 1} [Cm]Shot through the [G#]heart and [A#]you're to [Cm]blame [G#]You give [A#]love a [D#5]bad [Cm]name (bad name) I [Cm]play my [G#]part and you [A#]play your [Cm]game [G#]You give [A#]love a [D#5]bad [Cm]name (bad name) Yeah [G#]you give [A#]love... a bad name {end_of_chorus} {start_of_part: Link} [Cm] [A#/C] [Cm] [A#/C] {end_of_part} {start_of_verse: Verse 2} [Cm]Paint your smile [A#/C]on your lips [Cm]Blood red nails on your fingertips A [Cm]school boy's dream, you [A#/C]act so shy Your [Cm]very first kiss was your first kiss goodbye [F]Whoa, you're a loaded gun [Cm] [A#]Whoa, there's nowhere to run [F]No one can save me, the [G]damage is done {end_of_verse} {chorus: Chorus 2} {start_of_part: Solo} [Cm] [G#] [A#] [Cm] [Cm] [G#] [A#] [Cm] [Cm] [G#] [A#] [Cm] [Cm] [G#] [G] {end_of_part} {start_of_chorus: Chorus (a capella)} Shot through the heart and you're to blame You give love a bad name I play my part and you play your game You give love a bad name (bad name) {end_of_chorus} {start_of_chorus: Chorus 3} [Cm]Shot through the [G#]heart and [A#]you're to [Cm]blame [G#]You give [A#]love a [D#5]bad [Cm]name (bad name) I [Cm]play my [G#]part and you [A#]play your [Cm]game [G#]You give [A#]love a [D#5]bad [Cm]name (bad name) {end_of_chorus} {start_of_part: Outtro} [G#]You give [A#]love (ooh[D#]ooh[Cm]ooh) [G#]You give [A#]love (ooh[D#]ooh[Cm]ooh) a bad name [G#]You give [A#]love (ooh[D#]ooh[Cm]ooh) [G#]You give [A#]love (ooh[D#]ooh[Cm]ooh) a bad name [G#]You give [A#]love (ooh[D#]ooh[Cm]ooh) [G#]You give [A#]love (ooh[D#]ooh[Cm]ooh) a bad name [G#]You give [A#]love (ooh[D#]ooh[Cm]ooh) [G#]You give [A#]love... a [NC]bad name! [Cm](BAM!) {end_of_part}