{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}