How to Play It's My Life on Guitar?

Bon Jovi - It's My Life can be played in the key of Am using the Am, F, C, G, Em chords. For Am, To play Am, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, let low E, A, high E ring open, mute D, G. For F, To play F, barre fret 1 from the B string to the high E string with finger 1, press fret 1 on the low E string with finger 4, let A ring open, mute D, G. For C, To play C, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, let low E, G, high E ring open, mute A, D. For G, To play G, press fret 2 on the A string with finger 2, let D, G, B ring open, mute low E, high E. For Em, To play Em, let low E, G, B, high E ring open, mute A, D. Barre: Use your index finger to press multiple strings on the same fret, keeping your finger flat. You can play It's My Life with the ↓-↓↑-↑↓↑ strumming pattern.

Bon Jovi - It’s My Life Chords

Chord reference Am, F, C, G, Em

Rhythm tips ↓-↓↑-↑↓↑

[Am]This ain’t a song for the [F]broken[C]hearted [G] [Am]No silent prayer for the [F]faith departed [C] [G] And [Am]I ain’t gonna be just a [F]face in the crowd You’re gonna [C]hear my voice when I [G]shout it out loud

It’s my [Am]life, it’s [F]now or never [C] I ain’t gonna [G]live forever [Am] I just wanna [F]live while I’m a[C]live [G]

Its my [Am]life, my heart is like an [F]open highway [C] Like Frankie said, “I [G]did it my way” [Am] I just wanna [F]live while I’m a[C]live ‘Cause [G]it’s [Em]my [Am]life

[Am]This is for the ones who s[F]tood their ground [C] [G] [Am]For Tommy and Gina who ne[F]ver backed down [C] [G] To[Am]morrow’s getting harder, [F]make no mistake Luck ain’t [C]even lucky, gotta make [G]your own breaks

It’s my [Am]life, it’s [F]now or never [C] I ain’t gonna [G]live forever [Am] I just wanna [F]live while I’m a[C]live [G]

Its my [Am]life, my heart is like an [F]open highway [C] Like Frankie said, “I [G]did it my way” [Am] I just wanna [F]live while I’m a[C]live ‘Cause [G]it’s [Em]my [Am]life

[Am]You better stand tall, when they’re calling you out [Am]Don’t bend, don’t break, baby, don’t back down

It’s my [Am]life, it’s [F]now or never [C], I ain’t gonna [G]live forever [Am] I just wanna [F]live while I’m a[C]live [G]

Its my [Am]life, My heart is like an [F]open highway [C] Like Frankie said, “I [G]did it my way” [Am] I just wanna [F]live while I’m a[C]live ‘Cause [G]it’s [Em]my [Am]life

It’s my [Am]life, it’s [F]now or never [C], I ain’t gonna [G]live forever [Am] I just wanna [F]live while I’m a[C]live [G]

It’s my [Am]life, my heart is like an [F]open highway [C] Like Frankie said, “I [G]did it my way” [Am] I just wanna [F]live while I’m a[C]live ‘Cause [G]it’s [Em]my [Am]life

Artist Bon Jovi

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Genres Pop, Pop Rock, Rock

Year 2000

Key Am

Bon Jovi - It's My Life can be played in the key of Am using the Am, F, C, G, Em chords.

For Am, To play Am, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, let low E, A, high E ring open, mute D, G.
For F, To play F, barre fret 1 from the B string to the high E string with finger 1, press fret 1 on the low E string with finger 4, let A ring open, mute D, G.
For C, To play C, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, let low E, G, high E ring open, mute A, D.
For G, To play G, press fret 2 on the A string with finger 2, let D, G, B ring open, mute low E, high E.
For Em, To play Em, let low E, G, B, high E ring open, mute A, D.

Barre: Use your index finger to press multiple strings on the same fret, keeping your finger flat.

You can play It's My Life with the ↓-↓↑-↑↓↑ strumming pattern.