Bon Jovi – Someday I’ll Be Saturday Night
128 bpm 4/4 8th Note Strumming [Cross Road 1994]
Intro
* E E E
Hey… man… I'm alive…
A A
I'm taking each day a night at a time…
B B
I'm feeling like a Monday but someday I'll be
E E
Saturday-yyy night…
Verse 1
E E
Hey my name is Jim… where did I go wrong…
G#m G#m
My life's a bargain basement all the good shit's gone…
A A
I just can't hold a job… where do I belong…
E B
Been sleeping in my car… my dreams move
Fill
E E
on…
Verse 2
E E
My name is Billy Jean my love was bought and sold…
G#m G#m
I'm only sixteen… I feel a hundred years old…
A A
My foster daddy went took my innocence away…
B B
The street life ain't much better but at least I get paid…
Pre Chorus
C#m A
and Tuesday just might go my way…
E E
It can't get worse than yesterday…
G#m G#m
Thursdays Fridays ain't been kind…
A F#m
but somehow I'll survive-eee-eee…
Chorus 1
E E
Hey man… I'm alive…
A A
I'm takin' each day and night at a time…
E E
Yeah I'm down but I know I'll get
B B
by-yyy-yyy… Hey… Hey… Hey…
A B
Hey-yyy man… gotta live my life…
E C#m
like I ain't got nothin' but this roll of the dice…
B A
I'm feelin' like a Monday but someday I'll be
E E A A
Saturday-yyy night-ttt…
Verse 3
E E
Now I can't say my name or tell you where I am…
G#m G#m
I want to blow myself away… don't know if I can…
A A
I wish that I could be in some other time and place…
B B
with someone else's soul… someone else's face…
Pre Chorus
C#m A
and Tuesday just might go my way…
E E
It can't get worse than yesterday…
G#m G#m
Thursdays Fridays ain't been kind…
A F#m
but somehow I'll survive-eee-eee…
Refrain
E E
Hey man… I'm alive…
A A
I'm takin' each day and night at a time…
E E
Yeah I'm down but I know I'll get
B B
by-yyy-yyy… Hey… Hey… Hey…
A B
Hey-yyy man… I gotta live my life…
E C#m
I'm gonna pick up all the pieces and what's left of my pride…
B A
I'm feelin' like a Monday but someday I'll be
Solo
E E A A E E A A
Saturday-yyy night-ttt…
Bridge (Play Softly)
* E (E) * A (A) E E A A
Saturday night…
E E
Someday I’m a Saturday night…
A A
I'll be back on my feet I'll be doin’
E E
alright… It may not be tomorrow baby that's okay…
A A
I ain't going down… gonna find a way… Hey… Hey… Hey…
Chorus 2
E E
Hey man… I'm alive…
A A
I'm takin' each day and night at a time…
E E
Yeah I'm down but I know I'll get
B B
by-yyy-yyy… Hey… Hey… Hey…
A B
Hey-yyy man… I gonna live my life…
E C#m
like I ain't got nothin' but this roll of the dice…
B A
I'm feelin' like a Monday but someday I'll be
E E
Saturday-yyy night-ttt… Ooo-ooo…
B A
I'm feelin' like a Monday but someday I'll be
E E
Saturday-yyy night-ttt…
Outro (fade ending)
A A E E A A E E
O-o-ooo… Saturday night-ttt-ttt…
A A E E
A-a-aaa… All right… All right…
E E A A * E
Saturday night-ttt…