[Intro - Free time - no drums] [Dm] Life is a [C]mys- [Gm]ter- [Dm]y, everyone must [C]stand [Gm]a [Dm]lone ....I hear you [C/E]call [Gm/Bb - 653333]my [F/A]name [Bb]and it [F] feels [C] like....... [Dm] home
[Chorus - Drums - BPM 111] [F] When you [F] call my name [C] it's like a [C] little [Bb] prayer, I'm down [Bb] on my [F/A] knees, I wanna [F/A] take you [F] there ....In the [F] midnight [C] hour, I can [C] feel your [Bb] power, just [Bb] like a [F/A] prayer, you know I'll [F/A] take you [Bb] there
[Verse - Drums stop] [Bb] I hear your [F] voice, .....[C] it's like an [Dm] angel sighing, [Bb] I have no [F] choice I hear your [C] voice, [C] feels like flying (C Cadd6 C Csus4) [Bb] ...I close my [F] eyes, .... [C] oh God I [Dm] think I'm falling, [Bb] out of the [F] sky I close my [C] eyes, [C] heaven help me (C Cadd6 C7 Cadd6)
[Chorus - Drums in] [F] When you [F] call my name [C] it's like a [C] little [Bb] prayer, I'm down [Bb] on my [F/A] knees, I wanna [F/A] take you [F] there ....In the [F] midnight [C] hour, I can [C] feel your [Bb] power, just [Bb] like a [F/A] prayer, you know I'll [F/A] take you [Bb] there
[Verse - Drums stop] [Bb] Like a [F] child, [C] you whisper [Dm] softly to me, [Bb] you're in con [F] trol just like a [C] child, [C] now I'm dancing [Bb] It's like a [F] dream, [C] no end and [Dm] no beginning, [Bb] you're here with [F] me it's like a [C] dream [C] let the choir sing (C Cadd6 C7 Cadd6)
[Chorus - Drums in] [F] When you [F] call my name [C] it's like a [C] little [Bb] prayer, I'm down [Bb] on my [F/A] knees, I wanna [F/A] take you [F] there ....In the [F] midnight [C] hour, I can [C] feel your [Bb] power, just [Bb] like a [F/A] prayer, you know I'll [F/A] take you
[F] there - When you [F] call my name [C] it's like a [C] little [Bb] prayer, I'm down [Bb] on my [F/A] knees, I wanna [F/A] take you [F] there ....In the [F] midnight [C] hour, I can [C] feel your [Bb] power, just [Bb] like a [F/A] prayer, you know I'll [F/A] take you [Bb]
[Bridge] [Dm][C/D - x5555x][Dm][C/D] there ah-ah---------ah-ah-ah-ah
[Outro] [Dm] Life is a [C] mys- [Gm] ter- [Dm] y, everyone must [C] stand [Gm] a [Dm] lone ... I hear you [C/E] call [Gm/Bb] my [F/A] name, [Bb] and it [F] feels [C] like, [Dm] home Just like a prayer, [C/D] your voice can take me there [Dm] Just like a muse to m [C/D] e, you are a mystery, [Dm] just like a dream, [C/E] you are not [Gm/Bb] what you seem [F/A] Just [Bb] like a prayer, no [C] choice your voice can take me [F] there
[Big Gospel bit] [F] Just like a prayer, I'll [C] take you there, [Bb] it's like a [Bb] dream to [F/A] me [Dm] [F] Just like a prayer, I'll [C] take you there, [Bb] it's like a [Bb] dream to [F/A] me [Dm] [F] Just like a prayer, I'll [C] take you there, [Bb] it's like a [Bb] dream to [F/A] me [Dm] [F] Just like a prayer, I'll [C] take you there, [Bb] it's like a [Bb] dream to [F/A] me [Dm]
[Outro] [Dm] Just like prayer, [C/D] your voice can take me there [Dm] Just like a muse to me, [C/D] you are a mystery, [Dm] just like a dream, [C/E] you are not [Gm/Bb] what you [F/A] seem ..Just [Bb] like a prayer, no [C] choice your voice can [C] take me [F] there
[F] Just like a prayer, I'll [C] take you there, [Bb] it's like a [Bb] dream to [F/A] me [Dm] [F] Just like a prayer, I'll [C] take you there, [Bb] it's like a [Bb] dream to [F/A] me [Dm]
Coming into Chorus - don't play whole riff - don't go back to final E7 [BPM 120 - Intro] Capo at 1 for original key but play without
[Verse 1] I was [E7] dreamin' when I [D/E] wrote this For [E7] give me if it goes astray [E7][D/E][E7][D/E][E7] But when I [E7] woke up this [D/E] mornin' Coulda [E7] sworn it was judgment day [E7][D/E][E7][D/E][E7] The [E7] sky was all [D/E] purple, There were [E7] people runnin' everywhere [E7][D/E][E7][D/E][E7] Tryin' 2 [E7] run from the [D/E] destruction, U know I didn't [E7] even care [E7][D/E][E7][D/E][E7]
[Chorus 1 - intro riff at end of each line] say say two [Amaj7] thousand zero zero party [C#m7] over, Oops out of time [E7][D/E][E7][D/E][E7] So [Amaj7] tonight I'm gonna party like it's [C#m7] 1999 [E7][D/E][E7][D/E][E7]
[Verse 2] I was [E7] dreamin' when I [D/E] wrote this So [E7] sue me if I go 2 fast [E7][D/E][E7][D/E][E7] But [E7] life is just a [D/E] party, and [E7] parties weren't meant 2 last [E7][D/E][E7][D/E][E7] [E7] War is all a [D/E] round us, my [E7] mind says prepare 2 fight [E7][D/E][E7][D/E][E7] So [E7] if I gotta [D/E] die I'm gonna [E7] listen 2 my body tonight [E7][D/E][E7][D/E][E7]
[Chorus 2 intro riff at end of each line] Yeah they say two [Amaj7] thousand zero zero party over, Oops [C#m7] out of time [E7][D/E][E7][D/E][E7] So [Amaj7] tonight I'm gonna party like it's [C#m7] 1999 [E7][D/E][E7][D/E][E7]
[Verse 3] Lemme tell ya somethin' If U [E7] didn't come 2 party, [D/E] Don't [E7] bother knockin' on my door [E7][D/E][E7][D/E][E7] I got a [E7] lion in my pocket, [D/E] And [E7] baby he's ready 2 roar [E7][D/E][E7][D/E][E7] Yeah, every [E7] body's got a bomb [D/E] We [E7] could all die any day [E7][D/E][E7][D/E][E7] But b [E7] efore I'll let that happen, [D/E] I'll [E7] dance my life away [E7][D/E][E7][D/E][E7]
[Chorus 3 intro riff at end of each line] Yeah they say two [Amaj7] thousand zero zero party over, Oops [C#m7] out of time [E7][D/E][E7][D/E][E7] So [Amaj7] tonight I'm gonna party like it's [C#m7] 1999 [E7][D/E][E7][D/E][E7]
[Chorus 4 intro riff at end of each line] Yeah they say two thousand zero [Amaj7] zero party over, Oops [C#m7] out of time [E7][D/E][E7][D/E][E7] So tonight [Amaj7] I'm gonna party like it's [C#m7] 1999p [E7][D/E][E7][D/E][E7]
Yeah, 1999 (1999) [E7] Don'tcha wanna go (1999) [E7][D/E][E7][D/E][E7] [E7] Don'tcha wanna go (1999) [E7][D/E][E7][D/E][E7]
