"Don't Stop Believing" by Journey (Chord Chart)

Song Info

  • Key: E major
  • Chord Family: E
  • Skills: Basic Strumming, Palm Mute, Riff Playing, Open Chords

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INTRO
/E---/B---/C#m---/A---/E---/B---/G#m---/A----/ 


VERSE 1
E      B             C#m           A          
Just a small town girl, living in a lonely world
E           B                     G#m   A
She took the midnight train going anywhere


VERSE 2
E      B      C#m                   A
Just a city boy, born and raised in south Detroit
E          B                     G#m   A
He took the midnight train going anywhere

/E---/B---/C#m---/A---/E---/B---/G#m---/A----/ 

VERSE 3
E             B        C#m                    A
A singer in a smoky room, a smell of wine and cheap perfume
E                    B                        G#m           A
For a smile they can share the night, it goes on and on and on and on


CHORUS
A                 E
Strangers waiting up and down the boulevard
 A                      E
Their shadows searching in the night
A                    E
Streetlight, people, living just to find emotion
A                        E
Hiding, somewhere in the night


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VERSE 4
E               B         C#m          A
Working hard to get my fill, everybody wants a thrill
       E           B                   G#m       A
Paying anything to roll the dice, just one more time


VERSE 5
E              B               C#m               A         
Some will win, some will lose, some were born to sing the blues
E             B                   G#m           A
Oh, the movie never ends; it goes on and on and on and on


CHORUS
A                 E
Strangers waiting up and down the boulevard
 A                             E
Their shadows searching in the night
A                   E
Streetlight, people, living just to find emotion
A                         /B-(E)-/B-(A)-/
Hiding, somewhere in the night


SOLO
/E---/B---/C#m---/A---/E---/B---/G#m---/A----/ 


OUTRO
E	      B       C#m            A      
Don't stop believing hold on to the feeling
E          B           G#m
Streetlight people                           (x4)
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