Bon Jovi - Novocaine: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "Novocaine" on your guitar with our detailed chord guide and lyrics. This page provides everything you need to perform this song on the guitar, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.

Learn Novocaine Guitar Chords and Lyrics by Bon Jovi

This section will guide you through each part of the song, providing the guitar chords placed directly above the lyrics for easy playing. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced player, these elements will help you perform "Novocaine" smoothly on your guitar.

For easier playing, use our Simplify Chords feature to remove difficult chords like barre.

         A
You can take back all your secrets
We'll divide up all the lies
             F#m
Keep all the pictures in their frames
Just cut me out, yeah, I'll be fine
         Bm
Sell the neighbors all my feelings
Go on give away my pride
              D
It's hard to laugh and cry,
Live and die every night

Keep your rolodex of friends
And all the remnants can be mind
I guess there'll be no happy endings
When once upon is doing time
There's a different kind of meaning now
To living on a prayer
Some don't seem to notice
And the rest don't seem to care

Chorus:
                  A
I tell myself I (feel no pain)
                          F#m
But I'm feeling the pain (walk away)
Can't walk away
     Bm
I'm hanging on the ropes of hope
It's getting hard to cope you know
     D
When you're the needle running through my veins
                         A
I've changed my name to novocaine

You put my favorite belongings in a box in the garage
(let's get this straight)
You burned my favorite sweats from high school
Tried to sell my muscle car (that's not OK)
You're mother's gonna visit for a couple months this year
They say you do the crime, you do the time
It's all so clear

Chorus:
                  A
I tell myself I (feel no pain)
                          F#m
But I'm feeling the pain (walk away)
Can't walk away
     Bm
I'm hanging on the ropes of hope
It's getting hard to cope you know
     D
When you're the needle running through my veins
                         A          F#m
I've changed my name to novocaine, novocaine

       G
Well things ain't what they used to be
         D
It's a sleepless, self-help century
           Bm                         G
I'm up to here with Dr. Phil and the modern man in me.


Chorus

 A          F#m           A         F#m A F#m  A
novocaine, novocaine, I (feel no pain)



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Guitar Chord Diagrams

A

Guitar chord A

D

Guitar chord D

F#m

Guitar chord F#m

G

Guitar chord G

Bm

Guitar chord Bm

Here you can see detailed diagrams for each guitar chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably.

If you are also interested in learning how to play "Novocaine" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "Novocaine" by Bon Jovi.

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