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Dont Stop Believin

Dont Stop Believin was written by Journey band members Steve Perry, Jonathan Cain, and Neal Schon. It became one of the bands biggest hits, originally released in 1981 on their album Escape. The lyrics speak to holding on to hope and not giving up on ones dreams, inspired by the band members’ own journeys towards success.

Key: E

Introduction:  G   D   Em   C  

difficulty
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 G       D 
Just a small town girl
 Em           C 
Livin'  in a lonely world
 G             D 
  She took the midnight
              Em       C 
train goin'  anywhere
 G       D 
Just a city boy
 Em                  C 
Born and raised in south Detroit
 G            D 
  He took the midnight
              Em       C 
train goin'  anywhere

 G              D 
A singer in a smoky room
 Em                   C 
A smell of wine and cheap perfume
 G 
  For a smile they
      D 
can share the night
         Em             C 
It goes on and on and on and on

 C 
Strangers waiting
 G 
 Up and down the boulevard
       C 
Their shadows searching
        G 
in the night
 C 
Streetlight people
 G 
 Living just to find emotion
 C                         G 
Hiding, somewhere in the night

 G                D 
Working hard to get my fill
 Em         C 
Everybody wants a thrill
 G                   D 
Payin'  anything to roll the dice
      Em        C 
just one more time
 G               D 
Some will win, some will lose
 Em                 C 
Some were born to sing the blues
 G              D 
Oh, the movie never ends
 Em                     C 
It goes on and on and on and on

 C 
Strangers waiting
 G 
 Up and down the boulevard
 C 
Their shadows searching
        G 
in the night
 C 
Streetlight people
 G 
 Living just to find emotion
 C                         G 
Hiding, somewhere in the night

 G           D         Em 
  Don' t stop believing
               C 
hold on to the feeling
 G            D     Em   C 
Streetlight people
 G           D         Em 
  Don' t stop believing
               C 
hold on to the feeling
 G            D     Em    C 
Streetlight people
   G* 
Don' t stop