#--------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents his interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship or research.# #----------------------------------------------------------------------------# Song title: Don't Give Up Original Album: So Words and Music by Peter Gabriel Copyright © 1986 Real World Music Ltd. Published by EMI Music Publishing Ltd. Transcribed by Gavin Chart (contactus@gartfrets.net) NOTES: Capo on 3. Chords and tab are relative to capo. Timing is 3/4. VERSE1: Chords: Am x02210 C x32010 G 320003 | Am | % In this proud land we grew up strong | C | % We were wanted all along | G | % I was taught to fight, taught to win. | Am | % I never thought I could fail. | Am | % No fight left or so it seems, | C I am a man whose dreams have all deserted | G I've changed my face, I've changed my name | Am But no one wants you when you lose CHORUS1: Notes: For the Am7/F, fret the F-note (6th str.) with the thumb. Arpeggiate the chords. Chords: F/D xx0211 F xx3211 C/E 032010 G 3x0003 Am7/F 102013 | F/D C/E | Am7/F Don't give up, 'cos you have friends | F/D C/E | Am7/F Don't give up, you're not beaten yet | F/D C/E | F G Don't give up, I know you can make it good VERSE2: Chords: Am x02210 C x32010 G 320003 | Am Though I saw it all around | C Never thought that I could be affected | G Thought that we'd be last to go | Am It is so strange the way things turn | Am Drove the night toward my home | C The place that I was born on the lakeside | G As daylight broke, I saw the earth | Am The trees had burned down to the ground CHORUS2: Notes: For the Am7/F, fret the F-note (6th str.) with the thumb. Arpeggiate the chords. Chords: F/D xx0211 Am7/F 102013 C/E 032010 G 320003 | F/D C/E | Am7/F Don't give up, you still have us | F/D C/E | Am7/F Don't give up, we don't need much of anything | F/D C/E | F | G | C Don't give up, 'cos somewhere there's a place where we belong BRIDGE: Chords: G 320003 C x32010 F x33211 | G | C Rest your head, you worry too much | G It's going to be all right | C | F G When times get rough, you can fall back on us | C G C | F C Don't give up, please don't give up | C | G Got to walk out of here, I can't take anymore | C | F Gonna stand on that bridge, keep my eyes down below | C | G Whatever may come and whatever may go | C | G | C That river's flowing, that river's flowing VERSE3: Chords: Am x02210 C x32010 G 320003 | Am | C Moved on to another town, tried hard to settle down | G | Am For every job, so many men, so many men no one needs CHORUS3: Notes: For the Am7/F, fret the F-note (6th str.) with the thumb. Arpeggiate the chords. Chords: F/D xx0211 Am7/F 102013 C/E 032010 G 3x0003 | F/D C/E | Am7/F Don't give up, 'cos you have friends | F/D C/E | Am7/F Don't give up, you're not the only one | F/D C/E | Am7/F Don't give up, no reason to be ashamed | F/D C/E | Am7/F Don't give up, you still have us | F/D C/E | Am7/F Don't give up, now we're proud of who you are | F/D C/E | Am7/F Don't give up, you know it's never been easy | F/D C/E | F G Don't give up, 'cos I believe there's a place, | C There's a place where we belong OUTRO: Notes: Played over bass guitar to fade. Chords: C x32010 F xx3211 Am x02210 | C | F | Am Don't give up, don't give up, don't give up