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- Verse:
  GmThis is how it all starts
  FWe begin with a weak plan
  GmThis is how I fall apart
  FI think it’s just the way I am
  GmThis is where I hold on
  FHoping something good will come from the mess
  GmThis is where it goes wrong
  FSo I shrug and say I gave it my best.
- Chorus:
  GmAnd I know that you know
  FThat I don’t
CBelieve in love anyway
  GmAnd I know that you know
  FThat I don’t
CBelieve a word that I say
  GmThe build up and let down
  FIt’s alCl for what?
  GmI wake up and break down
  FI’m givCing up.Gm  
  FI’m givCing up.
- Verse:
  GmStare into the black night
  FLike staring at a brick wall
  GmWaking up a thousand times
  FBut never waking up at all
  GmSleeping in a spare bed
  FJust a room away from all that I want
  GmTrying hard just to make sense
  FTrying harder just to try and move on.
- Chorus:
  GmAnd I know that you know
  FThat I don’t
CBelieve a word that I say
  GmThe build up and let down
  FIt’s alCl for what?
  GmI wake up and break down
  FI’m givCing up.
- Brige
    Gm   FI’m giviCng up.Gm  
     FI’m giviCng up.Gm  
     FIt’s the lCast timeGm  
     FIt’s the lCast shotGm  
     FIt’s the gCoodbyeGm  
     FThis is alCl I’ve got
- Chorus:
  GmAnd I know that you know
  FThat I don’t
CBelieve in love anyway
  GmAnd I know that you know
  FThat I don’t
CBelieve a word that I say
  GmThe build up and let down
  FIt’s alCl for what?
  GmI wake up and break down
  FI’m givCing up.Gm  
  FI’m givCing up.Gm  
  FI’m givCing up.Gm  
  FI’m givCing up.Gm  

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Giving Up

by John-Allison Weiss

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- Verse:

This is how it all starts

We begin with a weak plan

This is how I fall apart

I think it’s just the way I am

This is where I hold on

Hoping something good will come from the mess

This is where it goes wrong

So I shrug and say I gave it my best.

- Chorus:

And I know that you know

That I don’t

Believe in love anyway

And I know that you know

That I don’t

Believe a word that I say

The build up and let down

F C

It’s all for what?

I wake up and break down

F C Gm

I’m giving up.

F C

I’m giving up.

- Verse:

Stare into the black night

Like staring at a brick wall

Waking up a thousand times

But never waking up at all

Sleeping in a spare bed

Just a room away from all that I want

Trying hard just to make sense

Trying harder just to try and move on.

- Chorus:

And I know that you know

That I don’t

Believe a word that I say

The build up and let down

F C

It’s all for what?

I wake up and break down

F C

I’m giving up.

- Brige

Gm F C Gm

I’m giving up.

F C Gm

I’m giving up.

F C Gm

It’s the last time

F C Gm

It’s the last shot

F C Gm

It’s the goodbye

F C

This is all I’ve got

- Chorus:

And I know that you know

That I don’t

Believe in love anyway

And I know that you know

That I don’t

Believe a word that I say

The build up and let down

F C

It’s all for what?

I wake up and break down

F C Gm

I’m giving up.

F C Gm

I’m giving up.

F C Gm

I’m giving up.

F C Gm

I’m giving up.

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