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This is Hagar's acoustic solo version from the Live: Right Here, Right Now tour and album.
Verse 1:
EmI can sAee that you've got fDire in your eyesG6  G  G6  
and pAain inside your heDart.Dsus4  D  Dsus4  D  Dsus4  D  
EmSo many thAings have come and tDorn your world apG6art.
So baby, baby,  Don't give uAp...
Fill 1:
e|----------------------------------------------0------|
B|----------2-------------2-------------2-------2------|
G|--------2---2---------2---2---------2---2-----2------|
D|------2-------2-----2-------2-----2-------2---2------|
A|----0-----------------------------------------0------|
E|------------------3-------------2--------------------|
Chorus:
If you want lDove,G  
You've got to give a liAttle.Asus4  A  Asus4  A  
If you want fDaith,G  
You've got to believe a liAttle.
Fill 2:
e|--------------------|
B|--2-3-2-0-----------|
G|----------2-0-------|
D|--------------4-2-0-|
A|--------------------|
E|--------------------|
DIf you want pEmeace,
Then turn Ayour cheek a liEmttle.
DYou've got to give, Gyou've got to give,
AYou've got to give...to live.
Verse 2: (same pattern as Verse 1)
An empty hand, reaching out for someone.
An empty heart, takes so little to fill.
It's so much easier, to push instead of pull.
So baby, baby. Don't give up.
                       Fill 1
Chorus
Bridge:
EmEach man's a country, in his own rG6ight.
EmEverybody needs a friend.
DOne friend, one god, one G6country,
              A        Fill 1
No man need defend.
Verse 3 (same pattern as Verses 1 & 2)
I believe, in fate and destination.
So much of that lies in our own hands.
So if you know what you want, well then you can go on out and get it.
But baby, baby...Oh baby don't you ever give up.
                       Fill 1
But if you want lDove,G  
You got to give a lAittle.Asus4  A  Asus4  A  
If you want fDaith,G  
                      A           Fill 2
You got to believe a little.
DIf you want pEmeace,
Can you cAhange a littlEme?
DIf you want Glove you got to givAeAsus4  A  Asus4  A  
DIf you want Glove, if you wanAt faith, if yoAsus4u want AtAsus4o beliAeve.
You waDnt to love somebody, want to sGhare your love, want to gAive yoAsus4ur lovAe.
DGive a little bit, Ggive a little bit, 
Agive a little bit, give a little bit,
DGive a little bit, Ggive a little bit, 
Agive a little bit, give a little bit.D  
GGive to lAivAsus4e.A  Asus4  A  
You've Dgot to give, gGive to live
AGive a little bit, give Da littlGe bit, gAive a little bit.
You've got to give to lDive.G  A  
DYou've got to give, GI've got to give, Awe've got to give to live.
     D       G       AFill 2  D  
The chords are:
A       EX A0 D2 G2 B2 E0
Asus4   X X 2 2 3 0
D       X X 0 2 3 2
Dsus4   X X 0 2 3 3
Em      0 2 2 0 0 0
G       3 2 0 0 3 3
G6      3 2 0 0 3 0

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Give To Live

by Sammy Hagar

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Dsus4

Asus4

This is Hagar's acoustic solo version from the Live: Right Here, Right Now tour and album.

Verse 1:

Em A D G6 G G6

I can see that you've got fire in your eyes

A D Dsus4 D Dsus4 D Dsus4 D

and pain inside your heart.

Em A D G6

So many things have come and torn your world apart.

So baby, baby, Don't give up...

Fill 1:

e|----------------------------------------------0------|

B|----------2-------------2-------------2-------2------|

G|--------2---2---------2---2---------2---2-----2------|

D|------2-------2-----2-------2-----2-------2---2------|

A|----0-----------------------------------------0------|

E|------------------3-------------2--------------------|

Chorus:

D G

If you want love,

A Asus4 A Asus4 A

You've got to give a little.

D G

If you want faith,

You've got to believe a little.

Fill 2:

e|--------------------|

B|--2-3-2-0-----------|

G|----------2-0-------|

D|--------------4-2-0-|

A|--------------------|

E|--------------------|

D Em

If you want peace,

A Em

Then turn your cheek a little.

D G

You've got to give, you've got to give,

You've got to give...to live.

Verse 2: (same pattern as Verse 1)

An empty hand, reaching out for someone.

An empty heart, takes so little to fill.

It's so much easier, to push instead of pull.

So baby, baby. Don't give up.

Fill 1

Chorus

Bridge:

Em G6

Each man's a country, in his own right.

Everybody needs a friend.

D G6

One friend, one god, one country,

A Fill 1

No man need defend.

Verse 3 (same pattern as Verses 1 & 2)

I believe, in fate and destination.

So much of that lies in our own hands.

So if you know what you want, well then you can go on out and get it.

But baby, baby...Oh baby don't you ever give up.

Fill 1

D G

But if you want love,

A Asus4 A Asus4 A

You got to give a little.

D G

If you want faith,

A Fill 2

You got to believe a little.

D Em

If you want peace,

A Em

Can you change a little?

D G A Asus4 A Asus4 A

If you want love you got to give

D G A Asus4 A Asus4 A

If you want love, if you want faith, if you want to believe.

D G A Asus4 A

You want to love somebody, want to share your love, want to give your love.

D G

Give a little bit, give a little bit,

give a little bit, give a little bit,

D G

Give a little bit, give a little bit,

A D

give a little bit, give a little bit.

G A Asus4 A Asus4 A

Give to live.

D G

You've got to give, give to live

A D G A

Give a little bit, give a little bit, give a little bit.

D G A

You've got to give to live.

D G A

You've got to give, I've got to give, we've got to give to live.

D G A D

Fill 2

The chords are:

E A D G B E

A X 0 2 2 2 0

Asus4 X X 2 2 3 0

D X X 0 2 3 2

Dsus4 X X 0 2 3 3

Em 0 2 2 0 0 0

G 3 2 0 0 3 3

G6 3 2 0 0 3 0

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