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[Intro]
|  G    Bb|  C    Eb|
| Bb     F|  C    Eb|
|  G    Bb|  C    Eb|
| Bb     F|  C    Eb|
[Verse 1]
GSuBbsanC  Eb  
Was it the Gprettiest Bbface that you knoCwEb  
And Ghold BbonC  Eb  
Is it Greal, is Bbit real when you Cdon’t even Ebknow what you fGeelBb  C  Eb  
Oh nBboF  C  Eb  
[Pre-Chorus]
Well GI took Bbthe pity
The Cpity from youEbr pocket
This is Bbreal, this Fis real
And Cnothing’s gonna Ebstop it
[Chorus]
Oh Eb5no
You gC5ave it all awG5ay
Your lBb5ight fades out like another Eb5day
You gF5ave it all away
[Interlude]
|  G    Bb|  C    Eb|
| Bb     F|  C    Eb|
[Verse 2]
And Ghow BblongC  Eb  
And is there Ganything Bbelse I should knoCwEb  
[Pre-Chorus]
Well GI took Bbthe pity
The Cpity from youEbr pocket
This is Bbreal, this Fis real
And Cnothing’s gonna Ebstop it
[Chorus]
Oh Eb5no
You gC5ave it all awG5ay
Your liBb5ght fades out like another Eb5day
You gF5ave it all awG5ay
Your light fades out Bb5like another dayEb5  
You gF5ave it all awGayBb  C  Eb  
Oh nBbo       FoCh, Eboh 
[Interlude]
|  G    Bb|  C    Eb|
| Bb     F|  C    Eb|
[Solo]
| Eb5|  C5|  G5| Bb5|
| Eb5|  F5|  G5|B5b |
| Eb5|  F5|
[Interlude]
|  G    Bb|  C    Eb|
| Bb     F|  C    Eb|
[Pre-Chorus]
Well GI took Bbthe pity
The Cpity from youEbr pocket
This is Bbreal, this Fis real
And Cnothing’s gonna Ebstop it
[Chorus]
Oh Eb5no
You gC5ave it all awG5ay
Your liBb5ght fades out like another Eb5day
You gF5ave it all awG5ay
Your light fades out Bb5like another dayEb5  
You gF5ave it all awGayBb  C  Eb  
Oh nBbo       FoCh, EbohG  Bb  C  Eb  
Oh nBbo       FoCh, EbohG  

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Gave It All Away

by Eskimo Joe

Lyrics & chords · Original key

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Eb5

Bb5

[Intro]

G Bb C Eb

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Bb F C Eb

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G Bb C Eb

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Bb F C Eb

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[Verse 1]

G Bb C Eb

Susan

G Bb C Eb

Was it the prettiest face that you know

G Bb C Eb

And hold on

G Bb C Eb G Bb C Eb

Is it real, is it real when you don’t even know what you feel

Bb F C Eb

Oh no

[Pre-Chorus]

G Bb

Well I took the pity

C Eb

The pity from your pocket

Bb F

This is real, this is real

C Eb

And nothing’s gonna stop it

[Chorus]

Eb5

Oh no

C5 G5

You gave it all away

Bb5 Eb5

Your light fades out like another day

You gave it all away

[Interlude]

G Bb C Eb

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Bb F C Eb

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[Verse 2]

G Bb C Eb

And how long

G Bb C Eb

And is there anything else I should know

[Pre-Chorus]

G Bb

Well I took the pity

C Eb

The pity from your pocket

Bb F

This is real, this is real

C Eb

And nothing’s gonna stop it

[Chorus]

Eb5

Oh no

C5 G5

You gave it all away

Bb5 Eb5

Your light fades out like another day

F5 G5

You gave it all away

Bb5 Eb5

Your light fades out like another day

F5 G Bb C Eb

You gave it all away

Bb F C Eb

Oh no oh, oh

[Interlude]

G Bb C Eb

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Bb F C Eb

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[Solo]

Eb5 C5 G5 Bb5

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Eb5 F5 G5

| | | |B5b |

Eb5 F5

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[Interlude]

G Bb C Eb

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Bb F C Eb

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[Pre-Chorus]

G Bb

Well I took the pity

C Eb

The pity from your pocket

Bb F

This is real, this is real

C Eb

And nothing’s gonna stop it

[Chorus]

Eb5

Oh no

C5 G5

You gave it all away

Bb5 Eb5

Your light fades out like another day

F5 G5

You gave it all away

Bb5 Eb5

Your light fades out like another day

F5 G Bb C Eb

You gave it all away

Bb F C Eb G Bb C Eb

Oh no oh, oh

Bb F C Eb G

Oh no oh, oh

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