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Give To Live

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#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------##
[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.
                            A          Fill 1
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]
If you want lDove,G  
You've got to give a liAttle.Asus4  A  Asus4  A  
If you want fDaith,G  
                          A         Fill 2
You've got to believe a little.
DIf you want pEmeace,
Can you cAhange a little?Em  
DYou've got to give, Gyou've got to give,
AYou've got to give...to live.
 Fill 2:
e|--------------------|
B|--2-3-2-0-----------|
G|----------2-0-------|
D|--------------4-2-0-|
A|--------------------|
E|--------------------|
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.
[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.
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, you want fAaith, you want Asus4to beAliAsus4eve.A  
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 a little bit, give a little bit.D  G  A  
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       AFill2  D  
The chords are:
         E   A   D   G   Be
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
/------------------------------------------------------------------------\
| Matt Trommer              Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering |
| [email protected] University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign   |
| [email protected]        Technische Hochschule Darmstadt              |
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Give To Live

by Van Halen

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Dsus4

Asus4

#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#

#------------------------------------------------------------------------------##

[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.

A Fill 1

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,

A Fill 2

You've got to believe a little.

D Em

If you want peace,

A Em

Can you change a little?

D G

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

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

Fill 2:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

[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.

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, you want faith, 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

Fill2

The chords are:

E A D G B

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

/------------------------------------------------------------------------\

| Matt Trommer Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering |

| [email protected] University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |

| [email protected] Technische Hochschule Darmstadt |

\------------------------------------------------------------------------/

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