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Dont Give Up

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Capo I
or tune guitar down a half step and play in D
makes chords nicer
Intro:
CVeFrsCe G1:
Well CI heard you say yFou would love for a lCifetime 
Now you complain a lFifetime just doesn’t fCeel right fGor you 
CAnother caFsualty of cCasual love, Fanother soul out Cof pDmlace,
A heart that gGave up 
Pre chorus 1:
CWhy do we bGreak the pDmromises we Fmake?  CAre we Fliving for Dmourselves? 
Chorus:
FDon’t give Amup on Glove and throw it all away
FDon’t give Amup on Glove and let it fall away 
C/EWhen did it Fbecome so easy to Grun from your pain? 
Don’t Fgive up on Clove and throw it Gall away 
Don’t give up on Clove.
Verse 2:
CWell I heard Fyou say you can’t change a Cstubborn heart 
Yet I can relate ‘cause Fthat’s how I feel when I Ctalk with Gyou 
Pre chorus 2:
CWhy should it Gtake Dmlosing everytFhing,
CTo realize it Fmight be time to Dmchange? 
Bridge:
CYour restless heart won’t win ‘cause you Gtake but you don’t give 
CAnd you’ll keep moving on until you lGearn what love is
Should be all you need to be able to play with the CD.  
My buddy and I did it a couple weeks ago at church and it went fine
He complained that I might have had some of the chords in the wrong spots
Either way it is a good start

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Dont Give Up

by Sanctus Real

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 1 (as written in this song)

Chords in this song · guitar

C/E

Capo I

or tune guitar down a half step and play in D

makes chords nicer

Intro:

C F C G

Verse 1:

C F C

Well I heard you say you would love for a lifetime

F C G

Now you complain a lifetime just doesn’t feel right for you

C F C F C Dm

Another casualty of casual love, another soul out of place,

A heart that gave up

Pre chorus 1:

C G Dm F C F Dm

Why do we break the promises we make? Are we living for ourselves?

Chorus:

F Am G

Don’t give up on love and throw it all away

F Am G

Don’t give up on love and let it fall away

C/E F G

When did it become so easy to run from your pain?

F C G

Don’t give up on love and throw it all away

Don’t give up on love.

Verse 2:

C F C

Well I heard you say you can’t change a stubborn heart

F C G

Yet I can relate ‘cause that’s how I feel when I talk with you

Pre chorus 2:

C G Dm F

Why should it take losing everything,

C F Dm

To realize it might be time to change?

Bridge:

C G

Your restless heart won’t win ‘cause you take but you don’t give

C G

And you’ll keep moving on until you learn what love is

Should be all you need to be able to play with the CD.

My buddy and I did it a couple weeks ago at church and it went fine

He complained that I might have had some of the chords in the wrong spots

Either way it is a good start

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