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Ill Never Give It Up

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EmI can't eat, I can't sleep 
GKnowing thaCt you're on your midnight creep
EmI can't jump. I can't jive
GKnowing Cthat you want me dead or alive
There's Amno halDf way with you
You Amsee redD, white and blue
What Amholds your head on Bcould use another screw 
Chorus:
EmCome oGn, do your wAorst, boy, that'Bs the way, that's the way
EmHit mGe where it hAurts, boy, that'Bs the way, that's the way
EmPuff Guntil you bAurst, boy, that'Bs the way, that's the way
EmBut I'll never give it up, I'll never give it up 
I'll put you in my loser file
I don't need your reptile smile
I prefer you out of range
Stare at somebody else for a change
When the sky fell in, you cried
And blackness welled inside
And how your little brain got twisted and fried
Chorus
CYou'rEme someone I can't help betray
CYou know yEmou built mDe up that Cway, Dthat way, that way
I don't run, I don't care
Some day we're going to meet somewhere
You and me will rock and roll
When you crawl out of your sick little hole
So give me what you got
Put your money in the pot
Let's see what you are and what you're not
Chorus

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Ill Never Give It Up

by Richard Thompson

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I can't eat, I can't sleep

G C

Knowing that you're on your midnight creep

I can't jump. I can't jive

G C

Knowing that you want me dead or alive

Am D

There's no half way with you

Am D

You see red, white and blue

Am B

What holds your head on could use another screw

Chorus:

Em G A B

Come on, do your worst, boy, that's the way, that's the way

Em G A B

Hit me where it hurts, boy, that's the way, that's the way

Em G A B

Puff until you burst, boy, that's the way, that's the way

But I'll never give it up, I'll never give it up

I'll put you in my loser file

I don't need your reptile smile

I prefer you out of range

Stare at somebody else for a change

When the sky fell in, you cried

And blackness welled inside

And how your little brain got twisted and fried

Chorus

C Em

You're someone I can't help betray

C Em D C D

You know you built me up that way, that way, that way

I don't run, I don't care

Some day we're going to meet somewhere

You and me will rock and roll

When you crawl out of your sick little hole

So give me what you got

Put your money in the pot

Let's see what you are and what you're not

Chorus

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