Don't Give Up
1985
Peter Gabriel
AbBbCmEbFm5 chords used in this song
| Cm | Cm | Eb | Eb | Bb | Bb | Cm | Cm |
| Cm | Cm | Eb | Eb | Bb | Bb | Cm | Cm |
| Cm | Cm |
| CmIn this proud land we grew up | Cmstrong |
| Eb | Eb |
| We were | Ebwanted all along | Eb |
| Bb |
| I was | Bbtaught to fight |
| Cm | Cm |
| I never | Cmthought I could | Cmfail |
| Cm | Cm |
| CmNo fight left or so it | Cmseems |
| Eb | Eb |
| I am a man whose | Ebdreams have all deser | Ebted |
| Bb |
| I've changed my | Bbface |
| Bb |
| I've changed my | Bbname |
| Cm | Cm |
| But no one | Cmwants you when you | Cmlose |
| Fm | Eb | Ab | Ab |
| Fm Don't | Ebgive up 'Cause you | Abhave friends | Ab |
| Fm | Eb | Ab | Ab |
| Fm Don't | Ebgive up, You're not | Abbeaten yet | Ab |
| Ab | Bb |
| I | Abknow you can | Bbmake it good |
| Cm | Cm |
| CmThough I saw it all a | Cmround |
| Eb | Eb |
| Never thought that | EbI could be affec | Ebted |
| Bb | Bb |
| Thought that | Bbwe'd be the last to | Bbgo |
| Cm | Cm |
| It is so | Cmstrange the way things | Cmturn |
| Cm | Cm |
| CmDrove the night toward my | Cmhome |
| Eb | Eb |
| The place that I was | Ebborn, on the lake | Ebside |
| Bb | Bb |
| As daylight | Bbbroke, I saw the | Bbearth |
| Cm | Cm |
| The trees had | Cmburned down to the | Cmground |
| Fm | Eb | Ab | Ab |
| Fm Don't | Ebgive up, You still | Abhave us | Ab |
| Fm | Eb | Ab | Ab |
| Fm Don't | Ebgive up, We don't | Abneed much of | Abanything |
| Ab | Bb | Eb | Eb |
| 'Cause | Absomewhere there's a | Bbplace where we be | Eblong | Eb |
| Eb | Eb |
| You worry too | Ebmuch | Eb |
| Bb | Bb |
| It's going to be al | Bbright | Bb |
| Eb | Eb |
| When | Ebtimes get | Ebrough |
| Ab | Eb |
| You can fall | Abback on | Ebus |
| Bb | Eb | Eb |
| BbPlease don't | Ebgive up | Eb |
| Eb | Eb |
| Got to | Ebwalk out of | Ebhere |
| Bb | Bb |
| I can't | Bbtake any | Bbmore |
| Eb | Eb |
| Going to | Ebstand on that | Ebbridge |
| Ab | Ab |
| Keep my | Abeyes down be | Ablow |
| Eb | Eb |
| What | Ebever may | Ebcome |
| Bb | Bb |
| And what | Bbever may | Bbgo |
| Eb |
| That river's | Ebflowing |
| Bb | Eb | Eb |
| BbThat river's | Ebflowing | Eb |
| Cm | Cm |
| CmMoved on to another | Cmtown |
| Eb | Eb |
| Tried hard to | Ebsettle down | Eb |
| Bb | Bb |
| For every | Bbjob, so many | Bbmen |
| Cm | Cm |
| So many | Cmmen no-one | Cmneeds |
| Fm | Eb | Ab | Ab |
| Fm Don't | Ebgive up 'cause you | Abhave friends | Ab |
| Fm | Eb | Ab | Ab |
| Fm Don't | Ebgive up, You're | Abnot the only one | Ab |
| Fm | Eb | Ab | Ab |
| Fm Don't | Ebgive up, No | Abreason to be ashamed | Ab |
| Fm | Eb | Ab | Ab |
| Fm Don't | Ebgive up, You still | Abhave us | Ab |
| Fm | Eb |
| Fm Don't | Ebgive up now |
| Ab | Ab |
| We're | Abproud of who you are | Ab |
| Ab | Ab |
| You know it's | Abnever been easy | Ab |
| Ab | Bb |
| 'Cause I be | Ablieve there's a | Bbplace |
| Bb | Eb |
| BbThere's a place where we be | Eblong |
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