Don’t Give Up

Words & Music by Peter Gabriel

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1. In

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C‹ Eb

     
3fr 6fr

          
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this proud land we grew up strong, we were want - ed all a - long.

     
2. Though I saw it all a - round, nev - er thought that I could be af - fec -

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© Copyright 1986 Real World Music Ltd.
EMI Music Publishing Limited.
All Rights Reserved. International Copyright Secured.

Sheet Music Plus Order 1904762766. 1 copy purchased by JAY STEELE on Dec 4, 2022.
 Bb

          
    
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I was taught to fight, taught to win. I nev - er

   
- ted. Thought that we’d be the last to go. It is so

   
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    
      
C‹

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3fr

    
   
thought I could fail. No fight left or so it seems.

      
strange the way things turn. Drove the night to - ward my

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Eb

           
6fr

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 
I am a man whose dreams have all de - sert - ed. I’ve changed my

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home, the place that I was born, on the lake - side. As day - light

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Bb C‹

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3fr

       

     
face I’ve changed my name, but no one wants you when you lose.

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    
broke, I saw the earth. The trees had burned down to the ground.

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2

Sheet Music Plus Order 1904762766. 1 copy purchased by JAY STEELE on Dec 4, 2022.
 Ab“2/F Eb/G Ab
4fr

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           
Don’t give up, ’cause you have friends.
Don’t give up, you still have us.

  
        

 
    
 

     
     
Ab“2/F Eb/G Ab
4fr

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                 
Don’t give up, you’re not bea - ten yet.
Don’t give up, we don’t need much of an - y - thing.
     
                
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      
    
Ab“2/F Eb/G Ab Bb

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4fr

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           
Don’t give up, I know you can make it good.

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Don’t give up, ’cause some - where there’s a place where we be -
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Eb Bb

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6fr

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- long. Rest your head, you wor - ry too
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3

Sheet Music Plus Order 1904762766. 1 copy purchased by JAY STEELE on Dec 4, 2022.
 Eb Bb
6fr

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      
much. It’s gon - na be al - right. When

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Eb Ab Eb

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6fr 4fr 6fr

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   
times get rough you can fall back on us. Don’t give

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     
Bb Eb

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6fr

               

      
up, please don’t give up. Got to

             
    
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     
  
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   
 Bb

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walk out of here I can’t take an - y - more.
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Gon - na
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
     
 
4

Sheet Music Plus Order 1904762766. 1 copy purchased by JAY STEELE on Dec 4, 2022.
 Eb Ab

        
6fr 4fr

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  
    
   

    
     
stand on that bridge, keep my eyes down be - low. What -
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  
 
    
    

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
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 
     
    
 
   

Eb Bb

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6fr

      
       
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    
 
 
    
- ev - er may come and what - ev - er may go, that ri - ver’s

          
      
   

      

  
  
      
Eb Bb Eb
6fr 6fr

          
        

           
    
flow - ing. That ri - ver’s flow - ing.

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
 
        

   

     
    


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
     
C‹ Eb
3fr 6fr

            
           

             
3. Moved on to an - oth- er town, tried hard to set- tle down. For ev - ’ry
        
         
               
       
     
5

Sheet Music Plus Order 1904762766. 1 copy purchased by JAY STEELE on Dec 4, 2022.
 Bb C‹
3fr

     
            

job, so man - y men. So man- y men no one needs.
     
 
              
 
             
               
   
Ab“2/F Eb/G Ab

    
4fr

         
Don’t give up, ’cause you have friends.
Don’t give up, no rea - son to be a - shamed.

     

 
Don’t give up now, we’re proud of who you are.

   
 
 
     
           
  
Ab“2/F Eb/G Ab


 
4fr

      
Play 3 times

        
Don’t give up, you’re not the on - ly one.
Don’t give up, you still have us.

  
Don’t give up, you know it’s nev - er been eas - y.

    
 
    

 

      
       
    
Ab“2/F Eb/G Ab Bb“4
4fr


          
     

   
Don’t give up ’cause I be - lieve there’s a place,
   
         
         
      
    
6

Sheet Music Plus Order 1904762766. 1 copy purchased by JAY STEELE on Dec 4, 2022.
 Bb Eb
6fr

 
              
there’s a place where we be - long.


     
           
   
    
      
     

Eb C‹
6fr 3fr


       
 
        
       
       
        

Eb6 F C‹

    
   
4fr 3fr

    

       
(Don’t give up.)

       
 
  
          
        
      

Eb6 F C‹

     
   
4fr 3fr


Repeat and fade

        

       
(Don’t give up.) (Don’t give up.) (Don’t give up.)

       
 
  

    
      
              
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Sheet Music Plus Order 1904762766. 1 copy purchased by JAY STEELE on Dec 4, 2022.