Don't give up

Peter Gabriel

Intro
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In

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strong

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a long

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I was

this proud land we grew up

We were wan - ted all

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&

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taught to ght, taught to win

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I

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could

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ne - ver thought I

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I am a man whose dream have all de-ser - ted I've chanced my

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face,

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But no one wants

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you

I've changed my name

when you lose.

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Don't

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give up
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'cause you

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have
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friends

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Don't

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give up
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you're not

bea
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yet

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Don't

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give up

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I know

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you can

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make it

good.

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Thought I saw it all
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a - round

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Thought that

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we'd
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be last to go

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It is so strange the way things

turn.

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Drove the night to-wards my home The place that I was born, on the lake - side
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As day-light

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broke

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I saw the Earth

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ground.

The trees had burned down to the

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Don't

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give up
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you

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still have
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us

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Don't

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give up
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much of

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any thing
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we don't need
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&

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Don't

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give up

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place

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where we

'cause some - where there's a

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be - long.
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Rest your

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You wor - ry too

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much

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When

It's gon-na be al - right

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times

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get

rough
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You can fall

back

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on

us

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Don't give

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up
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Please,

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don't give
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Got to

up.

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walk Ebmaj7
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out of here

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a - ny - more

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Going to

I can't take Abmaj7

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on that bridge

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stand
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Keep my eyes
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down be - low

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ver ma - y come Bb7

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go

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owing,

That

ri - ver's owing.

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Moved on to
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For e - very

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job

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so ma - ny men,

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so ma - ny men

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no one

needs.

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Don't

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give up

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'cause you

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have friends

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Don't

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give up

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you're not the on - ly

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one

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Don't

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give up

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no

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son

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to

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be a-shamed

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Don't

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give up
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you still

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have us

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Don't

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give up

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we'

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re proud

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of who you are

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Don't
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give up

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you know it's
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ne -

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ver been
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ea - sy

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there's a place,

Don't give up 'caus I be - lieve

there's a place were we

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be -

long.

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Coda
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Don't give up

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Don't give up Don't give up.

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Don't give up Don't give up Don't give up.