Don't Give Up On Me Now Chords

KeyAm CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays581

Don't Give Up On Me Now by Ben Harper is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Am. It uses the chords Am, C, Dm, F and G. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
Am
Text
16
Speed
  			
Riff 
e:------------------------------|
B:------------------------------|
G:------------------------------| 
D:------------------------------|
A:---2--3h--2--0--0-------------|
E:------------------------------|
  
 

Riff	Am	Riff	Am	Riff 

Am 			C  
Time, it opens all wounds 
Am 			C  
And trust is gonna put me in the tomb  
		Dm 				F  
The world isn't mine, the world isn't mine to save  
		  Dm 				  F	 
I can't afford to lose what you resell and throw away 
  

Am	G	F	C  
And I don't even know myself,  
Am	G	F	C  
What it would take to know myself 
Am	G	  F		C 	G 
I need to change, I don't know how  
		  Am	 
Don't give up on me now 


Riff	Am	Riff	Am	Riff 


Am 					            C  
It's not what we do, it's what we do with what we feel 
				Am 			  C 
Takes all you have to stare it down, and whisper "Devil, no deal." 
			Dm 				F  
And I don't wanna fight, don't wanna fight my father's war  
			Dm 				F  
You can wait your whole life Not knowing what you're waiting for 
  


Am	G	F	C  
And I don't even know myself,  
Am	G	F	C  
What it would take to know myself 
Am	G	  F		C 	G 
I need to change, I don't know how  
		  Am	 
Don't give up on me now 
		  Am	 
Don't give up on me now 


Riff	Am	Riff	Am	Riff 



Am	G	F	C  
And I don't even know myself,  
Am	G	F	C  
What it would take to know myself 
Am	G	  F		C 	G 
I need to change, I don't know how  
		  Am	 
Don't give up on me now 

Riff	Am	Riff	Am	Riff (Slow) 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante