Giving Up Chords

KeyAb CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays479

Giving Up by Kids In Glass Houses is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of Ab. It uses the chords Ab, Bbm, C#, Fm and Eb. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
Ab
Text
16
Speed
  			
Here's the litte intro riff:

 
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------| 
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------| 
G|------5---3~~-5-------5---3~~-5----------5---3~~-5-------5---3~~-5----| 
D|--------6-------6-------6-------6----------6-------6-------6-------6--| 
A|----6----------------------------------6------------------------------| 
E|--4~----------------4----------------6~----------------6--------------| 

Continued: 

e|--------------------------------------------------------------------| 
B|-----------------------------------------------------4--------------| 
G|------5---3~~-5-------5---3~~-5----------5---3~~-5-----5---5h6-5----| 
D|----6---6-------6-------6-------6----------6-------6-----6-------6--| 
A|--4-----------------4-------------------6---------------------------| 
E|-------------------------------------4~-----------------------------| 



Verse: 
Ab  
You lie in the grief, 
                Bbm 
You lie in the depression, 
                   C# 
You lied in your confession, 
                         Ab 
You knew me better than this, 
Ab                                     Bbm 
You lie by my side with your hand on a weapon, 
                 C# 
Waiting for a confession, 
                         Ab 
You knew me better than this. 


Pre-chorus: 
Fm             
We come from different towns, 
Ab 
And recognise the sound of giving up, 
Fm 
We come from different towns, 
Eb 
And recognise the sound of... 

 
Ab 
We’re giving up, we’re giving up, 
            Bbm                            C# 
But I won’t breathe another word about you, 
                                   Eb 
We’re giving up, we’re giving up, woah, 

And I won’t sleep without you. 



Break: Ab, Bbm, C#, Ab 


Verse: 
Ab                               Bbm 
You lie to yourself at your own intervention, 
                          C# 
And you’re too scared to mention, 
                         Ab 
That you’re better than this, 
Ab                                         Bbm 
And you lie by my side with your head on a weapon, 
                      C# 
And your eyes on the tension, 
                         Ab 
You knew me better than this. 


Pre-chorus: 
Fm             
We come from different towns, 
Ab 
And recognise the sound of giving up, 
Fm 
We come from different towns, 
Eb 
And recognise the sound... 


Ab 
We’re giving up, we’re giving up, 
            Bbm                            C# 
But I won’t breathe another word about you, 
                                   Eb 
We’re giving up, we’re giving up, woah, 

And I won’t sleep without you. 
Ab 
We’re giving up, we’re giving up, 
            Bbm                            C# 
But I won’t breathe another word about you, 
                                   Eb 
We’re giving up, we’re giving up, woah, 

And I can't get enough. 


Solo: (same as Pre-Chorus) 
Fm, Ab, Fm, Eb 2x 

Woah, 

Woah, 

Woah, 

Woah. 

 
Ab 
We’re giving up, we’re giving up, 
            Bbm                            C# 
But I won’t breathe another word about you, 
                                   Eb 
We’re giving up, we’re giving up, woah, 

And I won’t sleep without you. 
Ab  
We’re giving up, we’re giving up, 
            Bbm                                
But I won’t breathe, giving up, we’re giving up, 
            C# 
And I won’t breathe, we’re giving up, we’re giving up, 
Eb                           Eb                           Ab 
Woah and I can’t get enough, well I can’t get enough. 
 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante