I Give Up Chords

KeyC Capo1st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays385

I Give Up by Merriment is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C with a capo on the 1st fret. It uses the chords C/G, F/G, Em and Am. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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C
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C/G                  F/G                       C/G               F/G 
I can't sit here for another half-second if my heart insists for beating for you 
    C/G            F/G                        C/G        F/G               C/G 
and your mind is a million miles away and you can't even bring yourself to say 
     Em                Am 
that you don't need me though you think about me 
     Em                  Am 
It's been two years now, you still don't love me 
    Em          Am 
but someday you might 
Em            Am 
Someday, yeah right 

     F/G            C/G            F/G           C/G 
Well, oh woah oh oh oh, I give up, oh woah oh oh oh, and so what 
F/G           C/G            F/G        C/G 
Oh woah oh oh oh, I give up, oh woah oh oh 

C/G                    F/G                          C/G             F/G                       C/G 
I can't trust you with something so important as my heart when it's not a fair game that we're playing 
    F/G               C/G        F/G               C/G 
You know it cause you can't even bring yourself to say 
     Em                 Am 
That you don't need me, though you think about me 
     Em                  Am 
It's been two years now, you still don't love me 
    Em          Am 
But someday you might 
Em                 Am 
Well someday, yeah right 

F/G        C/G              F/G        C/G   
Oh woah oh oh, and so what, oh woah oh oh, I give up 
F/G        C/G               F/G          C/G 
Oh woah oh oh, I give up yeah, oh woah oh oh  
F/G        C/G           F/G        C/G     F/G     C/G 
Oh woah oh oh, I give up on you, on you, on you, on you 
F/G        C/G            F/G        C/G       
Oh woah oh oh, I give up, oh woah oh oh, and so what 
F/G        C/G            F/G        C/G 
Oh woah oh oh, I give up, oh woah oh oh 
F/G        C/G          F/G   C/G   F/G 
Oh woah oh oh, I give up 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante