Hey World (don't Give Up Version) Chords

KeyAm CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays420

Hey World (don't Give Up Version) by Michael Franti & Spearhead is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of Am. It uses the chords Am, C, G and D. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			Intro 


    Am             C              G                D 
E|--0-----0-------0------0-------3-------3--------2-------2-------| 
B|----1-------1------1-------1-------0-------0--------3-------3---| 
G|------2-------2------0-------0-------0-------0--------2-------2-| 
D|--------------------------------------------------0-------0-----| 
A|--0-------0-------3------3--------------------------------------| 
E|---------------------------------3-------3----------------------| 



     Am              C              G                D 
E|--0-------0-------0------0-------3-------3--------2-------2-------| 
B|------1-------1------1-------1-------0-------0--------3-------3---| 
G|--------2-------2------0-------0-------0-------0--------2-------2-| 
D|----------------------------------------------------0-------0-----| 
A|----0-------0-------3------3--------------------------------------| 
E|-----------------------------------3-------3----------------------| 


Am              C 
Tell me why the grass was greener 
G           D                Am         C 
Years ago I swear it used to grow here 
       G          D 
But no more here 
Am          C 
Tell me why on this hill 
G                  D               Am        C 
All the birds they used to come to fly here 
        G         D 
Come to die here 
    Am            C 
And tell me why I need to know 
G                  D              Am    C 
Sometimes I wish I didn't have to know 
           G         D 
All you've shown me 

Am        C 
Hey world what you say 
G                          D             Am    C 
Should I stick around for another day or two? 
           G           D                Am    C 
Don't give up on me, I won't give up on you 
       G                 D            Am   C  G  D  Am  C  G  D 
Just believe in me, like I believe in you 

Pause 
Tell me why on the corner 

All the kids that used to come to run here 

Load their guns here 

    Am          C 
And tell me why it's okay 
   G                   D 
To kill in name of the gods we pray 
Am               C 
Tell me who said it's okay 
   G                      D 
To die in the name of the lies we say 
Am                  C 
Tell me why there's child soldiers 
G                D 
Tell me why they closed the borders 
Am             C 
Tell me how to fight disease and 
G            D 
Tell me now, won't you please? 
    Am           C 
The only thing I wanna do 
      G                  D 
Is to be in the arms of someone 
       Am          C         G            D 
Who believes in me, like I believe in you 

(Am C G D) 
And I way hey world, what you say 
Should I stick around for another day? 
Hey world, what you say 
Should I stick around for another day? 

Hey world, what you say 
Should I stick around for another day or two? 
Don't give up on me, I won't give up 
And I try, I try, I try, I try, I try, I try, I try, I try for you 

Don't give up on me 
And I cry, I cry, I cry, I cry, I cry, I cry, I cry, I cry for you 
Just believe in me like I believe 

Hey world, what you say? 
Hey world, what you say? 
Hey world, what you say? 
Should I stick around for another day? 

Hey world, what you say 
Should I stick around for another day or two? 
Don't give up on me, I won't give up on you 
Just believe in me, like I believe in you 
Don't give up on me 

Hey world, what you say? 
Hey world, what you say? 
Hey world, what you say? 
Hey world, what you say? 
    	

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