Not Gonna Give It Up Chords
by Peter Tosh
Not Gonna Give It Up by Peter Tosh is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, F/C, F, G and Am. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Not Gonna Give It up(Peter Tosh)1983
INTO C F/C F/C F/C F
F G C G
I'm not gonna give it up
F G
I'm not goin'
I'm not gonna give it up
F G
I'm not goin'
Am
I will be fighting
I've got to be fighting
I will be fighting
F
Till Africa G
And Africans are free
C F
I said that I been up there
C F
And I've seen poverty beyond compare
C F
I know slave drivers just don't care
G
They just don't care
Chorus
C F
Africa's the richest place
C F
But it has the poorest race
C F
And to me it's just a disgrace
G
Just a disgrace
C F
Africans don't wait too long
C F
We gotta fight 'cause it's not wrong
C F
Won't you join in and sing this song
G
Sing this song
Chorus
C F
To be poor it's a hurtful pain
C F
Livin' inna poverty it's a burning shame
C F
Help yourself 'cause man you're not lame
G
You are not lame
Chorus