Dont Give It Up Chords

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Dont Give It Up by Six60 is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D, G, A, Bm and Gm. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
D
Text
16
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Intro: D  G  D  G  D  A  D 

 
                   G 
Don't give it up  ay 
    D 
I'm telling you 

Telling you 
A             D 
Telling you  I 
Won't give it up 
Bm 
No  no  no 
     D 
So don't even 
Don't even 
 A            D 
Don't even try 

verse 1 
 D 
People lie 
   G               D                  G 
All they do is dance between the lines 
D                 G 
They won't change 

Fake gold chains 
   D          A           D 
And shades to hide those eyes 

Pre-Chorus 
  D 
I can't complain 
             G               Bm 
Its just the nature of these times  times 


D              Gm   Bm 
 Don't give it up  uh 
I'm telling you 
Telling you 
  A          D 
Telling you  I 
               Gm 
Won't give it up 
Bm 
  No  no  no 
So don't even 
Don't even 
 A            D 
Don't even try 

Instrumental: D  Gm  Bm  A  D 

verse 2 
Gm         Bm 
I was you  trying to find a way 
         A        D 
To waste my youth 
Gm 
Ups and downs 
 Bm 
Round and round 
              A            D  A 
The world  it turns on you 

Pre-Chorus 
  D 
I can't complain 
             Bm                     A 
Its just the nature of these times  times 

 
D              Gm   Bm 
 Don't give it up  uh 
I'm telling you 
Telling you 
  A          D 
Telling you  I 
               Gm 
Won't give it up 
Bm 
  No  no  no 
So don't even 
Don't even 
 A            D 
Don't even try 

D              Gm   Bm 
 Don't give it up  uh 
I'm telling you 
Telling you 
  A          D 
Telling you  I 
               Gm 
Won't give it up 
Bm 
  No  no  no 
So don't even 
Don't even 
 A            D 
Don't even try 

Outro 
D  Gm  Bm  A  D 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

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

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
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Metronome

100 BPM Andante