Don't Give Up chords by Ann Wilson

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Verse 1
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This next song usually is sung as a duet,
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but tonight I'm gonna be
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both people.
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I am a Gemini, after all,
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this shouldn't be too much of a
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stretch.
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Usually it's sung,
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you know, husband to wife,
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or wife to wife,
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or husband to husband,
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or friend to friend.
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Tonight it's all me.
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In this proud land we grew up strong
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We were wanted all along
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I  was taught to fight, taught to win
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I never thought I could fail.
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No fights left, oh, so it seems.
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I am a soul whose dreams
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have all deserted.
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I changed my face, I changed my name,
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but no one wants you when
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you lose.
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Don't give up, you're not beaten yet
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Don't give up,
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I know you can make it good
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Though I saw it all around
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I   never thought that I
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could be af fected
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I thought that we'd be the last to go
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It is so strange the way things turn
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Drove the night towards my home,
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the place where I was born,
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by the lakeside.
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As daylight broke, I saw the earth,
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the trees that burned down
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to the ground.
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Don't give up, cause you have us
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Don't give up,
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we don't need much of anything
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Don't give up,
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cause somewhere there's a place
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Rest your head,
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you worry too much
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It's gonna be alright
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When times get rough
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You can fall back on us
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Don't give up, please don't give up
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I gotta walk outta here
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I can't take anymore
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Gonna stand on that bridge
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Keep my eyes down below
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Whatever may come and
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whatever may go
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That river flows,
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that river's flowing
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I moved on to another town,
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tried hard to settle down
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But for every job, so many men
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So many men no one needs
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Don't give up
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Cause you have friends
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Don't give up
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You're not the only one
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Don't give up
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There's no reason to be ashamed
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Don't give up, you still have us
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Don't give up now,
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we're proud of who you are
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Don't give up, you know it nev
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er has been easy
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Don't give up now,
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cause I be lieve there's
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gonna be a place
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Where we belong
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Hey, yeah, yeah, yeah