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Verse 1
G
If you want more happy
than your heart will hold
If you want to stand taller
if the truth were told
C
G
F
Take whatever you have and give it away
C
G
If you want less lonely
and a lot more fun
A
And peace, satisfaction
when the day is done
C
Dsus4
Throw your heart wide open
G
F
and give it away to me.
C
He was
Verse 2
G
working in his garden
when I happened by.

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Verse 3
A
He waved me over
with that look in his eye.
Verse 4
C
And started breaking off
Dsus4
some ears of corn.
G
Verse 5
F
C
G
He said, here, boy,
Verse 6
today this corn is just right.
A
Boil it up for your supper tonight
Verse 7
C
I've learned it's true
Dsus4
what my pappy used to say,
D
yeah, yeah
C
Oh, nothing's
Verse 8
F
quite as good
C
G
Dsus4
till you give it away
Verse 9
G
If you want more happy
than your heart will hold
A
If you want to stand taller
if the truth were told
Verse 10
C
Dsus4
Take whatever you have
G
and give it away
Verse 11
F
C
G
If you want less lonely
and a lot more fun
Verse 12
A
And deep satisfaction
when the day is done
Verse 13
C
Dsus4
Throw your heart wide open
G
and give it away
Interlude 1
B
G
A
Bb
C
Dsus4
G
Verse 14
F
C
G
Oh, there's been a lot of water
go over the dam
A
Since the day in the garden
with my Uncle Sam
C
Dsus4
So I hope you hear these words
Dm
Dsus4
G
I have to say
Everybody,
F
C
G
there are two kinds of folks,
there's takers and givers,
A
there's gripers and complainers
and big hearted livers.
C
It depends on how we choose
Dsus4
D
to spend our days.
C
F
C
Oh, we can hoard up all we've got
Dsus4
G
Dsus4
or we can give it all away.
G
If you want more, happy,
then your heart will hold
C
A
If you want to stand taller,
G
if the truth works, hold
C
Take whatever you have
G
C
G
F
and give it away
C
G
If you want less lonely
and a lot more fun
A
And deep satisfaction
when the day is done
C
Dsus4
Throw your heart wide open
G
and give it away
Am
A
If you want more happy
than your heart will hold
B
If you want to stand taller
if the truth burns cold
D
Esus4
Take whatever you have
A
G
and give it away
D
A
If you want this lonely
and a lot more fun
B
And keep satisfaction
when the day is done
D
Esus4
Throw your heart wide open
D
A
G
and give it away
D
A
Give it away
G
D
Give it away
A
You gotta give, give, give, give it away
G
D
Give it away
A
Gotta give it away
Yeah, yeah
G
D
A
Give it away
If you want what happened
in your heart with a hold
B
If you want to stand taller
than the truth was told
D
Esus4
Take whatever you have
And give it away
A
G
Yeah, give, give, give it away
D
A
Come on, let's go get a lot more fun
B
And keep satisfaction
when the day is done
D
Esus4
Throw your heart wide open
A
And give, yeah, yeah, yeah
A
Give it away
A
Yeah, yeah, yeah yeah, yeah
Can you believe that?
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