Give it Up – Amos Lee
Tabbed by Bojo
Comments? E-mail Bojo at Dartmouth dot edu
The chords below are the basic chords, the adds and sus’s in parentheses are the notes
hammer onto/off of.
You should play the Em7 up the neck at the seventh fret:
E—0
B—8
G—7
D—0
A—7
E—0
Play the A7 as a barre on the 5th fret when you add the 9 (hammer your pinky onto the
fret of the top string), and as an open chord when you play the add 6 (alternating you
between 3rd and 2nd frets on the top string).
For the G sus, play an open G and hammer onto the 1st fret of the B string for the 4-3 suspension.
And for the love of God, put some funk into your strumming. Please? Do it for me.
INTRO : Em7 A7 (add 9)
VERSE 1:
Em7 A7 (add 9)
I've been waiting a long time
I was just hoping I might find
C7 G(sus) A7 (add 6)
Ah, the right kind of lover for me
VERSE 2:
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Em7 A7 (add 9)
Well you know I’ve been lonesome
God knows we all been lonesome
C7 G(sus) A7 (add 6)
Some people think being lonesome really means being free
CHORUS:
C7 B7 Bm/E
But, I would give it all up for you
Yes I would give it all up for you
C7 B7 (bass walk E-F#) G
Yes I would give it up Settle down, stop looking around
A7 (add 9) B7
I finally found something true
VERSE 3:
Em7 A7 (add 9)
We live in a world full of confusion
A culture based in illusion
C7 G(sus) A7 (add 6)
Some people think it’s amusing, but its really just fantasy
CHORUS
OUTRO: Intro chords until end
I would give it all, give it all,
I would give it all up for you now baby etc.
