Band: Kids In Glass Houses
Song: Giving Up
Album: DIRT
This is a top song, and I saw no chords / tabs posted up for it so I thought i'd
give a crack. (all work done by ear).
Tuning: Standard (E,A,D,G,B,E)
Key: Ab major
Here's the litte intro riff:
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------5---3~~-5-------5---3~~-5----------5---3~~-5-------5---3~~-5----|
D|--------6-------6-------6-------6----------6-------6-------6-------6--|
A|----6----------------------------------6------------------------------|
E|--4~----------------4----------------6~----------------6--------------|
Continued:
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------4--------------|
G|------5---3~~-5-------5---3~~-5----------5---3~~-5-----5---5h6-5----|
D|----6---6-------6-------6-------6----------6-------6-----6-------6--|
A|--4-----------------4-------------------6---------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------4~-----------------------------|
Verse:
Ab
You lie in the grief,
Bbm
You lie in the depression,
Db
You lied in your confession,
Ab
You knew me better than this,
Ab Bbm
You lie by my side with your hand on a weapon,
Db
Waiting for a confession,
Ab
You knew me better than this.
Pre-chorus:
Fm
We come from different towns,
Ab
And recognise the sound of giving up,
Fm
We come from different towns,
Eb
And recognise the sound of...
Chorus:
Ab
We’re giving up, we’re giving up,
Bbm Db
But I won’t breathe another word about you,
Eb
We’re giving up, we’re giving up, woah,
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/k/kids_in_glass_houses/giving_up_crd.html ]
And I won’t sleep without you.
Break:
[Ab, Bbm, Db, Ab]
Verse:
Ab Bbm
You lie to yourself at your own intervention,
Db
And you’re too scared to mention,
Ab
That you’re better than this,
Ab Bbm
And you lie by my side with your head on a weapon,
Db
And your eyes on the tension,
Ab
You knew me better than this.
Pre-chorus:
Fm
We come from different towns,
Ab
And recognise the sound of giving up,
Fm
We come from different towns,
Eb
And recognise the sound...
Chorus:
Ab
We’re giving up, we’re giving up,
Bbm Db
But I won’t breathe another word about you,
Eb
We’re giving up, we’re giving up, woah,
And I won’t sleep without you.
Ab
We’re giving up, we’re giving up,
Bbm Db
But I won’t breathe another word about you,
Eb
We’re giving up, we’re giving up, woah,
And I can't get enough.
Solo: (same as Pre-Chorus)
[Fm, Ab, Fm, Eb] x2
Woah,
Woah,
Woah,
Woah.
Chorus:
Ab
We’re giving up, we’re giving up,
Bbm Db
But I won’t breathe another word about you,
Eb
We’re giving up, we’re giving up, woah,
And I won’t sleep without you.
Ab
We’re giving up, we’re giving up,
Bbm
But I won’t breathe, giving up, we’re giving up,
Db
And I won’t breathe, we’re giving up, we’re giving up,
Eb Eb Ab
Woah and I can’t get enough, well I can’t get enough.
That's it hope you enjoy it!
