Chords for Don't Give Up by the Happy Goodman Family

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_ [Eb] _ _ [Abm] _ _ [Ab] Don't give up, _ _ keep heading for the heavenly shore.
Don't give up, _ _ [Bb] when you're knocked, He will open [Eb] the door.
[Ab] Jesus made a way for you to go [Db] through.
Praising He with you, [D] you like the news.
Don't [C] give up, don't [Eb] give up, don't [Ab] give up. _
As your days started [Eb] out [Bb] with worry,
[Eb] As trouble filled on [Abm] every hand.
_ [Ab] Jesus is the answer to [Bb] your problems. _
[Db] Trust His [Eb] word, you can take [Ab] your stand.
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Don't give up, [Eb] _ _ keep heading for the heavenly shore.
Don't [Ab] give up, [Eb] _ _ [Bbm] when you're knocked, He will open [Eb] the door.
[Ab] Jesus made a way for you to go [Db] through.
Praising He with you, [D] you like the news.
Don't give up, don't [Ab] give up, don't give up.
_ [Eb] _ _ Set your hands [Bb] _
_ _ _ [Eb] _ _ in store, [Abm] _
_ you [Ab] can climb a _ _ [Bb] _
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throne.
[Eb] Don't give up, _ keep heading for the heavenly shore.
Don't give [Ab] up, [Bb] when you're knocked, He will [Ebm] open the door.
_ [Ab] Jesus made a way for you to go [Db] through.
Praising He with [D] you, you like _ _ [Ab] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Abm] the news.
[Ab] Don't give up, _ _ keep heading for the heavenly shore.
Don't give [Ab] up, [Bbm] when you're knocked, He will [Eb] open the door.
[Ab] Jesus made a way for you to go [Db] through.
Praising He with [D] you, you like _ _ [Ab] _
_ [Eb] the news.
[Ab] Don't give up. _ _ _
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[Eb] _ _ _ What do you think about that song, Howard?
It's a good one, ain't it?
It's a great, great song, [Abm] Rusty.
I really like it.
It kind of says something for the good ones, don't it?
I think you're right.
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We can't afford [Abm] to give up now.
We [Gb] never will give up.
Sam, we've [Ab] come a long way, haven't we, honey?
You got that right, Vestal.
You know, there's a lot of times we've thought about giving up.
There was that something way down [Eb] deep inside that would say, don't give up now.
You know, I believe [Abm] that something inside is saying, quitters [Eb] never win.
You got that right, Rusty.
Ain't nothing [Abm] like going home.
You [Ab] know, I like the part in the song [Abm] that says, keep heading [Eb] for the heavenly shore.
You see, there is a heavenly shore, and the [Abm] Christians are headed that way, thank God.
Well, Howard, you know, I think the old car we [Ab] used to have didn't know anything about the heavenly [Fm] shore
because every time [Abm] we'd get ready to go sing somewhere, the old car seemed like it never would want to [Eb] start.
That's the truth.
[Abm] That's when we really felt like quitting, when that thing wouldn't start.
But, Howard, the easiest thing in the world to do is quit.
Well, we didn't think we could make it this far, but we have.
Oh, but Paul said, when you've done all [Gb] you know to do to stand, [Abm] just stand there.
Keep [Eb] standing, that's what he said.
Festo, do you reckon Paul would have liked this song?
Festo, [Abm] yeah, I think Paul would have probably sung this song.
It's a great, great [Eb] song, isn't it?
[Abm] You got that right.
And [Gb] there ain't no way [Abm] we're going to give up now.
Well, you know, singing is our life.
We just [Eb] keep quitting. _ _ _
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