Got To Give It Up Chords by Thin Lizzy

Tempo:
150 bpm
Chords used:

Eb

B

Abm

Ab

Ebm

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Thin Lizzy - Got to Give It Up (Live) chords
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[N] [Ebm]
[Eb] This for all the people that do all these naughty [Ebm] things you should do I have [Eb] got to give it up
[Ebm]
I
Have got to give it up
[Abm]
[B]
I have got to give it [Ebm]
up.
I have got to give it up
[Abm]
[B]
[Db] [Ebm]
[Abm]
[B] [Eb]
[Abm]
[B] [Gb] So my [Db] mama tell my [Eb] mom
I'll [B] find you some
[Ebm] [Gb] He waited to the end of battle
[Ab] sit there the squeezing bar
[Eb] [Gb] He tried [Db] hard for the [Ebm] spirit
[Ab] He tried to [B] tell him to the church
[Gb] But in the end [Db] he lost his [Eb] battle
[Ab] breaking out the [B] heart
[Eb]
[Abm]
[Eb]
[Abm] That's all [Gb]
my [Db] brothers [Eb] try to [Ab] write with pencil [B] paper, [Eb] but I was
[Gb]
Couldn't see the other words [Abm] out right
right
[Eb] right
But my sister [Db] was [Ab] singing slow now that [Abm] I'm power [Eb] knows
[Gb] But in [Db] the end I lost [Ab] the battle
smash
[Ebm]
[Abm] [B] [Ab]
[Eb]
[B]
[Gb] [Ebm]
[Abm] [Ebm]
[Abm] [Eb]
[Ebm]
[Ab] [Db] [Eb]
[Ab] [Eb]
[Ab] [Db] [Eb]
[Ab]
[Eb] [Abm]
[B]
[Ab] [Eb]
[Abm] [B] I
[Gb] Will [Db] mess with the evidence
[Ab] For a time [B] I couldn't get [Eb] it up
But I'm waking [Db] up and that's well at [Eb] all
[Ab] So don't catch you
[Eb] So my [Db] mama
I'm [Ebm] coming home
[Ab] And I [B]
[Eb] think [Db]
it's like [Ab] the truth
Mama is like [Ebm] this
I'm trying to give [B] it up
[Abm]
[B] drunk
[Eb] You got to give it up
[Abm] Read all about [B] it
[Eb]
[Abm]
for [B] that star
[Ab] That's a given [Eb] up
[Abm] Well, yeah, [B] [Db] [Ebm]
[Ab]
[B] [Eb]
[Gb] [Ab]
[B] [Ebm]
[Ab]
[B] [Ebm]
[B] [Eb] [Ab]
[Db] [Abm]
[B] [Eb]
[Ab] I
[B]
[Eb]
[Abm] [B]
[Eb]
[Abm] [B]
[Eb]
[Ab] [B]
Don't got to give [Ebm] it up.
I have got to give it up.
[Abm]
Oh, that's
[B] I am [Ebm]
trying to give it up
[Abm] [B]
[Ebm]
[Abm] [Db]
[Eb]
[Ebm]
[Eb]
Key:  
Eb
12341116
B
12341112
Abm
123111114
Ab
134211114
Ebm
13421116
Eb
12341116
B
12341112
Abm
123111114
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Learn the basic chords of Thin Lizzy - (Live at RDS Hall, Dublin, 1980) Got To Give It Up chords, with this master sequence: B, Eb, Abm, B, Ebm, Abm, Eb and Ab. Start slow with ChordU's Free Tempo controller and increase your speed as you get comfortable. Adjust the capo based on your vocal range and chord preference, keeping the song's key of Gb Major in mind.

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[N] _ _ [Ebm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] This for all the people that do all these naughty [Ebm] things you should do _ I _ _ _ _ _ have [Eb] got to give it up _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Ebm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ I
Have got to give it up
[Abm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _
I have got to give it [Ebm] _
up. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ I have got to give it up
[Abm] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Db] _ _ [Ebm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Abm] _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Abm] _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ [Gb] _ So my [Db] mama tell my [Eb] mom
I'll _ [B] find you some
[Ebm] _ _ [Gb] He waited to the end of battle
_ [Ab] sit there the squeezing bar
[Eb] _ _ _ [Gb] He tried [Db] hard for the [Ebm] spirit
_ [Ab] _ He tried to [B] tell him to the church
_ [Gb] _ But in the end [Db] he lost his [Eb] battle
_ [Ab] _ breaking out the [B] heart
_ _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Abm] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Abm] _ _ That's all _ _ _ [Gb]
my [Db] brothers [Eb] try to [Ab] write with pencil [B] paper, [Eb] but I was
_ [Gb] _
_ Couldn't see the other words [Abm] out right _
_ right
_ [Eb] right _ _
But my sister [Db] was [Ab] singing slow now that [Abm] I'm power [Eb] knows _ _
[Gb] _ But in [Db] the end I lost [Ab] the battle
_ _ smash _ _ _ _
_ [Ebm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Abm] _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Gb] _ _ _ _ _ [Ebm] _ _
_ _ [Abm] _ _ _ _ [Ebm] _ _
_ _ [Abm] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Ebm] _ _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ _ [Db] _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Db] _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [Abm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Abm] _ _ _ [B] I
_ _ _ [Gb] Will [Db] mess with the evidence
_ [Ab] _ For a time [B] I couldn't get [Eb] it up
_ But I'm waking [Db] up and that's well at [Eb] all
_ _ [Ab] So don't catch you
_ [Eb] _ _ _ So my [Db] mama
I'm [Ebm] coming home
_ [Ab] And I [B] _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ think [Db]
it's like [Ab] the truth
_ _ Mama is like [Ebm] this _ _ _ _ _ _
_ I'm trying to give [B] it up
[Abm] _ _
_ [B] drunk
_ _ [Eb] _ You got to give it up
_ _ [Abm] Read all about _ [B] it
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Abm] _ _ _
for [B] that star
_ _ [Ab] _ That's a given [Eb] up
_ _ _ _ [Abm] Well, yeah, _ _ [B] _ _ _ [Db] _ [Ebm] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Gb] _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ [Ebm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ [Ebm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _
_ [Db] _ _ _ _ [Abm] _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Ab] _ I
[B] _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Abm] _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Abm] _ _ _ [B] _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Don't got to give [Ebm] it up.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
I have got to give it up.
[Abm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Oh, that's
_ [B] I _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ am _ [Ebm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
trying to give it up
_ [Abm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Ebm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Abm] _ [Db] _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Ebm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _

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