Giving Up Chords by Donny Hathaway

[F#] .
[F#m] Oh .
[D] .
[F#m] .
[E] .
yeah, [A] [B] .
[A] .
[F#m] .
giving up [B] is hard to do [A] .
when [C#] you really love someone.
[F#m] I'm giving up, [B] .
so hard to do [A] .
when [C#] you still depend [F#m] upon .
[A] her [D] warm and tender touch, [C#] .
her.
[F#] kiss and her caress.
[B] .
Oh, [E] that used to mean so [Bm] much and [D#m] .
[G#] bring [C#] you happiness.
Oh, [C#m] [F#m] giving up, .
[B] .
so hard to do.
[A] I've tried, .
[C#] .
but [B] it just ain't no [F#m] use.
Giving up, .
[F#] [F#m] [B] .
so hard to do.
[A] .
I said I've tried, [G#m] [C#] .
but it just ain't no [F#m] use.
.
But [B] my light of hope is burning dim.
But, [C#m] .
[G#m] [F#] .
[B] we have, and my [E] love .
[F#] [D#m] .
will [G#] come [C#] back.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, [F#] yeah.
.
[B] .
[A] Giving up, so hard to [C#] do.
I'm coming back, and I'm giving up some time.
[F#m] Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
[B] .
[A] .
[C#] .
[F#] Whether, .
[A#] [F#] whether [B] she knows or not, [C#] she .
[D] [D#] [F#] really needs me too.
[F#m] [B] .
The [E] little girl is all I got, yes she is.
[D#m] .
[G#] I'm giving up, [C#] giving up is so hard to do.
[C#] Oh, [F#] giving up, [F#m] .
[B] so hard to [F#] do.
Oh, [F#m] giving up, [B] so [D#] very hard to do.
[F#] [F#m] I said I've tried, but I just can't let you lose.
Woo!.
[B] .
It's so hard [F#m] for me to [F#] do.
.
[F#m] For [B] you, cause you mean [D#m] so much.
[F#] [F#m] [B] .