Verse: 
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In this proud land we grew up strong 
   C5                 Bb5    C5 
We were wanted all along 
Bb5    Eb5          Ab5 Eb5 
I was taught to fight, taught to win 
      Bb5               Eb5     Bb5 
I never thought I could fail 
        C5        Bb5  C5 
No fight left or so it seems 

I am a man whose dreams have all deserted 

I've changed my face, I've changed my name 

But no one wants you when you lose 
  
Chorus: 
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     Don't give up - 'cos you have friends 
Ab5       Eb5           C5 
     Don't give up - you're not beaten yet 
Ab5       Eb5                 C5 
     Don't give up - I know you can make it good 
Ab5       Eb5        Ab5           Bb5 
{verse} 

Though I saw it all around 

Never thought I could be affected 

Thought that we'd be the last to go 

It is so strange the way things turn 
 
Drove the night toward my home 

The place that I was born, on the lakeside 

As daylight broke, I saw the earth 

The trees had burned down to the ground 
 
(Chorus)  

don't give up - you still have us 

don't give up - we don't need much of anything 

don't give up - 'cos somewhere there's a place where we belong 
                 Ab5                  B5             Eb5      Ab5 - Eb5 
Bridge: 
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Rest your head 
        Bb5   Eb5 - Bb5 
You worry too much 
            Eb5   Ab5 - Eb5 
It's going to be alright 
                 Bb5    Eb5 Bb5 
When times get rough, you can fall back on us,  
     Eb5                            Ab5      Eb5 
Don't give up,    please don't give up 
           Eb5  Bb5        Eb5            Ab5 - Eb5 
Got to walk out of here, I can't take anymore 
       Eb5                        Bb5 
Going to stand on that bridge, keep my eyes down below 
         Eb5                            Ab5 
Whatever may come and whatever may go, 
    Eb5                    Bb5 
That river's flowing,    that river's flowing 
             Eb5       Bb5              Eb5       Ab5 - Eb5   
{verse} 

Moved on to another town 

Tried hard to settle down 

For every job, so many men 

So many men no-one needs 
 
(Chorus)  

Don't give up - 'cos you have friends 

Don't give up - you're not the only one 

Don't give up - no reason to be ashamed 

Don't give up - you still have us 

Don't give up now - we're proud of who you are 

Don't give up - you know it's never been easy 

Don't give up - 'cos I believe there's a place 
                       Ab5                Bb5 
There's a place where we belong 
Bb5                       Eb5 
End Section: 
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C5 bass riff} 
Don't give up, don't give up, don't give up 
           Eb5             F5              C5