DON'T GIVE UP ON ME     -       Gerry Rafferty


Intro:
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D - Em/G - D - G - D - Bm - A7 - D - (Em7/D - D) 


(D)                                                          
    Ev'ry night's a lonely night 
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      since you went a -    way
    D                                     A7      (A7)               
But     you come back to haunt my memo -     ry 
D                                                           
   I lie awake and think of you 
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and       how it used to    be
D              A7                  D       Em7/D - D                         
   Oh my love     don't give up on     me. 


D                                                           
   The symbol of the moon above 
     D/F#                 G                                        
and       living without    you
D                                  A7     (A7)                      
   I can't stand this cold reali -     ty 
D                                                           
   You alone can make me whole, 
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     our love was meant to    be
D             A7                    D      Em7/D - D                          
   Oh my love     don't give up on    me. 


A7                             D                                
    In the dying embers of the    midnight hour
G                                     D                        
   All these things brought me mise -    ry
A7                             Bm               G                  
    In the dying embers of the     midnight hour 
D              A7                   D       Em7/D - D                         
   Oh my love     don't give up on     me. 


D                                                           
   When you left I know I lost 
     D/F#                  G                                       
the        better part of     me
D                                         A7      (A7)               
   But I can't blame my troubled histo -      ry 
D                                                           
   You and I were innocent, 
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      our love was meant to    be
D              A7                   D      Em7/D - D                          
   Oh my love     don't give up on    me. 


A7                              D                                 
   In the dying embers of the     midnight hour
G                                      D                       
    All these things brought me mise -    ry
A7                              Bm               G                  
    In the dying embers of the     midnight hour 
D              A7                  D                               
   Oh my love     don't give up on     me.


Break:
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D                                                           
   Jesus came into this world 
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so       all men may be     found
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   In the soul of all humani -      ty 
D                                                           
   Ev'ry time I stumble on 
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the       road to Calva -    ry
D              A7                  D                               
   Oh my love     don't give up on    me.


A7                              D                                
    In the dying embers of the    midnight hour
G                                      D                        
   All these things brought me mise -    ry
A7                             Bm               G                  
    In the dying embers of the     midnight hour 
D              A7                  Bm     G                           
   Oh my love     don't give up on     me 
D              A7                  Bm     G                           
   Oh my love     don't give up on      me 
D                 A7                   D                           
   My sweet Lord      don't give up on    me.


Break:
D - Em/G - D - G - D - 
A - A7 - 
D - Em/G - D - G - D - Bm - A7 - D - (Em7/D - D) 
D - Em7/D - D    6x 


Outro: (rep & fade)

D                                                           
   Oh my love don't give up
D                                                           
   Oh my love don't give up on me


D     xx0232
Em/G  322000
G     320033
A     x02220
A7    x02020
Em7/D xx0230
D/F#  2x0232