The Gift

by The Jam


intro: A, D

A       D                  A        D
Move - Moove -  I've got the gift of life
A         D          A             D
Can't you see in the twinkle of my eyes
A         D          A           D
I can't stand up and I can't sit down
A            D        A            D
I gotta keep movin', I gotta keep movin'

Fm                      E
All the time that gets wasted hating
Fm                                        E
Why don't you move together and make your heart feel better

A        D                A            D
Groove - Groove  - to the beat of this drum
A           D            A             D
Feel it the wind and the warmth of the sun
A         D        A           D
Don't sit down and don't stand up
A       D        A       D
Keep on movin' - Keep on movin'

Fm                       E
Think of your future and make it grow
Fm                                         E
Why don't you move together and make your heart feel better

A, D  x 4

Fm                        E
Take a pinch of white and pinch of black
Fm                             E
Mix it together and make your heart feel better

(ad lib shouting) A, D to palm mute

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Fm                         E
Take a pinch of white and pinch of black
Fm                                      E
Tell you to move together and make your heart feel better

A      D                 A       D
Move - Move - we got the gift of life
A       D                  A            D
Go and shout it from your roof mountain top
A              D        A            D
Give it to me once and give it to me twice
A             D         A            D
We gotta keep movin' - we gotta keep movin'

A,D
Ow!!!

A                   D      A             D
Take a man from the east, a man from the west
A        D                A         D
Put 'em together, Can you tell the difference?!!