• Song:

    Giving Up

  • Artist:

    Ingrid Michaelson

  • Album:

    Be OK

Giving Up
by Ingrid Michaelson

Transcribed by: sabaideeka
Email: ckasemset at Gmail

Hey guys, my sister likes this song and I'm looking for easy songs to play, so 
I ear-transcribed this and it's pretty nice and easy!  (Still can't play the 
chords fast enough myself, but oh well...)  I noticed that there are some other
chords for this song out there but I think this version sounds a bit more like 
the recorded version because it uses a capo, though it's probably still not 
perfect.  Towards the end, she starts repeating the chords for "I am giving up 
for greener grasses" before ending with the last chords in the chorus.

IMPORTANT: Use a capo!
Capo 5th fret

Chords:	EADGBe
G320003 (320003@1)Cmaj7032003 (x32000@1)(I guess you could mute the Estring (022100@1)too but I don't)
Em7	022033
Dsusxx0233 (xx0233@1)B7x21202 (x21202@1)Cx32010 (x32010@1)G7323003 (320001@1)A7x02223 (x02020@1)Dxx0232 (xx0232@1)
G (320003@1)                              Cmaj7 (x32000@1)  What if we stop having a ball?
G (320003@1)                                      Cmaj7 (x32000@1)  What if the paint chips from the wall?
Em7                                         Dsus (xx0233@1)  What if there's always cups in the sink?
    B7 (x21202@1)                     C (x32010@1)     GWhat (320003@1)if I'm not what you think I am?

G (320003@1)                                  Cmaj7 (x32000@1)   What if I fall further than you?
G (320003@1)                                    Cmaj7 (x32000@1)   What if you dream of somebody new?
Em7                             Dsus (xx0233@1)    B7 (x21202@1)                     C (x32010@1)   What if I never let you win,     chase you with a rolling pin?
                   GWell (320003@1)what if I do?

 Cmaj7 (x32000@1)name="chord_xx0233@1">Dsus  G (320003@1)  G7I (320001@1)am giving up on making passes and
 Cmaj7 (x32000@1)name="chord_xx0233@1">Dsus  G (320003@1)        G7I (320001@1)am giving up on half empty glasses and
 Cmaj7 Dsus  Em7   A7
I am giving up on greener grasses
 Cmaj7 (x32000@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D       GI (320003@1)am giving up

What if our baby comes home after nine?
What it your eyes close before mine?
What if you lose yourself sometimes? Then I'll be the one to find you
Safe in my heart

I am giving up on making passes and
I am giving up on half empty glasses and
I am giving up on greener grasses
I am giving up

I am giving up
I am giving up
I am giving up on greener grasses

I am giving up for you
I am giving up for you
I am giving up

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