[Strophe]
   Am 
In this proud land we grew up strong 
        C 
We were wanted all along 
      G 
I was taught to fight, taught to win 
        Am 
I never thought I could fail
[Strophe]
Am 
No fight left or so it seems 
                 C 
I am a man whose dreams have all deserted 
                G 
I've changed my face, I've changed my name 
           Am 
But no one wants you when you lose
[Refrain]
F        Cmaj7             F9 
   Don't give up - 'cos you have friends 
F        C                    F9 
   Don't give up - you're not beaten yet 
F       C/E          F            G 
   Don't give up - I know you can make it good
[Strophe]
Am 
Though I saw it all around 
                   C 
Never thought that I could be affected 
               G 
Thought that we'd be last to go 
         Am 
It is so strange the way things turn
[Strophe]
Am 
Drove the night toward my home 
                     C 
The place that I was born, on the lakeside 
            G 
As daylight broke, I saw the earth 
              Am 
The trees had burned down to the ground
[Refrain]
F9        C              F9 
    Don't give up - you still have us 
F         C/E                 F9 
    Don't give up - we don't need much of anything 
F         C /E             F                   G                 C 
    Don't give up - 'cos somewhere there's a place where we belong
[Pont]
          G     G4 G 
Rest your head 
              C    F C 
You worry too much 
                   G     G4 G 
It's going to be alright 
     C         C7                  F        C 
When times get rough, you can fall back on us,  
           C    G           C           F C 
Don't give up,    please don't give up  
        C                       G 
Got to walk out of here, I can't take anymore 
      C             C7              F 
Gonna stand on that bridge, keep my eyes down below 
    C                     G 
Whatever may come and whatever may go, 
          C           G            C 
That river's flowing,    that river's flowing
[Strophe]
Am 
Moved on to another town 
      C 
Tried hard to settle down 
      G 
For every job, so many men 
        Am 
So many men no-one needs
[Refrain]
F9       C              Am 
   Don't give up - 'cos you have friends 
F        C                     Am 
   Don't give up - you're not the only one 
F        C             F9 
   Don't give up - no reason to be ashamed 
F        C             F9 
   Don't give up - you still have us 
F        C                    F9 
   Don't give up now - we're proud of who you are 
F        C                       F9 
   Don't give up - you know it's never been easy 
F        C                  F            G 
   Don't give up - 'cos I believe there's a place 
                           C 
There's a place where we belong
[Outro]
(Cm bass riff)  
 
C     D    Am  C      D   Am 
Don't give up, don't give up ...