Can't Give It Up chords by Survivor

• Difficulty: Intermediate

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

🎸 Intro:

| G  | G  | G  | G  | G  | G  |



🎸 Verse 1:
G
 Growin' up he was tagged a rebel
F                  C              G   F   C  C5   G   F   C  C5
 She was the smoke, he was the fire
G
 They had the time of their lives together
F             C              G   F   C  C5   G   F   C  C5
 Turning it up higher and higher
G#                           D#
 Now people talk about the two of them
        G#            D#
And just shake their heads
                  F            D#                F
It's all just a cryin' shame, he's got a heart she'll never tame

🎸 Chorus:
    G#
He can't give it up
                          G#   A#   G#   A#
Never give his heart away
 G#
Can't give it up
                         G#   A#   G#   A#
Never gonna give it away
 A#
Gets it in the night
                               A#   C   A#   C   G#
Hides it from the light of day
 D#                    G#   A#   G#   A#   G#   A#
He's too wild to tame


🎸 Verse 2:
G
 He got hooked on the spotlight
F                 C                 G   F   C  C5   G   F   C  C5
 Fortune and fame, one-night stands
G
 Under the spell of the hot lights
F             C                        G   F   C  C5   G   F   C  C5
 He had it all in the palm of his hand
G#                         D#              G#              D#
 Now she's waitin' in the wings and feelin' alone in the crowd
                      F
Their love is just a distant fire
 D#                 F
He's too wild and she's too proud


🎸 Chorus:
    G#
He can't give it up
                          G#   A#   G#   A#
Never give his heart away
 G#
Can't give it up
                         G#   A#   G#   A#
Never gonna give it away
 A#
Gets it in the night
                               A#   C   A#   C   G#
Hides it from the light of day
 D#
He's too wild to tame


🎸 Solo:
| A#   C   A#   C  | A#  | 2x

| F   G   F   G  | G  | 2x


🎸 Verse 1:
G
 Growin' up he was tagged a rebel
F                 C               G   F   C  C5   G   F   C  C5
 He was the smoke, she was the fire
G
 They had the time of their lives together
F             C              G   F   C  C5
 Turning it up higher and higher
G#                           D#
 Now people talk about the two of them
        G#            D#
And just shake their heads
                  F            D#                F
It's all just a cryin' shame, he's got a heart she'll never tame


🎸 Chorus:
    G#
He can't give it up
                          G#   A#   G#   A#
Never give his heart away
 G#
Can't give it up
                         G#   A#   G#   A#
Never gonna give it away
 G#
Gets it in the night
                               G#   A#   G#   A#
Hides it from the light of day
 G#
Can't give it up
                      G#   A#   G#   A#
He's too wild to tame


Ending:
| G#  | G#   A#   G#   A#  | 4x