Give A Little Bit Cifras

Give A Little Bit       Supertramp
 
There are two chord progressions (A7 and D) at the heart of this song,
The A7 chord progression, denoted as A7 (prog), is:
A7 Bm7/A  A7 Bm7/A
(2p)     (5p)     (2p)
A7(2p)= X02020                           D=    XX0232
Bm7/A = X04030;                          G/D=  XX0787
A7(5p)= X05050.                          A/D=  XX09-10-9
 (2p = no.1 finger 2nd fret)
 
The D chord progression, is denoted as D(prog), is:
D   G/D  A/D G/D D
 
[Intro]
A7 D A7 D  D A  G A  G D
A7 D A7 D  D A  G A  G D
 
 
[Verse 1]
D                  A7 D                          A7        G A7 G
 Give a little bit,    give a little bit of your love to me
D                      A7  D                              A7         G A7 G
 I'll give a little bit,     I'll give a little bit of my love to you 
Bm                        Esus4   E
  There's so much that we need to share
                            (2p)       (5p)
   G                Bm7/A    A7 Bm7/A   A7
So send a smile and show you care
 
[Verse 2]
D                      A7 D                          G  A7           G A7 G
 I'll give a little bit,   I'll give a little bit of my life for you.
D                      A7 D                     G    A7         G A7 G
 So give a little bit,     give a little bit of your time to me.
Bm                     Esus4  E
  See the man with the lonely eyes,
                               (2p)       (5p)
    G                     Bm7/A A7 Bm7/A   A7
Oh, Take his hand, you'll be surprised         Ooh take it…
 
 
[Bridge]
F#m  Bm  F#m  Bm  F#m             G              C  G  3x A7(prog)
 
               Ooh come alive     yeah yeah yeah........
 
[Verse 3]
D                  A7 D                          A7        G A7 G
 Give a little bit,    give a little bit of your love to me
D                  A7 D                             A7         G A7 G
 Give a little bit,    I'll give a little bit of my life to you
Bm                       Esus4   E
  Now's the time that we need to share
 
    G                   C      G        A (prog)
So find yourself, we're on our way back home 
 
      A7 (prog)                                          A7 (prog)
Goin’ home,    Don’t you need, don’t you need to feel at home?  Oh yeah
 
         D (prog)       D           Cadd9   G                 D (prog)
We gotta sing   Oh, you gotta get a feelin’ Ooooohhh Come along too
 
D              Cadd9           G                 D            D (prog)
You come along too yeah,         Come a, come a, come a, come along
                                                    prog
        Cadd9                   G        D           D
Take it too yeah,                Ooooohhh Come along too.
               Cadd9          G      D
You come along too yeah,          
            Cadd9     G   D        Cadd9     G   D
Say, take a look ______________________________________
           Cadd9                 G/B
Come along too        Come along right
                                prog
            Am  G       A7        D
Come a long way,        Sing it tonight.
 
Please note I have denoted the A7 and D7 progressions as A7(prog) D7(prog)in order
to summarize the notation and simplify the reading. A  string of 'A7 Bm7/A  A7 Bm7/A
A7 Bm7/A  A7 Bm7/A A7 Bm7/A  A7 Bm7/A (which is what it is) only makes it more confusing.
 
The distinctive strumming on the first beats of signature bars (e.g. A7 D) is up on &3,
 down on 4, up on &2, down on 2 (in 4/4). It then reverts to down on the 1 and
2 beats. There is some variation, but not on the signature bars (intro, verse etc.).
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