Give A Little Bit - Supertramp

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Song: Give a little bit
Artist: Supertramp
Composers: Rick Davies and Roger Hodgson
Album: Even in the quietest moments
Tabbed by: DJ  26th Dec 2018

To hear the original album track,
copy and paste this link into your browser:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dJ30dREjaE&t=36s

VERY IMPORTANT NOTES:
Please take note that there are two different voicings each for the 
A7 and D chords, and three variations of the G/D chord,
the appropriate one to use is identified with astericks.

FINE TUNING: It's likely the tapes were sped up fractionally at the
final mixing stage, making the original album track quite sharp,
so to closer match this pitch use a chromatic tuner and tune all
the strings up by +25 cents above standard pitch,
otherwise your guitar will sound a little flat in comparison.

Alternatively, use a live version that is in standard pitch.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQcW716nwFQ
Roger has a capo on the 1st fret, but is clearly already tuned
down a half-step, so his capo is just there to bring it back up
to standard pitch again, a very common practise when using older 
12 string guitars to take a bit of pressure off of the neck.

An acoustic version in standard pitch:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdTrqV6dt3o

IMPORTANT NOTE:
Please IGNORE ANY CHORD BOX DIAGRAMS the website displays, they 
are not my personal choices. They are generated automatically
from the site's generic database and often do not show the best
options for a particular chord progression.
Please use the voicings suggested in the text column numbers

[Verses 1, 2 and 3]      [Links] 
 = x02020             ()  = 2xxxxx           = 022100
  = xx0232                   = 320003     = x04030
  = 320003                  = x24432          = x02020
              
(This F#m in b

           
rackets is int

 =    
ended to be a 

      = 
passing bass n


ote only)

[Bridge]
 = 244222        = x02220     = x04030
  = x24432    = x32030    *     = x05050
   = 320003       = x02020         = x07070

[Verse 4]
    = xx0232             = xx0010    ** = xx0003
  = xx0787         = xx0013     = xx0233
  = xx0655     = xx0012     = xx0230
* = xx0433

[Coda]
 = x32030    = x02030      = xx0787
 = 020030       = x20003      = xx0655
     = x02220        = x02020    * = xx0433
                       = xx0232    *   = x-x-0-14-15-14

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and select a star rating for my tab, it would be much appreciated.
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[Intro]
      
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     ^ ^
           
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/ | /_/ / / /_

           
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[Verse 1]
             
    Give a lit

          
tle bit,
              
Give a little 

           
bit of your lo

           
ve to me,
            
     I'll give

                
 a little bit,
              
I'll give a li

             
ttle bit of my

              
 love to you


[Link]
           
      There's 

              
so much that w

     
e need to shar

e,
(        
 So   send a s

         
mile and show 

/     
you care!     

/        
       (Al - r


ight!)


[Verse 2]
             
    I gave a l

             
ittle bit,
              
I gave a littl

           
e bit of my li

               
fe for you,
            
      So give 

              
a little bit, 

 
    
              
Oh, give a lit

             
tle bit of you

             
r time to me


[Link]
           
       See the

              
 man with the 

      (
lonely eyes, o

#  
h,  take his h

and,
       
You'll be sur 

         
- prised!     

   
           Oh,

 take it!


[Bridge -Sax break]
           
|  /  /  /  / 

            
 |  /  /  /  /

           
  |  Oh, yes! 

  
       Come al

ong!

           
|  /  /  /  / 

    
 |  Yeah - yea

h, yeah - yeah

!

         
Yeah - yeah, y

              
eah - yeah!   


Yeah - yeah...
        
...Yeah-------

        
----!  (Ah---,

 
 ah!)
      
(Ah---, ah---,

       
   ah---,  ah!

           
      Ah---, a

     
h---,   ah---,

 
 ah!)
 

[Verse 3]
             
   Give a litt

         
le bit,
              
Oh, give a lit

             
tle bit of you

              
r love to me,
            
       I'll gi

              
ve a little bi

     
t,
              
I'll give a li

             
ttle bit of my

              
 life for you


[Link]
           
       Now's t

              
he time that w

        
e need to shar

   ( 
e,  so   find 

yourself,
        
We're on our w

            
ay back home, 

    
              

     
  oh-----!
          
Going home,   

   
             d

on't you need.

..
           
Don't you need

            
 to feel at ho

       
me?           

       
      Oh, yeah

...


[Verse 4]
             
We gotta sing,

                   
      ...hoo!
             
Oo, you gotta 

           
get a feeling!

  
              

    
             O

/   
o    - oo!
             
Yeah, come alo

           
ng  too,      

          
   hoo!
              
You come along

                      
 too, yeah!
             
Come on, come 

              
on!  Come alon

                         
g, come along!


[Verse 5]
             
Chacka- boom, 

                      
chacka - boom!
             
Oo, yeah, come

                       
 along too,
             
Yeah, come alo

        
ng too, ...yea

            
h!
           
Sing, banga lo

      
o---oo------  

   
 oo---------  

      
 oo---  oo----

  
--oo!
           
Oo----oo----oo

      
------------  

   
 oo---------- 

      
 oo-----------

  
- oo-oo-oo!


[Coda]
           
Come along do,

            
   for a long 

         
ride,   come a

         
 long way,
             
Oh, sing it to

          
 - night!     

       
              

      
  Oo,  yeah!

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[Verse 4 - Rif
           
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B |--3------8-
G |--2------7-
D |--0------0-
A |-----------
E |-----------

fs]           
          
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7-7----|---6-6
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