The 1975 - Give Yourself A Try


If you prefer you can stick a capo on 4th fret and play G, Bm, C, Em, D throughout in place of 
B, D#m, E, G#m, F# respectively.

Note, however, that the riff is to be played without a capo.

[Intro] Plays throughout the song


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D|------------
A|------------
E|------------

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[Verse 1]
             
You learn a co

              
uple things wh

           
en you get to 

  
my age
             
Like friends d

              
on't lie and i

           
t all tastes t

              
he same in the

 
 dark
             
When your viny

              
l and your cof

           
fee collection

              
 is a sign of 

    
the times
              
You're getting

             
 spirituality 

           
enlightened at

 
 29


[Chorus]
             
So just give y

        
ourself a try
             
Won't you give

         
 yourself a tr

y?
             
Won't you give

         
 yourself a tr

y?
           
Won't you give

        
?


[Verse 2]
             
I found a grey

           
 hair in one o

     
f my Zoots
             
Like context i

             
n a modern deb

#            
ate I just too

     
k it out
             
The only appar

           
atus required 

              
for happiness 

        
is your pain a

nd fucking goi

ng outside
             
And getting ST

           
D's at 27 real

             
ly isn't the v

ibe
             
Jane took her 

         
own life at 16

,
             
She was a kid 

            
who had the bo

             
x tattooed on 

     
her arm
          
And I was 25 a

      
nd afraid to g

o outside
             
A millenial th

           
at baby-boomer

  
s like


[Chorus]
             
So just give y

        
ourself a try
             
Won't you give

         
 yourself a tr

y?
             
Won't you give

         
 yourself a tr

y?
           
Won't you give

         
?


[Interlude]

       
       


[Bridge]
             
'And what woul

              
d you say to y

             
our younger se

lf?'
           
Growing a bear

d's quite hard
              
And whiskey ne

              
ver starts to 

       
taste nice
             
And you'll mak

              
e a lot of mon

              
ey, and it's f

unny
              
'Cause you'll 

              
move somewhere

              
 sunny and get

              
 addicted to d


rugs
             
And spend obsc

              
ene amounts on

              
 fucking seeds

             
 and beans onl

ine


[Chorus]
             
So just give y

        
ourself a try
             
Won't you give

         
 yourself a tr

y?
             
Won't you give

         
 yourself a tr

y?
           
Won't you give

          
?


[Outro]