# Don't Give Up – Peter Gabriel: piano chords

Don't Give Up by Peter Gabriel uses 6 chords in C major; difficulty on the piano: easy.

## Chords in the song

[Am](https://pianokitty.com/c/Am), [C](https://pianokitty.com/c/Cmaj), [G](https://pianokitty.com/c/Gmaj), [Dm](https://pianokitty.com/c/Dm), [C/E](https://pianokitty.com/c/Cmaj), [F](https://pianokitty.com/c/Fmaj)

## Chord sheet

- Verse 1: Am C G Am C G Am
- Chorus 1: Dm C/E F Dm C/E F Am Dm C/E Am G
- Verse 2: Am C G Am C G Am
- Chorus 2: Dm C/E F Dm C/E F Am Dm C/E Am G
- Bridge 1: C C G C C G C C F C G C C G C F C C G C G
- Verse 3: Am C G Am
- Chorus 3: Dm C/E F Dm C/E F Dm C/E F Am Dm C/E F Dm C/E F Dm C/E F Am Dm C/E Am G C
- Outro 1: Dm

## Questions

### Which chords does Don't Give Up by Peter Gabriel use?

Different chords: 6. They are all in the list under “Chords in the song”.

### What key is Don't Give Up by Peter Gabriel in?

The chords fit C major. This is estimated from the chords, so the recording may be in another key.

### How hard is Don't Give Up to play on the piano?

Difficulty: easy. The rating counts the different chords (6), 7th and extended chords, and chords with another bass note.

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Chord data: [Chordonomicon](https://huggingface.co/datasets/ailsntua/Chordonomicon), [CC BY-NC 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/). Chords are transcriptions and can differ from the recording.

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