The Kinks - Nobody Gives: Guitar Chords
Learn to play "Nobody Gives" on your guitar with our chord guide. This page provides everything you need to perform this song on the guitar, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.
For easier playing, use our Simplify Chords feature to remove difficult chords like barre.
C G D I can't understand why everybody's quarreling, C G D Nobody gives in case they lose face, C G D D7 And everybody's guilty and everybody's innocent, D F G Am And the fact of it is nobody gives any more. Am It's the same throughout all history, Nobody gives unless they receive, And nobody trusts or is willing to believe C G D And nobody gives or is willing to concede. Back in nineteen hundred and twenty-five There were thousands of people struggling to survive There was hunger, unemployment and poverty, Then in 1926 they decided to be free F So they all went on strike and C G D The workers told the unions, who blamed it Am on the government, C G D The politicians blamed it on the strikers and Am the militants, C G D D7 Everybody's guilty and everybody's innocent, D F G Am But the fact of it is nobody gives any more. Back in nineteen hundred and thirty-nine There were scores of German military waiting in a line, And the Fatherland wanted what the world wouldn't give, And then Hitler decided he could take what was his, So they all went to war and said Kill all the left-wing intellectuals, Annihilate the Jews and wipe out their race, Eliminate the weak because they're ineffectual, And the fact of it is nobody gives any more. I'm only sitting here watching it all go on And listening to both sides Yeah, why can't we talk it out Why can't we sort it out We'll work it out if we try Why can't we sit down and work out a compromise Why not negotiate and try to be civilised? I'll tell you why, because nobody gives a damn. Nobody listens and no one will understand. Yet I'm wondering, sitting here wondering, And listening to both sides. Why can't we work it out? Why can't we sort it out? We'll work it out if we try. Why can't we sit down and work out a compromise, Why not negotiate and try to be civilised? I'll tell you why, because nobody gives a damn. Nobody listens and no one will understand. Yet, I'm wondering, sitting here wondering, Listening to both sides. Nobody gives, nobody gives, nobody gives. The workers told the unions who blamed it on the government, The politicians blamed it on the strikers and the militants, Everybody's guilty and everybody's innocent. Nobody gives. Nobody gives a damn any more. The politicians, unions, workers and the militants, The fact of it is nobody gives any more. You can simplify chords by removing barre | TransposeReset Font SizeReset Guitar Chord DiagramsAm  C  D  D7  F  G  Here you can see detailed diagrams for each guitar chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably. |
If you are also interested in learning how to play "Nobody Gives" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "Nobody Gives" by The Kinks.