The Jam – The Gift (Guitar)

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by The Jam intro: A, D
A       D                  A        D
Move - Moove -  I've got the gift of life

A         D          A             D
Can't you see in the twinkle of my eyes

A         D          A           D
I can't stand up and I can't sit down

A            D        A            D
I gotta keep movin', I gotta keep movin'

Fm                      E
All the time that gets wasted hating

Fm                                        E
Why don't you move together and make your heart feel better

A        D                A            D
Groove - Groove  - to the beat of this drum

A           D            A             D
Feel it the wind and the warmth of the sun

A         D        A           D
Don't sit down and don't stand up

A       D        A       D
Keep on movin' - Keep on movin'

Fm                       E
Think of your future and make it grow

Fm                                         E
Why don't you move together and make your heart feel better
A, D x 4
Fm                        E
Take a pinch of white and pinch of black

Fm                             E
Mix it together and make your heart feel better
(ad lib shouting) A, D to palm mute
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Fm                         E
Take a pinch of white and pinch of black

Fm                                      E
Tell you to move together and make your heart feel better

A      D                 A       D
Move - Move - we got the gift of life

A       D                  A            D
Go and shout it from your roof mountain top

A              D        A            D
Give it to me once and give it to me twice

A             D         A            D
We gotta keep movin' - we gotta keep movin'

A,D
Ow!!!

A                   D      A             D
Take a man from the east, a man from the west

A        D                A         D
Put 'em together, Can you tell the difference?!!