Supertramp - Give a Little Bit

      Give A Little Bit       Supertramp

There are two chord progressions (A7 and D) at the heart of this song,
The A7 chord progression, denoted as A7 (prog), is:
A7 Bm7/A  A7 Bm7/A
(2p)     (5p)     (2p)
A7(2p)= X02020                           D=    XX0232
Bm7/A = X04030;                          G/D=  XX0787
A7(5p)= X05050.                          A/D=  XX09-10-9
 (2p = no.1 finger 2nd fret)

The D chord progression, is denoted as D(prog), is:
D   G/D  A/D G/D D

[Intro]
A7 D A7 D  D A  G A  G D
A7 D A7 D  D A  G A  G D

[Chorus]
D                  A7 D                     G    A7        G A7 G
 Give a little bit,    give a little bit of your love to me
D                      A7  D                           G  A7         G A7 G
 I'll give a little bit,     I'll give a little bit of my love to you

[Verse 1]
Bm                        Esus4   E
  There's so much that we need to share
                            (2p)       (5p)
   G                Bm7/A    A7 Bm7/A   A7
So send a smile and show you care

[Chorus]
D                      A7 D                          G  A7           G A7 G
 I'll give a little bit,   I'll give a little bit of my life for you.
D                      A7 D                          A7         G A7 G
 So give a little bit,     give a little bit of your time to me.

[Verse 2]
Bm                     Esus4  E
  See the man with the lonely eyes,
                               (2p)       (5p)
    G                     Bm7/A A7 Bm7/A   A7
Oh, Take his hand, you'll be surprised         Ooh take it…


[Bridge]
F#m  Bm  F#m  Bm  F#m             G              C  G  3x A7(prog)

               Ooh come alive     yeah yeah yeah........

[Chorus]
D                  A7 D                     G    A7        G A7 G
 Give a little bit,    give a little bit of your love to me
D                  A7 D                          G  A7         G A7 G
 Give a little bit,    I'll give a little bit of my life to you

[Verse 3]
Bm                       Esus4   E
  Now's the time that we need to share
    G                   C      G        A (prog)
So find yourself, we're on our way back home

      A7 (prog)                                          A7 (prog)
Goin’ home,    Don’t you need, don’t you need to feel at home?  Oh yeah

         D (prog)       D           Cadd9   G                 D (prog)
We gotta sing   Oh, you gotta get a feelin’ Ooooohhh Come along too

D              Cadd9           G                 D            D (prog)
You come along too yeah,         Come a, come a, come a, come along
                                                    prog
        Cadd9                   G                    D
Take it too yeah,                Ooooohhh Come along too.
               Cadd9          G      D
You come along too yeah,
            Cadd9     G   D        Cadd9     G   D
Say, take a look ______________________________________
           Cadd9                 G/B
Come along too        Come along right
                                prog
            Am  G       A7        D
Come a long way,        Sing it tonight.

Please note I have denoted the A7 and D7 progressions as A7(prog) D7(prog)in order 
to summarize the notation and simplify the reading. A  string of 'A7 Bm7/A  A7 Bm7/A
A7 Bm7/A  A7 Bm7/A A7 Bm7/A  A7 Bm7/A (which is what it is) only makes it more confusing.

The distinctive strumming on the first beats of signature bars (e.g. A7 D) is up on &3,
 down on 4, up on &2, down on 2 (in 4/4). It then reverts to down on the 1 and 
2 beats. There is some variation, but not on the signature bars (intro, verse etc.).