How Can I Keep From Singing chords by Judy Collins

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Verse 1

My life flows on in endless song

Above earth's lamentation

I hear the real though far off hymn

That hails the new creation

Verse 2

Above the tumult and the strife

I hear the music ringing

It sounds an echo in my soul

How can I keep from singing?

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Verse 3

What though the tempest loudly roars

I hear the truth it liveth

What though the darkness

round me flows

Songs in the night it giveth

Verse 4
A 
D 
No storm can shake  (A major) my in (D major) most heart
While to that rock I'm clinging
C# 
A 
D 
G 
 (C sharp major) Since  (A major) love is  (D major) lord of  (G major) heaven and earth
D 
A 
D 
How can  (D major) I keep  (A major) from singing?  (D major) 
G 
Bm 
When  (G major) tyrants  (B minor) tremble sick with

Verse 5
G 
 (G major) 
fear
A 
And hear their death knell  (A major) ringing
Bm 
When friends re (B minor) joice
G 
Em 
 (G major) both far and  (E minor) near
D 
G 
A 
D 
 (D major) How can  (G major) I keep  (A major) from singing?  (D major) 
A 
In pris (A major) on cell

Verse 6
G 
 (G major) and dungeon vile
Bbm 
A 
G 
 (B flat minor) Our thought (A major) s to  (G major) them
Fm 
are winging  (F minor) 
A 
F# 
 (A major) When friends by shame  (F sharp major) are undefiled
A 
D 
 (A major) How can  (D major) I keep from singing?
G 
My life flows on  (G major) in endless

Verse 7

song

Above earth's lamentation

I hear the real though far off hills

That hails the new creation

Verse 8
D 
A 
D 
 (D major) Above the tu (A major) mul (D major) t  and the strife
I hear the music ringing
G 
It sounds an echo  (G major) in my soul
D 
How  (D major) can I keep from singing?
Bb 
G 
D 
 (B flat major)  (G major)  (D major) 