Keepin' It To Myself chords by
Average White Band
Ben E. King

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Key: Bb major

Intro 1

Bsus4

Verse 1
E E 
 
Now
B B 
 
E E 
 
C#m C#m 
 
and again it occurs to me
E E 
 
I'm giving away much
D D 
 
more than I ought to be
E E 
 
B B 
 
E E 
 
Oh, yes I  am
B B 
 
And today I got a letter
E E 
 
Telling me things that I
C#m C#m 
 
D D 
 
better not   believe
A A 
 
E E 
 
But I don't know if I  can
G G 
 
But you're the last in a long
F#m F#m 
 
line of mistakes I've made
G G 
 
I'm tired of giving my heart
Bsus4 Bsus4 
 
and soul to a masquerade

Verse 2
So I'm gonna be
A A 
 
G# G# 
 
Keepin' it to  myself
C#m C#m 
 
E E 
 
A A 
 
G# G# 
 
C#m C#m 
 
E E 
 
Let it build up inside of me
A A 
 
G# G# 
 
Keepin' it to myself
C#m C#m 
 
E E 
 
G G 
 
Baby, I  tried

Verse 3
C C 
 
Bsus4 Bsus4 
 
A A 
 
Well it makes no difference
E E 
 
I always thought that it
C#m C#m 
 
was planned
E E 
 
When you get everything
C#m C#m 
 
D D 
 
a man   has to give
Bm Bm 
 
E E 
 
You now you got to return it
But every time I build my dreams
D D 
 
Find that love is not all what it seems to be
A A 
 
E E 
 
G G 
 
And I keep getting burned
But from now on I'm gonna quit
F#m F#m 
 
Before I commit myself
G G 
 
To any woman I meet
D D 
 
G G 
 
And I'll get by without love for a while
Bsus4 Bsus4 
 
And get      into something else

Verse 4
A A 
 
G# G# 
 
Keepin' it to  myself
C#m C#m 
 
E E 
 
A A 
 
G# G# 
 
C#m C#m 
 
E E 
 
A A 
 
G# G# 
 
C#m C#m 
 
E E 
 
G G 
 
D D 
 
G G 
 
F F 
 
Let it build
Bb Bb 
 
B B 
 
C#sus4 C#sus4 
 
B B 
 
Bb Bb 
 
D#m D#m 
 
F# F# 
 
B B 
 
Bb Bb 
 
D#m D#m 
 
F# F# 
 
on        up inside
B B 
 
Bb Bb 
 
Keepin' it  to myself
D#m D#m 
 
F# F# 
 
B B 
 
Bb Bb 
 
D#m D#m 
 
F# F# 
 
B B 
 
Bb Bb 
 
D#m D#m 
 
F# F# 
 
Baby, I tried

Outro 1

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