Keeping The Faith chords by 
Billy Joel 
Key: D major•
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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If it seems like I've been
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lost in let's remember
If you think I'm feeling older and
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missing my younger days
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Oh, then you should have known me
much better
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'Cause my past is something
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that never got in my way
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Oh, no
Verse 2
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Still I would not be here now
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if I never had the hunger
And I'm not ashamed to say
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the wild boys were my friends
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Oh, 'cause I never felt the desire
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To let music set me on fire
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And then I was saved, yeah
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That's why I'm keeping the faith
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Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Interlude 1
Keeping the faith
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Verse 3
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We wore matador boots
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Only Flagg Brothers had them
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with the Cuban heel
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Iridescent socks with the same color shirt
And a tight pair of chinos
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Oh, I put on my shark skin jacket
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You know the kind with the velvet col lar
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And ditty bop shades
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Oh, yeah
Verse 4
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I took a fresh pack of Luckies
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And a mint called Sen-Sen
My old man's Trojans
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and his Old Spice after shave
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Oh, combed my hair
in a pompa dour
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Like the rest of the Romeos wore
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A permanent wave, yeah
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We were keeping the faith
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Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
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Keeping the faith
Bridge 1
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You can get just so much from a good thing
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You can linger too long in your dreams
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Say good bye to the old ies but good ies
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'Cause the good ole days weren't always good
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And tomorrow ain't as bad as it seems
Verse 5
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Learned stickball
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as a formal edu cation
Lost a lot of fights
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but it taught me how to lose ok
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Oh, I heard about sex
but not enough
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I found you could dance
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and still look tough any way
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Oh, yes I did
Verse 6
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I found out a man
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ain't just being macho
Ate an awful lot of late night
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drive- in food
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Drank a lot of take home pay
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I thought I was the Duke of Earl
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When I made it with a red haired girl
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In the Chevro let, oh yeah
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We were keeping the faith
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Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Interlude 2
Keeping the faith
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Bridge 2
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You know the good ole days
weren't always good
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And tomorrow ain't as bad as it seems
Verse 7
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I told you my reasons
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for the whole revi val
Now I'm going outside
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to have an ice cold beer in the shade
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Oh, I'm going to listen
to my fourty- fives
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Ain't it wonderful to be alive
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when the rock n' roll plays, yeah
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When the memory stays, yeah
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I'm keeping the faith
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Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Outro 1
I'm keeping the faith
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I'm keeping the faith
Yes I am
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You know I'm keeping the faith,
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oh yes I am
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You know I'm keeping the faith
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Oh, you know I am
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I'm keeping the faith,
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oh yeah
[Fade out]
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