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Keeping The Faith chords by
Billy Joel
Billy Joel

1983Pop
Intro 1
C
Dm
C

C
Dm
C

C
Dm
C

C
Dm
C

Verse 1
C

If it seems like I've been
Dm
C
Dm
C

lost in let's remember

If you think I'm feeling older and
Dm
C

missing my younger days
Dm
C
F

Oh, then you should have known me

much better
F

'Cause my past is something
C
Dm
C

that never got in my way
Dm
C

Oh, no
Verse 2
C
Dm

Still I would not be here now
C
Dm
C

if I never had the hunger

And I'm not ashamed to say
Dm
C

the wild boys were my friends
Dm
C
F

Oh, 'cause I never felt the desire
F

To let music set me on fire
C
F

And then I was saved, yeah
Em

That's why I'm keeping the faith
F

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Interlude 1

Keeping the faith
C
Dm
C

C
Dm
C

Verse 3
C

We wore matador boots
Dm
C

Only Flagg Brothers had them
Dm
C

with the Cuban heel
Dm
C

Iridescent socks with the same color shirt

And a tight pair of chinos
Dm
C
F

Oh, I put on my shark skin jacket
F

You know the kind with the velvet collar
C
Dm
C

And ditty bop shades
Dm
C

Oh, yeah
Verse 4
C

I took a fresh pack of Luckies
Dm
C
Dm
C

And a mint called Sen-Sen

My old man's Trojans
Dm
C

and his Old Spice after shave
Dm
C
F

Oh, combed my hair

in a pompadour
F

Like the rest of the Romeos wore
C
F

A permanent wave, yeah
Em

We were keeping the faith
F

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
C
C

Keeping the faith
Bridge 1
G
F
C

You can get just so much from a good thing
G
F
C

You can linger too long in your dreams
G
F
C

Say goodbye to the oldies but goodies
Dm

'Cause the good ole days weren't always good
G

And tomorrow ain't as bad as it seems
Verse 5
C

Learned stickball
Dm
C
Dm
C

as a formal education

Lost a lot of fights
Dm
C

but it taught me how to lose ok
Dm
C
F

Oh, I heard about sex

but not enough
F

I found you could dance
C
Dm

and still look tough anyway
C
Dm
C

Oh, yes I did
Verse 6
C

I found out a man
Dm
C
Dm
C

ain't just being macho

Ate an awful lot of late night
Dm
C

drive- in food
Dm
C

Drank a lot of take home pay
F

I thought I was the Duke of Earl
F

When I made it with a red haired girl
C
F

In the Chevrolet, oh yeah
Em

We were keeping the faith
F

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Interlude 2

Keeping the faith
C
Dm
C

C
Dm
C

G
F
C

G
F
C

G
F
C

Bridge 2
Dm

You know the good ole days

weren't always good
G

And tomorrow ain't as bad as it seems
Verse 7
C

I told you my reasons
Dm
C
Dm
C

for the whole revival

Now I'm going outside
Dm
C

to have an ice cold beer in the shade
Dm
C
F

Oh, I'm going to listen

to my fourty- fives
F

Ain't it wonderful to be alive
C
F

when the rock n' roll plays, yeah
Em
F

When the memory stays, yeah
C

I'm keeping the faith
F

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Outro 1

I'm keeping the faith
C
Dm
C

Dm
C
Dm
C

I'm keeping the faith

Yes I am
Dm
C

You know I'm keeping the faith,
Dm
C

oh yes I am
Dm
C

You know I'm keeping the faith
Dm
C

Oh, you know I am
Dm
C

I'm keeping the faith,
Dm
C
Dm
C

oh yeah
[Fade out]

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