Keeping The Faith original guitar chords by
Billy Joel

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Key: D major

Intro 1

Em/D

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
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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

Em/D

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
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in a pompadour
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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 goodbye to the oldies 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 education
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
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but not enough
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I found you could dance
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and still look tough anyway
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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 Chevrolet,  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

Em7

You know the good ole days

weren't always good

A9sus4

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  revival
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
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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
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