Keeping The Faith chords by Billy Joel (Official Version)
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Intro 1
(D major) (E minor/D) (D major)
(D major) (E minor/D) (D major)
(D major) (E minor/D) (D major)
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Verse 1
If it (D major) seems like I've been
lost (E minor/D) in (D major) let's remember (E minor/D) (D major)
If you think I'm feeling older and
missing (E minor/D) my (D major) younger days
(E minor/D) Oh, (D major) then you (G major) should have known me
much (G6) better
'Cause my (G major) past is something
that never (G6) got in my (D major) way (E minor/D) (D major)
Oh, no (E minor/D) (D major)
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Verse 2
Still I (D major) would not be here now (E minor/D)
if I (D major) never had the hunger (E minor/D) (D major)
And I'm not ashamed to say
the wild (E minor/D) boys (D major) were my friends
(E minor/D) Oh, (D major) 'cause I (G major) never felt the desire (G6)
To let (G major) music set me on (G6) fire
And then I was (D/A) saved, (G/B) yeah
That's why I'm keeping the faith (F sharp minor/A)
(G major) Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Interlude 1
Keeping the faith
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Verse 3
We wore (D major) matador boots
Only Flagg (E minor/D) Brothers (D major) had them
with the Cuban heel (E minor/D) (D major)
Iridescent socks with the same (E minor/D) color (D major) shirt
And a tight pair of chinos
(E minor/D) Oh, (D major) I (G major) put on my shark skin (G6) jacket
You know the (G major) kind with the velvet col (G6) lar
And ditty bop (D major) shades (E minor/D) (D major)
Oh, yeah (E minor/D) (D major)
Verse 4
I took a (D major) fresh pack of Luckies
And a mint (E minor/D) called (D major) Sen-Sen (E minor/D) (D major)
My old man's Trojans
and his Old (E minor/D) Spice (D major) after shave
(E minor/D) Oh, (D major) combed my (G major) hair
in a pompadour (G6)
Like the (G major) rest of the Romeos (G6) wore
A permanent (D/A) wave, (G/B) yeah
We were keeping the faith (F sharp minor/A)
(G major) Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Keeping the faith (D major) (D major)
Bridge 1
You can get (A major) just so much (G major) from a good (D/F#) thing
You can (A major) linger too long (G major) in your dreams (D/F#)
Say good (A major) bye to the old (G major) ies but good (D/F#) ies
'Cause the (E minor) good ole days weren't always good
And tomorrow (A major) ain't as bad as it seems
Verse 5
(D major) Learned stickball
as a formal (E minor/D) edu (D major) cation (E minor/D) (D major)
Lost a lot of fights
but it taught (E minor/D) me how to (D major) lose ok
(E minor/D) Oh, (D major) I (G major) heard about sex
but (G6) not enough
I (G major) found you could dance
and still (G6) look tough any (D major) way (E minor/D)
Oh, (D major) yes I did (E minor/D) (D major)
Verse 6
I (D major) found out a man
ain't just (E minor/D) being (D major) macho (E minor/D) (D major)
Ate an awful lot of late night
drive- (E minor/D) in (D major) food
Drank a lot of take (E minor/D) home (D major) pay
I (G major) thought I was the Duke of Earl (G6)
When I (G major) made it with a red haired (G6) girl
In the Chevrolet, (D/A) oh (G/B) yeah
We were keeping the faith (F sharp minor/A)
(G major) Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Interlude 2
Keeping the faith
(D major) (E minor/D) (D major)
(D major) (E minor/D) (D major)
(A major) (G major) (D/F#)
(A major) (G major) (D/F#)
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Bridge 2
You know the (E minor7) good ole days
weren't always good
And tomorrow (A9sus4) ain't as bad as it seems
Verse 7
I (D major) told you my reasons
for the whole (E minor/D) revi (D major) val (E minor/D) (D major)
Now I'm going outside
to have an ice (E minor/D) cold (D major) beer in the shade
(E minor/D) Oh, (D major) I'm going to (G major) listen
to my fourty- fives (G6)
Ain't it (G major) wonderful to be alive (G6)
when the rock n' roll (D/A) plays, (G/B) yeah
When the memory (F sharp minor/A) stays, (G major) yeah
I'm keeping the faith (D/A)
(G major) Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Outro 1
I'm keeping the faith
(D major) (E minor/D) (D major)
(E minor/D) I'm (D major) keeping the faith (E minor/D) (D major)
Yes I am
(E minor/D) You know I'm (D major) keeping the faith,
(E minor/D) oh (D major) yes I am
(E minor/D) You know I'm (D major) keeping the faith
(E minor/D) Oh, you (D major) know I am
(E minor/D) I'm (D major) keeping the faith,
(E minor/D) (D major) oh yeah (E minor/D) (D major)
[Fade out]
Keeping The Faith
Billy Joel
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