Chords for Billy Joel - Keeping the Faith (Audio)

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
It seems like I've been lost in let's remember. _
[B] _ [D] You think I'm feeling all around missing my younger [D] days.
Oh, [G] you should have known me much better.
My past is something that never got in [D] my way.
_ Oh no. _
_ Scared I would not be here now if I never had the hunger.
_ And I'm [A] not ashamed to say the wild boys were [D] my friends.
Oh, [G] because I never felt the desire
to let music set me on fire.
And I was _ [A] _ [G] saved.
Yeah. _
That's why I'm keeping [A] the faith.
_ _ Yeah, yeah, [D] yeah, yeah, keeping faith.
[Em] _ _ [D] _ _
_ Along Matador, Stony Flag Brothers [D] had a move to Cuban heel.
_ Iridescent socks with the same color shirt
and a tight pair of [A] chinos.
[G] Oh, I put on my shark skin jacket.
You know the kind with the velvet collar [D] and bitty buff shades.
Oh, yeah.
_ A fresh pack of lookies and a mint car sense. _
[D] _ My old man's Trojans and his old spice [G] lab t-shirts.
Oh, comb my hair in a pompadour like the rest of the Romeo's
walk, a [D] permanent wave.
_ _ [G] Yeah.
We were [A] keeping the _ faith.
[G] Yeah, yeah, [D] yeah, yeah, keeping faith. _ _ _ _
You [A] can get just so much from [D] the good things.
[Bm] You [A] can linger too long in [D] your dreams.
[E] Say [A] goodbye to the oldies, [C#] but goodies.
[E] _ [Em] It's the good old days weren't always [A] good.
And tomorrow ain't as bad as it seems.
[D] Learned stickball as a formal education. _
_ _ Lost a lot of fights, but it taught me how to lose.
OK. _
Oh, [G] I heard about sex, but not enough.
Found you could dance and still look [D] tough anyway.
_ Oh, yes, I did.
_ I found that a man ain't just being macho.
_ Ate an awful lot of late night driving food.
Drank a lot of take home pay.
[G] I thought I was the Duke of Burke when I made it with a redhead
girl in the [D] Chevrolet.
_ [G] Oh, yeah.
We [A] were keeping the _ _ [G] faith.
Yeah, [G#m] yeah, yeah, [D] yeah, keeping faith.
_ _ [D] _ _
_ [A] Oh, oh, _ [G] _ _ [D]
oh, oh, [A] oh, oh, oh, oh, [G] _ _ [D] _
_ [A] oh, oh, oh, oh, _ _ [D] _ _
[F#] oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.
[Em] You know the good old days weren't [A] always good.
Tomorrow ain't as bad as it [D] seems.
Holding my reasons for the whole revival. _
_ _ I'm going outside to have a nice cold beer in the shade.
Oh, [G] I'm going to listen to my 45s.
Ain't it wonderful to be alive when the [D] rock and roll _ _ [G] plays?
Yeah.
When the [A] memory stays.
_ [G] Yeah.
I'm [A] keeping the faith.
_ _ [G] Yeah, yeah, [F#] yeah, [D] yeah, yeah, yeah. Keeping faith. _ _ _ _
I'm keeping the faith.
_ Yes, I am.
You know I'm keeping the faith.
Oh, yes, I am.
[G] You know I'm keeping [D] the faith.
Oh, yeah, I'm _ keeping the faith.
_ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _