Keep It Up Chords by Groundation

Tempo:
80.7 bpm
Chords used:

Fm

Dm

D

A

Eb

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Groundation - Keep It Up chords
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[Fm] [Fm]
[Dm] [D]
[Fm] [Eb] [Fm]
[Dm]
[Fm] You taught us true, you taught us right, you taught us black and then [Dm] said white.
What would we do if it weren't [Fm] for you?
You taught us this, you taught us that, you gave us rights, can't take [Dm] them back.
What would we do if it weren't [Fm] for you?
You're not expendable, don't you try to break us down.
[Dm] What would you do, what would it prove?
We're gonna win, we're [Fm] gonna lose, there's no escaping what's a battle.
[Dm] What would you do, what would it prove?
So if you're feeling [Fm] low, you're gonna go, you're gonna go, yeah, [Dm] right on down.
Now don't you take [Fm] it wrong, you're gonna fight and you'll return, right [Dm] on down.
Spinning, spinning so slow, [Fm] constant time will divide more than you put pressure on our backs every day.
[Dm] So when you take a star, looks like the value, the value is all.
[Fm] The price is lifted, the weight is shifted, everybody ready for the show.
[Dm] But when the game just start, look like them fumble them, fumble them, boy, [Fm] yeah.
This is your child's dream, there's no one straight, now be afraid.
[Dm] You are weak and poor, who's gonna pay the cost of your living?
[Fm] This is your child's dream, there's no one straight, now be afraid.
[Dm] You are weak and poor, who's gonna, oh, don't you take it [Fm] right.
You're still alive, yeah, and you'll turn, [Dm] right on down.
It will turn, it will turn, man prove [Fm] me wrong.
You will laugh, you will laugh, yeah, right [Dm] on down.
You're still alive, [G]
[D]
[Dm] [D]
[Fm]
[Dm] yeah, and you'll turn, right [Fm] on down.
[Dm] You're still [Fm] alive,
[Dm] yeah, and you'll turn, right on down.
[Fm] This is your child's dream, there's no one straight, now be [Dm] afraid.
You are weak and poor, no one's here to straighten your [Fm] day.
Your child's dream, there's no one straight, God, yeah.
[Dm] You are weak and poor, who's gonna pay, oh, don't you [Fm] take it right.
You're still alive, yeah, and you'll turn, right [Dm] on down.
Well, if you're proving [Fm] wrong, and you're right, yeah,
[Bb] you'll turn, right [Dm] on down.
You'll turn, it will turn, man [Fm] prove me right, yeah, right [Dm] on down.
[D]
[A] [A] [B]
Key:  
Fm
123111111
Dm
2311
D
1321
A
1231
Eb
12341116
Fm
123111111
Dm
2311
D
1321
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_ [Fm] _ _ _ _ _ [Fm] _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ [Fm] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Fm] _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Fm] You taught us true, you taught us right, you taught us black and then [Dm] said white.
What would we do if it weren't [Fm] for you?
You taught us this, you taught us that, you gave us rights, can't take [Dm] them back.
What would we do if it weren't [Fm] for you?
You're not expendable, don't you try to break us down.
[Dm] What would you do, what would it prove?
We're gonna win, we're [Fm] gonna lose, there's no escaping what's a battle. _
_ [Dm] What would you do, what would it prove?
So if you're feeling [Fm] low, you're gonna go, you're gonna go, yeah, [Dm] right on down.
_ _ Now don't you take [Fm] it wrong, _ you're gonna fight and you'll return, right [Dm] on down.
_ Spinning, spinning so slow, [Fm] constant time will divide more than you put pressure on our backs every day.
[Dm] So when you take a star, looks like the value, the value is all.
[Fm] The price is lifted, the weight is shifted, everybody ready for the show.
[Dm] But when the game just start, look like them fumble them, fumble them, boy, [Fm] yeah.
This is your child's dream, there's no one straight, now be afraid.
[Dm] You are weak and poor, who's gonna pay the cost of your living?
[Fm] This is your child's dream, there's no one straight, now be afraid.
[Dm] You are weak and poor, who's gonna, oh, don't you take it [Fm] _ _ right.
You're still alive, yeah, and you'll turn, [Dm] right on down.
It will turn, it will turn, man prove [Fm] me wrong.
You will laugh, you will laugh, yeah, right [Dm] on down.
You're still alive, _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ [Fm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ yeah, and you'll turn, right [Fm] _ _ _ on down. _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ You're still [Fm] alive, _ _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ yeah, and you'll _ turn, right on down.
[Fm] This is your child's dream, there's no one straight, now be [Dm] afraid.
You are weak and poor, no one's here to straighten your [Fm] day.
Your child's dream, there's no one straight, God, yeah.
[Dm] You are weak and poor, who's gonna pay, oh, don't you [Fm] take it right.
_ You're still alive, yeah, and you'll turn, right [Dm] on down.
_ _ Well, if you're proving [Fm] wrong, and you're right, yeah,
[Bb] you'll turn, right [Dm] on down.
You'll turn, it will turn, man _ [Fm] _ _ prove me right, yeah, right [Dm] on down. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ [A] _ _ [B] _ _

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The Building an Ark album includes this song.

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