Keeping the Faith Chords by Billy Joel

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It seems like I've been lost in let's remember.
_ You think I'm feeling older and missing my younger days.
Oh, [G] then you should have known me much better.
If my past is something that never got in my way.
Oh no.
_ Scared I would not be here now if I never had the hunger.
_ And I'm not ashamed to say the Wild Boys were my friends.
Oh, cause I never felt the desire to let music set me on fire.
And [D] I will say, _ [G] yeah, _ that's why I'm [A] keeping the faith.
_ _ [G#] Yeah, yeah, [D] yeah, yeah, keeping the faith. _ _ _ _
_ Won't matter, dog, it's only flag brothers, how to move the Cuban heel.
_ Iridescent socks with the same color shirt and a tight pair of chinos.
[G] Oh, I put on my shark skin jacket, you know the kind with the velvet collar [D] and bitty black shades.
Oh yeah.
_ _ I took a fresh pack of lookies and a mint called Sen Sen.
_ _ My old man's Trojans and his old spice lab, the shade.
Oh, [G] comb my hair in a carpet doll like the rest of the Romeo's Walk, [D] a permanent _ _ wave.
[G] Yeah.
We [A] were keeping the faith.
_ [G] Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, keeping the faith. _ _ _ _
You [A] can get just so [G] much from a [D] good thing.
You [A] can linger too long in your dreams.
Say goodbye to the [G] oldies, but [D]
goodies.
_ [Em] The good old days weren't [A] always good and tomorrow ain't [G] as bad as it seems.
[D] Learned to stick with the ball as a formal education. _
_ _ Lost a lot of fights, but it taught me how to lose, okay.
_ [G] Oh, I heard about sex, but not enough.
Found you could dance and still look [D] tough anyway.
_ Oh, yes, I did.
_ _ 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 Earth when I made it with a redhead girl in [D] the Chevrolet.
_ _ [G] Oh, yeah.
We were keeping [A] the faith.
Yeah, [G#m] yeah, yeah, [D] yeah, keeping the faith. _ _ _
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_ [Em] You know the good old days weren't always good.
Tomorrow [A] ain't as bad as it seems.
[D] Told you my reasons for the whole revival.
[D] _
_ _ I'm going outside to have a nice cold beer in the shade.
[G] Oh, I'm gonna listen to my 45s.
Ain't [G] it wonderful to be alive when the [D] rock and roll _ plays?
[G] Yeah.
When the [A] memories stay.
_ Yeah.
I'm keeping the faith.
_ [F#] Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, [D] yeah, yeah.
I'm keeping the faith. _ _ _ _
I'm keeping the faith.
_ Yes, I am.
You know I'm keeping the faith.
Oh, yes, I am.
You know I'm keeping the faith.
All in one. _
I'm keeping the faith. _ _ _ _ _
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