Billy Joel – Keeping The Faith (Guitar)

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If it seems like I've been lost in let's remember

If you think I'm feeling older and missing my younger days

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Oh, then you should have known me much better

Cause my past is something that never

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Got in my way  oh no

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Still 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

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Cause I never felt the desire till their music set me on fire

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Then I was saved, yeah

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That's why I'm keeping the faith

G     N.C.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

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Keeping the faith

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We wore matador boots

Only Flagg Brothers had them with the Cuban heel 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

You know the kind with the velvet collar

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And ditty-bop shades, oh yeah

I took a fresh pack of Luckies and a mint called Sen-Sen My old man's Trojans and his Old Spice after shave, oh

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Combed my hair in a pompadour

Like the rest of the Romeos wore

            A6   G
A permanent wave yeah

                    A6
We were keeping the faith

G     N.C.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

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Keeping the faith

(Bridge)

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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 goodies

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Cause the good old days weren't always good

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And tomorrow ain't as bad as it seems

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Learned stickball as a formal education

Lost a lot of fights but it taught me how to lose O.K. oh

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I heard about sex but not enough

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I found you could dance and still look tough anyway, oh yes I did

I found out a man ain't just being macho Ate an awful lot of late night drive-in food drank a lot of take-home pay

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I thought I was the Duke of Earl

When I made it with a red-haired girl

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In a Chevrolet, oh yes

                    A6
We were keeping the faith

G     N.C.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

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Keeping the faith

(Bridge)

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Oh oh ho, oh oh ho, oh oh ho-oh 

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Oh oh ho, oh oh ho, oh oh ho-oh 

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Oh oh ho, oh oh ho, oh oh ho-oh 

             Em7
You know the good old days weren't always good

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Tomorrow ain't as bad as it seems

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I told you my reasons for the whole revival

Now I'm going outside to have an ice cold beer in the shade, oh

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I'm going to listen to my 45's

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

G     N.C.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

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Keeping the faith

(fade) 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, oh yeah I am Oh I'm keeping the faith, oh yes Ooh, keeping the faith...