Gordon Bok – How Can I Keep From Singing (Guitar)
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This version is how Gordon Bok, Ann Mayo Muir, and Ed Trickett perform it (as does Pete Seeger).
[Intro]
C
[Verse 1]
C F My life goes on in endless song C G Above earth's lamen-tation C F I hear the real, though far off hymn C G C That hails the new creation C G C Above the tumult and the strife C G I hear the music ringing C F C It sounds an echo in my soul Am G C How can I keep from singing?
[Verse 2]
C F What through the tempest loudly roars C G I hear the truth, it liveth C F Although the darkness round me close C G C Songs in the night it giveth C G C No storm can shake my inmost calm C G While to that rock I'm clinging C F C Since love is lord of heaven and earth Am G C How can I keep from singing?
[Verse 3]
C F When tyrants tremble, sick with fear, C G And hear their death-knell ringing, C F When friends rejoice both far and near, C G C How can I keep from singing? C G C In prison cell and dungeon vile C G Our thoughts to them are winging. C F C When friends by shame are undefiled, C G C How can I keep from singing?
[Verse 1]
C F My life goes on in endless song C G Above earth's lamen-tation C F I hear the real, though far off hymn C G C That hails the new creation C G C Above the tumult and the strife C G I hear the music ringing C F C It sounds an echo in my soul Am G C How can I keep from singing?