Keeping The Faith
Billy Joel
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E|E|E|E|-------------------------- E|--------||E|E|-------------------- E|--------------||-----------|| KEEPING THE F ITH - Billy Joel E|E|E|E|-------------------------- E|--------||E|E|-------------------- E|--------------||-----------||Transcribed by Dan Morris (dmorris@cs.stanford.edu) For most of the verse, the guitar is playing D with a hammer-on to G every measure :E|-----------------------------| B|--7-x-7-x-x-7-x-x-7h8--7-x-x-| G|--7-x-7-x-x-7-x-x-7----7-x-x-| D|--7-x-7-x-x-7-x-x-7h9--7-x-x-| A|--5-x-5-x-x-5-x-x------------| E|-----------------------------|--- verse ---[D] If it seems like I've been lost in let's remember[D] If you think I'm feeling older and missing my younger days[G] Oh, then you should have known me much better[G] Cause my past is something that never[D] Got in my way oh no[D] Still I would not be here now if I never had the hunger[D] And I'm not ashamed to say the wild boys were my friends[G] Cause I never felt the desire 'til their music set me on fire --- chorus ---[A6] [G] And then I was saved, yeah[A6] that's why I'm keeping the faith[G] Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah[D] Keeping the faith --- verse ---Continues after the adWe 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 I put on my shark skin jacket You know the kind with the velvet collar And ditty-bop shades I took a fresh pack of Luckies And a mint called Sen-Sen My old man's Trojans And his Old Spice after shave Combed my hair in a pompadour Like the rest of the Romeos wore --- chorus --- A permanent wave yeah We were keeping the faith Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Keeping the faith --- bridge ---[A] [G] You can get just so much from a good[D] thing[A] [G] You can linger too long in your[D] dreams[A] [G] Say goodbye to the oldies but[D] goodies[Em7] Cause the good old days weren't always good[A7] And tomorrow ain't as bad as it seems --- verse --- Learned stickball as a formal education Lost a lot of fights nut it taught me how to lose O.K. I heard about sex but not enough I found you could dance and still look tough anyway 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 I thought I was the Duke of Earl when I made it with a red-haired girl --- chorus --- In a Chevrolet We were keeping the faith Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Keeping the faith --- solo ---[A][G][D][A][G][D][A][G][D][Em7] You know the good old days weren't always good[A7] And tomorrow ain't as bad as it seems --- last verse ---[D] Now I told you my reasons for the whole revival Now I'm going outside to have an ice cold beer in the shade[G] I'm going to listen to my 45's, ain't it wonderful to be alive[A6] [G] When the rock 'n' roll plays Yeah[A6] [G] When the memory stays Yeah[A6] I'm keeping the faith[G] Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah[D] Keeping the faith...E|E|------------------------------ E|----||Dan Morris dmorris@cs.stanford.eduE|E|------------------------------ E|----||