Billy Joel - Keeping the Faith: chords

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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

Chorus:
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Then I was saved, yeah
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That's why I'm keeping the faith
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Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
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Keeping the faith

We wore matador boots, only
Flagg Brothers had 'em with a Cuban heel
Iridescent socks with the same color
shirt and a tight pair of chinos
Oh, I put on my shark skin jacket,
you know the kind with the velvet collar
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
aftershave, oh
Combed my hair in a pompadour like
the rest of the Romeos wore
A permanent wave, yeah

Chorus:
We were keepin' the faith
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Keepin' the faith

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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

Learned stickball as a formal education
Lost a lot of fights but it taught me how
to lose okay, oh
I heard about sex but not enough
I found you could dance and still look tough anyway
Oh yes I did

I found out a man ain't just bein' 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 in
a Chevrolet
Oh, yeah

Chorus:
We were keepin' the faith
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Keepin' the faith

Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
You know the good ol' days weren't always good
And tomorrow ain't as bad as it seems

I told you my reasons for the whole revival
Now I'm goin' outside to have an ice cold
beer in the shade, oh
I'm going to listen to my 45's
Ain't it wonderful to be alive when
the rock 'n' roll plays, yeah
When the memory stays, yeah

Chorus:
I'm keepin' the faith
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Keepin' the faith

I'm keepin' the faith, yes I am
You know I'm keepin' the faith, oh yes I am
You know I'm keepin' the faith, oh you know I will
I'm keepin' the faith, oh yeah!
Ooh I'm keepin' the faith, oh yeah