Keeping the faith
Billy Joel
RockMedium for beginners5 chords
How to play it
Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.
D
G
A6Diagram coming soon
A
A7
Chords & lyrics
Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.
hide this tab |-----------------------------| |--7-x-7-x-x-7-x-x-7h8--7-x-x-| |--7-x-7-x-x-7-x-x-7----7-x-x-| |--7-x-7-x-x-7-x-x-7h9--7-x-x-| |--5-x-5-x-x-5-x-x------------| |-----------------------------| ----- D If it seems... D If you think... G Oh, then you should... G Cause my past... D Got in my way D Still I would... D And I'm not... G Oh cause I never felt... A6 G And then I was saved, yeah A6 ...keeping the faith G Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah D Keeping the faith D We wore matador... D Iridescent socks... G I put on my... D And ditty-bop shades D I took a fresh... D My old man's... G Combed my hair... A6 G A permanent wave Yeah A6 ....the faith G Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah D Keeping the faith A G D You can get just so much from a good thing A G D You can linger too long in your dreams A G D Say goodbye to the oldies but goodies {em7} Cause the good ole... A7 And tomorrow... D Learned stickball... D Lost a lot of fights... G I heard about... G I found you... D anyway D I found out... D Ate an awful lot... D Drank a lot... G I thought I was... G When I made it... A6 G In the Chevrolet Oh yeah A6 We were keeping the faith G Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah D Keeping the faith solo: {A}{G}{D} {A}{G}{D} {A}{G}{D} {em7} You know the good... A7 And tomorrow... D Now I told... Now I'm going... G I'm going to listen... 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...
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Chord set
D · G · A6 · A · A7
Practice tip
Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.