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Keeper Of The Flame

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RockAdvanced for beginners6 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

F#mDiagram coming soon
E
D××
C#Diagram coming soon
Bm×
A×

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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              Intro: (F#m F#m/E E) F#m F#m/E D D/C# Bm Bm/A E 
 
F#m            F#m/E 
Give it up for rock'n roll 
D 
Give it up for rock 
F#m             F#m/E           D   D/C# Bm   
Give it up for how it made you feel 
F#m             A 
Give it up for vinyl days 
D                        D/C# 
Kicking back from school 
Bm              A       E           (F#m Bm E) 
Turning out to make it real sweet 
 
Give it up for rock'nroll 
Give it up for bob 
Give it up for how it made you see 
 
Give it up for silvertone 
Give it up for golden 
Adolescent daydreams 
 
D 
Incidental incidents 
A 
Instrumental instruments 
F#m                 F#m/E         Bm 
A plan evolves too grand to entertain 
E 
Monumental monuments 
Bm 
Sentimental sentiments 
     D                                E 
You could've been the keeper of the flame 
 
(F#m E)  
 
     D                                E 
You Could've been the keeper of the flame 
D 
Incidental incidents 
A 
Instrumental instruments 
E                                      Bm 
Swallowed by the place from which you came 
E 
Monumental monuments 
Bm 
Sentimental sentiments 
      F#m                F#m/E          
You should've been the keeper of the flame 
 
Give it up for summer days 
Laying in the grass 
Everything is happening in your head 
You raise your fist up in the air 
Clench your teeth and say 
Four more years and I'm outa here 
 
(F#m F#m/E E) 
Give it up 
Give it up 
Give it up 
D                        E     F#m 
Four more years and I am outa here! 
          
 

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Chord set

F#m · E · D · C# · Bm · A

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.