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Keeping The Love Alive

Air Supply

RockAdvanced for beginners26 chords

How to play it

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

Cadd9×○
C×○○
Am×○○
Dm××○
F
G○○○
F9Diagram coming soon
Am7×○○○
D××○
D7××○
G7○○○
E○○○
Gsus4Diagram coming soon
Fadd9Diagram coming soon
Dm7Diagram coming soon
BbDiagram coming soon
A×○○
AbDiagram coming soon
EbDiagram coming soon
Ebadd9Diagram coming soon
Ab9Diagram coming soon
Fm7Diagram coming soon
CmDiagram coming soon
FmDiagram coming soon
Bbsus4Diagram coming soon
Bb7Diagram coming soon

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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              Intro: (Cadd9 - C) (Amadd9 - Am) (Dmadd9 - Dm) (F/G - G) 
 
Cadd9                C 
Both of us holding back 
Cadd9   C 
So afraid 
    F9                         (Am7/D - D7) 
To fall in love and lose again 
         G7sus4           G7 
We've both been hurt before 
       G7sus4             G7 
Saw love walk out the door 
F/C   C   (Dm/G - G - F/G - G) 
In the end 
 
 
Cadd9              C 
Actin' as cold as ice 
            Cadd9     C 
When we wanna be 
F9                              (Am7/D - D7) 
Just a foolish game we play 
                 G7sus4        G7 
You couldn't hurt me bad enough 
    G7sus4            G7 
To make me give it up 
      F/C C    (F/G - G - F/G - G) 
And walk away 
 
 
 
 
    Cadd9 C 
We can't stop 
      Cadd9        C 
The feeling's too strong 
F9    F       (F/G-G-F/G-G) 
We've got the will to hang on 
Cadd9 C 
Can't stop 
     Amadd9       Am             (Dm - C/E) 
We struggle and fight to survive 
F              Gsus4  G7 
Keepin' the love alive 
 
 
(Cadd9 - C) (Amadd9 - Am) (Fadd9 - F) (F/G - G) 
 
     Cadd9              C 
We try to forget the past 
    Cadd9      C 
So many times 
    F9                                     (Am7/D - D7) 
It's hard to make those memories leave 
     G7sus4           G7 
With all we have at stake 
      G7sus4          G7 
We'll bend until we break 
              F/C    C    (F/G - G - F/G - G) 
'Cause we both believe 
 
    Cadd9 C 
We can't stop 
      Cadd9        C 
The feeling's too strong 
F9    F      (F/G-G-Dm7/G-G) 
We've got the will to hang on 
Cadd9 C 
Can't stop 
     Amadd9       Am             (Dm - C/E) 
We struggle and fight to survive 
F              Gsus4  G7 
Keepin' the love alive 
 
Bb - F/A - Ab 
 
       Eb/G 
If we stand the test of time 
            Ab/Bb              Bb 
Love will be the lasting kind 
 
 
(*) 
    Ebadd9 Eb 
We can't stop 
    Ebadd9         Eb 
The feeling's too strong 
Ab9 Ab      (Ab/Bb-Bb-Fm7/Bb-Bb) 
We've got the will      to hang        on 
Ebadd9 Eb 
Can't stop 
   Cmadd9        Cm          (Fm - Eb/G) 
We struggle and fight to survive 
Ab            Bbsus4  Bb7 
Keepin' the love alive 
 
Repeat (*) 
 
 
Kenji Yanase

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Chord set

Cadd9 · C · Am · Dm · F · G · F9 · Am7 · D · D7 · G7 · E · Gsus4 · Fadd9 · Dm7 · Bb · A · Ab · Eb · Ebadd9 · Ab9 · Fm7 · Cm · Fm · Bbsus4 · Bb7

Practice tip

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