Billy Joel

Billy Joel - Keeping The Faith guitar tab

"Keeping the Faith"

Billy Joel

Transcribed by Dan Morris (dmorris@cs.stanford.edu)

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For most of the verse, the guitar is playing D with a hammer-on

to G every measure :

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|--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------------|

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[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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Dan Morris

dmorris@cs.stanford.edu

http://techhouse.brown.edu/dmorris

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