Keeping The Faith

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[D]If it seems like I've been lost in let's remember
[D]If you think I'm feeling older and missing my younger days
Oh, then you [G]should have known me much better
[G]Cause my past is something that never
Got in my [D]way  oh no

[D]Still I would not be here now if I never had the hunger
[D]And I'm not ashamed to say the wild boys were my friends
Cause I nev[G]er felt the desire 'til their music set me on fire

And then I was [A6]saved,[G] yeah
that's why I'm keeping the [A6]faith
[G]Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Keeping the [D]faith

We wore matador boots
Only Flagg Brothers had them with the Cuban heel
Iridescent socks with the same color shirt
And a tight pair of chinos
I put on my shark skin jacket
You know the kind with the velvet collar
And ditty-bop shades
I took a fresh pack of Luckies
And a mint called Sen-Sen
My old man's Trojans
And his Old Spice after shave
Combed my hair in a pompadour
Like the rest of the Romeos wore

A permanent wave yeah
We were keeping the faith
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Keeping the faith

You can [A]get just s[G]o much fro[D]m a good thing
You can [A]linger to[G]o long in y[D]our dreams
Say good[A]bye to th[G]e oldies [D]but goodies
          [[em7]]
Cause the good old days weren't always good
And [A7]tomorrow ain't as bad as it seems

Learned stickball as a formal education
Lost a lot of fights nut it taught me how to lose O.K.
I heard about sex but not enough
I found you could dance and still look tough anyway
I found out a man ain't just being 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
We were keeping the faith
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Keeping the faith

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You know the good old days weren't always good
And [A7]tomorrow ain't as bad as it seems

[D]Now I told you my reasons for the whole revival
Now I'm going outside to have an ice cold beer in the shade
[G]   I'm going to listen to my 45's, ain't it wonderful to be alive

When the rock 'n' roll [A6]play[G]s Yeah
When the memory [A6]stay[G]s Yeah
I'm keeping the [A6]faith
[G]Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
[D]Keeping the faith...