Keep on Keeping On Curtis Mayfield
15th January 2001, 10.10pm
KEEP ON KEEPING ON by CURTIS MAYFIELD
Written by Curtis Mayfield
Chords used:
Ab: 466544 F#: 244322 Cm7: x35343
Fm: 133111 Eb: x65343 Eb13: xx6668
C#: x43121 Eb11: xx1324
Bbm: x13321 Abmaj7: 465544
Cm: x35543 Bbm7: x13121
[Ab]Everybody [Fm]gather round and [C#]listen to my [Bbm]song,
I've only got one.[Ab]
We who are [Ab]young, should now take a [Cm]stand,
Don't run from the [Fm]burdens of women and [Eb11]men,
Continue to [F#]give, conti[C#]nue to live
For what you [Bbm]know is right.[Eb]
Most of your [Ab]life can be out of [Cm]sight,
Withdraw from the [Fm]darkness and look to the [Eb11]light;
Where everyone's [F#]free, 'least t[C#]hat's the way it's
Supposed to [Bbm]be.[Eb]
And we just [C#]keep on [Ab]keeping on[Abmaj7]
We just [C#]keep on keeping [Ab]on
Many [F#]think that we have [C#]blown it
But they [Bbm7]too will soon admit
That there's [Bbm7]still a [Cm7]lot of [Eb13]love among us
And there's [Bbm7]still a [Cm7]lot of [Eb13]faith and warmth and trust.
When we [C#]keep on keeping [Ab]on.
Before we dis[Ab]miss, one thing I in[Cm]sist
When you have your [Fm]young, remember this [Eb11]song,
And our world su[F#]rrounding, its leaps and and bounds,
[C#]Ups and downs, is reali[Bbm]ty[Eb]
Teach them to be [Ab]strong, and when they are [Cm]grown,
They can [Fm]proudly imply that we were an [Eb11]alright guy,
For [F#]all the wrong now is right and this [C#]nations people united
[Bbm]As one.[Eb]
And we just [C#]keep on [Ab]keeping on[Abmaj7]
We just [C#]keep on keeping [Ab]on
Many [F#]think that we have [C#]blown it
But they [Bbm7]too will soon admit
That there's [Bbm7]still a [Cm7]lot of [Eb13]love among us
And there's [Bbm7]still a [Cm7]lot of [Eb13]faith and warmth and trust
When we [C#]keep on keeping [Ab]on.
[Ab]We're gonna move on up y'all.
Keep on keeping on.
(etc. vocal ad lib to fade)
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