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CURTIS MAYFIELD


Keep On Keeping On

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Chords used:

G#   466544    F#      244322    Cm7   x35343

Fm   133111    Eb      x65343    Eb13  xx6668

C#   x43121    Eb11    xx1324

Bbm  x13321    G#maj7  465544

Cm   x35543    Bbm7    x13121

G#        Fm               C#           Bbm

Everybody gather round and listen to my song,

G#

I've only got one.

G#                       Cm

We who are young, should now take a stand,

Fm                   Eb11

Don't run from the burdens of women and men,

F#         C#

Continue to give, continue to live

Bbm            Eb

For what you know is right.

G#                 Cm

Most of your life can be out of sight,

Fm                       Eb11

Withdraw from the darkness and look to the light;

F#            C#

Where everyone's free, 'least that's the way it's

Bbm            Eb

Supposed to be.

C#      G#          G#maj7

And we just keep on keeping on

C#              G#

We just keep on keeping on

F#                 C#

Many think that we have blown it

Bbm7

But they too will soon admit

Bbm7    Cm7    Eb13

That there's still a lot of love among us

Bbm7    Cm7    Eb13

And there's still a lot of faith and warmth and trust.

C#              G#

When we keep on keeping on.

G#                  Cm

Before we dismiss, one thing I insist

Fm                   Eb11

When you have your young, remember this song,

F#

And our world surrounding, its leaps and and bounds,

C#                     Bbm             Eb

Ups and downs, is reality

G#                        Cm

Teach them to be strong, and when they are grown,

Fm                            Eb11

They can proudly imply that we were an alright guy,

F#                                  C#

For all the wrong now is right and this nations people united

Bbm            Eb

As one.

C#      G#           G#maj7

And we just keep on keeping on

C#              G#

We just keep on keeping on

F#                 C#

Many think that we have blown it

Bbm7

But they too will soon admit

Bbm7    Cm7    Eb13

That there's still a lot of love among us

Bbm7    Cm7    Eb13

And there's still a lot of faith and warmth and trust

C#              G#

When we keep on keeping on.

G#

We're gonna move on up y'all.

Keep on keeping on.

(etc. vocal ad lib to fade)