Keep the Faith

Intro: 0:00
G | Csus4 | G | G
C | C/G | G | G
C A#:G | G

Verse 1: 0:30
        G                 A#
Mother mother tell your children
            C            A# G
That their time has just begun
        G            A#
I have suffered for my anger
           C                  D# F
There are wars that can't be won

Verse 2: 0:46
        G               A#
Father father please believe me
      C           A# G
I am laying down my guns
       G            A#
I am broken like an arrow
    C          D#        F
Forgive me forgive your wayward son

Pre-chorus: 1:03
  G
Everybody needs
     A#
Somebody to love (mother, mother)
  C
Everybody needs
     G
Somebody to hate (please believe me)
1:12
  G
Everybody's bitching
            A#
'Cause they    can't get enough
          C
And it's hard to hold on
              D#       F
When there's noone to lean on

Chorus: 1:20
G              A#
  Faith! You know you're gonna live
          F
Thru the rain
 C                           G
Lord you've got to keep the faith
        A#
Faith! Don't let your love
         F
Turn to hate
1:34
       C                         G
Right now we've got to keep the faith
          G
Keep the faith keep the faith
                           G ->
Lord we've gotta keep the faith

Instrumental: 1:44
G | A# | C | G

Verse 3: 1:52
         G           A#
Tell me baby when I hurt you
        C             G
Do you keep it all inside
        G             A#
Do you tell me all's forgiven
          C                 D#   F
And just hide behind your pride yeah

Pre-chorus: 2:09
  G
Everybody needs
     A#
Somebody to love (mother, father)
  C
Everybody needs
     G
Somebody to hate (please don't leave me)
2:17
  G
Everybody's bleeding
           A#
Cause the times are tough
           C
Well it's hard to be strong
              D#        F
When there's noone to dream on

Chorus: 2:25
G              A#
  Faith! You know you're gonna live
          F
Thru the rain
 C                        G
Lord you got to keep the faith
        A#
Faith! Don't you know it's never
     F
Too late
2:39
       C                         G
Right now we've got to keep the faith
        A#
Faith! Don't you let your love
         F
Turn to hate
2:47
C                          G
Oh, we've got to keep the faith
          G
Keep the faith keep the faith
                           G
Oh, we've got to keep the faith
2:59
          A#             C
Keep the faith keep the faith
                            F
Lord we've got to keep the faith
F
Um, um Yeah, yeah, yeah

Instrumental: 3:14
G | A# | C/G | G
G | A# | C | G
G | A# | C/G | G
G | A# | C | D# F
G!!!

Bridge: 3:54
           G
I've been walking in the footsteps
Of society's lies
I don't like what I see no more
Sometimes I wish that I was blind
4:03
     G
Sometimes I wait forever
     A#
To stand out in the rain
    C
So no one sees me cryin'
           G
Trying to wash away the pain
4:10
        G
Mother father
       (Everybody needs
          A#
There's things I've done
         Somebody to love)
          C        A#
I can't erase
       (Everybody needs
   G
 Every night we fall
Somebody to hate)
       G
From grace
      (Everybody's bitching cause
4:21
      A#
It's hard with the world
They can't get enough)
          C
In yours face
(Everybody
               D#
Trying to hold on,
Please,        everybody
  F
Trying to hold on
     Keep the faith)

Chorus: 4:27
G              A#
  Faith! You know you're gonna live
          F
Thru the rain
 C                        G
Lord you got to keep the faith
        A#
Faith! Don't you let your love
         F
Turn to hate
4:41
       C                         G
Right now we've got to keep the faith
                 A#             F
Faith! Keep the faith keep the faith
                  D#           F
Try to hold on, trying to hold on yeah
4:52
G                  A#             C
  Faith! Keep the faith keep the faith
D#         F        G
Everybody keep the faith
                 A#             C
Faith! Keep the faith keep the faith
                 D#    F
Ooh yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Coda: 5:08
G                    A#
Everybody needs somebody to love
C                    D#      F
Everybody needs somebody to hate
(Ooh yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
G                    A#
Everybody needs somebody to love
C                D#        F
Everybody needs, everybody
          G ->
Keep the faith
5:24
G       | A# | C | D# F
  Faith!
G       | A# | C | D# F
  Faith!..