| Am | C |
| Mother m | other tell your ch | ildren |
| D | C | Am |
| That their | time has just | be | gun |
| Am | C |
| I have s | uffered for m | y anger |
| D | F | G |
| There are w | ars that can’t be w | on | |
| Am | C |
| Father f | ather please bel | ieve me |
| D | C | Am |
| I am l | aying down | my g | uns |
| Am | C |
| I am | broken like an | arrow |
| D | F | G | Am |
| For | give me, forg | ive your | wayward s | on |
| Am | C |
| Everybody needs some | body to love (mother, mother) |
| D | C | Am |
| Everybody needs | some | body to hate (please believe me) |
| Am | C |
| Everybody’s bitching cause they | can’t get enough |
| D | F | G |
| And it’s h | ard to hold on when there’s n | o one to | lean on |
| Am | C | G |
| Faith, you | know you’re gonna live thru the r | ain |
| D | Am |
| L | ord you got to keep the f | aith |
| Am | C | G |
| Faith, | don’t let your love turn to h | ate |
| D | Am |
| N | ow we got to keep the f | aith |
| Am |
| Keep the faith, keep the faith |
| Am |
| Lord we got to keep the f | aith |
| Am | C |
| Tell me b | aby when I h | urt you |
| D | C | Am |
| Do you k | eep it all | in | side |
| Am | C |
| Do you | tell me all’s | forgiven |
| D | F | G |
| And just | hide behind your pr | ide, | yeah |
| Am | C |
| Everybody needs some | body to love (mother, father) |
| D | Am |
| Everybody needs some | body to hate (please believe me) |
| Am | C |
| Everybody’s bleeding cause the t | imes are tough |
| D | F | G |
| Well it’s h | ard to be strong when there’s n | o one to | dream on |
| Am | C | G |
| Faith, you | know you’re gonna live thru the r | ain |
| D | Am |
| L | ord you got to keep the f | aith |
| Am | C | G |
| Faith, | don’t you you know it’s never too l | ate |
| D | Am |
| Right n | ow we got to keep the f | aith |
| Am | C | G |
| Faith, | don’t let your love turn to h | ate |
| D | Am |
| L | ord you got to keep the f | aith |
| Am |
| Keep the faith, keep the faith |
Oh, we’ve got to keep the faith
| Am |
| Keep the faith, keep the faith |
| Am | G |
| Lord we got to keep the f | aith |
| G | G | G | G |
| Oooh yeah | | | yeah yeah yeah |
| Am | C |
| I’ve been | walking in the footsteps, of society’s l | ies |
| D | Am |
| I don’t l | ike what I see no more, sometimes I w | ish that I was blind |
| Am | C |
| Someti | mes I wait forever, to s | tand out in the rain |
| D | Am |
| So n | o one sees me cryin’, trying to w | ash away this pain |
| Am | C | D |
| Mother f | ather, there’s t | hings I’ve done I can’t e | rase |
| C | Am |
| Every n | ight we fall from grace |
| Am | C | D |
| It’s | hard with the world in your f | ace |
| F | G | Am |
| Trying to hold o | n, tr | ying to hold o | n |
| Am | C | G |
| Faith, you | know you’re gonna live thru the r | ain |
| D | Am |
| L | ord you got to keep the f | aith |
| Am | C | G |
| Faith, | don’t let your love turn to h | ate |
| D | Am |
| Right n | ow we got to keep the f | aith |
| Am | C | G |
| Faith, keep the f | aith, keep the f | aith |
| F | G |
| Try to hold on, tr | y to hold o | n yeah |
| Am | C | G |
| Faith, keep the f | aith, keep the f | aith |
| F | G | Am |
| Everybody | keep the f | aith |
| Am | C | G |
| Faith, keep the f | aith, keep the f | aith |
| F | G | Am |
| Oooh yeah y | eah ye | ah ye | ah |