Bon Jovi - Keep the Faith
Originally in Gm, I play in Am capo 5. Better for guitar in Em, but it’s a lot of 3 in the chorus.
Intro, rubato
AGAD
At tempo
AmDC→ Am
Vox on 5 4 4 b3 on “mother mother”
Mother mAmother tell your chCildren
That their Dtime has just CbeAmgun
I have sAmuffered for mCy anger
There are wDars that can’t be wFon G
Father fAmather please belCieve me
I am lDaying down Cmy gAmuns
I am Ambroken like an Carrow
ForDgive me, forgFive your Gwayward sAmon
AmEverybody needs someCbody to love (mother, mother)
DEverybody needs CsomeAmbody to hate (please believe me)
AmEverybody’s bitching cause they Ccan’t get enough
And it’s hDard to hold on when there’s nFo one to Glean on
AmFaith, you Cknow you’re gonna live thru the rGain
LDord you got to keep the fAmaith
AmFaith, Cdon’t let your love turn to hGate
NDow we got to keep the fAmaith
AmKeep the faith, keep the faith
Lord we got to keep the fAmaith
AmCDC→ Am
Tell me bAmaby when I hCurt you
Do you kDeep it all CinAmside
Do you Amtell me all’s Cforgiven
And just Dhide behind your prFide, Gyeah
AmEverybody needs someCbody to love (mother, father)
DEverybody needs someAmbody to hate (please believe me)
AmEverybody’s bleeding cause the tCimes are tough
Well it’s hDard to be strong when there’s nFo one to Gdream on
AmFaith, you Cknow you’re gonna live thru the rGain
LDord you got to keep the fAmaith
AmFaith, Cdon’t you you know it’s never too lGate
Right nDow we got to keep the fAmaith
AmFaith, Cdon’t let your love turn to hGate
LDord you got to keep the fAmaith
AmKeep the faith, keep the faith
Oh, we’ve got to keep the faith
AmKeep the faith, keep the faith
AmLord we got to keep the fGaith
GOooh yeah GGGyeah yeah yeah
AmCDC→ Amx3
AmCDFG
Am
Spoken
I’ve been Amwalking in the footsteps, of society’s lCies
I don’t lDike what I see no more, sometimes I wAmish that I was blind
SometiAmmes I wait forever, to sCtand out in the rain
So nDo one sees me cryin’, trying to wAmash away this pain
Mother fAmather, there’s tChings I’ve done I can’t eDrase
CEvery nAmight we fall from grace
AmIt’s Chard with the world in your fDace
Trying to hold oFn, trGying to hold oAmn
AmFaith, you Cknow you’re gonna live thru the rGain
LDord you got to keep the fAmaith
AmFaith, Cdon’t let your love turn to hGate
Right nDow we got to keep the fAmaith
AmFaith, keep the fCaith, keep the fGaith
Try to hold on, trFy to hold oGn yeah
AmFaith, keep the fCaith, keep the fGaith
FEverybody Gkeep the fAmaith
AmFaith, keep the fCaith, keep the fGaith
Oooh yeah yFeah yeGah yeAmah