KEEP IT by DEXYS MIDNIGHT RUNNERS

Written by Kevin Archer and Jeff Blythe
On 'Searching For The Young Soul Rebels' (Parlophone, 1980)
(c) EMI Music Publishing Ltd. 1980

Chords used:

A:  577655
F#: 244322
E7: x7675x
D:  x5777x
C#: x4666x
E:  x7999x

A F# E7 D (x2)

A (x02220@1)              C# (x43121@1)          F# (244322@1)The world lives in your front room
                        E (022100@1)          E7You're (020130@1)sitting happy in gloom
     D (xx0232@1)                                AFate (x02220@1)worries you, you will not give her room
         C# (x43121@1)       F# (244322@1)                   E (022100@1)         E7You (020130@1)give credit for might, inspiration and sight,
        D (xx0232@1)                                   ABut (x02220@1)you miss the point, you won't join in the fight
             C# (x43121@1)      F#You (244322@1)think to use is to lose
          F#So (244322@1)you're clinging, pulling, pleading

D (xx0232@1)            ETry (022100@1)to keep it safe
        D (xx0232@1)                         EKeep (022100@1)it cosy but it feels so out of place
                 D (xx0232@1)                        EYou're (022100@1)feeling a loss but you're not fit to make it
                  D (xx0232@1)                           EYou're (022100@1)offered so much but you're frightened to take it.

A F# (x2)

A (x02220@1)       C# (x43121@1)       F# (244322@1)                    E (022100@1)       E7 (020130@1)It never was really proved, never was understood,
          D (xx0232@1)                        ABut (x02220@1)there really is no virtue in the good
        C# (x43121@1)        F# (244322@1)                          E (022100@1)       E7They're (020130@1)shouting so loud that they'd do better to mine
       D (xx0232@1)                              AYou're (x02220@1)deafened and you cannot hear the rhyme
    C# (x43121@1)       F#But (244322@1)secrets in whispers pull you, try to tempt you

D (xx0232@1)             ETry (022100@1)and keep it safe
        D (xx0232@1)                         EKeep (022100@1)it cosy but it feels so out of place
                 D (xx0232@1)                        EYou're (022100@1)feeling a loss but you're not fit to make it
                  D (xx0232@1)                          EYou're (022100@1)offered so much but you're not going to take it.

A F# E7 D

A (x02220@1)          C# (x43121@1)       F# (244322@1)                     E (022100@1)      E7 (020130@1)You beg for help and advice, how to handle your life,
        D (xx0232@1)                               ABut (x02220@1)you dare not move, you cannot pay the price
        C# (x43121@1)           F#Chances (244322@1)slip, you just shatter, flatter, forget what matters

DSpout (xx0232@1)your lines, read all your books
    EYou (022100@1)hear the sounds, miss all the hooks
     D (xx0232@1)                          EYour (022100@1)best is what you least understand
    DYou (xx0232@1)hate the graft, won't join the race,
       EYou're (022100@1)scared to scar your pretty face
D (xx0232@1)                              EState (022100@1)now cos your head's in the sand.

D E (x6)

A E D E (rpt. til fade)