Ab Everybody Fm gather round and Db listen to my Bbm song,
I've only got one. Ab
We who are Ab young, should now take a Cm stand,
Don't run from the Fm burdens of women and Eb11 men,
Continue to Gb give, conti Db nue to live
For what you Bbm know is right. Eb
Most of your Ab life can be out of Cm sight,
Withdraw from the Fm darkness and look to the Eb11 light;
Where everyone's Gb free, 'least t Db hat's the way it's
Supposed to Bbm be. Eb
And we just Db keep on Ab keeping on Abmaj7
We just Db keep on keeping Ab on
Many Gb think that we have Db blown it
But they Bbm7 too will soon admit
That there's Bbm7 still a Cm7 lot of Eb13 love among us
And there's Bbm7 still a Cm7 lot of Eb13 faith and warmth and trust.
When we Db keep on keeping Ab on.
Before we dis Ab miss, one thing I in Cm sist
When you have your Fm young, remember this Eb11 song,
And our world su Gb rrounding, its leaps and and bounds,
Db Ups and downs, is reali Bbm ty Eb
Teach them to be Ab strong, and when they are Cm grown,
They can Fm proudly imply that we were an Eb11 alright guy,
For Gb all the wrong now is right and this Db nations people united
Bbm As one. Eb
And we just Db keep on Ab keeping on Abmaj7
We just Db keep on keeping Ab on
Many Gb think that we have Db blown it
But they Bbm7 too will soon admit
That there's Bbm7 still a Cm7 lot of Eb13 love among us
And there's Bbm7 still a Cm7 lot of Eb13 faith and warmth and trust
When we Db keep on keeping Ab on.
Ab We're gonna move on up y'all.
Keep on keeping on.
(etc. vocal ad lib to fade)
Curtis Mayfield
