Keep on singing
D
Keep on singing, don't stop singing,
Em
you're gonna
be a star someday,
A A7
you're gonna
make a lot of people happy,
G D
when they come to hear you play.
D
Em
1. I don't remember Mama, she died when I was
born,
A
G D
we
lived in a one room shanty, but daddy tried to make it a home.
D Em
When I was only six years old
I started singing in the streets,
A
people
would throw me pennies,
G D
so I
could help Daddy make ends meet. He said ...
D
Keep on singing, don't stop singing,
Em
you're gonna
be a star someday,
A A7
you're gonna
make a lot of people happy,
G D
when they come to hear you play.
D
He said, keep on singing, keep the bells a-ringing,
Em
spread the music from town to town,
A A7
there's not enough love in this old
world,
G D
so spread your song around.
D Em
2. By the time I was 10 years old I had a little rock ‘n’ roll band,
A A7 G D
Daddy's eyes were growing dim,
but I didn't understand.
D Em
He would be so proud of me, each
time he'd hear us play,
A A7 G
D
at
night he'd pull me to his side and Daddy would always say.
+ CHORUS (orig.
moves up half a note to capo 2nd here)
D Em
3. We didn't have much money, but things didn't seem so bad,
A A7 G D
I felt just like the queen of
the world when I was with my dad.
D Em
Then one rainy April night
Daddy called me to his side,
A A7 G
D
he
held me with his trembling hands right before he died. He said
...
D
Keep on singing, don't stop singing,
Em
you're gonna
be a star someday,
A A7
you're gonna
make a lot of people happy,
G D
when they come to hear you play.
D
He said, keep on singing, keep the bells a-ringing,
Em
spread the music from town to town,
A A7
there's not enough love in this old
world
G D
so spread your song around.
(orig. moves up half a note
to capo 3rd here)
+ CHORUS ...
(orig. = capo 1st, video = capo 7th) (Helen
Reddy)