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 The world lives ^C#in your front ^F#room You're sitting happy in ^Egloom ^E7 Fate ^Dworries you, you will not give her ^Aroom You give ^C#credit for ^F#might, inspiration and ^Esight, ^E7 But you ^Dmiss the point, you won't join in the ^Afight You think to ^C#use is to ^F#lose So you're ^F#clinging, pulling, pleading

^DTry to keep it ^Esafe Keep it ^Dcosy but it feels so out of ^Eplace You're feeling a ^Dloss but you're not fit to ^Emake it You're offered so ^Dmuch but you're frightened to ^Etake it.

A F# (x2)

^A It never ^C#was really ^F#proved, never was unders^Etood, ^E7 But there ^Dreally is no virtue in the ^Agood They're ^C#shouting so ^F#loud that they'd do better to ^Emine ^E7 You're ^Ddeafened and you cannot hear the ^Arhyme But ^C#secrets in ^F#whispers pull you, try to tempt you

^DTry and keep it ^Esafe Keep it ^Dcosy but it feels so out of ^Eplace You're feeling a ^Dloss but you're not fit to ^Emake it You're offered so ^Dmuch but you're not going to ^Etake it.

A F# E7 D

^A You beg for ^C#help and ad^F#vice, how to handle your ^Elife, ^E7 But you ^Ddare not move, you cannot pay the ^Aprice Chances ^C#slip, you just ^F#shatter, flatter, forget what matters

^DSpout your lines, read all your books You ^Ehear the sounds, miss all the hooks Your ^Dbest is what you least unders^Etand You ^Dhate the graft, won't join the race, You're ^Escared to scar your pretty face ^DState now cos your head's in the ^Esand.

D E (x6) A E D E (rpt. til fade)

Dexys Midnight Runners - Keep it