I Gotta Keep Dancin' / Carrie Lucas (1976) Chords

Tempo:
126.45 bpm
Chords used:

G

F

E

C

Dm

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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I Gotta Keep Dancin' / Carrie Lucas (1976) chords
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[Am]
[D] [G]
[F#]
[D]
[G]
[N]
[F#] [Em]
[G]
[F#] [D] [Am]
[F]
[G] [Em]
[Am] [Dm]
[E] [A]
I'm going to sing.
[C] [Dm] Please help me [G] pretend [C] that I don't see.
[F] I'm going to sing.
Just [Em] walked in the door.
[Am] I'm kicked in the [G] knee.
[Dm] But I gotta make [G] believe that I'm [C] hurting free.
I just can't [G] let it know.
[F] That my heart [G] is breaking apart.
[F]
Music, rescue me.
[Em] I gotta keep dancing, music, [E] smiling, [F] smiling.
To keep from [C] breaking [F] apart.
[G] I gotta keep dancing, music, [E] smiling, smiling.
the [F] cover of my [C] broken [Dm] [C] heart
[Am]
[Dm]
[G]
[Am] So [F]
[E] [A] let's mute the sound
[Dm] I've got a [G] camouflage
[Em] Lucky egg
[F] He's not [E] here with me
[Am] I should've [Dm] known
that I [F] never should've come
[G] through the body
I [F] must [Em] listen to the [C] beat
Music, can [G] you take me away?
[C] Help [F] me [G] hide the pain
I gotta keep dancing, [C] [E] smiling
[Fm] [C] To keep from breaking [Dm] apart
[G] I gotta keep dancing, [E] smiling
[F] To cover up my [Dm] broken heart
[F] [G] I [Em] gotta keep dancing, [E] smiling
[F] To keep from [Dm] breaking apart
I [G] gotta keep dancing, [E] smiling
[F] To cover [C] up my broken [Dm] heart [Em] I [Am]
[F] [Dm]
[G]
[Am] [Dm]
[G] gotta keep dancing, [E] smiling
[Fm] [F] To keep from [C] breaking [F] apart [G] I gotta keep dancing, [E] smiling
[F] To cover up my [C] broken [F] heart I [C] gotta keep dancing, [E] smiling
[F] To keep from breaking [C] apart [Dm] [C] [G] I gotta keep dancing, [E] smiling
[F] To cover up my broken heart
[A]
[Am]
I
[Em] gotta keep dancing, [C]
smiling [F] To keep from breaking [C] [G] apart
I gotta keep dancing, [E]
smiling To [F] cover up my [Dm] broken heart
[G] I gotta keep dancing,
[E] smiling [F] To keep from [C] breaking apart
[Dm] [G] I gotta keep dancing,
[E] [Fm] smiling [F] To cover up my broken heart
[G]
[E] [F]
[G]
[E] [Fm] [F] I
[Dm] [G] gotta keep dancing,
[E] smiling [F] To keep from breaking apart
[G] I gotta keep dancing,
[E] [F] smiling To cover up my [C] broken [Dm] heart
[G] I gotta keep dancing,
[E] [Fm] smiling [F] To keep from breaking [C] [Dm] apart
[C] [G] I gotta keep dancing, [E] smiling To [F] cover up my [Dm] broken heart
[G] [A]
[G] [Am]
I
[Em] gotta keep dancing, [C] smiling
[F] To keep from breaking apart
[G] I gotta keep dancing, [E] smiling To keep from [F] breaking apart
I gotta keep dancing, smiling To cover up my broken [Dm] heart
[G] [N]
[Am] [Gm]
[F#] [A]
[N]
Key:  
G
2131
F
134211111
E
2311
C
3211
Dm
2311
G
2131
F
134211111
E
2311
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To learn Carrie Lucas - (Original 12 Mix, Keep Smiling) I Gotta Keep Dancin chords, anchor your practice on these foundational sequence of chords - G, E, F, G, F, Dm, G, F, C and Dm. To build a solid grasp, start slowly at 63 BPM and then match the original tempo of 126 BPM. With an eye on the song's key C# Major, set the capo that best suits your vocal range.

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I'm going to sing.
[C] [Dm] Please help me [G] pretend [C] that I don't see.
[F] I'm going to sing.
Just [Em] walked in the door.
[Am] I'm kicked in the [G] knee.
[Dm] But I gotta make [G] believe that I'm [C] hurting free.
I just can't [G] let it know.
[F] That my heart [G] is breaking apart.
[F] _
Music, rescue me.
[Em] I gotta keep dancing, music, [E] smiling, [F] smiling.
To keep from [C] breaking [F] apart.
[G] I gotta keep dancing, music, [E] smiling, smiling.
the [F] cover of my [C] broken [Dm] [C] heart
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_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Am] _ So _ [F] _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ [A] _ let's mute the sound
[Dm] I've got a [G] camouflage
[Em] Lucky egg
_ [F] He's not [E] here with me
[Am] I should've [Dm] known
that I [F] never should've come
[G] through the body
I [F] must [Em] listen to the [C] beat
Music, can [G] you take me away?
[C] Help [F] me [G] hide the pain
I gotta keep dancing, [C] _ _ [E] smiling
[Fm] _ _ [C] To keep from breaking [Dm] apart
[G] I gotta keep dancing, _ [E] _ smiling
[F] To cover up my [Dm] broken heart
[F] [G] I [Em] gotta keep dancing, _ [E] _ _ smiling
[F] To keep from [Dm] breaking apart
I [G] gotta keep dancing, _ _ [E] smiling
_ [F] To cover [C] up my broken [Dm] heart [Em] I [Am] _ _
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_ _ [G] _ _ _ gotta keep dancing, _ _ [E] smiling
[Fm] _ [F] _ To keep from [C] breaking [F] apart [G] I gotta keep dancing, _ _ [E] smiling
_ [F] To cover up my [C] broken [F] heart I [C] gotta keep dancing, _ [E] smiling
_ _ [F] To keep from breaking [C] apart [Dm] _ [C] [G] I gotta keep dancing, _ [E] smiling
_ _ [F] To cover up my broken _ heart
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_ _ [Em] _ gotta keep dancing, _ [C] _
smiling [F] _ _ To keep from breaking [C] [G] apart
I gotta keep dancing, _ [E] _
smiling To [F] cover up my [Dm] broken heart
[G] I gotta keep dancing, _ _
[E] smiling _ _ [F] To keep from [C] breaking apart
[Dm] _ [G] I gotta keep dancing, _ _
[E] _ _ [Fm] smiling [F] To cover up my broken heart
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[E] _ _ [Fm] _ _ [F] _ I _
[Dm] _ _ _ [G] gotta keep dancing, _ _
[E] smiling _ _ [F] To keep from breaking apart
[G] I gotta keep dancing, _ _
[E] _ _ [F] smiling To cover up my [C] broken [Dm] heart
[G] I gotta keep dancing, _ _
[E] _ _ [Fm] smiling [F] To keep from breaking [C] [Dm] apart
[C] [G] I gotta keep dancing, _ [E] smiling _ To [F] cover up my [Dm] broken _ heart
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[Em] gotta keep dancing, _ [C] smiling _
[F] _ _ To keep from breaking apart
[G] I gotta keep _ dancing, [E] smiling To keep from [F] breaking apart
I gotta keep dancing, smiling To cover up my broken [Dm] heart
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This song was featured on the Simply Carrie album.

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