Chords for Lula Collins "Hold Out Keep The Faith"

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[Gbm] _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ I went home the other day _ and _ _ _ _ _ _ after getting there I saw an old friend of mine.
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_ _ [F] _ [Em] _ Just as soon as she said hello, _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] she began [F] to [Em] cry, yes she did.
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[Abm] _ [Em] I put my arm around her and asked her, _ _ _ _ won't you [Am] tell [D] me what's [Em] bothering you?
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_ [G] She [F] went on to [Em] tell me, Lula, you [Bm] know, _ _ [Em] _ _
_ [Am] _ [Em] I had a hard time trying to [D] raise
my three little [Em] children.
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See, my husband walked out and left me with my baby with only nine months old. _
_ [D] _ _ _ [Em] _
And I did the [Am] very best I [Em] could, trying to [Bm] bring them up in the right way, [Em] yes I did.
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[D] Here it is, [Em] fourteen years later, it looked like to me [Bm] all my work [Em] was in vain.
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And I asked [Am] her again, _ [Em]
what happened to [D] you right now?
And I [Em] called you to drink cheerful water.
[Am] _ _ [Em] _ _
She went [Bm] on to tell [B] me that her [Em] only [Am] son was in and out of trouble.
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I'm a [C] fifteen year old daughter, [Em] _
I can't [D] tell her [Eb] nothing for [Em] no more for she gave me two for [Am] one.
_ [Em] _ _
[Bm] But Lula, what hurt me to my [Em] heart, _ _ a few days ago I found out that my baby was sprung out on drugs.
[Am] _ _ [Em] _
And I want you to tell me, tell me, tell [Am] me, tell me, _ [Em]
what am I gonna do [Em] now? _
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I looked up toward heaven and _ I _ [D] _ _ [Eb] _ [Em] _
began to [Am] tell her that the [Em] Lord had _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ [Em] been with her the same
the [Bm] day that he was [Em] yesterday. _
_ _ _ _ And then I [D] took my time, and you know [Em] what I told, this is what I told you.
[Am] _ [Em] _ _ _
_ If you just _ _ _ _ hold out, _ keep [A] the faith, _ through the _ night, [D] _ [Em] everything _ _ will _ [A] _
be, it'll be [Em] all _ _
_ [A] _ _ [B] _ [Em] _ _
_ right.
If you just hold _ out, _ _ _ _ keep the [A] _ _
_ faith, through the _ night, _ _ _ [Em] _ _
everything _ [Am] will be, it'll be all [Em] right.
[Am] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
It'll be _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ [Em] all right.
[A] _ [G] _ [Eb] If you can only [E] believe, [A] it'll be [Em] all right.
[G] _ _ [Em] It'll be all _ [A] right.
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[G] _ _ [Bm] [Em] Keep the faith, yeah, [A] it'll be [E] all right. _
[Em] Everything will be all right.
[Am]
It'll be [Em] all right. _
Put your truth in Jesus' hands, [A]
it'll be [E] all right.
_ [G]
Just like [A] he brought [Em] you when you hurt, we walked [A] on the devil's trail, it'll be [E] all [Em] right.
Be the slave, _ _ _ [A] it'll be [E] all right.
[G] Put your truth [A] in the Lord, [E] it'll [Em] be _ [A] _ _
[E] all right.
[A] And the [E] Lord, _ _ [A] he'll work [Em] it out. _ _
He'll work it out.
[A] He'll work [Em]
it out.
Yeah, yeah, _ yeah, he'll [E] work it out.
[A] He'll work it [E] out.
_ [G] _ _ [A] _ [E] _
Just [A] faith.
Do it.
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