Keep Your Eyes on the Prize
Pete Seeger
Verse 1:
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Paul and Silas bound in jail
Had no money for to go their bail
Chorus:
Dm7 Em
Keep your eyes on the prize
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Hold on! Hold on!
Verse 2:
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Paul and Silas thought they was lost
Dungeon shook and the chains come off
Chorus:
Dm7 Em
Keep your eyes on the prize
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Hold on! Hold on!
Verse 3:
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Freedom's name is mighty sweet
And soon we're gonna meet
Chorus:
Dm7 Em
Keep your eyes on the prize
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Hold on! Hold on!
Verse 4:
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I got my hand on the gospel plow
Won't take nothing for my journey now
Chorus:
Dm7 Em
Keep your eyes on the prize
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Hold on! Hold on!
Chorus:
Dm7 Em
Keep your eyes on the prize
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Hold on!
Verse 5:
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Only chain that a man can stand
Is that chain o' hand on hand
Chorus:
Dm7 Em
Keep your eyes on the prize
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Hold on! Hold on!
Verse 6:
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I'm gonna board that big greyhound
Carry the love from town to town
Chorus:
Dm7 Em
Keep your eyes on the prize
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Hold on! Hold on!
Chorus:
Dm7 Em
Keep your eyes on the prize
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Hold on! Hold on!
Verse 7:
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Now only thing I did was wrong
Stayin' in the wilderness too long
Chorus:
Dm7 Em
Keep your eyes on the prize
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Hold on! Hold on!
Verse 8:
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The only thing we did was right
Was the day we started to fight
Chorus:
Dm7 Em
Keep your eyes on the prize
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Hold on! Hold on!
Chorus:
Dm7 Em
Keep your eyes on the prize
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Hold on!
Verse (7 repeat):
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The only thing we did was wrong
Staying in the wilderness too long
Chorus:
Dm7 Em
Keep your eyes on the prize
Am
Hold on! Hold on!
Verse (8 repeat):
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The only thing we did was right
Was the day we started to fight
Chorus:
Dm7 Em
Keep your eyes on the prize
Am
Hold on! Hold on!
Chorus:
Dm7 Em
Keep your eyes on the prize
Am
Hold on!
Verse 9:
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Ain't been to heaven but I been told
Streets up there are paved with gold
Chorus:
Dm7 Em
Keep your eyes on the prize
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Hold on! Hold on!
Chorus:
Dm7 Em
Keep your eyes on the prize
Am
Hold on!
