Keep Pushin

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                             Keep Pushin' - REO Speedwagon
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Tabbed by: Sitarman9
Some parts were missing so I did the whole song. Off the R.E.O. album (1976)

Tuning: Standard
Guitar I: Electric
Guitar II: Electric
Guitar III: Slide

Intro
Guitar I (Harmonized)
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---7h9p7-----7-------7h9p7----7------7h9p7-----7--------------------------|
G|----------9-----9----------9-----9----------9----9--8--9~-----------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Guitar II
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---8h9p8------8------8h9p8-----8--------8h9p8-------8---------------------|
D|----------11-----11---------11-----11-----------11-------11---9---11~-----|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Guitar I
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--7h9p7----7----7h9p7-----7------7h9p7-----7--9---12---12b----------------|
G|--------9----9--------9------9----------9---------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Guitar II
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--8h9p8-----8------8h9p8------8------8h9p8------8--9---11---11b-----------|
D|---------11----11---------11-----11---------11----------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Guitar I
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--7h9p7----7------7h9p7-----7------7h9p7----------------------------------|
G|--------9-----9----------9-----9-----------9---8---9~---------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Guitar II
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--8h9p8------8-------8h9p8------8-------8h9p8-------8---------------------|
D|---------11-----11----------11-----11----------11-------11---9---11~------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Guitar I                                                          (choke)
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--7h9p7-----7-----7h9p7-----7----------------------9----9-12-9-12-12b-----|
G|---------9-----9---------9-----9----8-9-8-9-11-9-11--11-------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Guitar II                                                           (choke)
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--8h9p8-------8-----8h9p8-----8-----------------8----8-9-8-9-11-9-11-11b--|
D|---------11------11-------11----11---9-11-9-11----11----------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|



Intro chords: A B C#m 1x   B A B C#m 3x


              A             B                  C#m   B  A
I used to be lonely till I learned about livin alone
              B                      C#m   B  A
I found other things to keep my mind on
                  B                        C#m    B A
And I'm gettin to know myself a little bit better
   B             C#m    C#m  B          C#m
Whoa, keep pushin on,       keep pushin on yeah

Second verse
                        A          B           C#m
   Goin through all the changes I made so many mistakes
            B A          B                C#m       B A
Oh yes I did,   tryin to leave behind the heartache
             B                       C#m
Sometimes I think I was a little bit crazy
          B A    B             C#m
Whoa yeah,     whoa keep pushin on.

Chorus
     B     A             B           C#m         C#m
   Keep pushin, keep pushin, keep pushin, keep pushin on
  B       A            B     C#m
Keep pushin, keep pushin, (you know that I've got to be so strong)
   B      A            B    C#m
Keep pushin, keep pushin, (even if you think you're strength is gone)

   B       A            B        C#m      B A
Keep pushin, keep pushin, Keep pushin on

Solo
Guitar III (Slide) This is playable in standard tuning.
A                   A                   A                               C#m
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------12/14---------14/17\16/17\16/17\16/17\16/17\16/17\14~~-|
G|-----/14-14-------------/14-----------------------------------------------|
D|-/14--------14\-----------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
                             A                   A               A
e|---------------------------------/21--------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------/------21---------------12///14-------------|
G|-6/9-8/11--9///8///6////4-----/----------21\------------------14\13/14/13-|
D|----------------------------------------------/21-------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
                                 C#m                   B
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------14~--16/17\14-14\--14//16~-16//17\16-16\-----|
G|/14\13/14\13/14\13/14--12//14---------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
   C#m                                               (choke)
e|------------------------------------------------21------------------------|
B|-14///17\\16//14----------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------11//13--------9/11-------9/21----------END--------------|
D|---------------------------11\--------11\---------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|







Third verse
                   A            B               C#m
   Well it's comin together, I finally feel like a man
           B A          B                  C#m
Oh yes I do,    I never thought that I'd be where I am
B A           B                      C#m
Whoa    Everyday I wake a little bit higher
B  A  B               C#m
   Whoa I keep pushin on

Chorus



Outro Guitar III:
     A    B     C#m  B  A    B    C#m         B    A
(Guitars I and II play beginning of intro; call and response with Guitar III)
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-4/6--6/8---8/9~----4/6--6/8---13\9~-----------13/18~---------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
   B     C#m  D#m E   F#         A   B   C#m    D#m     E      F#    A
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------17\\16\\14\\-----------------17-17\--16-16\--14-14\---------------|
G|--------------------13\\6~------------------------------------11/14~------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
      B       C#m (Guitars I and II final harmonized fill)
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-14/16~-\-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Guitar I final fill
   C#m                              A  B   A        B
e|-------------------9------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------9-12-9-12---12-9-------------------------------------------------|
G|--8-9-11------------------11-9-8-9~-----(Synth)---------------END---------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|



Guitar II final fill
   C#m                              A  B   A        B
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------8-9-11-9-11-13-11-9-8-------------(Synth)-----------END-------------|
D|-9-11-----------------------11-9-11---------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|




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| /   slide up
| \   slide down
| h   hammer-on
| p   pull-off
| ~   vibrato
| +   harmonic
| x   Mute note
| b   Bend
| pb  Pre-bend
| br  Bend release
| pbr Pre-bend release
| brb Bend release bend

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