Going On chords by Gordon Bok

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Difficulty: Novice

Intro:
G+G C majorC G/BG/B A minorAm

Verse:
  G+G        D7D7       G+G C majorC G/BG/B A minorAm
In summer there was nothing left to do
  G+G   A minorAm   C majorC   B minorBm   C majorC   A minorAm  D MajorD
But carry on, the way we knew he wanted us to do
    E minorEm    D MajorD    C majorC       G+G       D MajorD
Run the stand and work the farm, sleep exhausted, up at dawn
  G+G    D/F#D/F#    E minorEm  D MajorD     G+G  A minorAm G+G
No time to think, and so it just went on

Chorus:
       D MajorD E minorEm     D MajorD
It still goes on, it will go on
    E minorEm   D MajorD  C majorC   G/BG/B G/AG/A G+G      D7D7  G+G
In the sharing of a smile, in the caring for a child
 C majorC       G+G  C majorC  D MajorD            G+G
Asleep in your arms and dreaming, it still goes on

Instrumental:
G+G A minorAm G/BG/B C majorC  D MajorD

Verse:
    G+G           D7D7       G+G  C majorC G/BG/B A minorAm
In the autumn it seemed that everything was gone
  G+G     A minorAm   C majorC    B minorBm    C majorC     A minorAm    D MajorD
We turned and all we saw were shades of black and grey and brown
   E minorEm    D MajorD   C majorC      G+G          D MajorD
Empty fields on every hand, silent house and shuttered stand
    G+G  D/F#D/F#  E minorEm    D MajorD   G+G  A minorAm G+G
Wasn't easy then to think of going on

Chorus:
       D MajorD E minorEm     D MajorD
It still goes on, it will go on
    E minorEm   D MajorD  C majorC   G/BG/B G/AG/A G+G      D7D7  G+G
In the sharing of a smile, in the caring for a child
 C majorC       G+G  C majorC  D MajorD            G+G
Asleep in your arms and dreaming, it still goes on

Instrumental:
G+G A minorAm G/BG/B C majorC  D MajorD

Verse:
  G+G       D7D7         G+G    C majorC G/BG/B A minorAm
But the winter was time for plans and dreaming
  G+G   A minorAm C majorC    B minorBm    C majorC     A minorAm      D MajorD
Catalogues and endless schemes, ideas that kept us all believing
     E minorEm    D MajorD   C majorC        G+G         D MajorD
We could keep the dream alive and make it grow, not just survive
    G+G      D/F#D/F#  E minorEm    D MajorD    G+G  A minorAm G+G
Knowing that, drove out the cold and kept us warm

Chorus:
       D MajorD E minorEm     D MajorD
It still goes on, it will go on
    E minorEm   D MajorD  C majorC   G/BG/B G/AG/A G+G      D7D7  G+G
In the sharing of a smile, in the caring for a child
 C majorC       G+G  C majorC  D MajorD            G+G
Asleep in your arms and dreaming, it still goes on

Instrumental:
G+G A minorAm G/BG/B C majorC  D MajorD

Verse:
    G+G         D7D7       G+G   C majorC G/BG/B A minorAm
And the joy of springtime sun is warm and steady
    G+G     A minorAm   C majorC    B minorBm  C majorC        A minorAm   D MajorD
In the greenhouse and the fields, next season's crop is coming ready
    E minorEm     D MajorD     C majorC     G+G        D MajorD
Walking through the door with hoe, I can feel that it's begun
    G+G  D/F#D/F#  E minorEm  D MajorD     G+G  A minorAm G+G
And in everyone of us it still goes on

Chorus:
       D MajorD E minorEm     D MajorD
It still goes on, it will go on
    E minorEm   D MajorD  C majorC   G/BG/B G/AG/A G+G      D7D7  G+G
In the sharing of a smile, in the caring for a child
 C majorC       G+G  C majorC  D MajorD            G+G
Asleep in your arms and dreaming, it still goes on

Chorus:
       D MajorD E minorEm     D MajorD
It still goes on, it will go on
    E minorEm   D MajorD  C majorC   G/BG/B G/AG/A G+G      D7D7  G+G
In the sharing of a smile, in the caring for a child
 C majorC       G+G  C majorC  D MajorD            G+G
Asleep in your arms and dreaming, it still goes on