Going On chords by Gordon Bok

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Difficulty: Novice

Intro:
G  C  G/B  Am

Verse:
   G                D7              G  C G/B Am
In summer there was nothing left to do
    G     Am      C      Bm      C      Am    D
But carry on, the way we knew he wanted us to do
        Em        D        C             G              D
Run the stand and work the farm, sleep exhausted, up at dawn
   G       D/F#       Em    D         G   Am G
No time to think, and so it just went on

Chorus:
              D  Em          D
It still goes on, it will go on
       Em      D    C      G/B G/A G            D7    G
In the sharing of a smile, in  the caring for a child
 C             G   C    D                       G
Asleep in your arms and dreaming, it still goes on

Instrumental:
G  Am  G/B  C   D

Verse:
       G                     D7             G    C G/B Am
In the autumn it seemed that everything was gone
   G          Am     C        Bm        C         Am       D
We turned and all we saw were shades of black and grey and brown
      Em        D     C            G                   D
Empty fields on every hand, silent house and shuttered stand
       G    D/F#    Em       D     G   Am G
Wasn't easy then to think of going on

Chorus:
              D  Em          D
It still goes on, it will go on
       Em      D    C      G/B G/A G            D7    G
In the sharing of a smile, in  the caring for a child
 C             G   C    D                       G
Asleep in your arms and dreaming, it still goes on

Instrumental:
G  Am  G/B  C   D

Verse:
    G              D7                 G        C G/B Am
But the winter was time for plans and dreaming
    G      Am  C       Bm       C          Am            D
Catalogues and endless schemes, ideas that kept us all believing
         Em       D      C                G                 D
We could keep the dream alive and make it grow, not just survive
        G           D/F#    Em       D       G    Am G
Knowing that, drove out the cold and kept us warm

Chorus:
              D  Em          D
It still goes on, it will go on
       Em      D    C      G/B G/A G            D7    G
In the sharing of a smile, in  the caring for a child
 C             G   C    D                       G
Asleep in your arms and dreaming, it still goes on

Instrumental:
G  Am  G/B  C   D

Verse:
        G                 D7              G      C G/B Am
And the joy of springtime sun is warm and steady
       G          Am      C       Bm   C                Am     D
In the greenhouse and the fields, next season's crop is coming ready
        Em          D         C          G                D
Walking through the door with hoe, I can feel that it's begun
       G    D/F#   Em    D          G   Am G
And in everyone of us it still goes on

Chorus:
              D  Em          D
It still goes on, it will go on
       Em      D    C      G/B G/A G            D7    G
In the sharing of a smile, in  the caring for a child
 C             G   C    D                       G
Asleep in your arms and dreaming, it still goes on

Chorus:
              D  Em          D
It still goes on, it will go on
       Em      D    C      G/B G/A G            D7    G
In the sharing of a smile, in  the caring for a child
 C             G   C    D                       G
Asleep in your arms and dreaming, it still goes on