Keep Your Eyes On The Prize Chords

KeyAm CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays562

Keep Your Eyes On The Prize by Pete Seeger is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of Am. It uses the chords Am, Dm7 and Em. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
Am
Text
16
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  			verse 1: 

Am 
Paul and Silas bound in jail 

Had no money for to go their bail 

 
          Dm7         Em 
Keep your eyes on the prize 
     Am 
Hold on! Hold on! 

verse 2: 
Am 
Paul and Silas thought they was lost 

Dungeon shook and the chains come off 


          Dm7         Em 
Keep your eyes on the prize 
     Am 
Hold on! Hold on! 

verse 3: 
Am 
Freedom's name is mighty sweet 

And soon we're gonna meet 


          Dm7         Em 
Keep your eyes on the prize 
         Am 
Hold on! Hold on! 

verse 4: 
Am 
I got my hand on the gospel plow 

Won't take nothing for my journey now 


          Dm7         Em 
Keep your eyes on the prize 
     Am 
Hold on! Hold on! 

 
           Dm7        Em 
Keep your eyes on the prize 
     Am 
Hold on! 

Verse 5: 
Am 
Only chain that a man can stand 

Is that chain o' hand on hand 


          Dm7         Em 
Keep your eyes on the prize 
     Am 
Hold on! Hold on! 

Verse 6: 
Am 
I'm gonna board that big greyhound 

Carry the love from town to town 
Chorus:

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante