Keep Your Eyes On The Prize Chords
by Pete Seeger
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.
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: