Intro: F

[Verse 1]
F
I'm walking in their footsteps, 
F
I'm singing their old songs
Dm                   Bb
Somebody blazed this trail
             F
I'm treadin' on
F
I'm bent, but I'm not broken
F
I'm stronger than I feel
   Dm                 Bb
I'm made of flesh and bone
             F
Not made of steel

[Chorus]
                      Dm    Bb
I'm the keeper of the flame
    F             C
The teller of the story
              Dm     Bb
Keeper of the flame
        F              C
For the ones that came before me
        Dm                  Bb
For the little pilot lights waiting to ignite
     F                C
Like fireflies in the rain
              Dm     Bb      F     C
Keeper of the flame

[Verse 2]
F
I've been burned out to ashes
F
Waiting for a wind
    Dm          Bb             F
To carry me and start a fire again
F
Sometimes I'm just a flicker
F
A candle in your eye
      Dm                 Bb          F
But I swear to God I'll never let it die

[Chorus]
                      Dm    Bb
I'm the keeper of the flame
    F             C
The teller of the story
              Dm     Bb
Keeper of the flame
        F              C
For the ones that came before me
        Dm                  Bb
For the little pilot lights waiting to ignite
     F                C
Like fireflies in the rain
              Dm     Bb      F     C
Keeper of the flame

[Bridge]
         Dm
When I'm drowning
         Bb
When I'm fighting
          F
When I'm screaming
         C
When I'm hiding
         Dm
When I'm losing
         Bb
When I'm winning
     F
I go back to
     C
The beginning

[Chorus]
               Dm     Bb
Keeper of the flame
    F             C
The teller of the story
              Dm     Bb
Keeper of the flame
         F              C
I'm not doing it for the glory
              Dm                  Bb
But for those little pilot lights waiting to ignite
     F                C
Like fireflies in the rain
              Dm     Bb      F     C
Keeper of the flame
                      Dm   Bb    F   C
I'm the keeper of the flame
Dm     Bb    F  C
Ooooh, oooh
                      Dm   Bb    F   C
I'm the keeper of the flame
Dm     Bb    F  
Ooooh, oooh