Standard tuning
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Intro
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--|3|------|0|--|0|--|0|--|0|---|0|-------0--------------------------------|
G|--|0|------|0|--|0|--|2|--|2|---|0|-----2---2--0---------------------------|
D|---------------------|0|---------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------|3|-------------|3|---3------------------------------------|
E|--|3|--3s0-|0|------------|2|----------------------------------------------|
Verses 1-3
GG/F#Em
Let's dance in style, lets dance for a while
C9D/F#
Heaven can wait we're only watching the skies
EmC9
Hoping for the best but expecting the worst
D/F#
Are you going to drop the bomb or not?
GG/F#Em
Let us die young or let us live forever
C9D/F#
We don't have the power but we never say never
EmC9
Sitting in a sandpit, life is a short trip
D/F#
The music's for the sad men
GG/F#Em
Can you imagine when this race is won
C9D/F#
Turn our golden faces into the sun
EmC9
Praising our leaders we're getting in tune
D/F#
The music's played by the mad men
GG/F#EmC9
Forever young, I want to be forever young
D/F#EmC9D/F#
do you really want to live forever, forever forever
GG/F#EmC9
Forever young, I want to be forever young
D/F#EmC9D/F#
do you really want to live forever? Forever forever
Instrumental
G, G/F#, Em, C9 , D/F#, Em, C9 , D/F#
Verses: 4-6
GG/F#Em
Some are like water, some are like the heat
C9D/F#
Some are a melody and some are the beat
EmC9
Sooner or later they all will be gone
D/F#
why don't they stay young
GG/F#Em
It's so hard to get old without a cause
C9D/F#
I don't want to perish like a fleeing horse
EmC9
Youth's like diamonds in the sun
D/F#
and diamonds are forever
GG/F#Em
So many adventures couldn't happen today
C9D/F#
So many songs we forgot to play
EmC9
So many dreams swinging out of the blue
D/F#
We let them come true
GG/F#EmC9
Forever young, I want to be forever young
D/F#EmC9D/F#
do you really want to live forever, forever Forever
GG/F#EmC9
Forever young, I want to be forever young
D/F#EmC9D/F#
do you really want to live forever? Forever Forever
Instrumental : G, G/F#, Em, C9 , D/F#, Em, C9 , D/F# X2
GG/F#EmC9
Forever young, I want to be forever young
D/F#EmC9D/F#
do you really want to live forever, forever Forever
GG/F#EmC9
Forever young, I want to be forever young
D/F#EmC9D/F#
do you really want to live forever, forever