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Forever young

Alphaville

PopMedium for beginners5 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

C×○○
G○○○
Am×○○
F
Dm××○

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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  C             G                      
 Let's dance in style, let's dance for     
  Am                 F  
 a while. Heaven can wait we're only watching   
  G                   Dm               
 skies. Hoping for the best, but expecting   
  F                                            Am  G  
the worst. Are you gonna drop the bomb or not?  
  
         Let us stay young or let us live forever  
         We don't have the power, but we never say never  
         Sitting in a sandpit, life is a short trip  
         The music's for the sad man  
  
         Can you imagine when this race is won  
         Turn out all the faces into the sun  
         Praising our leaders, we're getting in tune  
         The music's played by the madman  
  
  C       G               Am                                             
 Forever young. I want to be   
  F  
 Forever young  
  G                     Dm              
 Do you really want to live forever?         
  F       G       
 Forever, you'll never           
  
(2) || C     ||  
       young  
  
         Some are like water, some are like the heat  
         Some are a melody and some are the beat  
         Sooner or later they all will be gone  
         Why don't they stay young?  
   
         It's so hard to get old without a cause  
         I don't want to perish like a fading rose  
         Years like diamonds in the sun  
         And diamonds are forever  
  
         So many advantages given up today  
         So many songs we forgot to play  
         So many dreams swinging out of the blue  
         Oh let it come true   
  
  
Solo (arranged for guitar):  
  
    C              G           Am              F  
hide this tab E |--------------------------|-------------------------|  
B |-8------8-----------------|---5-----5-----5---------|  
G |---9------9----7----4---7-|-----5-----5-------5-----|  
D |----(10)----10----5---5---|-7-----7-----7-------7---|  
A |--------------------------|-----------------8-----8-|  
E |--------------------------|-------------------------|  
  
    G                            Dm           F       Am  
hide this tab E |---7--10----7--10----7-10-7--------------|---------------------||  
B |-8-------8--------8---------8------------|-------------5---5---||  
G |-----------------------------------------|---5-------5---5---5-||  
D |--------------------------------7------7-|-----7---7-----------||  
A |------------------------------5---8--5---|-8-----8-------------||  
E |-----------------------------------------|---------------------||

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Chord set

C · G · Am · F · Dm

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.