[Verse 1]
C G Am
What happened to the homecoming king?
C F G Am
She thinks about him every September
C G A
Woke up from the American Dream
C F G Am
Needing another night to remember
[Pre-Chorus]
C F G Am
One with magic under the mirror ball
c F G Am
Making memories and love in his car
c F G Am
No, she never wanted to take it slow
C F G
Sometimes that's just how the story goes
[Chorus]
C F G Am
Don't give up when you're down
C F G Am
Don't look back on your life like it's over now
c f g Am
Sure, we're all gonna die, the time will come
C F G
And maybe the old days are gone
C F G Am
But the night is young
C F G Am
[Verse 2]
C G Am
"What you drinking? Son have a seat,"
C F g Am
He said to me and ordered another
c G A
He woke up from the American Dream
C F g a
Alone after the war he discovered
[Pre-Chorus 2]
C F G A
All the ticker tape and the glory fades
C F G Am
Life goes on and nothing gold ever stays
C F G Am
No, he never wanted to take it slow
C F G
Sometimes that's just how the story goes
[Chorus]
C F G Am
Don't give up when you're down
c F G Am
Don't look back on your life like it's over now
C F G Am
Sure, we're all gonna die, the time will come
C F G
And maybe the old days are gone
C F G Am
But the night is young
[Instrumental]
C F G Am
[Bridge]
G Am C
Kings and queens and soldiers age
F
You can see the writing on their face;
Played the pawn in every game
G Am C
Quintessential as it seems
F
When you're looking back at seventeen
Life is but a dream
(Yeah)
[Chorus]
G C G Am
Don't give up when you're down
C G Am
Don't look back on your life like it's over now
C G Am
Sure, we're all gonna die, the time will come
C F C
And maybe the old days are gone
F C F G Am
Don't give up when you're down
C F G Am
Don't look back on your life like it's over now
c F G Am
Sure, we're all gonna die, the time will come
C F G
And maybe the old days are gone
C F G Am
But the night is young
C F C F G Am
Yeah the night is young, oh the night is young
C F G Am
Yeah the night is young
C Am C G Am C Am C G
(Yeah the night is young)