Verse 1-3
GG/F#Em
Let's dance in style lets dance for a while
Cadd9D/F#
Heaven can wait we're only watching the skies
Em Cadd9
Hoping for the best but expecting the worst
D/F#
Are you going to drop the bomb or not
G G/F# Em
Let us die young or let us live forever
Cadd9D/F#
We don't have the power but we never say never
Em Cadd9
Sitting in a sandpit life is a short trip
D/F#
The music's for the sad men
G G/F# Em
Can you imagine when this race is won
Cadd9 D/F#
Turn our golden faces into the sun
Em Cadd9
Praising our leaders we're getting in tune
D/F#
The music's played by the mad men
Chorus
G G/F# Em Cadd9
Forever young I want to be forever young
D/F# Em Cadd9 D/F#
do you really want to live forever forever forever
G G/F# Em Cadd9
Forever young I want to be forever young
D/F# Em Cadd9 D/F#
do you really want to live forever Forever forever
Instrumental
G, G/F#, Em, Cadd9, D/F#, Em, Cadd9, D/F#
Verses -
G G/F# Em
Some are like water some are like the heat
Cadd9 D/F#
Some are a melody and some are the beat
Em Cadd9
Sooner or later they all will be gone
D/F#
why don't they stay young
G G/F# Em
It's so hard to get old without a cause
Cadd9D/F#
I don't want to perish like a fleeing horse
Em Cadd9
Youth's like diamonds in the sun
D/F#
and diamonds are forever
G G/F# Em
So many adventures couldn't happen today
Cadd9 D/F#
So many songs we forgot to play
Em Cadd9
So many dreams swinging out of the blue
D/F#
We let them come true
Chorus
G G/F# Em Cadd9
Forever young I want to be forever young
D/F# Em Cadd9 D/F#
do you really want to live forever forever Forever
G G/F# Em Cadd9
Forever young I want to be forever young
D/F# Em Cadd9 D/F#
do you really want to live forever Forever Forever
Instrumental : G, G/F#, Em, Cadd9, D/F#, Em, Cadd9, D/F# X2
G G/F# Em Cadd9
Forever young I want to be forever young
D/F# Em Cadd9 D/F#
do you really want to live forever forever Forever
G G/F# Em Cadd9
Forever young I want to be forever young
D/F# Em Cadd9 D/F#
do you really want to live forever forever