intro: C G7
C E E7
When we were young and green
Am Fm7 Bb7
We shared our dreams
Em7 Am G7
Together
C
And you were my friend...
C E E7
We had our good times, pal.
Am Fm7 Bb7
We thought they'd last
Em7 Am G7
Forever.
C
But nothing last forever--
G7 C E Am D7 G7 C
Nothing lasts forever.
F D
Time goes by
G C
And people change.
F G
It's best we go our
E7
Separate ways.
Am D
And it was wrong to think our love
(F) Fm7
Would never end,
G7
My friend.
C
Nothing lasts forever
G7 C E Am D7 G7 C
Nothing lasts forever
F D
Time goes by,
G C
It takes us all.
F G
Nations crumble
E7
and empires fall.
Am D
And who are we to think that
(F) Fm7
We would always be?
G7
You see,
C
Nothing lasts forever
G7 C
Nothing lasts forever...
C E E7
I know that you'll survive
Am Fm7 Bb7
And you'll get by
Em7 Am G7
Whatever.
C E Am D7 G7
Though you say goodbye-- my love will never die
C
It will last forever.
Bb6
Your love will die
F C
But mine will last forever.
Your love will fade
But mine will last forever.
Your feeling might go
But mine will last forever.
And though you're gone
You're in my mind forever
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