instrumental intro = verse 1
C G Am
1. Let's dance in style, let's dance for a while,
F G
heaven can wait, we're only watching the skies,
Dm F
Hoping for the best, but expecting the worst
Am
Are you going to drop the bomb or not ?
C G Am
2. Let us die young or let us live forever,
F G
we don't have the power, but we never say never.
Dm F
Sitting in a sandpit, life is a short trip,
Am
the music's for the sad men.
C G Am
3. Can you imagine when this race is won?
F G
Turn our golden faces into the sun,
Dm F
Praising our leaders, we're getting in tune,
Am
the music's played by the madmen.
C G Am F
Forever young, I want to be forever young
G Dm - F - G
Do you really want to live forever, forever, and ever?
C G Am F
Forever young, I want to be forever young
G Dm
Do you really want to live forever,
F - G C
forever, forever young?
C G Am
4. Some are like water, some are like the heat,
F G
some are a melody and some are the beat.
Dm F
Sooner or later, they all will be gone,
Am
why don't they stay young?
C G Am
5. It's so hard to get old without a cause,
F G
I don't want to perish like a fading horse.
Dm F
Youth's like diamonds in the sun,
Am
and diamonds are forever.
C G Am
6. So many adventures couldn't happen today,
F G
so many songs we forgot to play,
Dm F
so many dreams swinging out of the blue,
Am
we'll let them come true.
C G Am F
Forever young, I want to be forever young
G Dm - F - G
Do you really want to live forever, forever, and ever?
C G Am F
Forever young, I want to be forever young
G Dm
Do you really want to live forever,
F - G C
forever, forever young?
C G Am F
+ Forever young, I want to be forever young.
G Am - F - G
Do you really want to live forever ?
+ instrumental = CHORUS (2x) ......
(Alphaville)