5 Chords used in the song: C, G, Am, F, Dm

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Transpose chords:
Intro:C
G
Am
F
G
Dm
F
Am
C
Verse:C
G
Let’s dance in style let’s dance
Am
for a while
F
Heaven can wait we’re only
G
watching the skies
Dm
F
Hoping for the best but expecting the worst
Am
G
C
Are you going to drop the bomb or notC
G
Am
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
G
C
The music’s for the sad menC
G
Am
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
G
C
The music’s played by the mad men
Chorus:C
G
Am
F
Forever young I want to be forever youngG
Dm
F
G
Do you really want to live forever forever and everC
G
Am
F
Forever young I want to be forever youngG
Dm
F
G
C
Do you really want to live forever forever forever young
Verse:C
G
Am
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
G
C
why don’t they stay youngC
G
Am
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
G
C
and diamonds are foreverC
G
Am
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
G
C
we let them come true
Chorus:C
G
Am
F
Forever young I want to be forever youngG
Dm
F
G
Do you really want to live forever forever and everC
G
Am
F
Forever young I want to be forever youngG
Dm
F
G
C
Do you really want to live forever forever forever youngC
G
Am
F
Forever young I want to be forever youngG
Dm
F
G
Do you really want to live forever forever and everC
G
Am
F
G
Dm
F
Am
G
C
C
G
Am
F
G
Dm
F
Am
G
C
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Ended up adapting from Andrea Von Kampen's and go with a very specific picking:
1+4 - 2 3 - 4 3 2. Where - are breaks. this, for each chord.
exception are there last Am - G - C, where I with just 1+4 - 2 3 for Am and G.
1+4 - 2 3 - 4 3 2. Where - are breaks. this, for each chord.
exception are there last Am - G - C, where I with just 1+4 - 2 3 for Am and G.
12 May 2023


By far the best sounding and straightforward tab of it around here! Ideas for Fingerpicking?
23 Apr 2023

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About this song: Forever Young
On the surface, this is a hopeful song celebrating the virtues of youth, but a closer listen reveals a fear of aging and death. The song was written during the Cold War, where the singer is "hoping for the best, but expecting the worst; are you gonna drop the bomb or not?"Alphaville was a German Synthpop/Rock music group. The song was not a big hit when it was released, but has become well known as a result of its use in movies and TV shows. Among its uses: Read more on Last.fm.