Forever Young Tab

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Difficulty: beginner
Capo: 4th fret
Author RaphiqueB [a] 175. Last edit on Feb 13, 2014
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Band: Youth Group
Song: Forever Young
Tabber: shoegazex4@yahoo.com (Raphi)
Capo 4th Fret
 
Im going to show a couple different ways to play the intro/verse/chorus so yeah.
 
 
e[-----------------------------------------------]
B[-----3-----3---3-----3-----3---3---------------]
G[-0-0---0-0---0---0-0---0-0---0-----(x2)--------]
D[-----------------------------------------------]
A[-----------------------------------------------]
E[-----------------------------------------------]
 
e[--------------------------------------------------------------------]
B[-----0-----0---0-----0-----0---0------0-----0---0-----0-----0---0---]
G[--------------------------------------------------------------------]
D[-2-2---2-2---2--------------------0-0---0-0---0---2-2---2-2---2-----]
A[-----------------3-3---3-3---3--------------------------------------]
E[--------------------------------------------------------------------]
 
e[-----------------------------------------------]
B[-----0-----0---0-----0-----0---0---------------]
G[-----------------------------------------------]
D[-----------------------------------------------]
A[-3-3---3-3---3---3-3---3-3---3-----------------]
E[-----------------------------------------------]
 
 
--------OR FOR THE INTRO(IF YOU PREFER)--------------
 
ps. keep in mind that the capo IS on 4th fret, also that the zero on the B string is
i think it sound nicer though thats why I put it
 
e[-----------------------------------------------]
B[-----------------------------------------------]
G[-----7-----7---7-----7-----7---7---------------]
D[-5-5---5-5---5---5-5---5-5---5-----------------]
A[--------------------------------(x2)-----------]
E[-----------------------------------------------]
 
e[----------------------------------------------------------------------]
B[-----0-----0---0------0-----0---0-----0-----0---0-----0-----0---0-----]
G[-----4-----4---4------4-----4---4-----4-----4---4-----4-----4---4-----]
D[-2-2---2-2---2--------------------0-0---0-0---0---2-2---2-2---2-------]
A[------------------3-3---3-3---3---------------------------------------]
E[----------------------------------------------------------------------]
 
e[-----------------------------------------------]
B[-----0-----0---0-----0-----0---0---------------]
G[-----4-----4---4-----4-----4---4---------------]
D[-----------------------------------------------]
A[-3-3---3-3---3---3-3---3-3---3-----------------]
E[-----------------------------------------------]
 
 
---for this next part I'd like to thank ssetem@essex.ac.uk for helping with the chords------------
 
Chords Used:
 
G -     320033
G/F# -  200033
Em -    022000
Cadd9 - 032033
D/F# -  200230
 
Intro/Verse:
 
G		G/F#			Em
Let's dance in style, lets dance for a while
 
           Cadd9			D/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
 
                 Cadd9			D/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# (play intro)
 
 
Verse:
 
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
 
		Cadd9			D/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)
 
 
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
do you really want to live forever, forever
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3 comments
Skag-Trendy07
well why don't you ****ing tab it then, twat!
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jacobjcnsleft
good tab, but i don't think the D/F# is played? also, at the end of the intro i think it goes: e|-------------------------| B|-----0-----0--0--0-------| G|--------------------2-0--| D|-------------------------| A|-3-3---3-3---3-----------| E|-------------------------| good to have aussie music on ultimate guitar!
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