I prefer this cover to the original ( aplhaville)

When i heard it off the O.C i had to tab it 🙂

email ssetem@essex.ac.uk

Standard tuning

CAPO 4th

Intro

Listen for picking pattern, il give fret positions and strings you should pick
you work out the rest 🙂

e|—————————————————————————|
B|–|3|——|0|–|0|–|0|–|0|—|0|——-0——————————–|
G|–|0|——|0|–|0|–|2|–|2|—|0|—–2—2–0—————————|
D|———————|0|—————————————————|
A|—————-|3|————-|3|—3————————————|
E|–|3|–3s0-|0|————|2|———————————————-|

Chords

G – 320033
G/F# – 200033
Em – 022000
Cadd9 – 023033
D/F# – 200230

Verse 1-3

Let’s dance in s[G/F#]tyle, lets dance for a while

Heaven can wait we’re only watching the [D/F#]skies

Hoping for the best but expecting the worst

Are you going to drop the[D/F#] bomb or not?

Let us die y[G/F#]oung or let us live forever

We don’t have the power but we never say[D/F#] never

Sitting in a sandpit, life is a short trip

The music’s for the s[D/F#]ad men

Can you imagi[G/F#]ne when this race is won

Turn our golden faces into the s[D/F#]un

Praising our leaders we’re getting in tune

The music’s played by the ma[D/F#]d men

Chorus

Forever youn[G/F#]g, I want to be forever young

[D/F#]do you really want to live forever, forever f[D/F#]orever

Forever youn[G/F#]g, I want to be forever young

[D/F#]do you really want to live forever? Forever f[D/F#]orever

Instrumental

G, G/F#, Em, Cadd9, D/F#, Em, Cadd9, D/F#

Verses: 4-6

Some are like w[G/F#]ater, some are like the heat

Some are a melody and some are the [D/F#]beat

Sooner or later they all will be gone

why don’t they stay yo[D/F#]ung

It’s so hard[G/F#] to get old without a cause

I don’t want to perish like a fleeing ho[D/F#]rse

Youth’s like diamonds in the sun

and diamonds are fo[D/F#]rever

So many adventu[G/F#]res couldn’t happen today

So many songs we forgot to p[D/F#]lay

So many dreams swinging out of the blue

We let them come t[D/F#]rue

Chorus

Forever youn[G/F#]g, I want to be forever young

[D/F#]do you really want to live forever, forever F[D/F#]orever

Forever youn[G/F#]g, I want to be forever young

[D/F#]do you really want to live forever? Forever F[D/F#]orever

Instrumental : G, G/F#, Em, Cadd9, D/F#, Em, Cadd9, D/F# X2

Forever youn[G/F#]g, I want to be forever young

[D/F#]do you really want to live forever, forever F[D/F#]orever

Forever youn[G/F#]g, I want to be forever young

[D/F#]do you really want to live forever, forever[D/F#]

Enjoy :), corrections please email ssetem@essex.ac.uk thx

In standard tuning, The A/G# is a real niusance (402220). You could play it with a capo
2 in which the verses would be Em and D, but in standard tuning you can’t get the low D
note, so the capo kind of ruins it. FOR THE EASIER VERSION (Drop D tuning with a capo
2), SCROLL DOWN! I have both versions here! –jg

In Standard Tuning:
Intro: (F#m, E)

e-------2---!-------2---!-------2---!-------2---!
B--------2--!--------2--!--------2--!--------2--!
G---------2-!---------2-!---------2-!---------2-!
D-----4-----!-----4-----!-----4-----!-----4-----!
A-----------!--4--------!-----------!--4--------!
E--2--------!-----------!--2--------!-----------!

e-------0---!--4----0---!-------0---!--4----0---!
B--------0--!--------0--!--------0--!--------0--!
G---------1-!---------1-!---------1-!---------1-!
D-----2-----!-----2-----!-----2-----!-----2-----!
A-----------!--2--------!-----------!--2--------!
E--0--------!-----------!--0--------!-----------!

The summer rain is falling
Like its never going to stop here it’s been ages.
Puddles form on city corners

Businessmen they leap
Between the edges.

Mmmmm… Mmmm mmmm.

Umbrellas take up battle spots
But nature’s fury always proves much stronger.
And I’ve been sitting in my room
Wondering if I’m going to last much longer.

And I’ve [A/G#]been so damn sure
That I’ve been here before.
I’ll give [A/G#]back what I borrowed
And start today tomorrow.

I’ve been watching over you
Watching while you’re sleeping.
Visions slowly come to me
Of you when you were sixteen,
Standing in your neighbour’s house
Like the ones I’ve shown you.
Sometimes I get the feeling
That I’ve always known you.

And I’ve [A/G#]been so damn sure
That I’ve been here before.
I’ll rise [A/G#]a….bove my sorrow
And start today tomorrow.

Yeah…

The rain’s [A/G#]gone, here come the swallows.
Let’s start today tomorrow.

AND NOW FOR THE DROP-D VERSION:

This version is easier but requires different tuning.
Tune your low E string down two notes to D, and put a capo on the 2nd fret. All chords
relative to the capo.

Chords in Drop D:
Em: 222000
D: 000232
G: 555433 or 55543X
G/F#: 455433 or 45543X
A: X02220 (same as standard tuning)
Bm: X24432 (same as standard tuning)

The chords below also sound okay without the Drop D tuning, but you won’t get the low D
note and will have to adjust the picking pattern to use the higher D (open 4th string)
Still use a capo on 2 though.

Intro: (Em, D)

e-------0---!-------0---!-------0---!-------0---!
B--------0--!--------0--!--------0--!--------0--!
G---------0-!---------0-!---------0-!---------0-!
d-----2-----!-----2-----!-----2-----!-----2-----!
A-----------!--2--------!-----------!--2--------!
D--2--------!-----------!--2--------!-----------!

e-----------!--2--------!-----------!--2--------!
B-------3---!-------3---!-------3---!-------3---!
G--------2--!--------2--!--------2--!--------2--!
d-----0---0-!-----0---0-!-----2---0-!-----0---0-!
A-----------!--0--------!-----------!--0--------!
D--0--------!-----------!--0--------!-----------!

The summer rain is falling
Like its never going to stop here it’s been ages.
Puddles form on city corners

Businessmen they leap
Between the edges.

Mmmmm… Mmmm mmmm.

Umbrellas take up battle spots
But nature’s fury always proves much stronger.
And I’ve been sitting in my room
Wondering if I’m going to last much longer.

And I’ve [G/F#]been so damn sure
That I’ve been here before.
I’ll give [G/F#]back what I borrowed
And start today tomorrow.

I’ve been watching over you
Watching while you’re sleeping.
Visions slowly come to me
Of you when you were sixteen,
Standing in your neighbour’s house
Like the ones I’ve shown you.
Sometimes I get the feeling
That I’ve always known you.

And I’ve [G/F#]been so damn sure
That I’ve been here before.
I’ll rise [G/F#]a….bove my sorrow
And start today tomorrow.

Yeah…

The rain’s [G/F#]gone, here come the swallows.
Let’s start today tomorrow.

Verse 1

I just changed my mind

I traded it in for a clean sheet of skin

Empty within

The doctors couldn’t prescribe

anything else

From the medicine shelf

Oh cure thyself

Chorus

My love’s on a string

I’ll do anything

To get myself by

I and my friend

Oh let’s go to bed

And get ourselves by

Verse 2

I just lost my head.

I’m falling away.

The things that you say

will haunt you one day.

Love’s such a creepy thing

It gets under your skin

starts sticking in pins and festering.

Chorus
My life’s on a string

I’ll do anything

To get myself back.

I hang by a thread

Oh let’s go to bed

And get ourselves back.
Oh
My life’s on a string

My life’s on a string

My life’s on a string

I’d do anything

G D Em C G time this however is comfy, fade out
I wanna know you .