(intro) A E D E (2x)
        D E

 A             E/G#                       F#m
Let's dance in style, let's dance for a while
              D                            E
Heaven can wait, we're only watching the skies
Bm                                       D
Hoping for the best, but expecting the worst
                   F#m              E
Are you going to drop the bomb or not?

A          E/G#                     F#m
Let us die young or let us live forever
                    D                      E
We don't have the power but we never say never
Bm                                     D
Sitting in a sandpit, life is a short trip
               F#m            E
The music's for the sad men

A           E/G#                   F#m
Can you imagine when this race is won?
             D                    E
Turn our golden faces into the sun
Bm                                      D
Praising our leaders, we're getting in tune
                  F#m              E
The music's played by the madmen

(refrão)
A           E            F#m        D      E
Forever young, I want to be forever young
             Bm
Do you really want to live forever
D             E
Forever - and ever

A           E/G#                   F#m
Some are like water, some are like the heat
             D                     E
Some are a melody and some are the beat
Bm                                D
Sooner or later, they all will be gone
              F#m            E
Why don't they stay young?

A           E/G#                   F#m
It's so hard to get old without a cause
             D                     E
I don't want to perish like a fading horse
Bm                           D
Youth's like diamonds in the sun
              F#m          E
And diamonds are forever

A           E/G#                   F#m
So many adventures couldn't happen today
         D                  E
So many songs we forgot to play
Bm                                 D
So many dreams swinging out of the blue
               F#m         E
We'll let them come true

(refrão 3x)