Intro: E5 - E5 - A5 - B5 - B; (2x)

E5 E5 A5 B5 - B5
What has life to offer me when I grow old?
E5 E5 A5 B5 - B5
What's there to look forward to beyond the biting cold
B5 A5 B5 A5
('Cause) They say it's difficult, yes, stereotypical.

E5 E5 A5 B5 - B5
What's there beyond sleep, eat, work in this cruel life
E5 E5 A5 B5 - B5
Ain't there nothin' else 'round here but human strife
B5 A5 B5 A5
'Cause they say it's difficult, yes, stereotypical
B5 A5 B5 A5
Gotta be conventional, you can't be so radical.

Chorus:
E5 B5
(So I'll/And) sing this song to all of (my/our) age
A5 B5
For these are the questions we've got to face
E5 B5
For in this cycle that we call life
A5 B5 E5
We are the ones who are next in line
B5 A5 - B5
We are next in line.

Repeat 1st verse using G#m7 in place of EM9

B5 A5 B5 A5
Gotta be conventional, you can't be so radical.

Repeat Chorus, except last line, using chord pattern E-G#m7-A-Bsus-B-

E5 - Ab5 A5 - B5
We are next in line
E5 Ab5 A5 B5
Oh-hoh, we are next in line.

Bridge:

E5 D5
And we gotta work, we gotta feel (we gotta feel)
A5 B5
Let's open our eyes and do whatever it takes
E5 D5
We gotta work, we gotta feel (we gotta feel)
A5 B5 - A5 B5
Let's open our eyes, oh-woh.

Repeat Chorus, except last word of 4th line,
using chord pattern E5 - Ab5 - A5 - B5 - B-

E5 pause A5 pause
...line

E5 pause
Sing this song for me
A5 pause
Sing this song for me.

(Chord pattern E5 - Ab5 - A5 - B- to fade)

Illustrated Chords:

E5 021102
B5 x22442 or xx4440
A5 002220
D5 000232 or x02232