• Song:

    Never Die Young

  • Artist:

    James Taylor

  • Album:

    Greatest Hits, Volume 2

Never Die Young            (Capo 4th Fret)

Intro-C  F (133211@1)G (320003@1)Am (x02210@1)F (133211@1)Fmaj7 (1x3210@1)C (x32010@1)F (133211@1)E (022100@1)Am (x02210@1)F (133211@1) Fmaj7 (1x3210@1)         G (320003@1)Am (x02210@1)F (133211@1) G (320003@1)Am (x02210@1)F (133211@1)G (320003@1)Am (x02210@1)F (133211@1)G (320003@1) Am (x02210@1)F (133211@1)G (320003@1)name="chord_x02210@1">Am F (133211@1)C (x32010@1)                      F (133211@1)   G (320003@1)      C (x32010@1)              F (133211@1)      GWe (320003@1)were ring-around-the-rosy children, they were circles around the sun.


Am (x02210@1)        F (133211@1)Fmaj7 (1x3210@1)      G (320003@1) Am (x02210@1)       F (133211@1)  Fmaj7 (1x3210@1)           GNever (320003@1)give up, never slow down, never grow old, never ever die young.


C (x32010@1)                     F (133211@1)   G (320003@1)   C (x32010@1)             F (133211@1)    GSynchronized (320003@1)with the rising moon, even with the evening star,


Am (x02210@1)             F (133211@1)Fmaj7 (1x3210@1)       G (320003@1)they were true love written in stone,

Am (x02210@1)             F (133211@1)   Fmaj7 (1x3210@1)              G (320003@1)        C (x32010@1)F (133211@1)Amthey (x02210@1)were never alone, they were never that far apart.

F (133211@1)                           G (320003@1)                                               
And we who couldn't bear to believe they might make it,

F (133211@1)                   Gwe (320003@1)got to close our eyes.


F (133211@1)                     G (320003@1)          F (133211@1)                    GCut (320003@1)up our losses into doable doses, ration our tears and sighs.

               C (x32010@1)                         F (133211@1)       GOh, (320003@1)you could see them on the street on a Saturday night. 

C (x32010@1)               F (133211@1)     GEveryone (320003@1)used to run them down.


           Am (x02210@1)        F (133211@1)        Fmaj7 (1x3210@1)          G (320003@1)  
They're a little too sweet, they're a little too tight, 

Am (x02210@1)        F (133211@1)      Fmaj7 (1x3210@1)Gnot (320003@1)enough tough for this town.


C (x32010@1)                         F (133211@1)      G (320003@1)        
Couldn't touch them with a ten-foot pole,

C (x32010@1)                     F (133211@1)     Gno, (320003@1)it didn't seem to rattle at all.


        Am (x02210@1)    F (133211@1)     Fmaj7 (1x3210@1)    GThey (320003@1)were glued together body and soul, 

       Am (x02210@1)F (133211@1)            Fmaj7 (1x3210@1)    G (320003@1)        C (x32010@1)  F (133211@1)G (320003@1)Am (x02210@1)F (133211@1)Fmaj7that (1x3210@1)much more with their backs up against the wall.

G (320003@1)           Am (x02210@1) F (133211@1)      G (320003@1)  Am (x02210@1)     F (133211@1)      GOh, (320003@1)hold them up, hold them up, never do let them fall

Am (x02210@1)         F (133211@1)         G (320003@1)          Am (x02210@1)        F (133211@1)                    
pray to the dust and the rust and the ruin that names us

     G (320003@1)           Amand (x02210@1)claims us and shames us all.

(Instrumental)   F (133211@1)G (320003@1)F (133211@1)G (320003@1)F (133211@1)G (320003@1)F (133211@1)Am (x02210@1)name="chord_320003@1">G

    C (x32010@1)                  F (133211@1)     G (320003@1)     C (x32010@1)             F (133211@1)        G (320003@1)    
I guess it had to happen someday soon- wasn't nothing to hold them down.

Am (x02210@1)        F (133211@1)                    Fmaj7 (1x3210@1)  G (320003@1)   
They would rise from among us like a big balloon,

Am (x02210@1)      F (133211@1)  Fmaj7 (1x3210@1)     Gtake (320003@1)the sky, forsake the ground.

C (x32010@1)             F (133211@1)          G (320003@1)    C (x32010@1)          F (133211@1)       GOh, (320003@1)yes, other hearts were broken, yeah, other dreams ran dry

        Am (x02210@1)    F (133211@1) Fmaj7 (1x3210@1)   G (320003@1)        Am (x02210@1)     F (133211@1)Fmaj7 (1x3210@1)  G (320003@1)    C (x32010@1) 
but our golden ones sail on, sail on to another land beneath another sky.

  C (x32010@1)        F (133211@1)       G (320003@1)   C (x32010@1)         F (133211@1)       G(Let (320003@1)other hearts be broken, let other dreams run dry)

        Am (x02210@1)    F (133211@1) Fmaj7 (1x3210@1)  
but our golden ones sail on,

 G (320003@1)    Am (x02210@1)        F (133211@1) Fmaj7 (1x3210@1)    G (320003@1)   C (x32010@1) F (133211@1)  G (320003@1) Am (x02210@1)sail on to another land beneath another sky,

F (133211@1)      G (320003@1)    C (x32010@1)     F (133211@1) E (022100@1)Am (x02210@1)F (133211@1)  Fmaj7 (1x3210@1)  
beneath another sky.


G (320003@1)       Am (x02210@1)  F (133211@1)     G (320003@1)  Am (x02210@1)      F (133211@1) G (320003@1)      Am (x02210@1)  F (133211@1)     G (320003@1)        
Hold them up, hold them up, hold them up, hold them up, hold them up,

A (x02220@1)       Fhold (133211@1)them up 


(Hold them up, don't let them fall).

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