For the One Direction version, try transposing the song 3 steps down.
Intro: A E Gbm D E Bm Gbm E
Verse:
A E Gbm
Let's start 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
Gbm E A
Are you gonna drop the bomb or not?
Verse:
A E Gbm
Let us stay young or let us live forever
D E
We don't have the power, but we never say never
Bm D
Sitting in the sandpit, life is a short trip
Gbm E - A
The music's for the sadman
Verse:
A E Gbm
Can you imagine when this race is won
D E
Turn out all the faces into the sun
Bm D
Praising our leaders, we're getting in tune
Gbm E - A
The music's played by the madman
Chorus:
A E
Forever Young
Gbm D
I want to be Forever Young
E Bm
Do you really want to live forever?
D E
Forever, and ever
A E
Forever Young,
Gbm D
I want to be Forever Young
E Bm
Do you really want to live forever?
D E A E D E
Forever Young.
Verse:
A E Gbm
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
Gbm E- A
Why don't they stay young?
Verse:
A E Gbm
It's so hard to get old without a cause
D E
I don't want to perish like a fading horse
Bm D
Years like diamonds in the sun
Gb E- A
And diamonds are forever
Verse:
A E Gbm
So many advantages given up today
D E
So many songs we forgot to play
Bm D
So many dreams swinging out of the blue
Gbm E - A
Oh let it come true
Chorus - repeat -:
A E
Forever Young
Gbm D
I want to be Forever Young
E Bm
Do you really want to live forever?
D E
Forever, and ever
A E
Forever Young,
Gbm D
I want to be Forever Young
E Bm
Do you really want to live forever?
D E A E D E
Forever Young.
