14_planetwaves/forever_young.htm

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  13 <title>Forever Young</title>
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  18
  19 <h1 class="songtitle">Forever Young</h1>
  20
  21
  22 <p>Words and music Bob Dylan<br />
  23 Released on <a class="recordlink" href="index.htm">Planet Waves</a> (1974) and in an early demo version on
  24 <a class="recordlink" href="../28_biograph/index.htm">Biograph</a> (1985)<br />
  25 Tabbed by Eyolf &Oslash;strem</p>
  26
  27 <hr />
  28
  29 <h2 class="songversion">Album version I (slow):</h2>
  30 <pre class="verse">
  31 D
  32
  33         D
  34 May God bless and keep you always
  35          F#m/c#
  36 May your wishes all come true
  37         Em/b
  38 May you always do for others
  39         G             D
  40 And let others do for you
  41         D
  42 May you build a ladder to the stars
  43     F#m/c#
  44 And climb on every rung
  45         Em   A(sus4-A) D
  46 May you stay    forever young
  47         A         Bm
  48 Forever young, forever young
  49         D   A        D
  50 May you stay forever young.
  51
  52 May you grow up to be righteous
  53 May you grow up to be true
  54 May you always know the truth
  55 And see the lights surrounding you
  56 May you always be courageous
  57 Stand upright and be strong
  58 May you stay forever young
  59 Forever young, forever young
  60 May you stay forever young.
  61
  62 May your hands always be busy
  63 May your feet always be swift
  64 May you have a strong foundation
  65 When the winds of changes shift
  66 May your heart always be joyful
  67 And may your song always be sung
  68 May you stay forever young
  69 Forever young, forever young
  70 May you stay forever young.
  71 </pre>
  72
  73 <hr />
  74
  75 <h2 class="songversion">Album version II (fast):</h2>
  76 <pre class="verse">
  77 G(/f#-g)
  78
  79         G
  80 May God bless and keep you always
  81          C               G
  82 May your wishes all come true
  83         G
  84 May you always do for others
  85         D
  86 And let others do for you
  87         G
  88 May you build a ladder to the stars
  89     C
  90 And climb on every rung
  91         G    D         G      C
  92 May you stay   forever young
  93         G    D         G
  94 May you stay   forever young.
  95 </pre>
  96
  97 <hr />
  98
  99 <h2 class="songversion">Biograph version</h2>
 100
 101 <p>The guitar is tuned low, almost a half tone.<br />
 102 The strumming is very square, something like this (with sample
 103 embellishment included, with no extra cost)</p>
 104
 105 <pre class="tab">
 106                                     Last bar:
 107   :       .       .       .
 108 |-----3-------3-------3-------3---||-----0---------------
 109 |-----0-------0-------0h1-----0---||-----1---------------
 110 |-----0-------0-------0-------0---||-----0-------0------- etc
 111 |-----0-------0-------0h2-----0---||-----2-------0-------
 112 |---------------------------------||-3-------2---0-------
 113 |-3-------3-------3-------3-------||-----------------3---
 114 </pre>
 115 <pre class="verse">
 116         G
 117 May God bless and keep you always
 118          C               G      C/g G
 119 May your wishes all come true
 120         G
 121 May you always do for others
 122         D      /c     D                [D/c=x3023x;
 123 And let others do for you              played A7  D  in subsequent verses]
 124         G
 125 May you build a ladder to the stars
 126     C        /b    Am
 127 And climb on every rung
 128         G    D         G      C/g
 129 May you stay   forever young
 130         G    D         C     /b /a G
 131 May you stay   forever young.
 132
 133 May you grow up to be righteous
 134 May you grow up to be true
 135 May you always know the truth
 136 And see the lights surrounding you
 137 May you always be courageous
 138 Stand upright and be strong
 139 May you stay forever young
 140 Forever young, forever young
 141 May you stay forever young.
 142
 143 May your hands always be busy
 144 May your feet always be swift
 145 May you have a strong foundation
 146 When the winds of changes shift
 147 May your heart always be joyful
 148 And may your song always be sung
 149 May you stay forever young
 150 Forever young, forever young
 151 May you stay forever young.
 152 </pre>
 153
 154 <hr />
 155
 156 <h2 class="songversion">Budokan version</h2>
 157
 158 <p>Capo 5th fret (sounding key F major)</p>
 159
 160 <pre class="verse">
 161         C
 162 May God bless and keep you always
 163          Em
 164 May your wishes all come true
 165         F
 166 May you always do for others
 167         G                C
 168 And let others do for you
 169         C
 170 May you build a ladder to the stars
 171     Em
 172 And climb on every rung
 173         F    G         C      Csus4 C
 174 May you stay   forever young
 175         G
 176 Forever young
 177         Am
 178 Forever young
 179         C   G        F    C
 180 May you stay forever young
 181 </pre>
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