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  13 <h1 class="songtitle">Forever Young</h1>
  14
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  16 <p>Words and music Bob Dylan<br />
  17 Released on <a class="recordlink" href="index.htm">Planet Waves</a> (1974) and in an early demo version on
  18 <a class="recordlink" href="../28_biograph/index.htm">Biograph</a> (1985)<br />
  19 Tabbed by Eyolf &Oslash;strem</p>
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  22
  23 <h2 class="songversion">Album version I (slow):</h2>
  24 <pre class="verse">
  25 D
  26
  27         D
  28 May God bless and keep you always
  29          F#m/c#
  30 May your wishes all come true
  31         Em/b
  32 May you always do for others
  33         G             D
  34 And let others do for you
  35         D
  36 May you build a ladder to the stars
  37     F#m/c#
  38 And climb on every rung
  39         Em   A(sus4-A) D
  40 May you stay    forever young
  41         A         Bm
  42 Forever young, forever young
  43         D   A        D
  44 May you stay forever young.
  45
  46 May you grow up to be righteous
  47 May you grow up to be true
  48 May you always know the truth
  49 And see the lights surrounding you
  50 May you always be courageous
  51 Stand upright and be strong
  52 May you stay forever young
  53 Forever young, forever young
  54 May you stay forever young.
  55
  56 May your hands always be busy
  57 May your feet always be swift
  58 May you have a strong foundation
  59 When the winds of changes shift
  60 May your heart always be joyful
  61 And may your song always be sung
  62 May you stay forever young
  63 Forever young, forever young
  64 May you stay forever young.
  65 </pre>
  66
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  69 <h2 class="songversion">Album version II (fast):</h2>
  70 <pre class="verse">
  71 G(/f#-g)
  72
  73         G
  74 May God bless and keep you always
  75          C               G
  76 May your wishes all come true
  77         G
  78 May you always do for others
  79         D
  80 And let others do for you
  81         G
  82 May you build a ladder to the stars
  83     C
  84 And climb on every rung
  85         G    D         G      C
  86 May you stay   forever young
  87         G    D         G
  88 May you stay   forever young.
  89 </pre>
  90
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  92
  93 <h2 class="songversion">Biograph version</h2>
  94
  95 <p>The guitar is tuned low, almost a half tone.<br />
  96 The strumming is very square, something like this (with sample
  97 embellishment included, with no extra cost)</p>
  98
  99 <pre class="tab">
 100                                     Last bar:
 101   :       .       .       .
 102 |-----3-------3-------3-------3---||-----0---------------
 103 |-----0-------0-------0h1-----0---||-----1---------------
 104 |-----0-------0-------0-------0---||-----0-------0------- etc
 105 |-----0-------0-------0h2-----0---||-----2-------0-------
 106 |---------------------------------||-3-------2---0-------
 107 |-3-------3-------3-------3-------||-----------------3---
 108 </pre>
 109 <pre class="verse">
 110         G
 111 May God bless and keep you always
 112          C               G      C/g G
 113 May your wishes all come true
 114         G
 115 May you always do for others
 116         D      /c     D                [D/c=x3023x;
 117 And let others do for you              played A7  D  in subsequent verses]
 118         G
 119 May you build a ladder to the stars
 120     C        /b    Am
 121 And climb on every rung
 122         G    D         G      C/g
 123 May you stay   forever young
 124         G    D         C     /b /a G
 125 May you stay   forever young.
 126
 127 May you grow up to be righteous
 128 May you grow up to be true
 129 May you always know the truth
 130 And see the lights surrounding you
 131 May you always be courageous
 132 Stand upright and be strong
 133 May you stay forever young
 134 Forever young, forever young
 135 May you stay forever young.
 136
 137 May your hands always be busy
 138 May your feet always be swift
 139 May you have a strong foundation
 140 When the winds of changes shift
 141 May your heart always be joyful
 142 And may your song always be sung
 143 May you stay forever young
 144 Forever young, forever young
 145 May you stay forever young.
 146 </pre>
 147
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 149
 150 <h2 class="songversion">Budokan version</h2>
 151
 152 <p>Capo 5th fret (sounding key F major)</p>
 153
 154 <pre class="verse">
 155         C
 156 May God bless and keep you always
 157          Em
 158 May your wishes all come true
 159         F
 160 May you always do for others
 161         G                C
 162 And let others do for you
 163         C
 164 May you build a ladder to the stars
 165     Em
 166 And climb on every rung
 167         F    G         C      Csus4 C
 168 May you stay   forever young
 169         G
 170 Forever young
 171         Am
 172 Forever young
 173         C   G        F    C
 174 May you stay forever young
 175 </pre>
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