Intro: E Em9 A Bsus B; (2x)
E Em9 A Bsus B
What has life to offer me when I grow old?
E Em9 A Bsus B
What's there to look forward to beyond the biting cold
B A B A
('Cause) They say it's difficult, yes, stereotypical.
E Em9 A Bsus B
What's there beyond sleep, eat, work in this cruel life
E Em9 A Bsus B
Ain't there nothin' else 'round here but human strife
B A B A
'Cause they say it's difficult, yes, stereotypical
B A B A
Gotta be conventional, you can't be so radical.
Chorus:
E B
(So I'll/And) sing this song to all of (my/our) age
A B
For these are the questions we've got to face
E B
For in this cycle that we call life
A B E
We are the ones who are next in line
B/E A/E B
We are next in line.
Reapeat verse 1 using G#m7 in place of Em9
B A B A
Gotta be conventional, you can't be so radical.
Repeat Chorus, except last line, using chord pattern E G#m7 A Bsus B
E G#m7 A B
We are next in line
E G#m7 A B
Oh hoh, we are next in line.
Bridge:
E D/E
And we gotta work, we gotta feel (we gotta feel)
A/E B/E
Let's open our eyes and do whatever it takes
E D
We gotta work, we gotta feel (we gotta feel)
A/E B A B
Let's open our eyes, oh woh.
Repeat Chorus, except last word of 4th line,
using chord pattern E G#m7 A Bsus B E pause
A pause
...line
E pause
Sing this song for me
A pause
Sing this song for me.
(Chord pattern E G#m7 A B to fade)