Never Die Young
James TaylorVersion1
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Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
We were ring-around-the-rosy children, they were circles around the sun.
Never give up, never slow down, never grow old, never ever die young.
Synchronized with the rising moon, even with the evening star,
they were true love written in stone,
they were never alone, they were never that far apart.
And we who couldn't bear to believe they might make it,
we got to close our eyes.
Cut up our losses into doable doses, ration our tears and sighs.
Oh, you could see them on the street on a Saturday night.
Everyone used to run them down.
They're a little too sweet, they're a little too tight,
not enough tough for this town.
Couldn't touch them with a ten-foot pole,
no, it didn't seem to rattle at all.
They were glued together body and soul,
that much more with their backs up against the wall.
Oh, hold them up, hold them up, never do let them fall
pray to the dust and the rust and the ruin that names us
and claims us and shames us all.
I guess it had to happen someday soon- wasn't nothing to hold them down.
They would rise from among us like a big balloon,
take the sky, forsake the ground.
Oh, yes, other hearts were broken, yeah, other dreams ran dry
but our golden ones sail on, sail on to another land beneath another sky.
(Let other hearts be broken, let other dreams run dry)
but our golden ones sail on,
sail on to another land beneath another sky,
beneath another sky.
Hold them up, hold them up, hold them up, hold them up, hold them up,
hold them up
(Hold them up, dont let them fall).
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Readable chord sheet for Never Die Young by James Taylor
[C] [F] [G] [Am] [F] [Fmaj7] [C] [F] [E] [Am] [F] [Fmaj7]
[G] [Am] [F] [G] [Am] [F] [G] [Am] [F] [G] [Am] [F] [G] [Am] [F]
[C]We were ring-around-the-r[F]osy ch[G]ildren, t[C]hey were circles [F]around th[G]e sun.
[Am]Never give u[F]p, [Fmaj7]never slow do[G]wn, [Am]never grow [F]old, [Fmaj7]never ever die you[G]ng.
[C]Synchronized with the ri[F]sing m[G]oon, e[C]ven with the eve[F]ning st[G]ar,
[Am]they were true lo[F]ve [Fmaj7]written in sto[G]ne,
[Am]they were never a[F]lone, [Fmaj7]they were never that [G]far apart. [C] [F] [Am]
[F]And we who couldn't bear to be[G]lieve they might make it,
[F]we got to close our ey[G]es.
[F]Cut up our losses into d[G]oable doses, [F]ration our tears and si[G]ghs.
Oh, you could s[C]ee them on the street on a S[F]aturday ni[G]ght.
[C]Everyone used to r[F]un them [G]down.
They're a l[Am]ittle too sw[F]eet, they'r[Fmaj7]e a little too ti[G]ght,
[Am]not enough t[F]ough for [Fmaj7]this to[G]wn.
[C]Couldn't touch them with a t[F]en-foot p[G]ole,
[C]no, it didn't seem to ra[F]ttle at [G]all.
They wer[Am]e glued [F]together[Fmaj7] body and s[G]oul,
that mu[Am]ch m[F]ore with their [Fmaj7]backs up ag[G]ainst the w[C]all. [F] [G] [Am] [F] [Fmaj7]
[G]Oh, hold them [Am]up, h[F]old them [G]up, n[Am]ever do l[F]et them f[G]all
[Am]pray to the d[F]ust and the [G]rust and the [Am]ruin that na[F]mes us
and c[G]laims us and s[Am]hames us all.
[F] [G] [F] [G] [F] [G] [F] [Am] [G]
I gu[C]ess it had to happen [F]someday [G]soon- wa[C]sn't nothing to [F]hold them d[G]own.
[Am]They would r[F]ise from among us like [Fmaj7]a big bal[G]loon,
[Am]take the s[F]ky, f[Fmaj7]orsake the g[G]round.
[C]Oh, yes, other h[F]earts were br[G]oken, y[C]eah, other dr[F]eams ran d[G]ry
but our [Am]golden o[F]nes [Fmaj7]sail on, s[G]ail on to a[Am]nother la[F]nd [Fmaj7]beneath a[G]nother [C]sky.
(L[C]et other he[F]arts be br[G]oken, [C]let other dr[F]eams run d[G]ry)
but our [Am]golden o[F]nes [Fmaj7]sail on,
s[G]ail on [Am]to another l[F]and [Fmaj7]beneath ano[G]ther s[C]ky, [F] [G] [Am]
[F]beneath a[G]nother [C]sky. [F] [E] [Am] [F] [Fmaj7]
[G]Hold them [Am]up, ho[F]ld them [G]up, h[Am]old them u[F]p, h[G]old them [Am]up, ho[F]ld them [G]up,
[Am]hold them u[F]p
(Hold them up, dont let them fall).