Trivia
Lagu legendaris “Forever Young” milik grup synth-pop asal Jerman, Alphaville, bukan sekadar lagu pesta bertempo lambat. Dirilis pada 1984 di tengah puncak Perang Dingin, liriknya mengandung kecemasan mendalam terhadap ancaman perang nuklir, yang tercermin dalam baris “hoping for the best, but expecting the bomb”.
Menariknya, lagu ini awalnya direkam dengan tempo yang jauh lebih cepat sebelum akhirnya diubah menjadi balada yang emosional.
Meski awalnya kurang sukses di tangga lagu Inggris, “Forever Young” justru bertransformasi menjadi lagu wajib perpisahan sekolah dan pernikahan di seluruh dunia, membuktikan kekuatannya sebagai simbol nostalgia dan harapan yang tak lekang oleh waktu.
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Intro
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G
Am
F
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Dm
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Am
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C
Let’s dance in s
G
tyle, let’s dance for a
Am
while
Heaven can
F
wait, we’re only watching the s
G
kies
Hoping for the
Dm
best, but expecting the
F
worst
Are you gonna drop the
Am
bomb or not?
-G
C
Let us die
G
young or let us live fo
Am
rever
We don’t have the
F
power, but we never say
G
never
Sitting in a
Dm
sandpit, life is a
F
short
trip
The music’s for the
Am
sad
men
-G
C
Can you i
G
magine when this race is won?
Am
Turn our golden
F
faces into the sun
G
Praising our
Dm
leaders, we’re getting in
F
tune
The music’s played by
Am
the, the madmen
-G
C
Forever
G
young
I want to
Am
be forever young
G
Do you really want to
Dm
live
forever?
F
Forever
G
and
ever
C
Forever
G
young
I want to
Am
be forever young
G
Do you really want to
Dm
live
forever?
F
G
Forever
C
young
G
F
-G
C
Some are like
G
water, some are like the heat
Am
Some are a
F
melody and some are the
G
beat
Sooner or
Dm
later, they all will be
F
gone
Why don’t they stay
Am
young?
-G
C
It’s so hard to get
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old without a cause
Am
I don’t want to
F
perish like a fading horse
G
Youth’s like
Dm
diamonds in the sun
F
And diamonds are fo
Am
rever
-G
C
So many adve
G
ntures couldn’t happen to
Am
day
So many
F
songs we forgot to play
G
So many
Dm
dreams swinging out of the
F
blue
We’ll let them come
Am
true
-G
C
Forever
G
young
I want to
Am
be forever
F
young
G
Do you really want to
Dm
live
forever?
F
Forever
G
and
ever
C
Forever
G
young
I want to
Am
be forever
F
young
G
Do you really want to
Dm
live
forever?
F
Forever
G
and
ever
C
Forever
G
young
I want to
Am
be forever
F
young
G
Do you really want to
Dm
live forever? (
F
Fore
G
ver
C
young)
Outro
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