Forever Young Piano Notes and Chords (Alphaville)

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Piano Notes for Forever Young

This post provides the melody notes (right hand letter notes) and chords (left hand notes) for the song Forever Young by Alphaville.

Key Information for the Song Forever Young by Alphaville

Key Signature: Blank (No flats, No sharps)
Scale: C major (All Natural Notes, All white keys)
C Major Scale Notes: C, D, E, F, G, A, B

The relative minor of C major is A minor (same notes but arranged in a different order).
A minor Scale Notes: A, B, C, D, E, F, G

Tempo: 136 bpm
Time Signature: 4/4
Difficulty Level: Beginner, Intermediate

How to Play Forever Young

Piano Keys Layout

Symbols Used in the Song

Asterisk: star symbol (*): Indicates an octave.
Notes in Brackets: (): Play quickly or fast (16th note of sheet music).
Wavy Lines: Tilde (~): Sustained Notes (quarter note, half note, or a whole note of sheet music).
Vertical Bar: Pipe Symbol (|): Indicates a chord change.
Chords: Bold red text inside square brackets [chord]. Play the chords for the song Forever Young at this point in the song.
Asterisk after a note (e.g., C*): Indicates a higher octave note.
Asterisk before a note (e.g., *C): Indicates a lower octave note.

Forever Young Piano Notes and Chords

Intro Music Chords

| C  | G   | Am
| F   | G   | Dm
| F   | Am   | G

Verse 1

Let’s dance in style, let’s dance for a while
Heaven can wait, we’re only watching the skies
Hoping for the best but expecting the worst
Are you gonna drop the bomb or not?

| [C] G G G G~ | [G] ~
| Let’s dance in style | ,

F E~ E D E~ | [A] ~~
let’s dance for a while |

E E G F~ | [F] ~
Heaven can wait | ,

F E C C D D~ | [G] ~~
we’re only watching the skies |

D D D C | [D] E~
Hoping for the | best

D D C C *A C~ | [F] ~
but expecting the worst |

C *A C *A C *A | [A] D *G *A~~~
Are you gonna drop the | bomb or not?

Verse 2

Let us die young or let us live forever
We don’t have the power but we never say never
Sitting in a sandpit, life is a short trip
The music’s for the sad men

G G G | [G] G
Let us die | young

G G F E E~ D E~ | [A] C~
or let us live for | ever

C E E G F~ | [F] ~ E
We don’t have the po | wer

E C C D D~ | [G] D~~
but we never say never

D C D C | [D] E~ D~
Sitting in a | sandpit,

C C~ *A | [F] D~ *A~
life is a | short trip

(*A) C *A C *A | [A] D~ *A~~~
The music’s for the | sad men

Verse 3

Can you imagine when this race is won
Turn our golden faces into the sun
Praising our leaders, we’re getting in tune
The music’s played by the, the mad man

G G G A~ | [G]
Can you ima | gine

G G G A D E~ | [A] ~
when this race is won |

E E E E | [F] A~ G G E C D~ | [G]
Turn our golden | faces into the sun |

D D D E~ | [D] D~ *A C C *A C~~ | [F]
Praising our lea | ders, we’re getting in tune |

*A C *A C~ C *A~ | [A] ~~ *A E~ | [G] D C~
The music’s played by the, the mad man

Chorus

Forever young, I want to be forever young
Do you really want to live forever?
Forever, and ever
Forever young, I want to be forever young
Do you really want to live forever?
Forever young

| [C] G A~~ G G~ | [G] ~~
| Forever young | ,

D E F E~ | [A] ~ G F~~ E | [F] C~~~
I want to be | forever young

| [F] C C~ A~~ | [G] ~ D E~~ D~
Forever, and ever