Intro
G# D#
[Verse 1]
G#
It was you and me
G#
Sitting in an apple tree
G#
At the summer's end
C# D#
We were only seventeen
Fm G# Cm
We held on so tight, that September night
C#
Then you promised me
[Chorus]
D# G# C#
We're never getting older we're never gonna be that way
G# C# D#
Remember when I told ya we would make it out someday
Fm G# Cm
Let them say we're crazy, 'cause we already won
C# D# G#
When you promised me, we'd be forever young
[Verse 2]
D# G#
I got your letter
C#
I can't seem to put it down
G#
It makes it better
C# D#
To have a piece of you around
G#
They're all just strangers
C#
Their words don't mean a thing
G#
I swear I'll die here
C# D#
I swear that I'd do anything
Fm Cm
To be back again, at the summer's end
C#
When you promised me
[Chorus]
D# G# C#
We're never getting older, we're never gonna be that way
G# C# D#
Remember when I told ya we would make it out someday
Fm G# Cm
They still say we're crazy and I still say we won
C# D#
When you promised me, we'd be forever--
[Bridge]
C# G#
Sooner or later-time gets the best of you
C# G#
I should've known better-you gotta do what you gotta do
C#
If I had me a river
Fm
I'd sit and watch it run by
D#
I'd never let it run dry
C#
I'm never gonna say goodbye
G# D# G# C#
[Chorus]
D# G# C#
We're never getting older we're never gonna be that way
G# C# D#
Remember when I told ya we would make it out someday
Fm G# Cm
Let them say we're crazy, 'cause we already won
C# D# G#
When you promised me, we'd be forever young
[Outro]
G#
Forever young
G#
Forever young
G#
Forever young
G#
Forever young
C#
Forever young