VERSE 1:
The [F#] young ones, darling
we're the [D#m] young ones
And the [F#] young ones
shouldn't be a-[D#m]-fraid
CHORUS 1:
To live [F# open], love [C# open] [F#] while the flame is [B] strong
'Cos we [F#] may not
be the [C#] young ones very [F#] long [B][C#]
VERSE 2:
To-[F#]-morrow, why
wait until to-[D#m]-morrow
'Cos to-[F#]-morrow
sometimes never [D#m] comes
CHORUS 2:
So love [F# open], me [C# open] [F#] there's a song to be [B] sung
And the [F#] best time is to [C#] sing it
while we're [F#] young [F#7]
BRIDGE: [B open] Once in every lifetime [B] [F# open] comes a love like this [F#]
Oh, [G#] I need you, you need me [C# open] oh, my darling [C#7 open] can't you see
VERSE 3:
The [F#] young dreams
should be dreamed [D#m] together
And [F#] young hearts
shouldn't be a-[D#m]-fraid
CHORUS 3:
And some [F# open], day [C# open] [F#] when the years have [B] flown
Darling, [F#] then we'll teach
the young [C#] ones of our [F#] own