Tone: [Fm]
Verse:
I [Fm]wanna be immortal[Cm]immortal
Like a [Ab]god in the sky[Cm]sky
I wanna [Ab]be a silk flower[Eb]flower
Like I’m [Fm]never gonna [Bb]die
I [Fm]wanna live forever [Cm]
For[Fm]Forever in your heart[Cm]heart
And we’ll [Ab]always be together[Eb]together
From the [Fm]end to the st[Bb]start
Verse:
[Fm]That’s what we do it for [Cm]
To reserve a place[Ab]place
It’s just another part[Cm]part of the human race
[Fm]That’s what we do it for [Cm]
To reserve a space[Ab]space
In history it’s just [Cm]
Part of the human race [Fm]
Race, race, race[Cm]race, race [Ab] [Eb]
Chorus:
I’m forever [Fm]chasing after time [Cm]
But everybody [Ab]dies, [Cm]dies
If I could buy for[Fm]forever at a pr[Cm]price
I would buy it [Ab]twice, [Cm]twice
But [Fm]if the earth ends in f[Cm]fire
And the s[Ab]seas are frozen in [Cm]time
There’ll [Fm]be just one survivor[Cm]survivor
The m[Ab]memory that I was y[Cm]yours and you were [Fm]mine
[Cm] Everybody [Ab]dies, [Cm]dies [Fm]
[Cm] Chasing after [Ab]time, [Cm]time
Verse:
[Fm]When you love somebody [Cm]
They’ll [Ab]always leave too [Cm]soon
But a [Ab]memory, a memory[Eb]memory
Can [Fm]make a flower blo[Bb]bloom
We w[Fm]wanna be remembered[Cm]remembered
Don’t w[Ab]wanna live in v[Cm]vain
But n[Ab]nothing lasts forever[Eb]forever
This [Fm]world is in a losing [Bb]game
Verse:
[Fm]I wanna mean somethin[Cm]something to somebody else
[Ab]Feel a significance in[Cm]in the real world
[Fm]It’s not enough to li[Cm]live out a lucky li[Ab]life [Cm]
Chorus:
I’m forever [Fm]chasing after time [Cm]
But everybody [Ab]dies, [Cm]dies
If I could buy for[Fm]forever at a pr[Cm]price
I would buy it [Ab]twice, [Cm]twice
But [Fm]if the earth ends in f[Cm]fire
And the s[Ab]seas are frozen in [Cm]time
There’ll [Fm]be just one surv[Cm]survivor
The m[Ab]memory that I was y[Cm]yours and you were [Fm]mine
[Cm] Everybody [Ab]dies, [Cm]dies [Fm]
[Cm] Chasing after [Ab]time, [Cm]time
Bridge:
No, [Ab]I don't wanna be afr[Eb]afraid, afraid to [Bbm]die
I j[Ab]just wanna be able to [Eb]
say that I have l[Bbm]lived my life
Oh, [Ab]all these things that humans [Eb]do
To [Bbm]leave behind a little proof
But the [Ab]only thing that doesn't [Eb]die is [Bbm]love
love love love love love
Chorus:
I’m forever [Fm]chasing after [Cm]time
But everybody [Ab]dies, [Cm]dies
If I could buy for[Fm]forever at a pr[Cm]price
I would buy it [Ab]twice, [Cm]twice
But [Fm]if the earth ends in f[Cm]fire
And the [Ab]seas are frozen in [Cm]time
There’ll [Fm]be just one surv[Cm]survivor
The m[Ab]memories of a [Cm]lifetim[Fm]lifetime
[Cm] Everybody [Ab]dies, [Cm]dies [Fm]
[Cm] Chasing after [Ab]time, [Cm]time [Fm]
Outro:
[Cm] So keep me alive[Fm]alive
[Cm] So keep me alive[Fm]alive
[Cm] So keep me alive[Fm]alive
[Cm] [Fm] [Cm] [Fm] [Cm] [Fm] [Cm] [Fm] [Cm]