Chords for Never Die Young - Tonight Show, Feb 1988

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James Taylor is a major force in music, one of the most popular and prolific songwriters of our time.
This is his new album called Never Die Young.
Would you welcome James Taylor.
Thank you. _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ [E] We were ringing around [F#] the roads of children
_ [E] They were circles around the [B]
sun
[C#m] Never [F#] give up, [A] never slow [B] down
[C#m] Never grow [A] old, never ever [B] die young
[E] _ _ Synchronized [F#] with the rising of the moon
[E] _ _ Even [A] with the evening [B] star
They [C#m] were true [A] love kittens
_ [C#m] They were never alone, [A] they were never [B] that far [E] apart
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[E] _ _ [C#m] We were [A] pretty made [B] to believe they might make [E] it
We had to close [B] our eyes
_ [E] Cut out our [A] losses [B] in the dooble dozes
[F#] Crashing our tears and [B] sighs
Oh, and you [E] could see them on the street on a [A] Saturday _ [B] night
[E] _ Everyone used [A] to run them [B] down
[C#m] They're a little too [A] sweet, they're a little too [B] tight
[C#m] They're not enough to top this tough [B] town
[E] We couldn't touch them [F#] with a ten-foot pole
[E] I mean, it didn't seem to rattle [B] at all
They were [C#m] glued [F#] together, [A]
body and [B] soul
[C#m] That much [A] more with their backs [B] up against the [E] _ _ [A] wall
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_ [A] _ _ [B] _ [C#m] Hold them up, [A] _
[B] hold them up
[C#m] Never do [A] let them [C#m] fall
Pray to the [B] dust and the [C#m] rust and the [A] ruin
That names us, [B] claims us, [C#m] and shames us [A] _ [E] all
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[B] I _ [C#] _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _
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[E] _ _ guess it had to happen someday soon
There was nothing to hold them [B] down
They [C#m] would rise from amongst [A] like a big balloon
[C#m] Take the sky and [A] forsake the [B] ground
_ [E] _ Oh, and so the [F#] hearts were broken
Yeah, sure, all the [A] dreams ran [B] dry
But [C#m] our golden [E] ones would [A] sail on, sail on
[C#m] To [F#] another land beneath [A]
another _ [E] sky
And [F#] all their hearts would [E] glow
I said, and all their dreams [B] would fly
[C#m] That our golden ones sail [A] on, sail [B] on
[C#m] To another [F#] land [A] beneath another [B] _ [E] sky
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_ [B] _ [C#m] Oh, _ _ _ [F#m]
beneath [B] another [E] sky
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[A] _ _ _ [B] Hold them up, _ [B] hold them up
[C#m] You must [A] hold them up
[B]
Hold them [A] up, hold them up
Hold them up, [B] _ _ [C#m] hold [A]
them [B] _ up [A] Hold _ _ [C#m] them
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[C#m] _ _ [E] _ _ [B] Don't [C#m] _
[A] let _ [B] _ [C#m] them fall
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