Ever-Young

Song 14 of 52Work in progressKey of D minor

Still on the workbench. This one's a working draft. The words or chords may change before it's done.

ON THE RECORDReleased 2012

The GROUNDWORK album cover: Wes sitting on loading-dock steps in a leather jacket, the title in big white letters across a brick wall.

Track 12

Key: D minor
Capo: None
Tempo: Not set yet
Album: GROUNDWORK, track 12
Length: 4:06
Played on it: James McLaughlin (drums, engineering, mix), Mark Graham (bass, engineering), Brian Chenault (guitars), Emily Thomas (piano)
Words & music: Wes Ellis
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CHORDS IN THIS SONG

5 shapes

Dm
C
F/A
F
B♭

Tap any chord in the song to see its shape. The boxes are drawn right-handed; Lefty flips them, which is how I actually play. Use − and + to move the whole song into a key that suits your voice.

Verse One

I come from boulevard streets, and run down boutiques, I never dreamed, cause it was hard to sleep

But I believed my mom's lies, behind her eyes when she said the best things are cheap

While I wait in my tomb, in that old motel room, thinking

I want to be Ever-young

Verse Two

No more smoking on the porch, tuna fish or plastic forks, no more production line

So I moved to the town, where my Buick broke down, lord, this can't be your sign

I was too damn hungry to stay, and wait for better days

How am I Gonna be Ever-young

Verse Three

I took a couple wrong paths and landing on my ass, but I get back to fight

Writing songs on guitar, nightly working in a bar, that's where I met my wife

She was sweet like a Beatles song, with that red dress and all

And we're Gonna be Ever-young

Verse Four

From here we take the long way home, boring to be alone, another night, another page

We didn't need them anymore, so we gave away our graves, to people with the same names

Cause - We'll no longer say goodbye, or worry 'bout when we'll die, I did enough of that when I was old.

Cause we're Gonna be Ever-Young

Chorus One

Throw away the clocks, and we'll dance because we'll never stop

With no end in sight, cause we've just begun

We're going to be Ever-young

Throw away the clocks, and we'll dance because we'll never stop

With no end in sight, cause we've just begun

We're Gonna be Ever-young

Middle Eight

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Chorus Two

Throw away the clocks, and we'll dance because we'll never stop

With no end in sight, cause we've just begun

We're Gonna be Ever-young

Throw away the clocks, and we'll dance because we'll never stop

With no end in sight, cause we've just begun

We're Gonna be Ever-young (2)