ChorusEmaj7D#m7
Advice for the young at heart
Emaj7
Soon we will be older
D#m7
When we gonna make it work?
Emaj7D#m7 (x2)
D#9sus4
Verse 1Emaj7D#m7
Too many people living in a secret world
Emaj7
While they play mothers and fathers
D#m7C#m7
We play little boys and girls
Bmaj7
When we gonna make it work?
Emaj7
I could be happy
D#m7
I could be quite naïve
Emaj7
It's only me and my shadows
D#m7
Happy in our make believe
Pre-Chorus
N.C.
Soon...
F#m7A
And with the hounds at bay
C#9sus4
I'll call your bluff
F#m7A
Cos it would be okay
C#9sus4
To walk on tiptoes every day
B7A
And when I think of you and all the love that's due
C#9sus4 E
I'll make a promise, I'll make a stand
B7A
Cos to these big brown eyes, this comes as no surprise
C#9sus4 C#7
We've got the whole wide world in our hands
ChorusEmaj7D#m7
Advice for the young at heart
Emaj7
Soon we will be older
D#m7
When we gonna make it work?
Verse 2Emaj7D#m7
Love is a promise, love is a souve-nir
Emaj7D#m7
Once given never forgotten, never let it disappear
C#m7
This could be our last chance
Bmaj7
When we gonna make it work?
Pre-ChorusF#m7A C#9sus4
Working hour is over
F#m7A
And how it makes me weep
C#9sus4
Cos someone sent my soul to sleep
B7A
And when I think of you and all the love that's due
C#9sus4 E
I'll make a promise, I'll make a stand
B7A
Cos to these big brown eyes, this comes as no surprise
C#9sus4 C#7
We've got the whole wide world in our hands
[Solo] (double chord hits on last two eighth notes of the bar)
| A | A | A | A |
| A | A | G#m7 | G#m7A5 A5|
|(A5) | A5 A5|(A5) | A5 G#m7|
|(G#m7) | G#m7 G#m7|
Bridge
(G#m7)AAAA
We got the whole wide world in our haaaaaa-aa-aa-aa - ands
AG#m7G#m7G#m7
We got the whole wide world in our hands
ChorusEmaj7D#m7
Advice for the young at heart
Emaj7
Soon we will be older
D#m7
When we gonna make it work?
Emaj7D#m7
Advice for the young at heart
Emaj7
Soon we will be older
D#m7
When we gonna make it work?
OutroEmaj7
Working hour is over
D#m7
We can do anything that we want
Emaj7D#m7
Anything that we feel like doing
C#m7
Advice.
This arrangement for the song is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the song. You may only use this for private study, scholarship, or research.