C                        G
You can teeter on the brink of a precipice
Am                 Em
Ov'r an infinitely deep abyss
F                    C
And somehow not even notice this
            C            G
When you're young and in love
        C                   G
You can grow a little older every day
Am                       Em
Watch your stupid life wasting away
F                     C
Somehow everything is a-ok
            C            G
When you're young and in love


[Bridge]
                F
But when you're not
             C
The poisoned fangs of time
  G
Become quite plain
            F
When you're not
          C
It almost seems a crime
Dm          G
Not to go insane


[Verse 2]
        C                              G
You can whirl and twirl on the world's carousel
Am                         Em
Hurdle round and round and feel quite well
F                  C
Never even knowing you're in hell
            C            G
When you're young and in love
        C                          G
You can know the world has nothing left to give
Am                      Em
Be condemned to die, content to live
F                   C
And be happy if and only if
       C            G
You're young and in love


[Solo]
C G Am Em F C G



[Bridge]
                F
But when you're not
             C
The poisoned fangs of time
  G
Become quite plain
            F
When you're not
          C
It almost seems a crime
Dm          G
Not to go insane


[Verse 3]
        C                        G
You can teeter on the brink of a precipice (a precipice)
Am                 Em
Ov'r an infinitely deep abyss (a deep abyss)
F                    C
And somehow not even notice this
            C            G
When you're young and in love
        C                   G
You can grow a little older every day (old, every day)
Am                       Em
Watch your stupid life wasting away (wasting away)
F                     C
Somehow everything is a-ok
            C            G
When you're young and in love