Next in Line
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Intro: E-EM9-A-Bsus-B; (2x)

E EM9 A Bsus-B 
What has life to offer me when I grow old? 
E EM9 A Bsus-B 
What's there to look forward to beyond the biting cold 
B A B A 
('Cause) They say it's difficult, yes, stereotypical.

E EM9 A Bsus-B 
What's there beyond sleep, eat, work in this cruel life 
E EM9 A Bsus-B 
Ain't there nothin' else 'round here but human strife 
B A B A 
'Cause they say it's difficult, yes, stereotypical 
B A B A 
Gotta be conventional, you can't be so radical.

Chorus: 


E B 
(So I'll/And) sing this song to all of (my/our) age 
A B 
For these are the questions we've got to face 
E B 
For in this cycle that we call life 
A B E 
We are the ones who are next in line 
B/E A/E-B 
We are next in line.

Repeat 1st verse using G#m7 in place of EM9

B A B A 
Gotta be conventional, you can't be so radical.

Repeat Chorus, except last line, using chord pattern E-G#m7-A-Bsus-B-

E-G#m7 A-B 
We are next in line 
E G#m7 A B 
Oh-hoh, we are next in line.

Bridge: 

E D/E 
And we gotta work, we gotta feel (we gotta feel) 
A/E B/E 
Let's open our eyes and do whatever it takes 
E D 
We gotta work, we gotta feel (we gotta feel) 
A/E B-A B 
Let's open our eyes, oh-woh.

Repeat Chorus, except last word of 4th line, 
using chord pattern E-G#m7-A-Bsus-B-

E pause A pause 
...line

E pause 
Sing this song for me 
A pause 
Sing this song for me.

(Chord pattern E-G#m7-A-B- to fade)