Forever Young Intro Guitar Tab

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FOREVER YOUNG - Youth Group
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Tabbed by:dcfc_rules
Tuning:Standard, Capo 4th fret
I saw the other tab up here but noticed that the intro was not tabbed
correctly, so i decided to tab it right.
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----3----3---3----3----3---3----0----0---0----0----0---0-----------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------33---33---3-------------|
E|-33---33---3---33---33---3---00---00---0---------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----0----0---0----0----0---0----0----0---0---0---0-----------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------2---2p0-------------|
D|-00---00---0---22---22---2-----------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------33---33---3---3-----------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

Source: http://www.guitarmasta.net/y/youth_group/360868.html

Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture GRIM Professional	#1 by GRIM at Oct 2, 2007 at 8:16 PM EST
	this site REALLY needs to somehow note when songs like these are covers..I see too many comments from ppl who think this orignally came from some lame ass tv show, when the song is really over 20 years old (and IS about nuclear war).

No Picture Rockstar Professional	#2 by Rockstar at Oct 2, 2007 at 11:34 PM EST
	yeah sorry - i should really learn to read ur comments before i jump the gun - i didn't realise it was a cover .... so i guess alphaville are the ones being roughted... youth group are getting good publicity.... hmmm ima go buy an alphaville cd - learn it - appreciate it - then come back here and bitch about how they have been ruined by the pretentious lives of fictional californians

No Picture Steven Average	#3 by Steven Daniel at Oct 3, 2007 at 3:43 AM EST
	Okay if everyone doesn't know that the people on the O.C. commissioned Youth Group to cover this Alphaville classic, they suck, ANYWAY they used it totally innappropriatly, seeing as the song is about nuclear war. DUH

No Picture daint Rhythm Player	#4 by daint at Oct 4, 2007 at 3:15 PM EST
	This song, to me, is about summer, holidays, the beach, your best friends, icecream, not wanting to grow up and sunsets. The OC is my fave show in the world, so I'm gonna be biased, but it's the show that promoted this song to the world and I'm forever grateful for that. Youth Group is getting more recognition and every band wants recognition, right? It's a great cover and it does the song justice.

No Picture danielle Lead Player	#5 by danielle woodley at Oct 5, 2007 at 4:44 AM EST
	yep totally not for the OC. I hate people making covers of songs especially for such lame shows. as for it being about nuclear war i think each song has different meanings to everyone so its not really right to say 'it is this or it is that' its something different for everyone anyway I LOVE ALPHAVILLE and they diserve all credit for this song mutters to self 'stupid people making covers'

No Picture MysticCat Wanna Be	#6 by MysticCat (Janis johnny Udodovs) at Oct 5, 2007 at 5:43 AM EST
	youth groups CD is awesome cant wait to see them open for coldplay in Aus

No Picture Shreder Dude Wanna Be	#7 by Shreder Dude at Oct 5, 2007 at 8:39 AM EST
	This is a fuking great song i gotta say.. i hav both Alphvilles and Youth Groups versions and in my opinion they are both very good... I like this new version a little more tho.. it 2 me is too kool 4 the O.C but then again i dont watch it.. but none the less its a great song... n i reckon ppl should stop arguing ovr it bein on the OC n sayin that the show ruins its reputation... does it make a difference at all?? i mean i cant see how a tv show could ruin a song.... 2 me i think those ppl who are havin a go and venting their frustration on the OC should grow up and just enjoy the music. The OC if anything gets ppl aware of sum good music goin round..and if it wasnt for the OC half the ppl wouldnt know bout this song.. anyways i love the song. it makes me think and i love it, catch

No Picture Sarah McKagan Musical Genius	#8 by Sarah McKagan (AKA - Lady Rock 'n' Roll) at Oct 5, 2007 at 3:27 PM EST
	This is a wikid song!! The OC totally pulls it off.. It's all about being free and being young at heart forever... So many adventures couldn’t happen today So many songs we forgot to play So many dreams are swinging out of the blue We let them come true There's so much to do and so little time.. we want to remember everything.. do anything that comes to mind.. The world is full of adventure.. if only we could do it all...

No Picture Dylan Average	#9 by Dylan Ruiz at Oct 6, 2007 at 12:28 PM EST
	I loved the Youth Group ever since I saw them tour with Death Cab. I work at the gap and heard this song playing. I checked our playlist to see who it was by and was surprised to see it was by the Youth Group. I can't wait for these guys to tour the US again.

No Picture hamadi Wanna Be	#10 by hamadi alameddine at Oct 7, 2007 at 1:15 AM EST
	i love this song. i loved it on napoleon dynamite and i loved it even more on the oc. everytime i hear it i always think of the part on it where ryan and marissa start dancing in the poolhouse. it's sad but so beautiful. you can hear it on musicfromtheoc.com/oc_mix5.html

No Picture Matt Average	#11 by Matt Waas at Oct 8, 2007 at 12:51 PM EST
	Enough of ragging on cover bands which Youth Group are completley not cause they have a good catalogue of originals that should get more credit then this cover song but haven't yet. The original by Alphaville just suits the bands style so who better to make a cover? Its not like they original band gets no credit anyway, try some fat royalties that would surely come in handy for some burn out aging musicians from the 80s

No Picture James Wanna Be	#12 by James Makowiecki at Oct 9, 2007 at 8:50 AM EST
	love youth group's cover...YOUTH GROUP, not THE YOUTH GROUP!!! love the alphaville version too, and also love the dancey interactive one. the OC doesn't ruin music, it gives it more exposure, and that's good for the artists. youth group are the greatest. and yeah, the song's about war.

No Picture joel Average	#13 by joel christman at Oct 9, 2007 at 10:17 PM EST
	will be seeing them at bdo 06 yea!!!

No Picture Peter Wanna Be	#14 by Peter Lambden at Oct 10, 2007 at 9:51 AM EST
	ugh...the OC..this song is too cool for that...i really like this song it makes me feel happy and peaceful..it just really describes how being young shouldnt be taken for granted and it just describes how beautiful life is...

No Picture Vinny Average	#15 by Vinny Spano at Oct 10, 2007 at 9:20 PM EST
	im kind of pissed off cos like i heard it when it very first came out on an alternative type of australian radio station called triple j and i was like this is the best song and then it was on the oc and now all the un-original young teens are all hoppin rounnd goin like oh my god i like totally love youth group(even though they have probably only heard that one song) and now its on the australian hot 40 or whatever and its being played on all those mainstream stations and so on...and youth group have lost all their originality and all that stuff screw you the oc

No Picture devon Average	#16 by devon at Oct 12, 2007 at 5:54 AM EST
	amazing song ... too cool for the O.C ...

No Picture bobby Rhythm Player	#17 by bobby volm at Oct 12, 2007 at 12:10 PM EST
	AAAAAAARGH quit the O.C - i knew this song would be ruined and now its claim is that it belongs to "ryan and marissa" - i want the music selecters of the O.C to keep their greasy paws off the bands with merit because your trashy show exposes them to trashy fans who destroy awesome music.... love youth group - shame such an awesome band from sydney are now part of the pretentious lives of californians.

No Picture Toni Average	#18 by Toni at Oct 14, 2007 at 8:38 AM EST
	I think the song is rather appropriate for the OC. It's sad, yet associated with youth and could only fit properly as a final ending. I love how Toby says "are you going to drop the bomb or not"

No Picture Hey Retard Wanna Be	#19 by Hey Retard at Oct 14, 2007 at 10:25 AM EST
	this song is really amazing, i mean, i liked the original, but i LOVE this version. go youth group!

No Picture lindsey Average	#20 by lindsey Rogogo at Oct 15, 2007 at 2:18 AM EST
	luved dis song the second i heard it on the tv...=]...ish a sucha gr8 song...sooo good its...too hard to describe=]

No Picture brent Rhythm Player	#21 by brent west at Oct 15, 2007 at 3:40 AM EST
	Ok, this song is a cover, if you people don't know this. The original was by Alphaville, and it's better. Well I think it's better probably because I heard it first. Well it's definitely more 80's. Which is always cool. Alphaville's version is also the one in Napoleon Dynamite.

No Picture David Average	#22 by David Tims at Oct 15, 2007 at 7:50 AM EST
	ahh i love this song when I heard it on the oc I was like wasn't that in napolen dnyamite ? i think it was. But anyways I was looking for the lyrics of this song for a while and you just posted them so thats probally why they weren't here when I checked this site. This song really suited ryan and marissa for 'their song" like how it says "Hoping for the best but expecting the worst" like how so many bad things have happend to them in the oc yea its a great song

No Picture Rosa Wanna Be	#23 by Rosa Beauchamp at Oct 18, 2007 at 9:39 PM EST
	oh and heads up - enjoy the subways before their overexposed on that very show.... perhaps rock n roll queen will now be "summer and seths song" aaaaw its enough to sick

No Picture Bassdude Average	#24 by Bassdude at Oct 19, 2007 at 5:21 PM EST
	It might be easier to describe if your vocabulary didnt consist only of 'words' like dis ish and gr8

No Picture Jesus Professional	#25 by Jesus at Oct 20, 2007 at 3:25 AM EST
	Have you guys who stupidly believe that this beautiful song has been 'ruined' just because it was aired on the OC, have any idea the depth and importance the music is to the show? "Passionate about good music and up-and-coming artists, Schwartz (the creator of the OC) has made the selection of music for "The O.C." one of his main areas of focus." Have any of you 'haters' even looked at the back cover of an OC Mix Compilation? Because if you had, you defintely won't find people like Ashlee Simpson or Britney Spears or the Backstreet Boys on there. Do you think Josh Schwartz hops on google and types in, "songs not on the top 40" or "amazing bands and talents that I can ruin repuations of by airing on my show." I think it's increbidly unfair to say a song has been 'ruined' just because it was screened on a television show of which the creator of the show, actually cares about the music he puts on it. And it's so funny how that other person commented that its a shame Youth Group are now a part of pretentious Californian lives. I mean, the way he wants to keep "that sort of music" for "his sort of people" not the "trashy fans," it seems he thinks those "trashy fans" aren't good enough for music like Youth Group. Oh wait, hold on - who's the pretentious one again? He's a hyprocrite - his opinion is not worth anything because he's just as bad as those 'pretentious Californians' - whoever they are. In the end, The OC, shouldn't be blamed for 'exposing these bands to 'trashy fans.' I doubt Schwartz put a gun to their heads so he could use their music. It's these precious bands that accepted so maybe you should blame them for wanting more people to hear their music. think they're great and appreciate their talents. I think Youth Group are great; this is a truly beautiful song.