NEXT IN LINE

After Image

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)

Illustrated Chords:

EM9 021102
B/E x22442 or xx4440
A/E 002220
D/E 000232 or x02232