Next Up Forever chords by AJR

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: Bb

Difficulty: Advanced

Intro:
             Fsus4 F Em7  A7   Dm        F/C
Your eyes are open,   so never close them
                Bb     F/A     Gm7   F/A Bb/D   C
You’ll sail the ocean, finding where you should be
C   Bb Gm7    F     Em7      A7        Dm        F/C
And if you’re broken, you’ll make your own thing
               Bb         Dsus4   D        Gm Bb/F
You’ll make it so big for all the world to see
               Ebmaj7          F7sus               Bb
You’ll make it so damn big for all the world to see

Gm Dm Gm Gm/D Cm Dm7
Gm Dm Eb   Dm Cm Dm7

Verse 1:
Gm                                Dm Gm
 I’m kinda scared to drop this album
                           Gm  Dm Cm9
Let’s push it back another week
                          Dm7
I wanna be next up forever
                               Gm
Find a way to never hit my peak
                           Dm    Eb
I kinda wish I was still a virgin
                                 Dm    Cm
"Time to finally see what sex is like!"
                          Dm7
I wanna be next up forever

Forever, I’ll be second in line

Chorus:
Cm7
Some day, they’ll be talking about me
Gm7
Right now, they’re just walking around me
Eb
My god, are you growing without me?
Bb
Somebody help me (Somebody help me)
Cm7
Some day, they’ll be talking about me
Gm7
Right now, they’re just walking around me
Eb
My god, are you growing without me?
Bb
Somebody help me (Somebody help me)
Dm                                 Dm/A
(Somebody help me somebody help me)

Gm Dm Gm Gm/D Cm Dm7

Verse 2:
Gm                    Dm Gm
  This is my imagination
                            Gm Dm Cm9
This is how it looks and sounds
                             Dm7
But I gotta go so much bigger
                              Gm
So they can never shut me down
                          Dm Eb
I’m kinda scared of graduation
                             Dm  Cm
'Cause who am I when this is done?
                          Dm7
I wanna be next up forever

So the best is always yet to come

Chorus:
Cm7
Some day, they’ll be talking about me
Gm7
Right now, they’re just walking around me
Eb
My god, are you growing without me?
Bb
Somebody help me (Somebody help me)
Cm7
Some day, they’ll be talking about me
Gm7
Right now, they’re just walking around me
Eb
My god, are you growing without me?
Bb
Somebody help me (Somebody help me)

Bridge:

Cm Gm Eb Bb

Cm                         Gm
  I gotta go so much bigger
                          Eb
So everybody’s proud of me
                          Bb
Welcome to the Neotheater
                           Dm/A  Gm
Won't everybody take their seats?
                     Bb/F  Eb
And I'll be next up forever
                                   Dm Cm
'Cause I don’t know what’s coming next
                               Eb
I know I gotta grow up sometime
                      F
But I don't think I'm ready yet

Outro:

Bb Dm/A Gm Bb/F
Eb Bb/D Eb F
Bb Dm/A D Gm Bb/F
Eb                                D
  I know I gotta grow up sometime
                                         Gsus4 G F#m7
But I’m not fucking ready--Your eyes are open,
   B7      Em11 Em   D
So never close  them
       D7sus    C      G/B     Am    G/B C/E    D
You’ll sail the ocean, finding where you should be
              G      F#dim   B7add11   Em        G/D
And if you’re broken, you’ll make your own thing
               C          E7sus E          Am  C/G
You’ll make it so big for all the world to see
               Fmaj7           F/G     F/G        C
You’ll make it so damn big for all the world to see

F# G# A# A#maj7 A#