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.  
 
Reapeat verse 1 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)