Next in line

No matter great or how low we've become
in out life, we will always be next in
line.



Next In Line

by

After Image


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
A 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
A A
’Cause they say it’s difficult, yes, stereotypical
A A
Gotta be conventional, you can’t be so radical.

Chorus:
E
(So I’ll/And) sing this song to all of (my/our) age
A
For these are the questions we’ve got to face
E
For in this cycle that we call life
A 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

A 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
Oh -hoh, we are next in line.

Bridge:

E D/E
An d 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
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)