Lirik dan Chord Lagu Next Up Forever - AJR

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - Grup band pop asal Amerika Serikat, AJR merilis lagu berjudul “Next Up Forever” pada tahun 2019.

Lagu tersebut merupakan bagian dari album studio ketiga mereka yang bertajuk Neotheater.

Album yang berisikan 12 trek tersebut dirilis melalui BMG Records dan berhasil menduduki posisi kedua di US Top Alternative Albums.

Baca juga: Lirik Lagu The Dumb Song, Singel Terbaru dari AJR

Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu “Next Up Forever” dari AJR.

[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#