{title: N'oubliez jamais} {artist: Joe Cocker} {time: 4/4} {tempo: 87} {key: Gm} {meta: author Frans-Willem Post, 2026-05-06} {start_of_part: Intro} [Gm] [F#aug] [Bb/F] [Edim] [Gm] [F#aug] [Bb/F] [Edim] {end_of_part} {start_of_verse: Verse 1} [Gm]Papa, why do you [F#aug]play all the same old [Bb/F]songs Why do you [Edim]sing with the melo[Gm]dy [Gm] 'cause down on the [F#aug]street something's going [Bb/F]on There's a brand new [Edim]beat and a brand new [Eb]song {end_of_verse} {start_of_part: Pre-chorus 1} (he said) [Eb] In my life there was [Gm]so much anger [Eb] Still I have no re[Gm]grets [Eb] Just like you, I was [Gm]such a rebel [Eb] So dance your own dance and [F]never forget (never forget) {end_of_part} {start_of_chorus: Chorus 1} N'oubliez ja[Gm]mais, I heard my father [Bb]say Every generation has its [F]way, I need to diso[C]bey N'oubliez ja[Gm]mais, it's in your desti[Bb]ny I need to disa[F]gree, when rules get in the [C]way N'oubliez ja[Gm]mais {end_of_chorus} {start_of_part: Link} [Gm] [Bb] [F] [C] {end_of_part} {start_of_verse: Verse 2} [Gm]Mama, why do you [F#aug]dance to the same old [Bb/F]song? Why do you [Edim]sing only harmony? [Gm] 'cause down on the [F#aug]street, something's going [Bb/F]on There's a brand new [Edim]beat and a brand new [Eb]song {end_of_verse} {start_of_part: Pre-chorus 2} (she said) [Eb] In my heart, there's a [Gm]young girl's passion [Eb] For a life long du[Gm]et [Eb] And someday soon, someone's [Gm]smile will haunt you [Eb] So sing your own song and [F]never forget (never forget) {end_of_part} {chorus: Chorus 2} {start_of_part: Link} [Gm] [Bb] [F] [C] {end_of_part} {start_of_part: Bridge} [Ebm] What is this [Bb]game, searching for [Gm]love or fame, that's [F]all the [Eb]same? [Ebm] One of these [Bb] days you'll say that [C7]love will be the [F]cure, I'm not so sure {end_of_part} {chorus: Chorus 3} {start_of_part: Outtro, repeat} [Gm] [Bb] [F] [C] {end_of_part}