“What Is a Youth” – OST from the 1968 film “Romeo & Juliet”
Producer: Neely Plumb
* Performed by Glen Weston.
** Adjust the frequency of your guitar tuner as necessary to find
the ideal pitch to match the musical key in the referenced video.
Warm temperature try standard frequency 440 Hz. Cold temperature
try 450 Hz. or any values between these two limits.
Intro (Verse 2 instrumental melody):
[Bm] A rose will [F#m] bloom; it then will [G] fade;
So [Em] does a [F#m] youth; So [Bm] does……
the fair- [F#m] est [Bm] maid.
Verse 1:
[Bm] What is a [F#m] youth? Impetuous [G] fire.
What is a [D] maid? Ice and de- [Em] sire.
The world wags [Bm] on.
Verse 2:
[Bm] A rose will [F#m] bloom; it then will [G] fade;
So [Em] does a [F#m] youth; So [Bm] does……
the fair- [F#m] est [Bm] maid.
Chorus:
Comes a [Bm] time when one sweet [G] smile
Has its [F#m] season for a [G] while…
then love’s in [Bm] love with me.
Bridge:
[D] Some they think only to [G] mar- [D] ry;
[Em] Others will [G] tease and [D] tar- [A] ry.
[D] Mine is the very best [G] par- [D] ry;
[Em] Cupid he [G] rules us [F#] all.
Middle 8:
[Bm] Caper the cape, but [Bm] sing me the song,
[Bm7] Death will come soon to [Bm7] hush us along.
Refrain 1:
[Bm] Sweeter than [F#] honey and [G] bitter as [A] gall;
[D] Love is the [A] pastime that [G] never grows [F#7] old.
Refrain 2:
[Bm] Sweeter than [F#] honey and [G] bitter as [A] gall;
[D] Cupid he [A] rules [F#7] us [Bm] all.
Instrumental (Verse 1 melody):
[Bm] What is a [F#m] youth? Impetuous [G] fire.
What is a [D] maid? Ice and de- [Em] sire.
The world wags [Bm] on.
Outro (Repeat of verse 2):
[Bm] A rose will [F#m] bloom; it then will [G] fade;
So [Em] does a [F#m] youth; So [Bm] does……
the fair- [F#m] est [Bm] maid…….