The Future chords by
Leonard Cohen

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Key: A minor

Intro 1

Am

Am

Am

Am

Verse 1
Am Am 
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Give me back my broken night
Dm Dm 
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My mirrored room, my secret life
E E 
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It's lonely here
Am Am 
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There's no one left to torture
Give me absolute control
Dm Dm 
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Over every living soul
E E 
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And lie beside me, baby
Am Am 
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That's an order

Verse 2
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Give me crack and anal sex
Dm Dm 
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Take the only tree that's left
E E 
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And stuff it up the hole
Am Am 
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In your culture
Give me back the Berlin wall
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Give me Stalin and St. Paul
E E 
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I've seen the future, brother
Am Am 
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It is murder

Pre-chorus 1
Dm Dm 
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Things are going to slide,
C C 
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slide in all directions
Dm Dm 
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Won't be nothing
C C 
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Nothing you can measure anymore
Dm Dm 
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F F 
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The blizzard, the blizzard of the world
Has crossed the threshold
Fm Fm 
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And it's overturned
C C 
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The order of the soul

Chorus 1
G G 
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When they said (they said)
Repent (repent), repent (repent)
Am Am 
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I wonder what they meant
G G 
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When they said (they said)
Repent (repent), repent (repent)
Am Am 
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I wonder what they meant
G G 
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When they said (they said)
Repent (repent), repent (repent)
Am Am 
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I wonder what they meant

Verse 3
Am Am 
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You don't know me from the wind
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You never will, you never did
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I'm the little Jew
Am Am 
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Who wrote the Bible
I've seen the nations rise and fall
Dm Dm 
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I've heard their stories, heard them all
E E 
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Am Am 
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But love's the only engine of survival

Verse 4
Am Am 
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Your servant here, he has been told
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To say it clear, to say it cold
E E 
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It's over, it ain't going
Am Am 
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Any further (do, do, do)
And now the wheels of heaven stop
Dm Dm 
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You feel the devil's riding crop
E E 
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Get ready for the future
Am Am 
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It is murder (do, do, do)

Pre-chorus 2
Dm Dm 
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Things are going to slide,
C C 
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slide in all directions
Dm Dm 
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Won't be nothing
C C 
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Nothing you can measure anymore
Dm Dm 
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F F 
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The blizzard, the blizzard of the world
Has crossed the threshold
Fm Fm 
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And it's overturned
C C 
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The order of the soul

Chorus 2
G G 
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When they said (they said)
Repent (repent), repent (repent)
Am Am 
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I wonder what they meant
G G 
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When they said (they said)
Repent (repent), repent (repent)
Am Am 
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I wonder what they meant
G G 
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When they said (they said)
Repent (repent), repent (repent)
Am Am 
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I wonder what they meant

Bridge 1
Am Am 
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There'll be the breaking
of the ancient western code
Dm Dm 
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Your private life will
suddenly explode (ooh, ooh)
Am Am 
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There'll be phantoms
There'll be fires on the road
F F 
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E E 
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And the white man dancing
Am Am 
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You'll see a woman
Hanging upside down (ooh, ooh)
Dm Dm 
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Her features covered
by her fallen gown (ooh, ooh)
Am Am 
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And all the lousy little poets coming around
F F 
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E E 
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Tryin' to sound like Charlie Manson
Am Am 
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Yeah, the white man dancin'

Verse 5
Am Am 
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Give me back the Berlin wall
Dm Dm 
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Give me Stalin and St. Paul
E E 
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Give me Christ
Am Am 
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or give me Hiroshima  (do, do, do)
Destroy another fetus now
Dm Dm 
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We don't like children anyhow
E E 
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I've seen the future, baby
Am Am 
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It is murder (do, do, do)

Pre-chorus 3
Dm Dm 
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Things are going to slide,
C C 
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slide in all directions
Dm Dm 
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Won't be nothing
C C 
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Nothing you can measure anymore
Dm Dm 
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F F 
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The blizzard, the blizzard of the world
Has crossed the threshold
Fm Fm 
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And it's overturned
C C 
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The order of the soul

Chorus 3
G G 
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When they said (they said)
Repent (repent), repent (repent)
Am Am 
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I wonder what they meant
G G 
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When they said (they said)
Repent (repent), repent (repent)
Am Am 
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I wonder what they meant
G G 
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When they said (they said)
Repent (repent), repent (repent)
Am Am 
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G G 
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When they said (they said)
Am Am 
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Repent (repent), repent (repent)

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