The Future chords by Leonard Cohen
Intro 1
Am
Am
Am
Am
Verse 1
Am
Give me back my broken night
Dm
My mirrored room, my secret life
E
It's lonely here
Am
There's no one left to torture
Give me absolute control
Dm
Over every living soul
E
And lie beside me, baby
Am
That's an order
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Verse 2
Am
Give me crack and anal sex
Dm
Take the only tree that's left
E
And stuff it up the hole
Am
In your culture
Give me back the Berlin wall
Dm
Give me Stalin and St. Paul
E
I've seen the future, brother
Am
It is murder
Pre-chorus 1
Dm
Things are going to slide,
C
slide in all directions
Dm
Won't be nothing
C
Nothing you can measure anymore
Dm
F
The blizzard, the blizzard of the world
Has crossed the threshold
Fm
And it's overturned
C
The order of the soul
Chorus 1
G
When they said (they said)
Repent (repent), repent (repent)
Am
I wonder what they meant
G
When they said (they said)
Repent (repent), repent (repent)
Am
I wonder what they meant
G
When they said (they said)
Repent (repent), repent (repent)
Am
I wonder what they meant
Verse 3
Am
You don't know me from the wind
Dm
You never will, you never did
E
I'm the little Jew
Am
Who wrote the Bible
I've seen the nations rise and fall
Dm
I've heard their stories, heard them all
E
Am
But love's the only engine of survival
Verse 4
Am
Your servant here, he has been told
Dm
To say it clear, to say it cold
E
It's over, it ain't going
Am
Any further (do, do, do)
And now the wheels of heaven stop
Dm
You feel the devil's riding crop
E
Get ready for the future
Am
It is murder (do, do, do)
Pre-chorus 2
Dm
Things are going to slide,
C
slide in all directions
Dm
Won't be nothing
C
Nothing you can measure anymore
Dm
F
The blizzard, the blizzard of the world
Has crossed the threshold
Fm
And it's overturned
C
The order of the soul
Chorus 2
G
When they said (they said)
Repent (repent), repent (repent)
Am
I wonder what they meant
G
When they said (they said)
Repent (repent), repent (repent)
Am
I wonder what they meant
G
When they said (they said)
Repent (repent), repent (repent)
Am
I wonder what they meant
Bridge 1
Am
There'll be the breaking
of the ancient western code
Dm
Your private life will
suddenly explode (ooh, ooh)
Am
There'll be phantoms
There'll be fires on the road
F
E
And the white man dancing
Am
You'll see a woman
Hanging upside down (ooh, ooh)
Dm
Her features covered
by her fallen gown (ooh, ooh)
Am
And all the lousy little poets coming around
F
E
Tryin' to sound like Charlie Manson
Am
Yeah, the white man dancin'
Verse 5
Am
Give me back the Berlin wall
Dm
Give me Stalin and St. Paul
E
Give me Christ
Am
or give me Hiroshima (do, do, do)
Destroy another fetus now
Dm
We don't like children anyhow
E
I've seen the future, baby
Am
It is murder (do, do, do)
Pre-chorus 3
Dm
Things are going to slide,
C
slide in all directions
Dm
Won't be nothing
C
Nothing you can measure anymore
Dm
F
The blizzard, the blizzard of the world
Has crossed the threshold
Fm
And it's overturned
C
The order of the soul
Chorus 3
G
When they said (they said)
Repent (repent), repent (repent)
Am
I wonder what they meant
G
When they said (they said)
Repent (repent), repent (repent)
Am
I wonder what they meant
G
When they said (they said)
Repent (repent), repent (repent)
Am
I wonder what they meant
G
When they said (they said)
Am
Repent (repent), repent (repent)
The Future
Leonard Cohen
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