The Future Soon chords by Jonathan Coulton

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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Last week I left a note on Laura's
desk
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It said I love you signed anonymous friend
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Turns out she's smarter
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than I thought she was
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She knows I wrote it, now
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the whole class does too
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And I'm alone during couple skate
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When she skates by with
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some guy on her arm
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But I know that I'll forget
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the look of pity in her face
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When I'm living in my solar
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dome on a platform in space
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Cause it's gonna be the

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Verse 2

future soon

And I won't al ways be this way

When the things that make me weak

and strange get engineered away

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It's gonna be the future soon

I've never seen it quite so clear

And when my heart is breaking I can close

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my eyes and it's already here

Verse 3
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I'll probably be some kind of scientist
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Building inventions in my space lab in space
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I'll end world hunger I'll
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make dolphins speak
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Work through the daytime,
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spend my nights and weekends
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Perfecting my warrior robot race
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Building them one laser gun at a time
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I will do my best to teach them
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About life and what it's worth
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I just hope that I can keep them
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from destroying the Earth
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Cause it's gonna be the

Verse 4
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future soon
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And I won't always be this way
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When the things that make me weak
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and strange get engineered away
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It's gonna    be the future soon
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I've never seen it quite so clear
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And when my heart is breaking I can
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close my  eyes and it's already

Verse 5
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Here on Earth they'll wonder
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As I piece by piece replace myself
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And the steel and circuits
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will make me whole
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But I'll still feel so alone
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Until Laura calls me home

Verse 6
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I'll see her standing by the monorail
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She'll look the same
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except for bionic eyes
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She lost the real ones in the robot wars
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I'll say I'm sorry,
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she'll say it's not your fault
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Or is  it?
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And she eyes me suspiciously
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Hearing the whir of the servos inside
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She will scream and try to run
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But there's nowhere she can hide
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When a crazy cyborg wants
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to make you his robot bride
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Well it's gonna be the

Verse 7
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future soon
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And I won't always be this way
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When the things that make me weak
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and strange get engineered away
Asus4 
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A 
It's gonna    be the future soon
Bm 
I've never seen it quite so clear
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Gm 
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And when my heart is breaking I can
Em 
Asus4 
close my eyes and it's     already here