The Future's Not What It Used To Be chords by
Mickey Newbury

N/A

Key: Gb major

Intro 1

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Verse 1
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A A 
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This is
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I  left
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Decatur, hell -bent to forget
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Bought a ticket to
Skyhiggin,
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Maine
I wound up in
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Seattle, so drunk and so
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rattled
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Thought I'd caught the wrong train
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Found some fast,
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easy women and   some hard -drinkin' men
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I  swore I'd drown her sorrow in me
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I once had a lot
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G G 
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But the fu ture was not
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Not what it used to be
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And all the years, they went by
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D D 
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And I  went steadily downhill
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Till I  had no place left to go
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Made the missions by morning
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D D 
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Made the dives every night
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Till I made a wreck of my body and soul
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And then I met a lady
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And in  time she made me forget
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Her love set me free
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Oh, we didn't have a lot, but the fu ture was not,
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not what it used to be
Bm Bm 2
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I never thought I would
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live  to get old
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D D 
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Oh, the past cut a hole deep in me
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But there was the chance to
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be here a while longer
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D D 
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At least, I wanted to be
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Somebody told  me
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She was in town
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I found out today
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Lord, how it hurts me
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To hear that she's down
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But what else can I say?
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Bm Bm 2
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I know her sorrow
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G G 
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I know her pain
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I know her need
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I once loved her a lot
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G G 
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D D 
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But the future's just not
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Not what it used to be
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