This Used to Be the Future chords by Pet Shop Boys

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F#m
A
D
Em
G
Bm
Asus4
Dm

Intro 1
F#m 
A 
F#m 
D 
F#m 
D 
F#m 
Em 
 (F sharp minor)  (A major)  (F sharp minor)  (D major)  (F sharp minor)  (D major)  (F sharp minor)  (E minor) 
F#m 
D 
G 
Bm 
A 
Bm 
G 
F#m 
Em 
D 
 (F sharp minor)  (D major)  (G major)  (B minor)  (A major)  (B minor)  (G major)  (F sharp minor)  (E minor)  (D major) 
F#m 
G 
A 
Asus4 
 (F sharp minor)  (G major)  (A major)  (Asus4) 
A 
D 
 (A major)  (D major) 
F#m 
G 
A 
Asus4 
A 
 (F sharp minor)  (G major)  (A major)  (Asus4)  (A major) 
Dm 
D 
A 
Dm 
A 
 (D minor)  (D major)  (A major)  (D minor)  (A major) 
Dm 
D 
 (D minor)  (D major) 

Verse 1
D 
 (D major) I  can remember when this was the future
F#m 
Where it was gonna be at back then  (F sharp minor) 
G 
Why  (G major) don't we turn the
whole bloody lot down
A 
And  (A major) make a new start all over again?

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Verse 2

I can recall Utopian thinking

Bold mission statements and

tightening of belts

Demolition of familiar landmarks

Promises made and deals that were dealt

Verse 3
D 
F#m 
This  (D major) used to be the future  (F sharp minor) 
G 
A 
 (G major) Where it was at back then  (A major) 
D 
Let's turn  (D major) the whole
F#m 
bloody lot down  (F sharp minor) 
G 
And start  (G major) all over again
A 
 (A major) 

Verse 4
Bm 
 (B minor) 
F#m 
Bm 
But that future  (F sharp minor) was   ex (B minor) citing
Science fiction made fact
Now all we have to look forward to
D 
A 
G 
Is a sort of sui (D major) cide  (A major)  (G major) pact

Verse 5
G 
Was it the  (G major) dear old future
F#m 
 (F sharp minor) That created the
G 
problems we face?  (G major) 
D 
F#m 
How do we deal with the  (D major) fallout  (F sharp minor) 
Of the age we used to call

Interlude 1

space?

Verse 6
I can remember planning for leisure
F#m 
Living in peace and freedom from  (F sharp minor) fear
G 
Science  (G major) that promised to
make us a new world
A 
Re (A major) ligion and prejudice disappear

Verse 7
D 
 (D major) I  can remember when
this was the future
Where it was gonna be at back then
F#m 
G 
 (F sharp minor) Now re (G major) ligion and nuclear
A 
energy have united  (A major) 
Bm 
To threaten, oh God! Amen  (B minor) 

Verse 8
Bm 
This  (B minor) used to be the future
Where it was at back then
Now religion and nuclear
energy have united
G 
Oh God!  (G major) Amen

Verse 9
G 
D 
Was it the  (G major) dear old future  (D major) 
F#m 
 (F sharp minor) That created the
G 
problems we face?  (G major) 
D 
How do we deal with the  (D major) fallout
F#m 
 (F sharp minor) Of the age we used to call space?
D 
Dm 
 (D major)  (D minor) 

Interlude 2

Verse 10
D 
F#m 
This  (D major) used to be the future  (F sharp minor) 
G 
A 
 (G major) Where it was at back  (A major) then
D 
Let's turn  (D major) the whole
F#m 
bloody lot down  (F sharp minor) 
G 
A 
And start  (G major) all over again  (A major) 
Amen