This Used to Be the Future chords by
Pet Shop Boys
Phil Oakey

N/A

Key: Eb major

Intro 1
F#m F#m 2
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A A 
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F#m F#m 2
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F#m F#m 2
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D D 
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F#m F#m 2
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Em Em 
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F#m F#m 2
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D D 
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Bm Bm 2
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A A 
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Bm Bm 2
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G G 
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F#m F#m 2
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Em Em 
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D D 
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F#m F#m 2
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G G 
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A A 
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A A 
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D D 
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F#m F#m 2
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G G 
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A A 
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A A 
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Dm Dm 
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D D 
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A A 
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Dm Dm 
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A A 
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D D 
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Verse 1
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I  can remember when this was the future
F#m F#m 2
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Where it was gonna be at back then
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Why don't we turn the
whole bloody lot down
A A 
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And make a new start all over again?

Verse 2
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I  can recall Utopian thinking
Bold mission statements and
F#m F#m 2
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tightening of belts
G G 
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Demolition of familiar landmarks
A A 
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Promises made and deals that were dealt

Verse 3
D D 
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F#m F#m 2
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This used to be the future
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A A 
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Where it was at back then
D D 
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Let's turn the whole
F#m F#m 2
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bloody lot down
G G 
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And start all over again
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Verse 4
Bm Bm 2
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F#m F#m 2
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Bm Bm 2
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But that future was   exciting
Science fiction made fact
Now all we have to look forward to
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A A 
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G G 
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Is a sort of suicide pact

Verse 5

F#m

Was it the dear old future

That created the problems we face?

F#m

How do we deal with the fallout

Of the age we used to call

Interlude 1

space?

Verse 6
I can remember planning for leisure
F#m F#m 2
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Living in peace and freedom from fear
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Science that promised to
make us a new world
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Religion and prejudice disappear

Verse 7
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I  can remember when
this was the future
Where it was gonna be at back then
F#m F#m 2
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G G 
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Now religion and nuclear
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energy have united
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To threaten, oh God! Amen

Verse 8
Bm Bm 2
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This used to be the future
Where it was at back then
Now religion and nuclear
energy have united
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Oh God! Amen

Verse 9
G G 
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D D 
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Was it the dear old future
F#m F#m 2
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That created the
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problems we face?
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How do we deal with the fallout
F#m F#m 2
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Of the age we used to call space?
D D 
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Dm Dm 
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Interlude 2

F#m

Verse 10
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F#m F#m 2
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This used to be the future
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A A 
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Where it was at back then
D D 
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Let's turn the whole
F#m F#m 2
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bloody lot down
G G 
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A A 
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And start all over again
Amen

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