Blitzen Trapper – Holy Smokes Future Jokes (Guitar)

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[Intro] C Am F G x2 [Verse 1]
C                   Am
Holy smokes, these future Jokes

     F                              G
You call me on my landline just to blow some smoke

     C                          Am
And tell me that our whole life feels like a hoax

     F                                  G
Just like the lunar landing and those talking goats
[Chorus]
    G         F          C
Surprise, surprise, surprise

           F            Am     G
Can’t you see it shining in my eyes?

     G         F         C
Surprise, surprise, surprise

                F            Am   G          Dm
We’re all so learned and so civilized, my baby
Dm Am G G [Verse 2]
      C             Am
Holy smokes, these future jokes

         F                                  G
Eight billion people spinning just like bicycle spokes

     C                          Am
The cinematic scope of the apocalypse

     F                                  G
When it all goes to hell there won’t be nothing left

             Dm            C
But chips and dip in mini-marts

     F                                  G
But what’s the shelf life of a broken heart?
[Chorus]
     G        F          C
Surprise, surprise, surprise

          F             Am      G
Can’t you see it shining in my eyes?

     G         F         C
Surprise, surprise, surprise

                F            Am   G         Dm
We’re all so learned and so civilized, my baby

G               Dm
Oh, my baby

G               Dm
Oh, my baby

G               Dm
Oh, my baby

G               Dm
Oh, my baby

G        F      C
Hey, hey, hey, yeah
[Verse 3]
      C             Am
Holy smokes, these future jokes

         F                            G
Found your number on a scrap of paper in my coat

     C                                 Am
The earth has been around for several billion years

           F
And all us humans think we’re special but

        G                   Dm
We’re nothing but the unshed tears

              C            F            G
Of a distant star, never knowing just who we are
[Chorus]
     G        F          C
Surprise, surprise, surprise

           F            Am      G
Can’t you see it shining in my eyes?

     G        F          C
Surprise, surprise, surprise

        F               Am     G
Our masochism goes so undisguised

     G        F          C
Surprise, surprise, surprise

                F           Am    G           Dm
We’re all so learned and so civilized, my baby
[Outro]
G               Dm
Oh, my baby
Oh, my baby F C G