Leonard Cohen – The Future (Guitar)
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Chords
[Intro]
Am Dm E7 Am x2
[Verse 1]
Am Dm Give me back my broken night, my mirrored room, my secret life E7 Am it's lonely here, there's no one left to torture Am Dm Give me absolute control over every living soul E7 Am And lie beside me baby, that's an order! Am Dm Give me crack and anal sex, take the only tree that's left E7 Am and stuff it up the hole in your culture. Am Dm Give me back the Berlin Wall, give me Stalin and St. Paul E7 Am I've seen the future, brother: it is murder.
[Chorus]
Dm C Things are gonna slide, slide in all directions Dm C Won't be nothing, (won't be) nothing you can't measure anymore. Dm F The blizzard, the blizzard of the world has crossed the threshold Fm C And it's overturned the order of the soul G When they said (they said) REPENT (repent) REPENT (repent) Am I wonder what they meant G When they said (they said) REPENT (repent) REPENT (repent) Am I wonder what they meant G When they said (they said) REPENT (repent) REPENT (repent) Am I wonder what they meant
[Verse 2]
Am Dm You don't know me from the wind, you never will, you never did E7 Am I'm the little jew who wrote the bible Am Dm I've seen nations rise and fall, I've heard their stories, heard them all E7 Am but love's the only engine of survival Am Dm Your servant here, he has been told, to say it clear to say it cold E7 Am It's over, it ain't going any further Am Dm And now the wheels of heaven stop, you feel the devil's riding crop E7 Am Get ready for the future: it is murder.
[Chorus]
Dm C Things are gonna slide (slide) in all directions Dm C Won't be nothing (won't be) nothing you can't measure anymore. Dm F The blizzard, the blizzard of the world has crossed the threshold Fm C And it has overturned the order of the soul G When they said (they said) REPENT (repent) REPENT (repent) Am I wonder what they meant G When they said (they said) REPENT (repent) REPENT (repent) Am I wonder what they meant G When they said (they said) REPENT (repent) REPENT (repent) Am I wonder what they meant
[Bridge]
Am There'll be the breaking of the ancient western code Dm Your private life will suddenly explode Am There'll be phantoms, there'll be fires on the road F E7 and the white man dancing Am You'll see your woman hanging upside down Dm her features covered by her fallen gown Am and all the lousy little poets coming around F E7 trying to sound like Charlie Manson F Am and the white man dancing
[Verse 3]
Am Dm Give me back the Berlin Wall, give me Stalin and St. Paul E7 Am Give me Christ or give me Hiroshima Am Dm Destroy another fetus now, we don't like children anyhow E7 Am I've seen the future, baby: it is murder.
[Chorus]
Dm C Things are gonna slide (slide) in all directions Dm C Won't be nothing (won't be) nothing you can't measure anymore. Dm F The blizzard, the blizzard of the world has crossed the threshold Fm C And it has overturned the order of the soul G When they said (they said) REPENT (repent) REPENT (repent) Am I wonder what they meant G When they said (they said) REPENT (repent) REPENT (repent) Am I wonder what they meant G When they said (they said) REPENT (repent) REPENT (repent) Am I wonder what they meant G Am When they said (they said) REPENT (repent) REPENT (repent)