Meat Loaf – The Future Aint What It Used To Be (Guitar)

Capo 3
Key
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Chords

INTRO: G C G C Cm
        G
I never knew so many bad times

      Bb
Could follow me so mercilessly

                         F
It's so surreal, all the pain that I feel

           C             Eb      G
The future ain't what it used to be

           G
It doesn't matter what they're thinking

           Bb
It doesn't matter what they're thinking of me

                                F
It's always so cold and I'm too young to be old

           C             Eb      G
The future ain't what it used to be

C                        G
Ooh, were there ever any stars in the sky?

            D                 G
And did the sun ever shine so bright?

C                    G
Ooh, do you have any dreams I can borrow

        D                         G
Just to get me through the lonely nights?

Bb                 F
Is there anything left to hold on to

         C                  G                   Bb
When the rivers wash it all away? (wash it all away)

                F
Is there anyone left to hold on to?

         C                   D C Bm    Am G
Is there anything left I can say_____?

                     Em             C
Say a prayer for the fallen angels

                     Am             G
Stem the tide of the rising waters

                    Em              C
Toll a bell for the broken hearted

                      Am
Burn a torch for your sons and daughters

    G                 Em
The endless night has got a hold of me

C             Am
Dark days are pulling me forward

    G                   Em
And all these years are washing over me

    C                Am
And I'm crying - I'm lost forever

     G
In a future that ain't what it used to be

  C
A future that ain't what it used to be

  G      N.C.                               G
A future that ain't what it used to be - no more

                               C
(no more, no more, no more) no more

            G
It's like a storm that's never ending

            Bb
It's like a shadow on the land and the sea

                              F
There's nothing as sad as a tomorrow gone bad

           C             Eb      G
The future ain't what it used to be, come on

            G
Some days I feel so numb and empty

    Bb
And those would be the good days for me

                                   F
Nothing gets to me now, unless I'm thinking of how

           C             Eb      G
The future ain't what it used to be

C                        G
Ooh, were there ever any stars in the sky?

            D                 G
And did the sun ever shine so bright?

C                    G
Ooh, do you have any dreams I can borrow

        D                         G
Just to get me through the lonely nights?

Bb                 F
Is there anything left to hold on to

         C                  G                   Bb
When the rivers wash it all away? (wash it all away)

                F
Is there anyone left to hold on to?

         C                   D C Bm    Am G
Is there anything left I can say_____?

                     Em             C
Say a prayer for the fallen angels

                     Am             G
Stem the tide of the rising waters

                    Em              C
Toll a bell for the broken hearted

                      Am
Burn a torch for your sons and daughters

    G                 Em
The endless night has got a hold of me

C             Am                 G
Dark days are pulling me forward

                        Em
And all these years are washing over me

    C                Am
And I'm crying - I'm lost forever

     G
In a future that ain't what it used to be

  C
A future that ain't what it used to be

  G      N.C.                               G
A future that ain't what it used to be - no more

                              C
(no more, no more, no more no more, oooh)

   G
No more (no more, no more, no more, no more)

                              C     Am   G   D   Eb   Dm   G   C
No more, no more, no more, no more

    G                                 C    G
The future just ain't what it used to be

                                      C    G
The future just ain't what it used to be

                                      C    G
The future just ain't what it used to be

                                          C
Oh, the future just ain't what it used to be

                                             G
(The future just ain't what it used to be no more)

                                          C
Oh, the future just ain't what it used to be

                                             G
(The future just ain't what it used to be no more)

                                            C
Hmmm, the future just ain't what it used to be

                                               G
(Aaah, the future, the future, the future, the future)

                                                                  C
Oh, the future, the future, the future just ain't what it used to be

                                       G
(the future just ain't what it used to be)

                                      C
Oh, future just ain't what it used to be

                                              C   G
Aaaaah, the future just ain't what it used to be
The future...
  C
I wish it wouldn't come
I wish it wouldn't come
                                       G
I wish it wouldn't come, but it always does