Pet Shop Boys – This Used To Be The Future (Guitar)
Capo 1
Key
-
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Speed:
1.0x
Chords
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Written by: Tennant/Lowe
From: “Yes etc” = bonus disc with the special edition of “Yes” (2009)
Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
Capo: 1st fret
Play: D
Key: Eb
For chords in original key, transpose +1 (and “use flats”)
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CHORDS
E-A-D-G-B-e
Dmaj7* x-x-0-7-7-9
D* x-x-0-7-7-5
Gamj7 3-x-0-0-0-2
A6 x-0-2-2-2-2
D5 x-x-0-2-3-x
B5 x-2-4-4-x-x---------------------------------------------------------------------------
[Intro]
| Dmaj7* | D* | D | D D/F# |
| Gmaj7 | A6 |
| Dmaj7* | D* | D | D D/F# |
| Gmaj7 | A6 |
[Interlude]
| D5 | % | % | % |
| D5 | % | % | % |
| D5 | % | % | % |
| D5 | % | % | % |
[Verse 1: Neil Tennant]
D5 I can remember when this was the future D5 D/F# Where it was gonna be at back then Gmaj7 Why don't we tear the whole bloody lot down A6 And make a new start all over again?
[Verse 2: Chris Lowe]
D5 I can recall utopian thinking D5 Bold mission statements and tightening of belts Gmaj7 Demolition of familiar landmarks A6 Promises made and deals that were dealt
[Chorus: Neil Tennant]
Dmaj7 Dmaj7/F# This used to be the future Gmaj7 A Where it was at back then Dmaj7 Dmaj7/F# Let's tear the whole bloody lot down Gmaj7 A And start all over again
[Bridge 1: Phil Oakey]
B5 But that future was exciting B5 Science fiction made fact B5 Now all we have to look forward to B5 [ Gmaj7 ] Is a sort of suicide pact
[Bridge 2: Neil Tennant]
Gmaj7 Was it the dear old future F#m That created the problems we face? Gmaj7 How do we deal with the fallout F#m Of the age we used to call “space”?
[Interlude]
| D5 | % | % | % |
| D5 | % | % | % |
[Verse 3: Neil Tennant and Phil Oakey]
D5 I can remember planning for leisure D5 Living in peace and freedom from fear Gmaj7 Science that promised to make us a new world A6 Religion and prejudice disappear
[Verse 4: Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe]
D5 I can remember when this was the future D5 Where it was gonna be at back then Gmaj7 Now religion and nuclear energy A6 Have united to threaten, oh God! Amen
[Bridge 1: Phil Oakey]
B5 This used to be the future B5 Where it was at back then B5 Now religion and nuclear energy B5 [ Gmaj7 ] Have united, O God! Amen
[Bridge 2: Neil Tennant]
Gmaj7 Was it the dear old future F#m That created the problems we face? Gmaj7 How do we deal with the fallout F#m Of the age we used to call “space”?
[Interlude]
| D5 | % | % | % |
| D5 | % |
[Chorus]
| Dmaj7* | D* | D | D D/F# |
| Gmaj7 | A6 |
[Chorus: Neil Tennant]
Dmaj7 Dmaj7/F# This used to be the future Gmaj7 A Where it was at back then Dmaj7 Dmaj7/F# Let's tear the whole bloody lot down Gmaj7 A And start all over again
[Spoken Coda: Phil Oakey]
B5
Amen