THE FUTURE LEONARD COHEN
Intro: Am
Am
Give me back my broken night
Dm
My mirrored room, my secret life
G#dim
It's lonely here
E7 Am
There's no one left to torture
Am
Give me absolute control
Dm
Over every living soul
G#dim E7
And lie beside me, baby
Am
That's an order!
Am
Give me crack and anal sex
Dm
Take the only tree that's left
G#dim E7
And stuff it up the hole
Am
In your culture
Am
Give me back the Berlin wall
Dm
Give me Stalin and St. Paul
G#dim E7
I've seen the future, brother:
Am
It is murder
Dm C
Things are going to slide (slide) in all directions
Dm C
Won't be nothing (won't be), nothing you can measure anymore
Dm F
The blizzard, the blizzard of the world
F
Has crossed the threshold
Fm
And it has overturned
C
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
Am
You don't know me from the wind
Dm
You never will, you never did
G#dim E7
I'm the little jew
Am
Who wrote the Bible
Am
I've seen the nations rise and fall
Dm
I've heard their stories, heard them all
G#dim E7
But love's the only engine
Am
Of survival
Am
Your servant here, he has been told
Dm
To say it clear, to say it cold:
G#dim E7
It's over, it ain't going
Am
Any further
Am
And now the wheels of heaven stop
Dm
You feel the devil's riding crop
G#dim E7
Get ready for the future:
Am
It is murder
Dm C
Things are going to slide (slide) in all directions
Dm C
Won't be nothing (won't be), nothing you can measure anymore
Dm F
The blizzard, the blizzard of the world
F
Has crossed the threshold
Fm
And it has overturned
C
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
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 round
F E7
Trying to sound like Charlie Manson
Am
Yeah the white man dancing
Am
Give me back the Berlin wall
Dm
Give me Stalin and St. Paul
G#dim
Give me Christ
E7 Am
Or give me Hiroshima
Am
Destroy another fetus now
Dm
We don't like children anyhow
G#dim E7
I've seen the future, baby:
Am
It is murder
Dm C
Things are going to slide (slide) in all directions
Dm C
Won't be nothing (won't be), nothing you can measure anymore
Dm F
The blizzard, the blizzard of the world
F
Has crossed the threshold
Fm
And it has overturned
C
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)
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The above is solely MY INTERPRETATION of this great song, in a format aimed at learning guitarists.
No attempt has been made to copy or reproduce the artist's or publisher's sheet music for the song,
if such exists.
It can be used for INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. To play the song as it should be played, you should
purchase the official sheetmusic for the song. You should also purchase and listen to the song to learn
the rhythm and timing of the song - this is essential if you wish to play the song with any degree of accuracy
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