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The Future
Artist:
Cohen, Leonard
Album:
The Future (1992)
Music and lyrics by Leonard Cohen
Added on Saturday, 22 March 2014
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Intro: Am Verse 1: Am Give me back my broken night, Dm My mirrored room, my secret life, E7 Am It's lonely here, there's no one left to torture. Am Give me absolute control Dm Over every living soul E7 Am And lie beside me, baby, that's an order! Am Give me crack and anal sex, Dm Take the only tree that's left E7 Am And stuff it up the hole in your culture. Am Give me back the Berlin Wall, Dm Give me Stalin and St. Paul, E7 Am I've seen the future, brother: it is murder. Chorus: Dm Things are gonna slide C (slide) in all directions, won't be Dm Nothing (won't be) nothing you can't C Measure anymore. Dm The blizzard, the blizzard of the F World has crossed the threshold and it's Fm C 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 You don't know me from the wind, Dm You never will, you never did E7 Am I'm the little Jew who wrote the Bible. Am I've seen the nations rise and fall, Dm I've heard their stories, heard them all, E7 Am But love's the only engine of survival. Am Your servant here, he has been told Dm To say it clear, to say it cold: E7 Am It's over, it ain't going any further. Am And now the wheels of heaven stop, Dm You feel the devil's riding crop, E7 Am Get ready for the future: it is murder. [Chorus] Break: 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, F7 E 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 F7 E Tryin' to sound like Charlie Manson, Am And the white man dancing. Verse 3: Am Give me back the Berlin Wall, Dm Give me Stalin and St. Paul, E7 Am Give me Christ or give me Hiroshima. Am Destroy another fetus now, Dm We don't like children anyhow, E7 Am I've seen the future, baby: it is murder. [Chorus] Coda: G When they said (they said) REPENT (repent) REPENT (repent)... Am
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Intro: Am Verse 1: Am Give me back my broken night, Dm My mirrored room, my secret life, E7 Am It's lonely here, there's no one left to torture. Am Give me absolute control Dm Over every living soul E7 Am And lie beside me, baby, that's an order! Am Give me crack and anal sex, Dm Take the only tree that's left E7 Am And stuff it up the hole in your culture. Am Give me back the Berlin Wall, Dm Give me Stalin and St. Paul, E7 Am I've seen the future, brother: it is murder. Chorus: Dm Things are gonna slide C (slide) in all directions, won't be Dm Nothing (won't be) nothing you can't C Measure anymore. Dm The blizzard, the blizzard of the F World has crossed the threshold and it's Fm C 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 You don't know me from the wind, Dm You never will, you never did E7 Am I'm the little Jew who wrote the Bible. Am I've seen the nations rise and fall, Dm I've heard their stories, heard them all, E7 Am But love's the only engine of survival. Am Your servant here, he has been told Dm To say it clear, to say it cold: E7 Am It's over, it ain't going any further. Am And now the wheels of heaven stop, Dm You feel the devil's riding crop, E7 Am Get ready for the future: it is murder. [Chorus] Break: 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, F7 E 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 F7 E Tryin' to sound like Charlie Manson, Am And the white man dancing. Verse 3: Am Give me back the Berlin Wall, Dm Give me Stalin and St. Paul, E7 Am Give me Christ or give me Hiroshima. Am Destroy another fetus now, Dm We don't like children anyhow, E7 Am I've seen the future, baby: it is murder. [Chorus] Coda: G When they said (they said) REPENT (repent) REPENT (repent)... Am