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D F# | D F# | ||
| − | Last week I left a note on | + | Last week I left a note on Laura's desk |
Bm D7 | Bm D7 | ||
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G Dmaj7 | G Dmaj7 | ||
| − | Turns out | + | Turns out she's smarter than I thought she was |
G D F# | G D F# | ||
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Bm Bbaug | Bm Bbaug | ||
| − | And | + | And I'm alone during couple skate |
Bm E | Bm E | ||
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G A G A | G A G A | ||
| − | But I know that | + | But I know that I'll forget the look of pity in her face |
G A G A | G A G A | ||
| − | When | + | When I'm living in my solar dome on a platform in space |
=== Chorus === | === Chorus === | ||
D A | D A | ||
| − | Cause | + | Cause it's gonna be the future soon |
Bm G | Bm G | ||
| − | And I | + | And I won't always be this way |
D A | D A | ||
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D A | D A | ||
| − | + | It's gonna be the future soon | |
Bm G | Bm G | ||
| − | + | I've never seen it quite so clear | |
Gm D Em A | Gm D Em A | ||
| − | And when my heart is breaking I can close my eyes and | + | And when my heart is breaking I can close my eyes and it's already here |
# Followed by [[#Verse 2|Verse 2]] | # Followed by [[#Verse 2|Verse 2]] | ||
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D F# | D F# | ||
| − | + | I'll probably be some kind of scientist | |
Bm D7 | Bm D7 | ||
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G Dmaj7 | G Dmaj7 | ||
| − | + | I'll end world hunger I'll make dolphins speak | |
G D F# | G D F# | ||
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G A | G A | ||
| − | About life and what | + | About life and what it's worth |
G A G A | G A G A | ||
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Bb F | Bb F | ||
| − | Here on Earth | + | Here on Earth they'll wonder |
Bb D | Bb D | ||
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Em Asus | Em Asus | ||
| − | But | + | But I'll still feel so alone |
Em Aaug | Em Aaug | ||
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D F# | D F# | ||
| − | + | I'll see her standing by the monorail | |
Bm D7 | Bm D7 | ||
| − | + | She'll look the same except for bionic eyes | |
G D7 | G D7 | ||
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G D F# | G D F# | ||
| − | + | I'll say I'm sorry, she'll say it's not your fault | |
Bm | Bm | ||
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G A | G A | ||
| − | But | + | But there's nowhere she can hide |
G A G A | G A G A | ||
Revision as of 04:43, 29 April 2008
Lessons
This song is covered in suuuupaadave's Lesson a Week series. The lesson for "The Future Soon" is available as a YouTube video.
suuuupaadave's video covers various interesting observations not expressed in the chord chart below (such as strumming patterns, notes about particular chords, and so on) and is therefore highly recommended.
Table of chords used
The following chord list is exactly that used in suuuupaadave's Lesson a Week 2 for "The Future Soon". The video is linked above, under Lessons.
| A | x02220 |
|---|---|
| A7 | x02020 |
| A7sus4 | x02030 |
| Aaug | xx7665 |
| Bb | 688766 |
| Bm7 | x24232 |
| Bm | x24432 |
| D | xx0232 |
| Dsus4 | xx0233 |
| D7 | xx0212 |
| Dmaj7 | xx0222 |
| E | 022100 |
| Em | 022000 |
| F | 133211 |
| F# | 244322 |
| F#aug | x24332 |
| G | 320033 |
Chords
The following chords were originally transcribed by forum member tristan and revised and reformatted by forum member Khavell.
Verse 1
Note that these chords differ from those listed in store info for this song. Specifically, the chord for the lyrics, "thought she was," is listed as DM7/A, while Jonathan mentions that he plays Dmaj7 instead.
D F#
Last week I left a note on Laura's desk
Bm D7
It said I love you signed anonymous friend
G Dmaj7
Turns out she's smarter than I thought she was
G D F#
She knows I wrote it, now the whole class does too
Bm Bbaug
And I'm alone during couple skate
Bm E
When she skates by with some guy on her arm
G A G A
But I know that I'll forget the look of pity in her face
G A G A
When I'm living in my solar dome on a platform in space
Chorus
D A
Cause it's gonna be the future soon
Bm G
And I won't always be this way
D A
When the things that make me weak and strange get
Em D/F# G A
engineered away
D A
It's gonna be the future soon
Bm G
I've never seen it quite so clear
Gm D Em A
And when my heart is breaking I can close my eyes and it's already here
Verse 2
D F#
I'll probably be some kind of scientist
Bm D7
Building inventions in my space lab in space
G Dmaj7
I'll end world hunger I'll make dolphins speak
G D F#
Work through the daytime, spend my nights and weekends
Bm Bbaug
Perfecting my warrior robot race
Bm E
Building them one laser gun at a time
G A
I will do my best to teach them
G A
About life and what it's worth
G A G A
I just hope that I can keep them from destroying the Earth
Repeat chorus
Bridge
These are the chords used in the studio recording of the song that appears in the store. In live performances, the last chord of the bridge is usually modified from an Aaug chord to a simpler A chord.
Bb F
Here on Earth they'll wonder
Bb D
As I piece by piece replace myself
Bb F
And the steel and circuits will make me whole
Em Asus
But I'll still feel so alone
Em Aaug
Until Laura calls me home
Verse 3
D F#
I'll see her standing by the monorail
Bm D7
She'll look the same except for bionic eyes
G D7
She lost the real ones in the robot wars
G D F#
I'll say I'm sorry, she'll say it's not your fault
Bm
Or is it?
Bbaug
And she eyes me suspiciously
Bm E
Hearing the whir of the servos inside
G A
She will scream and try to run
G A
But there's nowhere she can hide
G A G A
When a crazy cyborg wants to make you his robot bride
Repeat chorus
