The Future Soon/Tabs
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Revision as of 23:11, 30 January 2010 by Paradoxian (talk | contribs) (rename "F#aug" to the more accurate "BmM7"; add a few alternate voicings and fix a few chords to be more accurate)
Original transcription by Khavall, revised by Suuuupaadave, some corrections by Paradoxian.
For more info, see Suuuupaadave's guitar lesson for this song...
Chords D xx0232 Dsus4 xx0233 F# 244322 Bm x24432 D7 xx0212 G 320033 Dmaj7 xx0222 BmM7 x24332 Bm7 x24232 E 022100 A x02220 Em 022000 D/F# 2x0232 Gm 355333 A7sus4 x02030 Bb 688766 (alt x13331) F 133211 A7 x02020 A+ xx7665 (alt. A+ x03221 or A+7 x03223) Intro: |D |Dsus4|D |Dsus4| Verse 1 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 BmM7 And I'm all alone during couple's skate Bm7 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 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 never seen it quite so clear Gm D Em And when my heart is breaking I can close my eyes and A7sus4 D 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 BmM7 Perfecting my warrior robot race Bm7 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 Chorus D A Cause it's gonna be the future soon Bm G 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 never seen it quite so clear Gm D Em when my heart is breaking I can close my eyes and A7sus4 it's already... Bridge 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 A7sus4 A7 But I'll still feel so alone Em A+ * Until Laura calls me home [ * Instead of A+, JoCo plays A or A7(sus) here when he plays this song live; the A+ is a little hard to hit accurately. ] Verse 3 D F# I'll see her standing by the monorail Bm D7 She'll look the same except for bionic eyes G Dmaj7 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? BmM7 And she eyes me suspiciously Bm7 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 Chorus D A Well it's gonna be the future soon Bm G 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 never seen it quite so clear Gm D Em when my heart is breaking I can close my eyes and A7sus4 it's already here