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Leonard Cohen guitar chords - The Future

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

Has crossed the threshold

Fm

And it has overturned

The order of the soul

When they said (they said) REPENT (repent), REPENT (repent)

Am

I wonder what they meant

When they said (they said) REPENT (repent), REPENT (repent)

Am

I wonder what they meant

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

Has crossed the threshold

Fm

And it has overturned

The order of the soul

When they said (they said) REPENT (repent), REPENT (repent)

Am

I wonder what they meant

When they said (they said) REPENT (repent), REPENT (repent)

Am

I wonder what they meant

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

Has crossed the threshold

Fm

And it has overturned

The order of the soul

When they said (they said) REPENT (repent), REPENT (repent)

Am

I wonder what they meant

When they said (they said) REPENT (repent), REPENT (repent)

Am

I wonder what they meant

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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Leonard Cohen guitar chords ;- The Future