{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":64996,"song":"The Future","artist":"Leonard Cohen","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/64996-the-future-chords-by-leonard-cohen/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/64996?type=chord","rating":4.74057,"votes":222,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]Dm[/ch]  [ch]E7[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch] x2\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                               [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nGive me back my broken night, my mirrored room, my secret life[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]E7[/ch]                                   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nit's lonely here, there's no one left to torture[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                       [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nGive me absolute control over every living soul[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]E7[/ch]                            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd lie beside me baby, that's an order![/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                          [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nGive me crack and anal sex, take the only tree that's left[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]E7[/ch]                           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nand stuff it up the hole in your culture.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                            [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nGive me back the Berlin Wall, give me Stalin and St. Paul[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]E7[/ch]                            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI've seen the future, brother:  it is murder.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThings are gonna slide, slide in all directions[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Dm[/ch]                                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWon't be nothing, (won't be) nothing you can't measure anymore.[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Dm[/ch]                            [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThe blizzard, the blizzard of the world has crossed the threshold[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Fm[/ch]                          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd it's overturned the order of the soul[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhen they said (they said) REPENT (repent) REPENT (repent)[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI wonder what they meant[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhen they said (they said) REPENT (repent) REPENT (repent)[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI wonder what they meant[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhen they said (they said) REPENT (repent) REPENT (repent)[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI wonder what they meant[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                                   [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nYou don't know me from the wind, you never will, you never did[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E7[/ch]                                   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI'm the little jew who wrote the bible[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                                    [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nI've seen nations rise and fall, I've heard their stories, heard them all[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]E7[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nbut love's the only engine of survival[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                                   [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nYour servant here, he has been told, to say it clear to say it cold[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E7[/ch]                  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nIt's over, it ain't going any further[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                                     [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAnd now the wheels of heaven stop, you feel the devil's riding crop[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E7[/ch]                               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nGet ready for the future:  it is murder.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThings are gonna slide (slide) in all directions[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Dm[/ch]                                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWon't be nothing (won't be) nothing you can't measure anymore.[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Dm[/ch]                             [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThe blizzard, the blizzard  of the world has crossed the threshold[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Fm[/ch]                          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd it has overturned the order of the soul[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhen they said (they said) REPENT (repent) REPENT (repent)[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI wonder what they meant[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhen they said (they said) REPENT (repent) REPENT (repent)[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI wonder what they meant[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhen they said (they said) REPENT (repent) REPENT (repent)[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI wonder what they meant[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThere'll be the breaking of the ancient western code[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nYour private life will suddenly explode[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThere'll be phantoms, there'll be fires on the road[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nand the white man dancing[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nYou'll see your woman hanging upside down[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nher features covered by her fallen gown[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nand all the lousy little poets coming around[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]E7[/ch]\r\ntrying to sound like Charlie Manson[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nand the white man dancing[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                            [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nGive me back the Berlin Wall, give me Stalin and St. Paul[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E7[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nGive me Christ or give me Hiroshima[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                            [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nDestroy another fetus now, we don't like children anyhow[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]E7[/ch]                            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI've seen the future, baby:  it is murder.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThings are gonna slide (slide) in all directions[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Dm[/ch]                                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWon't be nothing (won't be) nothing you can't measure anymore.[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Dm[/ch]                            [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThe blizzard, the blizzard of the world has crossed the threshold[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Fm[/ch]                          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd it has overturned the order of the soul[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhen they said (they said) REPENT (repent) REPENT (repent)[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI wonder what they meant[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhen they said (they said) REPENT (repent) REPENT (repent)[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI wonder what they meant[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhen they said (they said) REPENT (repent) REPENT (repent)[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI wonder what they meant[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]                                [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWhen they said (they said) REPENT (repent) REPENT (repent)[/tab]","plain_text":"[Intro]\nAm  Dm  E7  Am x2\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Bridge]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["Am","Dm","E7","C","F","Fm","G"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"E7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,0,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,0,1,0,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"Fm":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,1,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,1,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}