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In The Year 2525 (Exordium and Terminus) chords
AmIn the year 2525
GIf man is still alive
FIf woman can survive, they may Efind
AmIn the year 3535
GAin't gonna need to tell the truth, tell no lies
FEverything you think, do and say
EIs in the pill you took today
AmIn the year 4545
GAin't gonna need your teeth, won't need your eyes
FYou won't find a thing to chew
ENobody's gonna look at you
AmIn the year 5555
GYour arms hanging limp at your sides
FYour legs got nothing to do
ESome machine's doing that for you
AmIn the year 6565
GAin't gonna need no husband, won't need no wife
FYou'll pick your son, pick your daughter too
EFrom the bottom of a long glass tube, whoa-Bbmoh
BbmIn the year 7510
G#If God's a-comin' He oughta make it by then
F#Maybe He'll look around Himself and say
FGuess it's time for the judgment day
BbmIn the year 8510
G#God is gonna shake His mighty head
F#He'll either say I'm pleased where man has been
FOr tear it down and start again, whoa-ohBbm  
BmIn the year 9595
AI'm kinda wonderin' if man is gonna be alive
GHe's taken everything this old Earth can give
F#And he ain't put back nothin', whoa-Bmoh
BmNow it's been ten thousand years
AMan has cried a billion tears
GFor what he never knew
F#Now man's reign is through
BmBut through eternal night
AThe twinkling of starlight
GSo very far away
F#Maybe it's only yesterday
BmIn the year 2525
AIf man is still alive
GIf woman can survive, they may F#find
BmIn the year 3535 ...
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In The Year 2525

by Zager & Evans

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Bbm

In The Year 2525 (Exordium and Terminus) chords

In the year 2525

If man is still alive

F E

If woman can survive, they may find

In the year 3535

Ain't gonna need to tell the truth, tell no lies

Everything you think, do and say

Is in the pill you took today

In the year 4545

Ain't gonna need your teeth, won't need your eyes

You won't find a thing to chew

Nobody's gonna look at you

In the year 5555

Your arms hanging limp at your sides

Your legs got nothing to do

Some machine's doing that for you

In the year 6565

Ain't gonna need no husband, won't need no wife

You'll pick your son, pick your daughter too

E Bbm

From the bottom of a long glass tube, whoa-oh

Bbm

In the year 7510

If God's a-comin' He oughta make it by then

Maybe He'll look around Himself and say

Guess it's time for the judgment day

Bbm

In the year 8510

God is gonna shake His mighty head

He'll either say I'm pleased where man has been

F Bbm

Or tear it down and start again, whoa-oh

In the year 9595

I'm kinda wonderin' if man is gonna be alive

He's taken everything this old Earth can give

F# Bm

And he ain't put back nothin', whoa-oh

Now it's been ten thousand years

Man has cried a billion tears

For what he never knew

Now man's reign is through

But through eternal night

The twinkling of starlight

So very far away

Maybe it's only yesterday

In the year 2525

If man is still alive

G F#

If woman can survive, they may find

In the year 3535 ...

Set8

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