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Living In The Future

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Bminor

90BPM

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1/72

Tempo 80 BPMVol

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Step 1 / 72Position: 2

1 index2 middle3 ring4 pinkyO openSpace = play/pause

[Intro]
(Main riff x4)
e|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|
D|-4-----4-4------4-----4-4--4--4-|
A|-2p0---0-2------2p0---0-2--4--4-|
E|-----2--------------2---------2-|
[Verse 1]
(Palm mute the main riff, and repeat through verse)
B5I know all of my exits
I'm always plannin' my F#escape
B5It's the most aggressive symptom
Of this collective phanF#tom pain
B5And the more that you ignore it
The more it makes you gF#o insane
                (Main riff)
Just look around
[Verse 2]
(Palm muted Main Riff through verse)
B5It's the battle of the passwords
It's the trumpets on thF#e hill
B5It's that constant paranoia
It's the final fire driF#ll
B5And if you won't sing the anthem
They'll go find someone F#else who will
They're crackin' down
(Main riff)
e|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|
D|-4-----4-4------4-----4-4--4--4-|
A|-2p0---0-2------2p0---0-2--4--4-|
E|-----2--------------2---------2-|
[Chorus]
We're livin' in the fGuture,     Emso shine a little liBmght
DIt may not make it any beGtterEm, I'm just hopin' that it mAight
F#mI'm not talkin' 'bout foreGver,    Emhow 'bout just gettin' through the nigBmht?
DWe're livin' in the fGuture,    F#7#5so shine a little liEmght
(Main riff) x2
e|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|
D|-4-----4-4------4-----4-4--4--4-|
A|-2p0---0-2------2p0---0-2--4--4-|
E|-----2--------------2---------2-|
[Verse 3]
(Palm mute the main riff, and repeat through verse)
B5I'm always lookin' over shoulders
Not knowin' what I’m loF#okin' for
B5Now that the feelin' someone's watchin’
Isn't just a feelin' anF#ymore
B5Now that both sides of the aisle
Are this good at keepinF#' score
                   (Main riff)
We've crossed a line
[Verse 4]
(Palm muted Main Riff Through Verse)
BThere's a madness to the method
There's a market for thF#e fear
B5It's that dance out on the razor's edge
The wolf held by the eaF#rs
B5It's the man behind the curtain
It's the way of our froF#ntiers
Since the dawn of time
(Main riff)
e|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|
D|-4-----4-4------4-----4-4--4--4-|
A|-2p0---0-2------2p0---0-2--4--4-|
E|-----2--------------2---------2-|
[Chorus]
We're livin' in the fGuture,     Emso shine a little liBmght
DIt may not make it any beGtterEm, I'm just hopin' that it mAight
F#mI'm not talkin' 'bout foreGver,    Emhow 'bout just gettin' through the nigBmht?
DWe're livin' in the fGuture,    F#7#5so shine a little liEmght
(Solo over the main riff)
e|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|
D|-4-----4-4------4-----4-4--4--4-|
A|-2p0---0-2------2p0---0-2--4--4-|
E|-----2--------------2---------2-|
[Chorus]
We're livin' in the fGuture,     Emso shine a little liBmght
DIt may not make it any beGtterEm, I'm just hopin' that it mAight
F#mI'm not talkin' 'bout foreGver,    Emhow 'bout just gettin' through the nigBmht?
DWe're livin' in the fGuture,    F#7#5so shine a little liEmght
(Main riff)
e|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|
D|-4-----4-4------4-----4-4--4--4-|
A|-2p0---0-2------2p0---0-2--4--4-|
E|-----2--------------2---------2-|

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Living In The Future

by Dawes

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

F#m

F#7#5

[Intro]

(Main riff x4)

e|--------------------------------|

B|--------------------------------|

G|--------------------------------|

D|-4-----4-4------4-----4-4--4--4-|

A|-2p0---0-2------2p0---0-2--4--4-|

E|-----2--------------2---------2-|

[Verse 1]

(Palm mute the main riff, and repeat through verse)

I know all of my exits

I'm always plannin' my escape

It's the most aggressive symptom

Of this collective phantom pain

And the more that you ignore it

The more it makes you go insane

(Main riff)

Just look around

[Verse 2]

(Palm muted Main Riff through verse)

It's the battle of the passwords

It's the trumpets on the hill

It's that constant paranoia

It's the final fire drill

And if you won't sing the anthem

They'll go find someone else who will

They're crackin' down

(Main riff)

e|--------------------------------|

B|--------------------------------|

G|--------------------------------|

D|-4-----4-4------4-----4-4--4--4-|

A|-2p0---0-2------2p0---0-2--4--4-|

E|-----2--------------2---------2-|

[Chorus]

G Em Bm

We're livin' in the future, so shine a little light

D G Em A

It may not make it any better, I'm just hopin' that it might

F#m G Em Bm

I'm not talkin' 'bout forever, how 'bout just gettin' through the night?

D G F#7#5 Em

We're livin' in the future, so shine a little light

(Main riff) x2

e|--------------------------------|

B|--------------------------------|

G|--------------------------------|

D|-4-----4-4------4-----4-4--4--4-|

A|-2p0---0-2------2p0---0-2--4--4-|

E|-----2--------------2---------2-|

[Verse 3]

(Palm mute the main riff, and repeat through verse)

I'm always lookin' over shoulders

Not knowin' what I’m lookin' for

Now that the feelin' someone's watchin’

Isn't just a feelin' anymore

Now that both sides of the aisle

Are this good at keepin' score

(Main riff)

We've crossed a line

[Verse 4]

(Palm muted Main Riff Through Verse)

There's a madness to the method

There's a market for the fear

It's that dance out on the razor's edge

The wolf held by the ears

It's the man behind the curtain

It's the way of our frontiers

Since the dawn of time

(Main riff)

e|--------------------------------|

B|--------------------------------|

G|--------------------------------|

D|-4-----4-4------4-----4-4--4--4-|

A|-2p0---0-2------2p0---0-2--4--4-|

E|-----2--------------2---------2-|

[Chorus]

G Em Bm

We're livin' in the future, so shine a little light

D G Em A

It may not make it any better, I'm just hopin' that it might

F#m G Em Bm

I'm not talkin' 'bout forever, how 'bout just gettin' through the night?

D G F#7#5 Em

We're livin' in the future, so shine a little light

(Solo over the main riff)

e|--------------------------------|

B|--------------------------------|

G|--------------------------------|

D|-4-----4-4------4-----4-4--4--4-|

A|-2p0---0-2------2p0---0-2--4--4-|

E|-----2--------------2---------2-|

[Chorus]

G Em Bm

We're livin' in the future, so shine a little light

D G Em A

It may not make it any better, I'm just hopin' that it might

F#m G Em Bm

I'm not talkin' 'bout forever, how 'bout just gettin' through the night?

D G F#7#5 Em

We're livin' in the future, so shine a little light

(Main riff)

e|--------------------------------|

B|--------------------------------|

G|--------------------------------|

D|-4-----4-4------4-----4-4--4--4-|

A|-2p0---0-2------2p0---0-2--4--4-|

E|-----2--------------2---------2-|

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