The Future Soon Chords & Tabs
This version fits people with a deeper voice better than the previous ones.
Basically it's the same, though.
G B
Last week I left a note on Laura's desk
Em G7
It said I love you signed anonymous friend
C Gmaj7
Turns out she's smarter than I thought she was
C G B
She knows I wrote it, now the whole class does too
Em EmM7
And I'm all alone during couple's skate
Em7 A
When she skates by with some guy on her arm
C D C D
But I know that I'll forget the look of pity in her face
C D C D
When I'm living in my solar dome on a platform in space
Chorus
G D
Cause it's gonna be the future soon
Em C
I won't always be this way
G D
When the things that make me weak and strange get
Am G/B C D
engineered away
G D
It's gonna be the future soon
Em C
never seen it quite so clear
Cm G Am
And when my heart is breaking I can close my eyes and
D7sus4 G
it's already here
Verse 2
G B
I'll probably be some kind of scientist
Em G7
Building inventions in my space lab in space
C Gmaj7
I'll end world hunger I'll make dolphins speak
C G B
Work through the daytime, spend my nights and weekends
Em EmM7
Perfecting my warrior robot race
Em7 A
Building them one laser gun at a time
C D
I will do my best to teach them
C D
About life and what it's worth
C D C D
I just hope that I can keep them from destroying the Earth
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Chorus
G D
Cause it's gonna be the future soon
Em C
I won't always be this way
G D
When the things that make me weak and strange get
Am G/B C D
engineered away
G D
It's gonna be the future soon
Em C
never seen it quite so clear
Cm G Am
when my heart is breaking I can close my eyes and
D7sus4
it's already...
Bridge
D# A#
Here on Earth they'll wonder
D# G
As I piece by piece replace myself
D# A#
And the steel and circuits will make me whole
Am D7sus4 D7
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
G B
I'll see her standing by the monorail
Em G7
She'll look the same except for bionic eyes
C Gmaj7
She lost the real ones in the robot wars
C G B
I'll say I'm sorry, she'll say it's not your fault
Em
Or is it?
EmM7
And she eyes me suspiciously
Em7 A
Hearing the whir of the servos inside
C D
She will scream and try to run
C D
But there's nowhere she can hide
C D C D
When a crazy cyborg wants to make you his robot bride
Chorus
G D
Well it's gonna be the future soon
Em C
I won't always be this way
G D
When the things that make me weak and strange get
Am G/B C D
engineered away
G D
It's gonna be the future soon
Em C
never seen it quite so clear
Cm G Am
when my heart is breaking I can close my eyes and
D7sus4
it's already here
