The Future Leonard Cohen
Chords:
G#dim: 456464 or xx0101
Intro
[Am]
G[Am]ive me back my broken night
My m[Dm]irrored room, my secret life
It's l[G#dim]onely here
There's n[E7]o one left to t[Am]orture
G[Am]ive me absolute control
[Dm]Over every living soul
And l[G#dim]ie beside me, bab[E7]y
That's an [Am]order!
Give me crack and anal sex
Take the only tree that's left
And stuff it up the hole
In your culture
Give me back the Berlin wall
Give me Stalin and St Paul
I've seen the future, brother:
It is murder
Th[Dm]ings are going to slide (sl[C]ide) in all directions
Won't be n[Dm]othing (won't be), nothing you can m[C]easure anymore
The bl[Dm]izzard, the blizzard of the w[F]orld
Has crossed the thr[F]eshold
And it has [Fm]overturned
The order of the s[C]oul
When they s[G]aid (they said) repent (repent), repent (repent)
I wonder wh[Am]at they meant
When they s[G]aid (they said) repent (repent), repent (repent)
I wonder wh[Am]at they meant
When they s[G]aid (they said) repent (repent), repent (repent)
I wonder wh[Am]at they meant
You don't know me from the wind
You never will, you never did
I'm the little jew
Who wrote the Bible
I've seen the nations rise and fall
I've heard their stories, heard them all
But love's the only engine
Of survival
Your servant here, he has been told
To say it clear, to say it cold:
It's over, it ain't going
Any further
And now the wheels of heaven stop
You feel the devil's riding crop
Get ready for the future:
It is murder
Things are going to slide (slide) in all directions
Won't be nothing (won't be), nothing you can measure anymore
The blizzard, the blizzard of the world
Has crossed the threshold
And it has overturned
The order of the soul
When they said (they said) repent (repent), repent (repent)
I wonder what they meant
When they said (they said) repent (repent), repent (repent)
I wonder what they meant
When they said (they said) repent (repent), repent (repent)
I wonder what they meant
There'll be the br[Am]eaking of the ancient western code
Your pr[Dm]ivate life will suddenly explode
There'll be ph[Am]antoms, there'll be fires on the road
And the white man d[F]ancing[E7]
You'll see your w[Am]oman hanging upside down
Her f[Dm]eatures covered by her fallen gown
And all the l[Am]ousy little poets coming round
Trying to sound like Charlie M[F]anson[E7]
Yeah the white man d[Am]ancing
Give me back the Berlin wall
Give me Stalin and St Paul
Give me Christ
Or give me Hiroshima
Destroy another fetus now
We don't like children anyhow
I've seen the future, baby:
It is murder
Things are going to slide (slide) in all directions
Won't be nothing (won't be), nothing you can measure anymore
The blizzard, the blizzard of the world
Has crossed the threshold
And it has overturned
The order of the soul
When they said (they said) repent (repent), repent (repent)
I wonder what they meant
When they said (they said) repent (repent), repent (repent)
I wonder what they meant
When they said (they said) repent (repent), repent (repent)
I wonder what they meant
When they said (they said) repent (repent), repent (repent)
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