CAPO: 3rd Fret
INTRO: G C G C Cm
G
I never knew so many bad times
Bb
Could follow me so mercilessly
F
It's so surreal, all the pain that I feel
C Eb G
The future ain't what it used to be
It doesn't matter what they're thinking
Bb
It doesn't matter what they're thinking of me
F
It's always so cold and I'm too young to be old
C Eb G
The future ain't what it used to be
C G
Ooh, were there ever any stars in the sky?
D G
And did the sun ever shine so bright?
C G
Ooh, do you have any dreams I can borrow
D G
Just to get me through the lonely nights?
Bb F
Is there anything left to hold on to
C G Bb
When the rivers wash it all away? (wash it all away)
F
Is there anyone left to hold on to?
C D C Bm Am G
Is there anything left I can say_____?
Em C
Say a prayer for the fallen angels
Am G
Stem the tide of the rising waters
Em C
Toll a bell for the broken hearted
Am
Burn a torch for your sons and daughters
G Em
The endless night has got a hold of me
C Am
Dark days are pulling me forward
G Em
And all these years are washing over me
C Am
And I'm crying - I'm lost forever
G
In a future that ain't what it used to be
C
A future that ain't what it used to be
G N.C. G
A future that ain't what it used to be - no more
C
(no more, no more, no more) no more
G
It's like a storm that's never ending
Bb
It's like a shadow on the land and the sea
F
There's nothing as sad as a tomorrow gone bad
C Eb G
The future ain't what it used to be, come on
G
Some days I feel so numb and empty
Bb
And those would be the good days for me
F
Nothing gets to me now, unless I'm thinking of how
C Eb G
The future ain't what it used to be
C G
Ooh, were there ever any stars in the sky?
D G
And did the sun ever shine so bright?
C G
Ooh, do you have any dreams I can borrow
D G
Just to get me through the lonely nights?
Bb F
Is there anything left to hold on to
C G Bb
When the rivers wash it all away? (wash it all away)
F
Is there anyone left to hold on to?
C D C Bm Am G
Is there anything left I can say_____?
Em C
Say a prayer for the fallen angels
Am G
Stem the tide of the rising waters
Em C
Toll a bell for the broken hearted
Am
Burn a torch for your sons and daughters
G Em
The endless night has got a hold of me
C Am G
Dark days are pulling me forward
Em
And all these years are washing over me
C Am
And I'm crying - I'm lost forever
G
In a future that ain't what it used to be
C
A future that ain't what it used to be
G N.C. G
A future that ain't what it used to be - no more
C
(no more, no more, no more no more, oooh)
G
No more (no more, no more, no more, no more)
C Am G D Eb Dm G C
No more, no more, no more, no more
G C G
The future just ain't what it used to be
C G
The future just ain't what it used to be
C G
The future just ain't what it used to be
C
Oh, the future just ain't what it used to be
G
(The future just ain't what it used to be no more)
C
Oh, the future just ain't what it used to be
G
(The future just ain't what it used to be no more)
C
Hmmm, the future just ain't what it used to be
G
(Aaah, the future, the future, the future, the future)
C
Oh, the future, the future, the future just ain't what it used to be
G
(the future just ain't what it used to be)
C
Oh, future just ain't what it used to be
C G
Aaaaah, the future just ain't what it used to be
The future...
C
I wish it wouldn't come
I wish it wouldn't come
G
I wish it wouldn't come, but it always does