Future Is In The Future Chords

KeyBm CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays456

Future Is In The Future by Electric Six is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Bm. It uses the chords Bm, G, Em, B5, G5 and A5. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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INTRO 
----- 
(INTRO RIFF 1) 
   1   .   2   .   3   .   4   .   1   .   2   .   3   .   4   . 
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------| 
B|---------------------7~~~~~~~\-----------------------------------| 
G|-X-X-7---7---7---7---7~~~~~~~\-----------------------------------| x2 
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------| 
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------| 
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------| 

(INTRO RIFF 2) 
   1   .   2   .   3   .   4   .   1   .   2   .   3   .   4   .     \ 
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------| | 
B|---------------------7-------------------7-----------10----------| | 
G|-X-X-7---7---7---7---7-------------------7-----------9-----------| | 
D|-------------------------9-------7-------------------------------| | 
A|-----------------------------9-----------------------------------| | 
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------| | 
                                                                     |x2 
   1   .   2   .   3   .   4   .   1   .   2   .   3   .   4   .     | 
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------| | 
B|---------------------7---------------------------7---------------| | 
G|-X-X-7---7---7---7---7-------------------9-------7---7-----------| | 
D|-------------------------9-------7-------9-----------7-----------| | 
A|-----------------------------9-----------------------------------| | 
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------| / 

VERSE 
----- 
"If money talks then I'm a mime..." 
   1   .   2   .   3   .   4   .   1   .   2   .   3   .   4   . 
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------| 
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------| 
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------| 
D|---------7-----------------------------5-------------7---7---4---| x2 
A|-----5-------5---------------------------------------------------| 
E|-7---------------7---7-------5---3-----------3---5---------------| 

"And I was once worth a million quid..." 
   Bm                              G               Em 
   1   .   2   .   3   .   4   .   1   .   2   .   3   .   4   . 
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------| 
B|-7-------------------------------8---------------8---------------| 
G|-7-------------------------------7---------------9---------------| x2 
D|-9-------------------------------9---------------9---------------| 
A|-9-------------------------------10--------------7---------------| 
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------| 

Pre-Chorus 
---------- 
"Can't sit down 'cause I'm a dancer..." 
   1   .   2   .   3   .   4   .   1   .   2   .   3   .   4   .     \ 
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------| | 
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------| | 
G|-----7---9/11\9------7-----------7---4-----------9---6-----------| | 
D|-7/9-------------------------------------5---------------7-------| | 
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------| | 
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------| | 
                                                                     | x2 
   1   .   2   .   3   .   4   .   1   .   2   .   3   .   4   .     | 
e|-------------------------------------------------7---------------| | 
B|-----------------------------------------------------8-----------| | 
G|-----7---9/11\9------7-----------7---4---5---------------9-------| | 
D|-7/9-------------------------------------------------------------| | 
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------| | 
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------| / 

Chorus 
------ 
"We'll karaoke all night long..." 
INTRO RIFF 2 x2 
(Accompanied by B5, G5 and A5 power chords as shown below) 

Chorus (arrangement for solo guitar) 
------------------------------------ 
For solo guitar, a combination of INTRO RIFF 1 and power chords sounds 
alright: 
   B5                              G5              A5 
   1   .   2   .   3   .   4   .   1   .   2   .   3   .   4   . 
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------| 
B|---------------------7~~~~~~~\-----------------------------------| 
G|-----7---7---7---7---7~~~~~~~\-----------------------------------| x4 
D|-9~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~----5~~~~~~~~~~~----7~~~~~~~~~~~----| 
A|-9~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~----5~~~~~~~~~~~----7~~~~~~~~~~~----| 
E|-7~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~----3~~~~~~~~~~~----5~~~~~~~~~~~----| 

BRIDGE 
------ 
   1   .   2   .   3   .   4   .   1   .   2   .   3   .   4   . 
e|---5/7---5---7---------------------------------------------------| 
B|-----------------7-----8/10----8--10-7--8----7---5---7-----------| 
G|---------------------------------------------------------4-------| 
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------| 
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------| 
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------| 

   1   .   2   .   3   .   4   .   1   .   2   .   3   .   4   . 
e|---5/7---5---7-----------------------------------10------7-------| 
B|-----------------7-----8/10----8--10-7--8------------------------| 
G|---------------------------------------------9-------7-----------| 
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------| 
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------| 
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------| 

VERSE 
Pre-Chorus 
Chorus 
BRIDGE 

SOLO 
---- 
   1   .   2   .   3   .   4   .   1   .   2   .   3   .   4   . 
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------| 
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------| 
G|---7h9---7---------------------------------------------------7---| 
D|-----------9-------------------------7-------------------7h9-----| 
A|---------------7h9-----7h9-----7h9-------------------7h9---------| 
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------| 

   1   .   2   .   3   .   4   .   1   .   2   .   3   .   4   . 
e|-----------------------------------5h7v--------------------------| 
B|---------------------------7-------------------7h10----5h7-------| 
G|h9---7----7h9v---7h9---7h9---------------------------------------| 
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------| 
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------| 
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------| 

   1   .   2   .   3   .   4   .   1   .   2   .   3   .   4   . 
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------| 
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------| 
G|---------------------6h7-7p6-----7---7p6-----7---7p6-------------| 
D|-----------------------------9-----------9-----------9-----------| 
A|---------------------------------------------------------7h9-----| 
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------| 

   1   .   2   .   3   .   4   .   1   .   2   .   3   .   4   . 
e|-----------------------------12----------------------------------| 
B|---------------------10h12-------12------10----------------------| 
G|-----------------9h11----------------------------11--9-----------| 
D|-------------11h12---------------------------------------12--11--| 
A|-----12--12h14---------------------------------------------------| 
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------| 

Chorus x2 

OUTRO 
----- 
INTRO RIFF 2 x3 
INTRO RIFF 1 

KEY 
--- 
/   slide up 
\   slide down 
~   let ring 
b   bend 
h   hammer-on 
p   pull-off 
v   vibrato 
X   muted string 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
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Metronome

100 BPM Andante