The Future Aint What It Used To Be Chords
by Meat Loaf
The Future Aint What It Used To Be by Meat Loaf is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of G with a capo on the 3st fret. It uses the chords G, C, Cm, Bb, F, Eb, D, Bm, Am, Em and Dm. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
rd 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