This Used To Be The Future

| Dmaj7* | D* | D | D D/F# | | Gmaj7 | A6 | | Dmaj7* | D* | D | D D/F# | | Gmaj7 | A6 | | D5 | % | % | % | | D5 | % | % | % | | D5 | % | % | % | | D5 | % | % | % | [ Neil Tennant] D5 I can remember when this was the future D5 D/F# Where it was gonna be at back then Gmaj7 Why don't we tear the whole bloody lot down A6 And make a new start all over again? [ Chris Lowe] D5 I can recall utopian thinking D5 Bold mission statements and tightening of belts Gmaj7 Demolition of familiar landmarks A6 Promises made and deals that were dealt [ Neil Tennant] Dmaj7 Dmaj7/F# This used to be the future Gmaj7 A Where it was at back then Dmaj7 Dmaj7/F# Let's tear the whole bloody lot down Gmaj7 A And start all over again [ Phil Oakey] B5 But that future was exciting B5 Science fiction made fact B5 Now all we have to look forward to B5 Gmaj7 Is a sort of suicide pact [ Neil Tennant] Gmaj7 Was it the dear old future F#m That created the problems we face? Gmaj7 How do we deal with the fallout F#m Of the age we used to call “space”? | D5 | % | % | % | | D5 | % | % | % | [ Neil Tennant and Phil Oakey] D5 I can remember planning for leisure D5 Living in peace and freedom from fear Gmaj7 Science that promised to make us a new world A6 Religion and prejudice disappear [ Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe] D5 I can remember when this was the future D5 Where it was gonna be at back then Gmaj7 Now religion and nuclear energy A6 Have united to threaten, oh God! Amen [ Phil Oakey] B5 This used to be the future B5 Where it was at back then B5 Now religion and nuclear energy B5 Gmaj7 Have united, O God! Amen [ Neil Tennant] Gmaj7 Was it the dear old future F#m That created the problems we face? Gmaj7 How do we deal with the fallout F#m Of the age we used to call “space”? | D5 | % | % | % | | D5 | % | | Dmaj7* | D* | D | D D/F# | | Gmaj7 | A6 | [ Neil Tennant] Dmaj7 Dmaj7/F# This used to be the future Gmaj7 A Where it was at back then Dmaj7 Dmaj7/F# Let's tear the whole bloody lot down Gmaj7 A And start all over again [Spoken Phil Oakey] B5 Amen