Chords for Fatback - Is This the Future? (1983)

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_ _ _ [Eb] _ We can put a man up in space, but on Earth it's just a rat race.
Is this the future? _
_ _ _ [Gm] _ Got [Eb] people working 9 to 5 while over 10 [Gm]% are trying to stay [Bb] alive.
Is this [Cm] the future? _
_ [Gm] _ _ _ Harm [Eb] is up, education is down, but the Dow Jones is on the roof high.
Is this the future? _
_ _ _ [Gm] _ _ [Eb] Rama Ragan says stay the course, but [Gm] only a fool would want to endorse this kind of future.
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Every day [Eb] as I go my way, [F] _
I can hear the [C] people as they [Bb] say, hey brother, can you stand a dime?
I don't [E] want to end up doing time.
They [Eb] say it's just a sign of the [Dm] future.
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_ _ [Gm] _ _ [Eb] I'm the kind that I thought I'd try, but the interest [G] rates are just too high.
[Bb] Is this [Eb] the future? _
_ _ [Gm] _ _ [Bb] _ [Eb] Worked years for 50 Micra, [G] now my boss has [D] given me the shaft.
[Bb] Is this [Eb] the future? _
_ _ _ [Gm] _ Used to [Eb] eat steaks and caviar, now it's peanut butter and a candy bar.
Is this the future? _
_ _ _ [Gm] _ All [Eb] my money is nearly spent, don't have enough to pay the rent.
[F] Is this the future?
You can [Eb] cancel the future.
_ [Gm] _ Every _ _ day [Eb] as I go my way, [F] _
I can hear the [C] people as they [Bb] say, hey brother, can you stand a dime?
I don't want to end up doing time.
[Eb] They say it's just a sign of the [Dm] future.
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_ _ _ _ _ [Eb] I'm the kind that I thought I'd try, [Gm] _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ [F] _ [Gm] _ but the interest rates are just [Cm] too _ [Gm] high.
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_ [F] _ [Gm] _ _ Is this [Cm] the future? _
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_ _ _ Worked _ _ _
_ _ [Gm] years for _ 50 Micra, now my boss has given me the shaft.
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_ _ [Gm] _ _ Is this the _ _ _ _ _ _ [Cm] _
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[Gm] future?
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_ [Gm] _ _ _ _ [Eb] All _ _ [G] my _ _ [F] [Cm] money is [Gm] _ _ _ [Dm] _ [Eb] nearly [Gm] spent, don't have enough to pay the rent.
We live like [Eb] this, mama. _
Yeah!
[Gm] _ Thanks for listening.
Is this a sign of the future?
_ [Bb] They say [Eb] that's what it is.
[Cm] But [Gm] _ it's not for me.
Is this a sign of the future?
Oh!
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