Chords for Mickey Newbury - The Future's Not What It Used To Be
Tempo:
93.7 bpm
Chords used:
F#
B
D#m
A#m
C#
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[A#m] [D#m]
[F#] [B]
[F#] [G#m]
[F#] I [A#m] left Decatur, [D#m] hell bent [F#] to forget [B] Bought a ticket to Skaggan, [F#] Maine
I wound up in [A#m] Seattle, [D#m] so drunk and so [F#] rattled [G#]
Thought I'd caught the wrong [C#] train
[F#] Found some fast, [A#m] easy women [D#m] and some hard-drinkin' [F#] men
[B] Swore I'd drown the sorrow in [G#] me I [B]
once [C#] had a lot, [F#] but the future [B] was not
[F#] Not
[C#] what it used [B] to be And [F#]
[D#] all the years [A#m] they went by
[D#m] I went steadily [F#] downhill [B] till I had no place [F#] left to go
Made the missions [A#m] by morning, [D#m] made the dives [F#] every night
Till [G#]
I made a wreck of my [C#] body and soul
[F#] And then I [A#m] met a lady, [D#m] and in time [C#m] she made me [B] forget
Her love set [G#] me free
[B] Oh, we didn't [C#] have a lot, [F#] but the future [B] was not
[F#]
[C#] Not what it used [B] to be
[F#]
[D#m]
I never thought [A#m] I would live to get old
[D#m] Oh, the past [B] cut a hole [F#] deep in me
But [D#m] there was the chance to [A#m]
be here a while longer
[B]
At least I wanted [C#] to be
[F#]
[A#m] Somebody told me [D#m]
[F#] she was in [B] town
I found out [F#] today
[A#m] Lord, how it hurts me [D#m] to hear that [F#] she's down
[G#] But [C]
what else [C#] can I say?
[D#m] [F#] I know [Fm] her sorrow, [D#m] I [F#] know her pain
[B] I [G#] know her need
[B] I once loved [C#] her a lot, [C#] but [F#] the future's [B] just not
[F#] Not [C#] what it used [B] to be
[F#]
[F#] [B]
[F#] [G#m]
[F#] I [A#m] left Decatur, [D#m] hell bent [F#] to forget [B] Bought a ticket to Skaggan, [F#] Maine
I wound up in [A#m] Seattle, [D#m] so drunk and so [F#] rattled [G#]
Thought I'd caught the wrong [C#] train
[F#] Found some fast, [A#m] easy women [D#m] and some hard-drinkin' [F#] men
[B] Swore I'd drown the sorrow in [G#] me I [B]
once [C#] had a lot, [F#] but the future [B] was not
[F#] Not
[C#] what it used [B] to be And [F#]
[D#] all the years [A#m] they went by
[D#m] I went steadily [F#] downhill [B] till I had no place [F#] left to go
Made the missions [A#m] by morning, [D#m] made the dives [F#] every night
Till [G#]
I made a wreck of my [C#] body and soul
[F#] And then I [A#m] met a lady, [D#m] and in time [C#m] she made me [B] forget
Her love set [G#] me free
[B] Oh, we didn't [C#] have a lot, [F#] but the future [B] was not
[F#]
[C#] Not what it used [B] to be
[F#]
[D#m]
I never thought [A#m] I would live to get old
[D#m] Oh, the past [B] cut a hole [F#] deep in me
But [D#m] there was the chance to [A#m]
be here a while longer
[B]
At least I wanted [C#] to be
[F#]
[A#m] Somebody told me [D#m]
[F#] she was in [B] town
I found out [F#] today
[A#m] Lord, how it hurts me [D#m] to hear that [F#] she's down
[G#] But [C]
what else [C#] can I say?
[D#m] [F#] I know [Fm] her sorrow, [D#m] I [F#] know her pain
[B] I [G#] know her need
[B] I once loved [C#] her a lot, [C#] but [F#] the future's [B] just not
[F#] Not [C#] what it used [B] to be
[F#]
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_ _ [F#] I _ [A#m] left Decatur, _ [D#m] hell bent [F#] to forget _ [B] Bought a ticket to _ Skaggan, [F#] Maine _
_ _ _ I wound up in [A#m] Seattle, _ [D#m] so drunk and so [F#] rattled _ _ [G#] _ _
Thought I'd caught the wrong [C#] train _
_ _ _ [F#] Found some fast, [A#m] easy women [D#m] and some hard-drinkin' [F#] men
_ _ [B] Swore I'd drown the sorrow in [G#] me _ I _ [B] _
once [C#] had a lot, [F#] but the future [B] was not
[F#] Not _
_ [C#] what it used [B] to be And _ [F#] _ _
_ [D#] _ _ all the years [A#m] they went by
[D#m] I went steadily _ [F#] _ downhill [B] till I had no place [F#] left to go
_ _ _ Made the missions [A#m] by morning, [D#m] made the dives [F#] every night
Till [G#] _ _
_ I made a wreck of my [C#] body and soul
_ _ _ [F#] And then I [A#m] met a lady, _ [D#m] and in time [C#m] she made me [B] forget
Her love set [G#] me free
_ _ _ [B] Oh, we didn't [C#] have a lot, [F#] but the future [B] was not
_ [F#] _ _
[C#] Not what it used [B] to be
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_ _ _ _ [D#m] _ _
I never thought [A#m] I would live to get old
[D#m] Oh, the past [B] cut a hole [F#] deep in me
But _ [D#m] there was the chance to [A#m] _
be here a while longer
_ [B] _
At least I wanted [C#] to be
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[A#m] Somebody told me _ [D#m] _ _
[F#] she was in [B] town
I _ _ found out [F#] today
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_ _ [A#m] Lord, how it hurts me [D#m] _ to hear that [F#] she's down
[G#] But _ _ _ [C] _
what else [C#] can I say? _ _
[D#m] _ _ [F#] _ _ I know [Fm] her sorrow, _ [D#m] I [F#] know her pain
[B] I _ _ _ _ [G#] know her need
_ _ _ [B] I once loved [C#] her a lot, [C#] but [F#] the future's [B] just not _
_ [F#] _ Not [C#] what it used [B] to be _ _ _
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[F#] _ _ _ [G#m] _ _ _
_ _ [F#] I _ [A#m] left Decatur, _ [D#m] hell bent [F#] to forget _ [B] Bought a ticket to _ Skaggan, [F#] Maine _
_ _ _ I wound up in [A#m] Seattle, _ [D#m] so drunk and so [F#] rattled _ _ [G#] _ _
Thought I'd caught the wrong [C#] train _
_ _ _ [F#] Found some fast, [A#m] easy women [D#m] and some hard-drinkin' [F#] men
_ _ [B] Swore I'd drown the sorrow in [G#] me _ I _ [B] _
once [C#] had a lot, [F#] but the future [B] was not
[F#] Not _
_ [C#] what it used [B] to be And _ [F#] _ _
_ [D#] _ _ all the years [A#m] they went by
[D#m] I went steadily _ [F#] _ downhill [B] till I had no place [F#] left to go
_ _ _ Made the missions [A#m] by morning, [D#m] made the dives [F#] every night
Till [G#] _ _
_ I made a wreck of my [C#] body and soul
_ _ _ [F#] And then I [A#m] met a lady, _ [D#m] and in time [C#m] she made me [B] forget
Her love set [G#] me free
_ _ _ [B] Oh, we didn't [C#] have a lot, [F#] but the future [B] was not
_ [F#] _ _
[C#] Not what it used [B] to be
_ _ _ [F#] _ _
_ _ _ _ [D#m] _ _
I never thought [A#m] I would live to get old
[D#m] Oh, the past [B] cut a hole [F#] deep in me
But _ [D#m] there was the chance to [A#m] _
be here a while longer
_ [B] _
At least I wanted [C#] to be
_ _ _ [F#] _ _
[A#m] Somebody told me _ [D#m] _ _
[F#] she was in [B] town
I _ _ found out [F#] today
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A#m] Lord, how it hurts me [D#m] _ to hear that [F#] she's down
[G#] But _ _ _ [C] _
what else [C#] can I say? _ _
[D#m] _ _ [F#] _ _ I know [Fm] her sorrow, _ [D#m] I [F#] know her pain
[B] I _ _ _ _ [G#] know her need
_ _ _ [B] I once loved [C#] her a lot, [C#] but [F#] the future's [B] just not _
_ [F#] _ Not [C#] what it used [B] to be _ _ _
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