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