CAPO: 3rd 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