The Future Soon chords by Jonathan Coulton

Chords with lyrics

This version fits people with a deeper voice better than the previous ones.
Basically it's the same, though.

BB
Last week I left a note on Laura's desk
G7G7
It said I love you signed anonymous friend
Gmaj7Gmaj7
Turns out she's smarter than I thought she was
BB
She knows I wrote it, now the whole class does too
  E minorEm          EmM7
And I'm all alone during couple's skate
A augmentedA
When she skates by with some guy on her arm
   D MajorD
But I know that I'll forget the look of pity in her face
    D MajorD
When I'm living in my solar dome on a platform in space

Chorus
            D MajorD
Cause it's gonna be the future soon
    C majorC
I won't always be this way
     D MajorD
When the things that make me weak and strange get
D MajorD
engineered away
         D MajorD
It's gonna be the future soon
   C majorC
never seen it quite so clear
  A minorAm
And when my heart is breaking I can close my eyes and
G+G
it's already here

Verse 2
BB
I'll probably be some kind of scientist
G7G7
Building inventions in my space lab in space
Gmaj7Gmaj7
I'll end world hunger I'll make dolphins speak
BB
Work through the daytime, spend my nights and weekends
 E minorEm         EmM7
Perfecting my warrior robot race
A augmentedA
Building them one laser gun at a time
   D MajorD
I will do my best to teach them
   D MajorD
About life and what it's worth
   D MajorD
I just hope that I can keep them from destroying the Earth
Chorus
            D MajorD
Cause it's gonna be the future soon
    C majorC
I won't always be this way
     D MajorD
When the things that make me weak and strange get
D MajorD
engineered away
         D MajorD
It's gonna be the future soon
   C majorC
never seen it quite so clear
A minorAm
when my heart is breaking I can close my eyes and
D7sus4D7sus4
it's already...

Bridge
A#A#
Here on Earth they'll wonder
  G+G
As I piece by piece replace myself
    A#A#
And the steel and circuits will make me whole
D7D7
But I'll still feel so alone
A augmentedA+ *
Until Laura calls me home
[ * Instead of A augmentedA+, JoCo plays A augmentedA or A7(sus) here when he plays this song live; the A augmentedA
+ is a little hard to hit accurately. ]

Verse 3
BB
I'll see her standing by the monorail
G7G7
She'll look the same except for bionic eyes
Gmaj7Gmaj7
She lost the real ones in the robot wars
BB
I'll say I'm sorry, she'll say it's not your fault
 E minorEm
Or is it?
         EmM7
And she eyes me suspiciously
A augmentedA
Hearing the whir of the servos inside
    D MajorD
She will scream and try to run
      D MajorD
But there's nowhere she can hide
   D MajorD
When a crazy cyborg wants to make you his robot bride

Chorus
            D MajorD
Well it's gonna be the future soon
    C majorC
I won't always be this way
     D MajorD
When the things that make me weak and strange get
D MajorD
engineered away
         D MajorD
It's gonna be the future soon
   C majorC
never seen it quite so clear
A minorAm
when my heart is breaking I can close my eyes and
D7sus4D7sus4