This Used To Be The Future chords by Pet Shop Boys

• Capo on 1st
• Difficulty: Intermediate 💪

Key: Eb
Tuning: Standard

♫ Intro:

 Dmaj7* | D* | D | D D/F# :
 Gmaj7 | A6 :
 Dmaj7* | D* | D | D D/F# :
 Gmaj7 | A6 :




♫ Interlude:
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♫ Verse 1: Neil Tennant:
D5
I can remember when this was the future
D5                            D/F#
Where it was gonna be at back then
Gmaj7
Why don't we tear the whole bloody lot down
    A6
And make a new start all over again?

♫ Verse 2: Chris Lowe:
D5
I can recall utopian thinking
D5
Bold mission statements and tightening of belts
Gmaj7
Demolition of familiar landmarks
A6
Promises made and deals that were dealt

♫ Chorus:  Neil Tennant:
      Dmaj7                Dmaj7/F#
This used to be the future
Gmaj7                A
Where it was at back then
      Dmaj7                            Dmaj7/F#
Let's tear the whole bloody lot down
    Gmaj7           A
And start all over again

♫ Bridge 1:  Phil Oakey:
B5
    But that future was exciting
B5
    Science fiction made fact
B5
   Now all we have to look forward to
B5                       Gmaj7 :
    Is a sort of suicide pact

♫ Bridge 2:  Neil Tennant:
Gmaj7
  Was it the dear old future
F#m
  That created the problems we face?
Gmaj7
  How do we deal with the fallout
F#m
  Of the age we used to call “space”?

♫ Interlude:
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♫ Verse 3: Neil Tennant and Phil Oakey:
D5
I can remember planning for leisure
D5
Living in peace and freedom from fear
Gmaj7
Science that promised to make us a new world
  A6
Religion and prejudice disappear

♫ Verse 4: Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe:
D5
I can remember when this was the future
D5
Where it was gonna be at back then
      Gmaj7
Now religion and nuclear energy
      A6
Have united to threaten, oh God! Amen

♫ Bridge 1:  Phil Oakey:
B5
   This used to be the future
B5
   Where it was at back then
B5
   Now religion and nuclear energy
B5                      Gmaj7 :
   Have united
O God! Amen

♫ Bridge 2:  Neil Tennant:
Gmaj7
  Was it the dear old future
F#m
  That created the problems we face?
Gmaj7
  How do we deal with the fallout
F#m
  Of the age we used to call “space”?

♫ Interlude:
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 D5 | % :

♫ Chorus:
 Dmaj7* | D* | D | D D/F# :
 Gmaj7 | A6 :

♫ Chorus:  Neil Tennant:
     Dmaj7                 Dmaj7/F#
This used to be the future
Gmaj7                A
Where it was at back then
      Dmaj7                            Dmaj7/F#
Let's tear the whole bloody lot down
    Gmaj7           A
And start all over again

Spoken Coda: Phil Oakey:
 B5
Amen


Chords instructions:
          E-A-D-G-B-e
Dmaj7*    x-x-0-7-7-9
D*        x-x-0-7-7-5
Gamj7     3-x-0-0-0-2
A6        x-0-2-2-2-2
D5        x-x-0-2-3-x
B5        x-2-4-4-x-x