2082 chords by They Might Be Giants

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: C

Difficulty: Intermediate

Intro:
C

Verse:
C
Draw the curtain, look, you're only sleeping
C
Or is this only what the other you is dreaming?
    F
Either way
    C
Hard to take

Chorus:
   F#dim7           Fm
Ashen features unmistakably your own
     C              D7
Familiar posture, recast in skin and bone
    Dm7         Fm    C
Person from today, here is you in 2082


Verse:
      C
Remove your helmet, first equalize the pressure
    C
No, but first, take readings to be sure
         F
The atmosphere is safe
     C
Yes, it's safe


Chorus:
    F#dim7             Fm
As the ancient one cranes his neck to look
      C              D7
You see his hand's been replaced with a hook
     Dm7           Fm      C
But it's clear you're very much alive. It's 2105.


Bridge:
      D#
No, it's 2240
      G#
No, it's 3415
           D7
How can you still be living?
        D7  G7
What does this mean?


Verse:
     C
You must honor and respect the older fellow
   C
Even as you suffocate him with his pillow
      F
Though you're strong
    C
He was wise


Chorus:
     F#dim7           Fm
There is much you can learn from the sage
         C                 D7
And though you'll leave and travel back to your own age
     Dm7       Fm   C   D7
You will meet again, you two in 2082


Chorus:
       F#dim7           Fm
What was the look he gave intended to convey?
     C                D7
Was there something else he was trying to say?
    Dm7        Fm    C
It will all be revealed to you in 2082