Jonathan Coulton - The Future Soon

this version fits people with a deeper voice better than the previous ones .
basically it’s the same , though .

G B
last week i left a note on laura’s desk
Em G7
it said i love you signed anonymous friend
C Gmaj7
turns out she’s smarter than i thought she was
C G B
she knows i wrote it , now the whole class does too
Em emm7
and i’m all alone during couple’s skate
Em7 A
when she skates by with some guy on her arm
C D C D
but i know that i’ll forget the look of pity in her face
C D C D
when i’m living in my solar dome on a platform in space

chorus
G D
cause it’s gonna be the future soon
Em C
i won’t always be this way
G D
when the things that make me weak and strange get
Am G/B C D
engineered away
G D
it’s gonna be the future soon
Em C
never seen it quite so clear
Cm G Am
and when my heart is breaking i can close my eyes and
D7sus4 G
it’s already here

verse 2
G B
i’ll probably be some kind of scientist
Em G7
building inventions in my space lab in space
C Gmaj7
i’ll end world hunger i’ll make dolphins speak
C G B
work through the daytime , spend my nights and weekends
Em emm7
perfecting my warrior robot race
Em7 A
building them one laser gun at a time
C D
i will do my best to teach them
C D
about life and what it’s worth
C D C D
i just hope that i can keep them from destroying the earth

chorus
G D
cause it’s gonna be the future soon
Em C
i won’t always be this way
G D
when the things that make me weak and strange get
Am G/B C D
engineered away
G D
it’s gonna be the future soon
Em C
never seen it quite so clear
Cm G Am
when my heart is breaking i can close my eyes and
D7sus4
it’s already . . .

bridge
D# A#
here on earth they’ll wonder
D# G
as i piece by piece replace myself
D# A#
and the steel and circuits will make me whole
Am D7sus4 D7
but i’ll still feel so alone
Em A+ *
until laura calls me home
[ * instead of A+ , joco plays a or A7 ( sus ) here when he plays this song live; the A
+ is a little hard to hit accurately . ]

verse 3
G B
i’ll see her standing by the monorail
Em G7
she’ll look the same except for bionic eyes
C Gmaj7
she lost the real ones in the robot wars
C G B
i’ll say i’m sorry , she’ll say it’s not your fault
Em
or is it?
emm7
and she eyes me suspiciously
Em7 A
hearing the whir of the servos inside
C D
she will scream and try to run
C D
but there’s nowhere she can hide
C D C D
when a crazy cyborg wants to make you his robot bride

chorus
G D
well it’s gonna be the future soon
Em C
i won’t always be this way
G D
when the things that make me weak and strange get
Am G/B C D
engineered away
G D
it’s gonna be the future soon
Em C
never seen it quite so clear
Cm G Am
when my heart is breaking i can close my eyes and
D7sus4
it’s already here