Capo 4 

Em 
In the year 2525 
D 
If man is still alive 
C                              B7 
If woman can survive they may find 
 
Em 
In the year 3535 
D 
Ain't gonna need to tell the truth, tell no lies 
C 
Everything you think do and say 
B7 
Is in the pill you took today 
Em 
In the year 4545 
D 
You ain't gonna need your teeth won't need your eyes 
C 
You won't find a thing to chew 
B7 
Nobody's gonna look at you  
Em 
In the year 5555 
D 
Your arms hangin' limp at your sides 
C 
Your legs got nothin' to do 
B7 
Some machine's doing that for you 
 
Em    Fm 
 
Em 
In the year 6565 
D 
You won't need no husband, won't need no wife 
C 
You'll pick your son, pick your daughter too 
B7 
 From the bottom of a long glass tube
Em 
In the year 7510 
D 
If God's a comin He oughta make it by then 
C 
Maybe He'll look around Himself and say 
B7 
Guess it's time for the judgement day 
Em 
In the year 8510 
D 
God is gonna shake His mighty head 
C 
He'll either say I'm pleased where man has been 
B7                                    Em        
Or tear it down and start again woh oh 
Em 
In the year 9595 
D 
I'm kinda wonderin' if man is gonna be alive 
C 
He's takin everything this old earth can give 
B7                               Em (strum only once) 
and he ain't put back nothin  woh oh 
 
Em 
Now it's been ten thousand years 
D 
Man has cried a billion tears 
C 
For what he never knew 
B7 
Now man's reign is through 
Em 
But through eternal night 
D 
the twinkling of starlight 
C 
So very far away 
B7 
Maybe it's only yesterday 
 
Em 
In the year 2525 
D 
If man is still alive 
C                               B7  -  Em   (strum the last chord  
If woman can survive, they may find            only once)

Prolouge (2525) (slowly; free tempo):
Am  G  F
E  (N.С.)

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Verses 1 (3535), 2 (4545), 3 (5555), & 4 (6565):
Am  G  F
E

Verse 2 (4545)
Verse 3 (5555)
Verse 4 (6565)

Link:
Am  Bbm

(key change to Bbm)

Verses 5 (7510) & 6 (8510):
Bbm  Ab  Gb
F

Verse 6 (8510)

Link: Bbm

Verse 7 (9595), 8 (2525), & 9 (3535):
Bm  A  G

(key change to Bm)
 F#

Conclusion (Now it's been 10,000 years...):
Bm  A
 (^tempo becomes slower and freeer)

G  F#  Bm
A  G
F# F#7 Bm (N.С.)

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Verse 8 (2525)
Verse 9 (3535), fade