Chords for Fatback - Is This The Future? (Funk 1983)

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_ _ _ _ _ _ We can build man up in space, but on earth it's just a rat race.
[Bb] Is this [Cm] the future?
_ _ [Eb] _ _ [Gm] _ You [Eb] got people working 9 to 5 while over 10 [Gm]% are trying to stay [Bb] alive.
Is this [Eb] the future?
_ _ [Gm] _ _ The farm [Eb] is up, education is down, but the Dow Jones is on the roof high.
Is this the future?
_ _ _ [Gm] _ _ [Eb] Ronald Reagan says save the course, [B] but only [Gm] a fool would want to endorse this [Eb] kind of future.
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Every day [Eb] as I go my way, [F] _
I can hear [C] the people as they [Bb] say,
Hey brother, can you stand a dime?
I [E] don't want to end up doing time.
But [Eb] they say it's just a sign of the [Dm] future.
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_ _ _ [Gm] _ _ Farm [Eb] to carve, now that I thought I'd try, but the interest rates are [G] just too high.
Is this [Eb] the future?
_ _ [Gm] _ _ _ [Eb] Worked years for picking my grass, now my boss [Dm] has given me the shaft.
[Bb] Is this [Eb] the future?
_ [Gm] _ _ _ [F] Used to [Eb] eat steaks and caviar, now it's peanut butter and a candy bar.
Is this the future?
_ _ _ [Gm] _ All [Eb] my money is nearly spent, [G] don't have enough to pay the rent.
[F] You can [Eb]
cancel the future.
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Every day [Eb] as I go my way, [F] _
I can hear [C] the people as they [Bb] say,
Hey brother, can you stand a dime?
I [E] don't want to end up doing time.
[Gm] But they say it's just a sign of the [F] future.
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_ _ _ _ [Gm] _ Smoke, [Eb]
smoke, _ [Gm] love, _ _ [Bb] _ [Cm] _
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_ love, [Gm] _ love.
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_ _ _ _ Are _ _ _ _ you brown or negro?
_ [Dm] [Eb] This is the [Gm] future.
_ _ Are you [Eb] brown or negro?
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_ _ This is the future.
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_ _ [Gm] _ _ Is this a sign of nature?
_ Hey, you [F] know it's [Eb] _
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cold just for me
Is this a sign of nature? _ _ _ _
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