IN THE YEAR 2525
Zager & Evans



(very slowly - strum each cord once)

Em
In the year 2525
D
If man is still alive
C                              B7
If woman can survive they may find


(moderately fast)

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
/  /  /  /

Fm
In the year 6565
Eb
You won't need no husband, won't need no wife
C#
You'll pick your son, pick your daughter too
C7
>From the bottom of a long glass tube
Fm
In the year 7510
Eb
If God's a comin He oughta make it by then
C#
Maybe He'll look around Himself and say
C7
Guess it's time for the judgement day
Fm
In the year 8510
Eb
God is gonna shake His mighty head
C#
He'll either say I'm pleased where man has been
C7                                      Fm   F#m    
Or tear it down and start again woh oh  / /  / /
F#m
In the year 9595
E
I'm kinda wonderin' if man is gonna be alive
D
He's takin everything this old earth can give
C#7                               F#m (strum only once)
and he ain't put back nothin  woh oh


(very slowly - strum each cord once)

F#m
Now it's been ten thousand years
E
Man has cried a billion tears
D
For what he never knew
C#7
Now man's reign is through
F#m
But through eternal night
E
the twinkling of starlight
D
So very far away
C#7
Maybe it's only yesterday


(moderately fast)

F#m
In the year 2525
E
If man is still alive
D                               C#7  -  F#m   (strum the last chord 
If woman can survive, they may find            only once)



Another timeless standard from the 60's!

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