#-------------------------------PLEASE NOTE-------------------------------------# # This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # # song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------# In The Year 2525 (Exordium and Terminus) chords Zager and Evans * Am In the year 2525 G If man is still alive F E If woman can survive, they may find Am In the year 3535 G Ain't gonna need to tell the truth, tell no lies F Everything you think, do and say E Is in the pill you took today Am In the year 4545 G Ain't gonna need your teeth, won't need your eyes F You won't find a thing to chew E Nobody's gonna look at you Am In the year 5555 G Your arms hanging limp at your sides F Your legs got nothing to do E Some machine's doing that for you Am In the year 6565 G Ain't gonna need no husband, won't need no wife F You'll pick your son, pick your daughter too E Bbm From the bottom of a long glass tube, whoa-oh Bbm In the year 7510 Ab If God's a-comin' He oughta make it by then F# Maybe He'll look around Himself and say F Guess it's time for the judgment day Bbm In the year 8510 Ab God is gonna shake His mighty head F# He'll either say I'm pleased where man has been F Bbm Or tear it down and start again, whoa-oh Bm In the year 9595 A I'm kinda wonderin' if man is gonna be alive G He's taken everything this old Earth can give F# Bm And he ain't put back nothin', whoa-oh Bm Now it's been ten thousand years A Man has cried a billion tears G For what he never knew F# Now man's reign is through Bm But through eternal night A The twinkling of starlight G So very far away F# Maybe it's only yesterday Am In the year 2525 G If man is still alive F E If woman can survive, they may find Am In the year 3535 ... * Alternate (probably the best) Capo IV Am = Em G = D F = C E = B Bbm = Fm Set8