G5                          B5
Last week I left a note on Laura's desk
E5                        G5
It said I love you signed anonymous friend
C5                              G5
Turns out she's smarter than I thought she was
C5                             G5           B5
She knows I wrote it, now the whole class does too
   E5                   EmM7
And I'm all alone during couple's skate
E5                          A5
When she skates by with some guy on her arm
     C5              D5                  C5           D5
But I know that I'll forget the look of pity in her face
        C5            D5               C5           D5
When I'm living in my solar dome on a platform in space

Chorus
                       G5           D5
Cause it's gonna be the future soon
       E5             C5
I won't always be this way
         G5                  D5
When the things that make me weak and strange get
A5 G5     C5     D5
engineered away
                 G5          D5
It's gonna be the future soon
     E5               C5
never seen it quite so clear
   C5               G5              A5
And when my heart is breaking I can close my eyes and
D5        G5
it's already here

Verse 2
G5                             B5
I'll probably be some kind of scientist
E5                        G5
Building inventions in my space lab in space
C5                               G5
I'll end world hunger I'll make dolphins speak
C5                                  G5          B5
Work through the daytime, spend my nights and weekends
  E5                 EmM7
Perfecting my warrior robot race
E5                     A5
Building them one laser gun at a time
      C5             D5
I will do my best to teach them
     C5                  D5
About life and what it's worth
      C5               D5                 C5           D5
I just hope that I can keep them from destroying the Earth

Chorus
                       G5           D5
Cause it's gonna be the future soon
       E5             C5
I won't always be this way
         G5                  D5
When the things that make me weak and strange get
A5 G5     C5     D5
engineered away
                 G5          D5
It's gonna be the future soon
     E5               C5
never seen it quite so clear
C5               G5              A5
when my heart is breaking I can close my eyes and
D5
it's already...

Bridge
Eb5                    Bb5
Here on Earth they'll wonder
    Eb5             G5
As I piece by piece replace myself
       Eb5                      Bb5
And the steel and circuits will make me whole
A5                     D5 D5
But I'll still feel so alone
E5 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
G5                             B5
I'll see her standing by the monorail
E5                               G5
She'll look the same except for bionic eyes
C5                              G5
She lost the real ones in the robot wars
C5                               G5        B5
I'll say I'm sorry, she'll say it's not your fault
  E5
Or is it?
                  EmM7
And she eyes me suspiciously
E5                     A5
Hearing the whir of the servos inside
        C5                 D5
She will scream and try to run
           C5               D5
But there's nowhere she can hide
      C5            D5                 C5         D5
When a crazy cyborg wants to make you his robot bride

Chorus
                       G5           D5
Well it's gonna be the future soon
       E5             C5
I won't always be this way
         G5                  D5
When the things that make me weak and strange get
A5 G5     C5     D5
engineered away
                 G5          D5
It's gonna be the future soon
     E5               C5
never seen it quite so clear
C5               G5              A5
when my heart is breaking I can close my eyes and
D5
it's already here