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)
Zager And Evans – In the Year 2525
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