of Montreal - Forecast Fascist Future

      I used a couple of live acoustic versions to try to get the chords as close to perfect as possible.  Enjoy!

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   D#* D#M7/G*              F*
e|---|-3---3-------------------5-|-------------------|
B|-4-|-3---3-------3-h-4-------6-|-1---1-------------|
G|-3-|-3---3-------3-h-5---------|-2---2-------3-/-5-|
D|-1-|-5---5---------------------|-3---3-------5-/-7-|
A|---|-6---6---------------------|-------------------|
E|-3-|-3---3---------------------|-1---1-------------|

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[Intro]
A#     D#/A#  F/C
A#     F#
C#/G#  F#     A#

A#     D#/A#  F/C
A#     F#
C#/G#  F#     A#

[Verse]
A#m                            B                  A#7         B
The language of the frost lobs dead balloons over ruins today
      D#M7 D#*          D#/A#       F                     D#M7/G*
In view of wan wordless crowds that chase waifs to spires with fiery plumes
F*                  F#     D#/A#         A#          F               F#
And incite the firmament's portrait of a drowning in Styx that gives impotents kicks

[Chorus]
A#                  D#/A#            F/C   A#                         F#
Boredom murders the heart of our age while sanguinary creeps take the stage
C#/G#                 F#                         A#
Boredom strangles the life from the printed page

[Verse]
A#m                       B             A#7             B
Masking vapor trails from Mercury for a killer on Umbria
        D#M7 D#*             D#/A#      F                           D#M7/G*
Who crippled birch mares now briars replace their old cotton limbs, who will tell?
        F*                   F#     D#/A#       A#           F
I mean, would it make a difference? Look, metal flower-petal tears
F#                        G#
Do not even appear in the myopic mirror

[Chorus]
A#                  D#/A#            F/C   A#                         F#
Boredom murders the heart of our age while sanguinary creeps take the stage
C#/G#                 F#                         A#
Boredom strangles the life from the printed page

[Bridge]
A#                                   D#
The moon was sagging in the sky as I held her face to mine
        C#                                          F#            D#
All our thoughts were coming in so clear beyond the myopic mirror
A#                                   D#
We were darting from the place where we just couldn't fit
        C#                                    F#               D#
Far away from all the violence, safely flying in our own orbit

B   A#  B   A#

F#
Why do I always have to tell you?
G#
Forget about the prescient signs!
F#
Forget about the life we knew!
N.C.
May we never be stripped of anything we love,
                                G#
May we grow so gentle, never go mental
G#
May we never go, go mental, may we always stay, stay gentle
G#
May we never go, go mental, may we always stay, stay gentle
G#
May we never go, go mental, may we always stay, stay gentle
G#
May we never go, go mental, may we always stay, stay gen-
B
-tle!
C#
Gentle!
D#
Gentle!

[Chorus]
A#                  D#/A#            F/C   A#                         F#
Boredom murders the heart of our age while sanguinary creeps take the stage
C#/G#                 F#
Boredom strangles the life from the printed page
D#/A#
Oh, what was my number?
F#
Oh, what was my number?
D#/A#             F#     G#     A      A#
Oh, I don't care!