Mickey Newbury - The futures not what it used to be

^EI left Decat^G#mur, hell bent^C#m to forget ^E7 B^Aought a tic^Eket back to Skow^F#mhegan, Maine I wound up in Se^G#mattle so drunk^C#m and so rattled I caug^F#mht the wrong tra^B7in I found some fas^Et easy wome^G#mn and some hard drin^C#mkin' men Swore I would dro^Awn all the sor^F#row in me Oh, ^AI once had a ^Blot But the futu^Ere is no^At what it us^Bed to be^A Oh^E, the years they went ^G#mby and I went ste^C#madily do^Bwnhill Un^Atil I had no place left to^E go Made all the missions by ^G#mmornin' and then I ^C#mmade the dives every^E night Until I made a wreck^F#m of my body and my^B soul And t^Ehen I met this l^G#mady In tim^C#me she made ^E7me forget, h^Aer love set me ^F#7free I ^Aonce had a ^Blot But the future is just n^Eot wh^Aat i^Et us^Bed to ^Abe W^Eell, I never thou^C#mght I would live to gr^G#mow old The ^C#mpast cut a hol^Ae deep in ^Eme But There Wa^C#ms The Chance to Be ^G#mHere A While Longer ^AAt Least I wanted t^Bo Be ^ESomebody told ^G#mme you we^C#mre back i^Bn t^Eown I ^Afound out today God knows it hurts ^G#mme to hear you^C#m're so do^Ewn But^F# what else can I ^B7say I k^Enow your sor^G#mrow, I know your^C#m pain, I k^Anow your ^Bneed And I^A once loved you a^F# lot But th^Ee future is not, n^Aot what it^E used to be