The Next 20Th Century chords by Father John Misty

On the 8th of April 2022, the track was released. The track was written & sung by Father John Misty.

Track Info

• Song: The Next 20Th Century
• Artist: Father John Misty
• Written by Father John Misty
• Produced by Jonathan Wilson & Josh Tillman
• Album: Chloë and the Next 20th Century
• Released Date: 8 April 2022

Chords Info

• Tuning: Standard(E A D G B E)
• Key: G
• Chords: D, G, Am, C
• BPM: 67
• Suggested Strumming:
• D= Down Stroke, U = Upstroke, N.C= No Chord

[Intro]

  D   D   D   D
  D   D   D   D   
 
 
[Verse]

D
The nazis that we hired 

For our wedding band

       G
Played   your anthem like 

I wasn’t there for the 

Father/daughter dance

         D
From the   boondocks of

 Egypt to the

 Nosebleeds at Calvary

            G
Recite your   history of

 Oppression, babe, 

While you are under me
 
 
[Chorus]

            Am                 
There’s no doubting the devotion

        G                D
 My ancestors had for yours

              Am                   
Now we’ve got all the love to pay for
           G                D
 Like a thousand different wars
 
 
[Instrumental]
  D   D   D   D   x2
 
 
[Verse]

D
A square foot of empire 

Around the peep show slot

         G
I see an   avatar of mercy with the

 Same damn jeembles that I got

         D
The boss   wants to be anonymous
 
The talent wants to be seen
           G
We weren’t   paying for 

Your body, Lord

 
We were paying you to leave
 
 
[Chorus]
              Am                                   
Now, who will watch the 

Chorus line stretching from

 G             D
   Reno to Rome
 
         Am                                
Listen, Cherry, I know

 You love me, but say 

     G                  D
you love me before you go
 
 
[Instrumental]

  C D   D   C D   D   
 C  D   D   C D   D 
 C  D   D   C D   D 
  D     D   D     D  
 
 
[Verse]

D
Val Kilmer had a wall-length 

Mirror just over there

          G
Well, I’m   sure 

He’s someone else now

 
But he was Batman when

 He lived here

           D
Maybe he’s   Yankee Zulu 

Just waiting for the flood

    G
And   maybe Mac the 

Conqueror with the 

Severed head of love
 
 
[Chorus]

                 Am                 
I’ve seen him wearing aviators and a 
 G                D
  black baseball hat
          Am                            
Stalking airports across the bardo quiet
 G              D
   As a wildcat
 
 
[Instrumental]

  D   D   D   D 
  D   D   D   D   
 
 
[Verse]

D
The wheel is turning 

From night into day

G
Everything’s in transition
 
Everything must change
D
But none of us here will 

Ever see the promised land

G
None of us here will be there 

For childhood's end
 
 
[Chorus]

      Am             
I see ya, you student 
                   G               D
Debtors in the watchtower overhead

                  Am
Searchin' for headlights in the driveway
         G                       D
Crying "Dad, look what they did"
          Am
Just look
                        G  
Even their romance made us 
                  D
  Masters and slaves

          Am                                   
And now things keep getting

Worse while staying 

   G                 D
So   eerily the same

                  Am
Come build your burial grounds

 On our burial grounds

         G                        D
But you won’t kill death that way
 
 
[Outro]

                 Am
I don’t know about you, 

But I’ll take the love songs

                  G                 D
And give you the future in exchange

                 Am
I don’t know about you, but 

I’ll take the love songs

         G                     D
If this century’s here to stay
                 Am
I don’t know about you, but

 I’ll take the love songs

               G                      D
And the great distance that they came
 
 
[Outro]

  Am   Am   G   D