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Kaden Mackay – Cant The Future Just Wait Chords on Piano & Ukulele

Updated January 8, 2026

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[Verse 1]
                      E
Can't the future just wait?
                         Ab7
Can't the deadlines come fashionably
late?
                  C#m
I could push every goal back,
      A
take control back,
                        Am
if they'd roll back the rate,
                        E
at which time starts to fly
                  Ab7
Never landing or standing by
              Abm7
Never taking a break,
            A7
ever making me retry
               C7
We 'nickel and dime' every
            D
'quarter to two'
              E7
But maybe its time to let
time pass through

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[Verse 2]
                 E
If the future is bright
                            Ab7
It doesn't shine with that 'end
of the tunnel light'
                        C#m
More like a deer in the headlights,
       A
sudden red lights
                               Am
Or 'you're dead' lights as the angler
                    E
fish bite, It's not fair
                           Ab7
the past is clear but it's clear
back there
                     Abm7
What's a head no one knows,
                 A7
but it's closing in we swear
                C7
Still not in my prime,
                  D
I have so much to do
              E7
But maybe it's time to let
time pass through

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How to play Cant The Future Just Wait: key, chords and progression

These are the chords for Cant The Future Just Wait by Kaden Mackay on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard

Cant The Future Just Wait by Kaden Mackay is centred on E major (four sharps: F♯, C♯, G♯, D♯). The song uses 10 chords: E, Ab7, C#m, A, Am, Abm7, A7, C7, D and E7.

The progression the song keeps returning to is E – Ab7 – C#m – A (I – III7 – vi – IV in E major). In solfa, that is doh – mi – lah – fah. Learn these 4 changes first and most of the song falls into place.

Good to know: Ab7, C#m and Abm7 are the tricky part on guitar (barre or movable shapes). Slow the change down until it is clean; on piano and ukulele they are simpler.