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Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats – The Future Chords Piano & Ukulele

Updated January 8, 2026

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INTRO:
G  Cadd9
G  Cadd9
G  Cadd9
G  Cadd9

VERSE:
G                 Cadd9
Is the future open?
G                  Cadd9
Is the future seen?
 G                        Cadd9
You'd have to pray forever
 G
And if you don't believe
             Cadd9       Cadd9
They'll come down on you
                  G   Cadd9 G Cadd9
From the longest fall

VERSE:
 G
When they've all
               Cadd9
been vanquished
 G                        Cadd9
And they've all been tried
 G                          Cadd9
Like it's some great penalty,
 G
But it's just their pride
                 Cadd9        Cadd9
And they got no follow-through
                       G    Cadd9 G
They hold the weakest stance

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CHORUS:
             Am
Yeah, well, they'll come
    Bm          C
to steal and divide
            G   Cadd9
All that's good
G  Cadd9
G  Cadd9
G  Cadd9

VERSE:
 G
You say you thirst
             Cadd9
for vengeancе
 G                    Cadd9
And you crave for fire
G                        Cadd9
On the roofs of innocеnce
 G
You watch them rage and writhe
             Cadd9      Cadd9
And it don't bother you
             G   Cadd9  G  Cadd9
You feel so brave

VERSE;
 G                          Cadd9
You're standing in the water
 G
You think that
                 Cadd9
you've been saved
 G                       Cadd9
With your blind ignorance
G
In comes a crushing wave
             Cadd9       Cadd9
Now see what drown men do
                G   Cadd9  G
in your watery grave

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CHORUS:
               Am
Well, they'll come
    Bm          C
to steal and divide
            G  Cadd9  G
All that's good
               Am
Yeah, they'll come
    Bm          C
to steal and divide
            G  Cadd9
All that's good
G  Cadd9
G  Cadd9
G  Cadd9
G  Cadd9
G  Cadd9
G  Cadd9
G
               Am
Yeah, they'll come
    Bm          C
to steal and divide
               Am
Yeah, they'll come
    Bm          C
to steal and divide
            G  Cadd9 G
All that's good
 G          G  Cadd9 G
All that's good

How to play The Future: key, chords and progression

These are the chords for The Future by Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard

The Future by Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats is centred on C major (no sharps or flats). The song uses 5 chords: G, Cadd9, Am, Bm and C.

Listen for G – Cadd9 – G – Am (V – Iadd9 – V – vi in C major): the song comes back to it again and again. In solfa, that is soh – doh – soh – lah. Once these 4 changes are comfortable, most of the song is done.

Beginner-friendly: almost every chord here is an open shape on guitar: no capo, no barre chords needed.