By The Time You Get This

	  		 
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By the time you get this note 
         Bm     E   A 
We'll no longer be alive 
           A        E     D 
We'll have all gone up in smoke 
            Bm     E    A 
There'll be no way to reply 
          F    G     D        E          A        C    D 
You'll be wondering about the world that vanished long ago 
        F#m        E         D 
And the words that reach you now 
          D      E    A 
That were buried underground 


Verse 
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Greetings to everyone in Nineteen Thirty-Seven 
         A    E        D      Bm        E       A 
It seems that you were never aware that we were here 
       F    G       D    E  A       C      D 
You're probably too busy re-joicing in the present 
        F#m   E    D             D        E        A 
To stop - and be reminded of the dark and troubled past 

       A        E        D 
By the time you get this note 
         Bm     E   A 
We'll no longer be alive 
        A          E       D 
But our skulls are smiling still 
       Bm         E         A 
At the thought of things to come 
       F    G      D         E        A     C      D 
We can confidently know that you'll enjoy a better world 
         F#m   E       D 
When the evils that we faced 
        D       E       A 
Will at last be laid to rest 


Bridge 
         F#m            Bm 
When the poisons of the Earth 
       C#            F#m 
Are completely neutralized 
         F#m            Bm 
When the hatred and the lies 
       C#       F#m 
Are forever put aside 
         D      E     B        C#    F#m     A    B 
When the voices of dissent and contradiction all abate 
        D        F#m    Bm 
And the peaceful air is filled 
       Bm     C#   F#m 
With a silent harmony 

Verse 
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We can't be certain at the moment of this writing 
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But surely in the future there'll be no barking dogs 
    F        G      D      E       A       C     D 
The sound of crying babies will be thankfully forgotten 
F#m     E        D          D       E      A 
No more will the chattering classes make a noise 
 
       A        E        D 
By the time you get this note 
     Bm  E       A 
A millenium from now 
           A        E     D 
We'll have all gone up in smoke 
            Bm     E  A 
There'll be no way to reply 
       A    E      D 
And we confidently know 
         Bm    E      A 
You'll enjoy a better time 
         A     E       D 
When the evils that we faced 
        Bm      E       A 
Will at last be laid to rest