This Is Just A Modern Rock Song Cifras

D5*      xxx23x
D5       xx023x
D5/A     x0023x
Dsus2    xx423x
Dsus2/A  x0423x
A5       x022xx
A5/G     3022xx
G5       3x0xxx
D5/F#    2x023x (always strum once)
G        3x0003
 
[Intro]
 
D5*       D5        Dsus2         Dsus2/A
D5        D5/A D5
 
[Verse 1]
 
D5                    D5/A D5
Emma tried to run away
  A5                           A5/G
I followed her across the city
    G5
She went out to the Easter House
                      D5/F# D5 D5/F# D5    D5/F# D5 D5/F# D5
Because she liked the sound of it
 
[Verse 2]
 
D5                       D5/A  D5
She didn't have a single pen - ny
    A5
She stuck her finger in the air
G5
She tried to flag down an aeroplane
     D5/F# D5         D5/F#  D5    D5/F# D5 D5/F# D5
I suppose she needs a holi - day
 
[Verse 3]
 
D5                           D5/A D5
I put my arm around her waist
    A5
She put me on the ground with Judo
    G5
She didn't recognize my face
                D5/F# D5 D5/F# D5    D5/F# D5 D5/F# D5
She wasn't even looking
 
[Verse 4]
 
D5                   D5/A  D5
Laura's feeling just i  -  deal
    A5
Her horoscope was nearly perfect
      G5
She's thinking of something to do
                   D5/F# D5  D5/F# D5    D5/F# D5 D5/F# D5
Because she is the Birth-day Girl
 
[Verse 5]
 
D5                            D5/A D5
She walked out to the edge of town
    A5                       A5/G
She saw me lying in the park
    G5
She took Emma by the hand
                     D5/F# D5  D5/F# D5    D5/F# D5  D5/F# D5
They've got a lot in common
 
[Verse 6]
 
D5                                  D5/A D5
I'll leave them to do what they want
     A5                                 A5/G
I'll leave them to do what they need to
     G5
I'll go and play with words and pictures
               D5/F# D5 D5/F# D5    D5/F# D5 D5/F# D5
I'll admit I'm feeling  strange
 
[Instrumental]
 
D5    D5/A  A5    A5/G  G5      D5
D        A         G        D5
D        A         G        D5
D        A         G        D5
D        A         G        D5
 
[Verse 7]
 
D
I'm not as sad as Dostoevsky
    A
I'm not as clever as Mark Twain
     G
I'll only buy a book for the way it looks
           D5
And then I stick it on the shelf again
 
[Verse 8]
 
       D
Now, I could tell you what I'm thinking
       A
But it never seems to do you good
G
It's beyond me what a girl can see
         D5
I'm only lucid when I'm writing songs
 
[Verse 9]
 
               D                D/A
This is just a modern rock song
A
This is just a sorry lament
G
We're four boys in our corduroys
             D
We're not terrific but we're competent
 
[Verse 10]
 
D                                D/A
Stevie's full of good intentions
A
Richard's into rock 'n' roll
G
Stuart's staying in, and he thinks it's a sin
        D
That he has to leave the house at all
 
[Instrumental]
 
D/A      A      G      D
D/A      A      G      D
D/A      A      G      D
D/A      A      G      D
 
[Outro]
 
D                               D/A
This is just a modern rock song
A
This is just a tender affair
  G      N.C.
I count "three, four", and then we start to slow
          D            N.C.
Because a song has got to stop somewhere
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