Belle & Sebastian - This is just a modern rock song
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Tuning: E A D G B E
D5* xxx23x
D5 xx023x
D5/A x0023x
D5add9 xx423x
D5add9/A x0423x
A5 x022xx
A5/G 3022xx
G5 3x0xxx
D5/F# 2x023x (always strum once)
G 3x0003
[Intro]
D5* D5 D5add9 D5add9/A
D5 D5/A D5
[Verse 1]
D5Emma tried to run awayD5/A D5
I A5followed her across the city A5/G
She G5went out to the Easter House
Because she liked the D5/F#sound D5of D5/F#it D5 D5/F# D5 D5/F# D5
[Verse 2]
D5She didn't have a single D5/Apen - D5ny
She A5stuck her finger in the air
G5She tried to flag down an aeroplane
I supD5/F#pose sD5he needs a D5/F#holi - D5day D5/F# D5 D5/F# D5
[Verse 3]
D5I put my arm around her waistD5/A D5
She A5put me on the ground with Judo
She G5didn't recognize my face
She wasn't even D5/F#lookinD5g D5/F# D5 D5/F# D5 D5/F# D5
[Verse 4]
D5Laura's feeling just D5/Ai - D5deal
Her A5horoscope was nearly perfect
She's G5thinking of something to do
Because she is the D5/F#Birth-D5day D5/F#Girl D5 D5/F# D5 D5/F# D5
[Verse 5]
D5She walked out to the edge of D5/Atown D5
She A5saw me lying in the park A5/G
She G5took Emma by the hand
They've got a lot in D5/F#commonD5 D5/F# D5 D5/F# D5 D5/F# D5
[Verse 6]
D5I'll leave them to do what they wantD5/A D5
I'll A5leave them to do what they need to A5/G
I'll G5go and play with words and pictures
I'll admit I'm D5/F#feelinD5g D5/F#strangD5e D5/F# D5 D5/F# D5
[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]
DI'm not as sad as Dostoevsky
I'm Anot as clever as Mark Twain
I'll Gonly buy a book for the way it looks
And then I D5stick it on the shelf again
[Verse 8]
Now, I Dcould tell you what I'm thinking
But it Anever seems to do you good
GIt's beyond me what a girl can see
I'm only D5lucid when I'm writing songs
[Verse 9]
This is just a Dmodern rock song D/A
AThis is just a sorry lament
GWe're four boys in our corduroys
We're not terDrific but we're competent
[Verse 10]
DStevie's full of good intentions D/A
ARichard's into rock 'n' roll
GStuart's staying in, and he thinks it's a sin
That he Dhas 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]
DThis is just a modern rock song D/A
AThis is just a tender affair
I Gcount "N.C.three, four", and then we start to slow
Because a Dsong has got N.C.to stop somewhere