This Is Just a Modern Rock Song chords by
Belle And Sebastian

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Key: D major•

Intro 1

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Verse 1

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Emma tried to run away,

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I fol_ lowed her across the city,

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She went out to the Easter house,

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Because she liked the sound of it.

Verse 2

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She didn't have a single penny,

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She stuck a finger in the air,

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She tried to flag down an air_ plane,

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I sup_ pose she needs a holiday.

Verse 3

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I put my arm around her waist,

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She put me on the ground with Judo,

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She didn't recognize my face,

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She wasn't even looking.

Verse 4

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Laura's feeling just ideal,

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Her horoscope was nearly perfect,

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She's thinking of something to do,

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Because she is The Birthday Girl.

Verse 5

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She walked out to the edge of town,

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She saw me lying in the park,

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She took Emma by the hand,

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They've got a lot in common.

Verse 6

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I'll leave them to do what they want,

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I'll leave them to do what they need to,

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I'll go and play with words and pictures,

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I'll admit I'm feeling strange.

Interlude 1

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Verse 7

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I'm not as sad as Dostoevsky,

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I'm not as clever as Mark Twain,

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I'll only buy a book for the way it looks,

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And then I stick it on the shelf again.

Verse 8

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Now I could tell you what I'm thinking,

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But it never seems to do you good,

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It's beyond me what a girl can see,

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I'm only lu_ cid when I'm writing songs.

Verse 9

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This is just a modern rock song,

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This is just a sorry lament,

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We're four boys in corduroys,

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We're not ter_ rific but

we're competent.

Verse 10

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Stevie's full of good intentions,

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Richards into rock 'n' roll,

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Stuart's staying in and

he thinks it's a sin,

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That he has to leave the house at all.

Interlude 2

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Verse 11

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This is just a modern rock song,

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This is just a tender affair,

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I count "three,

four" and then we start to slow,

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Because a song has got to stop somewhere.

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