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 followed 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 airplane,
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I suppose 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 lucid 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 terrific 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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