This Modern Love chords by
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Key: C major

Intro 1
C C 
 
C C 
 
Em Em 
 
F F 
 
C C 
 
Am Am 
 
C C 
 
C C 
 
Em Em 
 
F F 
 
C C 
 
Am Am

Verse 1
C C 
 
To be lost in the forest
To be cut adrift
Em Em 
 
You've been trying to reach me
F F 
 
You bought me a book
To be lost in the forest
To be cut adrift
Am Am 
 
I've been paid, I've been paid
C C 
 
To be lost in the forest
To be cut adrift
Em Em 
 
You've been trying to reach me
F F 
 
You bought me a book
To be lost in the forest
To be cut adrift
Am Am 
 
I've been paid, I've been weighed, I've been

Interlude 1
C C 
 
C C 
 
Em Em 
 
F F 
 
C C 
 
Am Am 
 
C C 
 
C C 
 
Em Em 
 
F F 
 
C C 
 
Am Am

Verse 2
C C 
 
Don't get offended if I seem absent minded
Em Em 
 
Just keep telling me facts and keep
F F 
 
making me smile
And don't get offended
if I seem absent minded
Am Am 
 
I   get tongue-tied
C C 
 
Baby, you've got to be more discerning
Em Em 
 
F F 
 
I've never know what's good for me
Baby, you've got to be more demanding
Am Am 
 
I   will be yours

Chorus 1
Am Am 
 
G G 
 
C C 
 
Dm Dm 
 
Am Am 
 
G G 
 
I'll pay for you
C C 
 
Anytime
Am Am 
 
G G 
 
C C 
 
Dm Dm 
 
Am Am 
 
G G 
 
I'll pay for you
C C 
 
Anytime

Interlude 2

C

C

Am

Am

C

C

G

Verse 3
C C 
 
And you told me you wanted
to eat up my sadness
Am Am 
 
We'll jump right on, surely, and gorge away
And you told me you wanted
G G 
 
to eat up my sadness
C C 
 
Baby, you've got to be more discerning
Am Am 
 
I've never know what's good for me and
Baby, you've got to be more demanding
G G 
 
(jump left)

Verse 4

C

Am

What are you holding out for?

C

G

What's always

C

Am

Why so damn absent minded?

G

Why so scared (of romance?)

Bridge 1
Am Am 
 
G G 
 
C C 
 
F F 
 
Am Am 
 
G G 
 
This modern love
C C 
 
breaks me
Am Am 
 
G G 
 
C C 
 
F F 
 
Am Am 
 
G G 
 
This modern love
C C 
 
wastes me
Am Am 
 
G G 
 
C C 
 
Dm Dm 
 
Am Am 
 
G G 
 
This modern love
C C 
 
breaks me
Am Am 
 
G G 
 
C C 
 
Dm Dm 
 
Am Am 
 
G G 
 
This modern love
C C 
 
wastes me

Interlude 3

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

Interlude 4

C

C

Am

G

C

Dm

C

C

Am

G

C

F

Outro 1
C C 
 
Do you want to come over
and kill some time?
Em Em 
 
Do you want to come over
F F 
 
and kill some time?
Do you want to come over
and kill some time?
Am Am 
 
C C 
 
Throw your arms around me

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