Modern World Chords by Rusty Cage
Tempo:
68.5 bpm
Chords used:
G
C
A
Am
D
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[G] [A]
[C] [G]
[A]
[C] [G]
Sitting alone in his rocking chair [Am] with a pistol in his hand.
[D] Carl Dane got nothing left [G] to give.
We see his face at the picture [Am] show in the silent days.
The only life he would know but [D] by the middle of April.
He had no reason [G] to live.
But when he opened his mouth, [Am] oh, you'd probably say the same.
[D] Invention of sound, and Carl Dane was out [G] of the game.
Give him a job, $5 a day.
[Am] Yeah, the studio told him that was all they would pay.
[C] And when they found him dead, he left himself for no [G] one to claim.
And it's a modern world [Am] that we live in.
[C] And you got no place [G] to go.
It's a modern world [Am] that we live in.
[C] And it just ain't [G] made for me.
In the show of the freaks, yeah, I would probably guess.
[Em] You'd find a stint in there with hair from her chin to her chest.
[D] And then they shut her down.
They found her politically [G] incorrect.
So it was on with the high heels and off with the beard.
[Am] When she'd had a good shape, she didn't look half weird.
So [D] now it's nights in the corners just to come [G] up with rent.
And it's a shame the way [A] Marcel [Am] would treat us so unkind.
[D] She picked up the pipe to make it through [G] the day.
Well, you can find her [Am] there, her face down in the curb.
[C] Two inches of water in the gray [G] that she lay.
And it's a modern world [Am] that we live in.
[C] And you got no place [G] to go.
It's a modern world [Am] that we live in.
[C] And it just ain't made [G] for me.
Jesse, James, Pat, Garrett, Billy, the Kid.
[A] Ain't no room inside the world for all the things that they did.
[C] Yeah, Rudolph, Valentino, even Cool Hand Luke.
Just [G] like a king, queen, a pharaoh, like a jester or duke.
Robert, Lewis, Stevenson, and Jekyll and Hyde.
[A] Itkin, the Unabomber, Bonnie and [C] Clyde.
Randall McMurphy, I think he flew [G] too high.
Miles Davis, Ellington, and Holiday.
[A] Even Dylan's having trouble [Am] trying to make it today.
[C] Well, it's a shame to say.
That's just the way [G] that it goes.
Gene Kelly tap dancing, singing the blues.
[A] Booth, leg and whiskey, prohibition of [C] booze.
I don't know what to do.
I just have the word, [G] I suppose.
Well, it's a modern world [A] that we live in.
[C] And you got no [G] place to go.
It's a modern world [A] that we live in.
[C] And it just ain't made [G] for me.
It's a modern world [A] that we live in.
[C] It's a modern world [G] that we live in.
It's a modern world [A] that we live in.
[C] It's a modern world [G] that we live in.
It's a modern world [A] that we live in.
[C] And you got no place [G] to go.
It's a modern [A] world that we live in.
[C] And it just ain't made [G] for me.
[C] [G]
[A]
[C] [G]
Sitting alone in his rocking chair [Am] with a pistol in his hand.
[D] Carl Dane got nothing left [G] to give.
We see his face at the picture [Am] show in the silent days.
The only life he would know but [D] by the middle of April.
He had no reason [G] to live.
But when he opened his mouth, [Am] oh, you'd probably say the same.
[D] Invention of sound, and Carl Dane was out [G] of the game.
Give him a job, $5 a day.
[Am] Yeah, the studio told him that was all they would pay.
[C] And when they found him dead, he left himself for no [G] one to claim.
And it's a modern world [Am] that we live in.
[C] And you got no place [G] to go.
It's a modern world [Am] that we live in.
[C] And it just ain't [G] made for me.
In the show of the freaks, yeah, I would probably guess.
[Em] You'd find a stint in there with hair from her chin to her chest.
[D] And then they shut her down.
They found her politically [G] incorrect.
So it was on with the high heels and off with the beard.
[Am] When she'd had a good shape, she didn't look half weird.
So [D] now it's nights in the corners just to come [G] up with rent.
And it's a shame the way [A] Marcel [Am] would treat us so unkind.
[D] She picked up the pipe to make it through [G] the day.
Well, you can find her [Am] there, her face down in the curb.
[C] Two inches of water in the gray [G] that she lay.
And it's a modern world [Am] that we live in.
[C] And you got no place [G] to go.
It's a modern world [Am] that we live in.
[C] And it just ain't made [G] for me.
Jesse, James, Pat, Garrett, Billy, the Kid.
[A] Ain't no room inside the world for all the things that they did.
[C] Yeah, Rudolph, Valentino, even Cool Hand Luke.
Just [G] like a king, queen, a pharaoh, like a jester or duke.
Robert, Lewis, Stevenson, and Jekyll and Hyde.
[A] Itkin, the Unabomber, Bonnie and [C] Clyde.
Randall McMurphy, I think he flew [G] too high.
Miles Davis, Ellington, and Holiday.
[A] Even Dylan's having trouble [Am] trying to make it today.
[C] Well, it's a shame to say.
That's just the way [G] that it goes.
Gene Kelly tap dancing, singing the blues.
[A] Booth, leg and whiskey, prohibition of [C] booze.
I don't know what to do.
I just have the word, [G] I suppose.
Well, it's a modern world [A] that we live in.
[C] And you got no [G] place to go.
It's a modern world [A] that we live in.
[C] And it just ain't made [G] for me.
It's a modern world [A] that we live in.
[C] It's a modern world [G] that we live in.
It's a modern world [A] that we live in.
[C] It's a modern world [G] that we live in.
It's a modern world [A] that we live in.
[C] And you got no place [G] to go.
It's a modern [A] world that we live in.
[C] And it just ain't made [G] for me.
Key:
G
C
A
Am
D
G
C
A
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_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
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_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ Sitting alone in his rocking chair [Am] with a pistol in his hand.
[D] Carl Dane got nothing left [G] to give.
_ We see his face at the picture [Am] show in the silent days.
The only life he would know but [D] by the middle of April.
He had no reason [G] to live.
_ _ _ But when he opened his mouth, [Am] oh, you'd probably say the same.
[D] Invention of sound, and Carl Dane was out [G] of the game.
_ Give him a job, $5 a day.
[Am] Yeah, the studio told him that was all they would pay.
[C] And when they found him dead, he left himself for no [G] one to claim. _
_ _ _ And it's a modern world [Am] that we live in.
_ _ [C] _ And you got no place [G] to go. _
_ _ _ It's a modern world [Am] that we live in.
_ _ [C] _ And it just ain't [G] made for me.
_ In the show of the freaks, yeah, I would probably guess.
[Em] You'd find a stint in there with hair from her chin to her chest.
[D] And then they shut her down.
They found her politically [G] incorrect. _
_ So it was on with the high heels and off with the beard.
[Am] When she'd had a good shape, she didn't look half weird.
So [D] now it's nights in the corners just to come [G] up with rent. _
_ _ _ And it's a shame the way [A] Marcel [Am] would treat us so unkind.
[D] She picked up the pipe to make it through [G] the day.
_ _ Well, you can find her [Am] there, her face down in the curb.
[C] Two inches of water in the gray [G] that she lay. _
_ _ _ And it's a modern world [Am] that we live in.
_ _ [C] _ And you got no place [G] to go.
_ _ _ It's a modern world [Am] that we live in.
_ _ [C] _ And it just ain't made [G] for me.
_ Jesse, James, Pat, Garrett, Billy, the Kid.
[A] Ain't no room inside the world for all the things that they did.
[C] Yeah, Rudolph, Valentino, even Cool Hand Luke.
Just [G] like a king, queen, a pharaoh, like a jester or duke.
Robert, Lewis, Stevenson, and Jekyll and Hyde.
[A] Itkin, the Unabomber, Bonnie and [C] Clyde.
Randall McMurphy, I think he flew [G] too high. _
_ Miles Davis, Ellington, and Holiday.
[A] Even Dylan's having trouble [Am] trying to make it today.
[C] Well, it's a shame to say.
That's just the way [G] that it goes. _
_ Gene Kelly tap dancing, singing the blues.
[A] Booth, leg and whiskey, prohibition of [C] booze.
I don't know what to do.
I just have the word, [G] I suppose.
_ _ _ Well, it's a modern world [A] that we live in.
_ _ [C] _ And you got no [G] place to go. _
_ _ _ It's a modern world [A] that we live in.
_ _ [C] _ And it just ain't made [G] for me. _
_ _ _ It's a modern world [A] that we live in.
_ _ [C] _ It's a modern world [G] that we live in.
_ _ _ It's a modern world [A] that we live in.
_ _ [C] _ It's a modern world [G] that we live in.
_ _ _ It's a modern world [A] that we live in.
_ _ [C] _ And you got no place [G] to go.
_ _ _ It's a modern [A] world that we live in.
_ _ [C] _ And it just ain't made [G] for me. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ Sitting alone in his rocking chair [Am] with a pistol in his hand.
[D] Carl Dane got nothing left [G] to give.
_ We see his face at the picture [Am] show in the silent days.
The only life he would know but [D] by the middle of April.
He had no reason [G] to live.
_ _ _ But when he opened his mouth, [Am] oh, you'd probably say the same.
[D] Invention of sound, and Carl Dane was out [G] of the game.
_ Give him a job, $5 a day.
[Am] Yeah, the studio told him that was all they would pay.
[C] And when they found him dead, he left himself for no [G] one to claim. _
_ _ _ And it's a modern world [Am] that we live in.
_ _ [C] _ And you got no place [G] to go. _
_ _ _ It's a modern world [Am] that we live in.
_ _ [C] _ And it just ain't [G] made for me.
_ In the show of the freaks, yeah, I would probably guess.
[Em] You'd find a stint in there with hair from her chin to her chest.
[D] And then they shut her down.
They found her politically [G] incorrect. _
_ So it was on with the high heels and off with the beard.
[Am] When she'd had a good shape, she didn't look half weird.
So [D] now it's nights in the corners just to come [G] up with rent. _
_ _ _ And it's a shame the way [A] Marcel [Am] would treat us so unkind.
[D] She picked up the pipe to make it through [G] the day.
_ _ Well, you can find her [Am] there, her face down in the curb.
[C] Two inches of water in the gray [G] that she lay. _
_ _ _ And it's a modern world [Am] that we live in.
_ _ [C] _ And you got no place [G] to go.
_ _ _ It's a modern world [Am] that we live in.
_ _ [C] _ And it just ain't made [G] for me.
_ Jesse, James, Pat, Garrett, Billy, the Kid.
[A] Ain't no room inside the world for all the things that they did.
[C] Yeah, Rudolph, Valentino, even Cool Hand Luke.
Just [G] like a king, queen, a pharaoh, like a jester or duke.
Robert, Lewis, Stevenson, and Jekyll and Hyde.
[A] Itkin, the Unabomber, Bonnie and [C] Clyde.
Randall McMurphy, I think he flew [G] too high. _
_ Miles Davis, Ellington, and Holiday.
[A] Even Dylan's having trouble [Am] trying to make it today.
[C] Well, it's a shame to say.
That's just the way [G] that it goes. _
_ Gene Kelly tap dancing, singing the blues.
[A] Booth, leg and whiskey, prohibition of [C] booze.
I don't know what to do.
I just have the word, [G] I suppose.
_ _ _ Well, it's a modern world [A] that we live in.
_ _ [C] _ And you got no [G] place to go. _
_ _ _ It's a modern world [A] that we live in.
_ _ [C] _ And it just ain't made [G] for me. _
_ _ _ It's a modern world [A] that we live in.
_ _ [C] _ It's a modern world [G] that we live in.
_ _ _ It's a modern world [A] that we live in.
_ _ [C] _ It's a modern world [G] that we live in.
_ _ _ It's a modern world [A] that we live in.
_ _ [C] _ And you got no place [G] to go.
_ _ _ It's a modern [A] world that we live in.
_ _ [C] _ And it just ain't made [G] for me. _
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