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Modern Age

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[INTRO]
D-----------------------------2------3-3-3--2--0------|
A------------2---0--0-0-0--3----------------------3---|
E--0-0-0--3----------------------3--------------------|
  C     Am  G*   Am  
[VERSE]
 CWell, I Amfound a road Gand Amoff I sped 
 CI met a man with Amno little toe Gand a Amreal big head 
 CThough I Amdid not speaGk somehow I Amsaid 
[CHORUS]
 FWhere are you Dfrom? he said the Cmodern age Am  
 Fand where are you fDrom? I said the mCodern agAme G  Am  
C  Am  G  Am
  F     D    C    Am(2x)    G  Am  
[VERSE] same chords (C-Am-G-Am)
On the the shore by the sea that was still lathering 
I met a man in the business of hunting and gathering 
Somehow we understood each other's blathering 
[CHORUS]
And he said where are you from? I said the modern age 
And where are you from? he said the modern age 
[INTRO 2x]
[SOLO]
  C     Am     G   Am(3x)
  D     F     C   Am(2x)    G  Am  
  C    Am     G   Am(2x)
[VERSE]
stopped at a light in my car 
I ask the next car how they are 
they say that we are fine and how are you? 
I say that I am fine and thank you 
[CHORUS]
 DI'm feeling Ffine in the Cmodern agAme 
 DDriving arFound in the mCodern age Am  
 DDriving arFound in the mCodern age Am  
  D    F[INTRO 1x] 
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 *I'm pretty sure the C/Am/G in this song are played like this:
E-(0)--(0)-----------|
B--1----1----1-------|
G--0----2----0-------|
D--2----2----2-------|
A--3----0----x-------|
E------------3-------|
      C     Am  G(6sus) <-- just a guess at the name
  and if you'd like to play more notes in the intro:
D--------------2--2-2-2----2-------10-10-10---9--7------|
A--2-2-2----2--0--0-0-0--3----------8--8--8---7--5---3--|
E--0-0-0--3--------------------3------------------------|

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Modern Age

by Frank Black

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

[INTRO]

D-----------------------------2------3-3-3--2--0------|

A------------2---0--0-0-0--3----------------------3---|

E--0-0-0--3----------------------3--------------------|

C Am G Am

[VERSE]

C Am G Am

Well, I found a road and off I sped

C Am G Am

I met a man with no little toe and a real big head

C Am G Am

Though I did not speak somehow I said

[CHORUS]

F D C Am

Where are you from? he said the modern age

F D C Am G Am

and where are you from? I said the modern age

C Am G Am

F D C Am G Am

(2x)

C Am G Am

[VERSE] same chords (---)

On the the shore by the sea that was still lathering

I met a man in the business of hunting and gathering

Somehow we understood each other's blathering

[CHORUS]

And he said where are you from? I said the modern age

And where are you from? he said the modern age

[INTRO 2x]

[SOLO]

C Am G Am

(3x)

D F C Am G Am

(2x)

C Am G Am

(2x)

[VERSE]

stopped at a light in my car

I ask the next car how they are

they say that we are fine and how are you?

I say that I am fine and thank you

[CHORUS]

D F C Am

I'm feeling fine in the modern age

D F C Am

Driving around in the modern age

D F C Am

Driving around in the modern age

D F

[INTRO 1x]

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*I'm pretty sure the C/Am/G in this song are played like this:

E-(0)--(0)-----------|

B--1----1----1-------|

G--0----2----0-------|

D--2----2----2-------|

A--3----0----x-------|

E------------3-------|

C Am G

(6sus) <-- just a guess at the name

and if you'd like to play more notes in the intro:

D--------------2--2-2-2----2-------10-10-10---9--7------|

A--2-2-2----2--0--0-0-0--3----------8--8--8---7--5---3--|

E--0-0-0--3--------------------3------------------------|

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