Modern Dance
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Modern Dance-Lou Reed
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Tabbed by:Nick V.
E-mail:[email protected]
Based off the live version
Tuning:EADGBE
A Asus2
e|-0--0---------------------0--0------------------------------------------|
B|-2--2---------------------0--0------------------------------------------|
G|-2--2--------2-------2----2--2--------2--------2------------------------|
D|-2--2---2h4-----2h4-------2--2---2h4------2h4---------------------------|
A|-0--0---------------------0--0------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Bm D
e|-2--2-------------------------2-----------------------------------------|
B|-3--3-------------------------3-----------------------------------------|
G|-4--4---------2-------2-------2-----------------------------------------|
D|-4--4----2h4-----2h4----------0-----------------------------------------|
A|-2--2-------------------------0-----------------------------------------|
E|-x--x-------------------------------------------------------------------|
AMaybe I should go and live in Amsterdam
Asus2In a side street near a big canal
BmSpend my evenings in the Van Gogh Museum
DWhat a dream, Van Gogh Museum
AMaybe its time to see Tangiers
Asus2A different lifestyle, some different fears
BmOr maybe I should be in Edinburgh
DIn a kilt in Edinburgh
Doin' a modern AdanceAsus2, doin' a moderBmn danceD Dm
AOr maybe I should get a farm in southern France
Asus2where the winds are wispy and the villagers dance
BmYou and I we'd sleep beneath a moon
DMoon in June and sleep till noon
AAnd maybe you and I could fall in love
Asus2Regain the spirit that we once had
BmYou'd let me hold you and touch the night
DThat shines so bright, so bright with fright
Doin' a modern dAanceAsus2, doin' a modeBmrn danceD Dm
AShit, maybe I could go to Yucatan
Asus2Where women are women, a man's a man
BmNo one's confused, ever loses place
DWith their place in the human race
AMaybe I'm not cut out for city life
Asus2The smell of exhaust, the smell of strife
BmMaybe you don't wanna be a wife
DIt's not a life being a wife
Doin' a modern dAanceAsus2, doin' a modern BmdanceD Dm
ASo maybe I should go to Tanganyik
Asus2Where the rivers run, down mountains tall and steep
BmOr go to India to study chants
DAnd lose romance do a mantra's dance
AI need a guru, I need some law
Asus2Explain to me the things we saw
BmWhy it always comes to this
DIt's all downhill after the first kiss
AMaybe I should move to Rotterdam
Asus2Maybe move to Amsterdam
BmI should move to Ireland, Italy, Spain
DAfghanistan where there is no rain
AOr maybe I should just learn a modern dance
Asus2Where roles are shifting the modern dance
BmYou never touch you don't know who you're with
DThis week, this month, this Dmtime of yearD
DThis week, this month, this Dmtime of year
Doin' a modern daAnceAsus2 Bm D Dm
AYou don't know who you're with modern dance
Asus2I should move to Pakistan, go to Afghanistan
BmDance, you don't know who you're with
DDance, you don't know who you're with
Modern danDmce
AAnd maybe you don't wanna be a wAsus2ife
BmIt's not life being a DwifeDm
Doin' a modern danAceAsus2 Bm D Dm
AYou never touch you don't know who you're with
Asus2Dance, modern dance
BmThe roles are shifting (daDnce)Dm
AYou never touch you don't know who you're with
Asus2Dance, modern dance
BmNaybe you don't wanna be a wife
DIt's not a life being a wife Dm
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Modern Dance
by Lou Reed
Chords in this song · guitar
A
Asus2
Bm
D
Dm
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Modern Dance-Lou Reed
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Tabbed by:Nick V.
E-mail:[email protected]
Based off the live version
Tuning:EADGBE
A Asus2
e|-0--0---------------------0--0------------------------------------------|
B|-2--2---------------------0--0------------------------------------------|
G|-2--2--------2-------2----2--2--------2--------2------------------------|
D|-2--2---2h4-----2h4-------2--2---2h4------2h4---------------------------|
A|-0--0---------------------0--0------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Bm D
e|-2--2-------------------------2-----------------------------------------|
B|-3--3-------------------------3-----------------------------------------|
G|-4--4---------2-------2-------2-----------------------------------------|
D|-4--4----2h4-----2h4----------0-----------------------------------------|
A|-2--2-------------------------0-----------------------------------------|
E|-x--x-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A
Maybe I should go and live in Amsterdam
Asus2
In a side street near a big canal
Bm
Spend my evenings in the Van Gogh Museum
D
What a dream, Van Gogh Museum
A
Maybe its time to see Tangiers
Asus2
A different lifestyle, some different fears
Bm
Or maybe I should be in Edinburgh
D
In a kilt in Edinburgh
A Asus2 Bm D Dm
Doin' a modern dance, doin' a modern dance
A
Or maybe I should get a farm in southern France
Asus2
where the winds are wispy and the villagers dance
Bm
You and I we'd sleep beneath a moon
D
Moon in June and sleep till noon
A
And maybe you and I could fall in love
Asus2
Regain the spirit that we once had
Bm
You'd let me hold you and touch the night
D
That shines so bright, so bright with fright
A Asus2 Bm D Dm
Doin' a modern dance, doin' a modern dance
A
Shit, maybe I could go to Yucatan
Asus2
Where women are women, a man's a man
Bm
No one's confused, ever loses place
D
With their place in the human race
A
Maybe I'm not cut out for city life
Asus2
The smell of exhaust, the smell of strife
Bm
Maybe you don't wanna be a wife
D
It's not a life being a wife
A Asus2 Bm D Dm
Doin' a modern dance, doin' a modern dance
A
So maybe I should go to Tanganyik
Asus2
Where the rivers run, down mountains tall and steep
Bm
Or go to India to study chants
D
And lose romance do a mantra's dance
A
I need a guru, I need some law
Asus2
Explain to me the things we saw
Bm
Why it always comes to this
D
It's all downhill after the first kiss
A
Maybe I should move to Rotterdam
Asus2
Maybe move to Amsterdam
Bm
I should move to Ireland, Italy, Spain
D
Afghanistan where there is no rain
A
Or maybe I should just learn a modern dance
Asus2
Where roles are shifting the modern dance
Bm
You never touch you don't know who you're with
D Dm D
This week, this month, this time of year
D Dm
This week, this month, this time of year
A Asus2 Bm D Dm
Doin' a modern dance
A
You don't know who you're with modern dance
Asus2
I should move to Pakistan, go to Afghanistan
Bm
Dance, you don't know who you're with
D
Dance, you don't know who you're with
Dm
Modern dance
A Asus2
And maybe you don't wanna be a wife
Bm D Dm
It's not life being a wife
A Asus2 Bm D Dm
Doin' a modern dance
A
You never touch you don't know who you're with
Asus2
Dance, modern dance
Bm D Dm
The roles are shifting (dance)
A
You never touch you don't know who you're with
Asus2
Dance, modern dance
Bm
Naybe you don't wanna be a wife
D Dm
It's not a life being a wife
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