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Modern Love

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I've always really liked this up tempo, pop song.
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FHey I'm feeling so Amdirty, you're looking so Gclean
FAll you can give me is a Amspin in your washing Gmachine
FI fly off to Rome to my Dmprima bella
FShe leaves me in the rain with a Dmtelescopic umbrella
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COoh the pain   C    G   F-- CModern love can be a strain    C    G    Bb  F  
COoh the pain   C    G   F-- CModern love can be a strain    C    G    Bb  F  
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I trusted my venus was untouched in her shell
But the pearls in her system were as tacky as hell
For Lady Godiva I came incognito
But her driver had stolen her red hot magneto
{C: Chorus}
{C: Bridge:}
[A]   [E]
EI don't know why they leave me in the C#mlurch
To carry on the Csearch
It's driving me Dup the wall
EWhen I have so much C#mpassion
Romance is out of Cfashion
I can't handle DModern love at all
{c: Intro, twice}
So I worship Diana by the light of the moon
When I pull out my pipe she screams out of tune
In Paris my heart sinks when I see the Mona Lisa
She gives me the wink, then shows me the freezer
{c: Chorus, twice}
{eot}

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Modern Love

by Peter Gabriel

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I've always really liked this up tempo, pop song.

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F Am G

Hey I'm feeling so dirty, you're looking so clean

F Am G

All you can give me is a spin in your washing machine

F Dm

I fly off to Rome to my prima bella

F Dm

She leaves me in the rain with a telescopic umbrella

{soc}

C C G F C C G Bb F

Ooh the pain -- Modern love can be a strain

C C G F C C G Bb F

Ooh the pain -- Modern love can be a strain

{eoc}

I trusted my venus was untouched in her shell

But the pearls in her system were as tacky as hell

For Lady Godiva I came incognito

But her driver had stolen her red hot magneto

{: Chorus}

{: Bridge:}

A E

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E C#m

I don't know why they leave me in the lurch

To carry on the search

It's driving me up the wall

E C#m

When I have so much passion

Romance is out of fashion

I can't handle Modern love at all

{c: Intro, twice}

So I worship Diana by the light of the moon

When I pull out my pipe she screams out of tune

In Paris my heart sinks when I see the Mona Lisa

She gives me the wink, then shows me the freezer

{c: Chorus, twice}

{eot}

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