Modern love
E - D - A - E
(3x) + E - D
- A
F
Am G
1. Hey, I'm feeling so dirty, you're looking so clean,
F Am G
and all
you can give me is a spin in your washing machine.
Dm - Bb
I fly off to Rome to my prima bella,
Dm Bb C
she
leaves me in the rain with telescopic umbrella.
C - C-G-F
C - G-Bb-F
Ah, the pain, modern
love can be a strain !
C - C-G-F C - G-Bb-F
Ah, the pain, modern
love can be a strain !
F Am G
2. I trusted my Venus was
untouched in her shell,
F Am G
but
the pearls, the pearls in her oyster were as tacky as hell.
Dm Bb
For Lady Godiva
I came incognito,
Dm Bb C
her
driver had stolen her red hot magneto.
C - C-G-F
C - G-Bb-F
Ah, the pain, modern
love can be a strain !
C - C-G-F
C - G-Bb-F
Ah, the pain, modern
love can be a strain !
+ Am - E
E
C#m
I don't know why they leave me
in the lurch,
C D
to
carry on the search that's driving me up the wall.
E C#m
Pity, when I have so much
passion,
C D E
romance
is out of fashion, can't handle modern love at all !
+ E -
D - A - E (3x) + E - D - A
F Am G
3. So I worship Diana by the light of the moon,
F Am G
when
I pull out my pipe she screams out of tune.
Dm Bb
In Paris my heart sinks when I
see my Mona Lisa,
Dm
Bb C
she
gives me the wink, then she shows me the freezer.
C - C-G-F
C - G-Bb-F
Ah, the pain, modern
love can be a strain !
C - C-G-F C -
G-Bb-F
Ah, the pain, modern
love can be a strain !
+ repeat CHORUS and fade...
(Peter Gabriel)