[ Just A Modern Rock Song von Belle And Sebastian ]



Intro:  C#

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Emma tried to run away
  G#
I followed her across the city
F#
She went out to the easter house
C#
Cause she liked the sound of it


C#
She didn't have a single penny
  G#
She stuck a finger in the air
F#
She's trying to flag down an aeroplane
C#
I suppose she needs a holiday


C#
I put my arm around her waist
  G#
She put me on the ground with judo
F#
She didn't recognise my face
C#
She wasn't even looking


C#
Laura's feeling just ideal
  G#
Her horoscope was nearly perfect
F#
She's thinking of something to do
C#
Cause she is the birthday girl


C#
She went out to the edge of town
  G#
Where she saw me lying in the park
F#
She took Emma by the hand
C#
They've got a lot in common


C#
So I leave them to do what they want
  G#
And I leave them to do what they need to
F#
I'll go and play with words and pictures
C#
I'll admit I'm feeling strange 


Instrumental:  C#   G# F#  C#  C#   G# F#  C#  C#   G# F#  C#  C#   G# F#  C#


C#
I'm not as sad as Dostoyevsky
  G#
And I'm not as clever as Mark Twain
F#
And I'll only buy a book for the way it looks
C#
And then I'll stick it on the shelf again


C#
Well I could tell you what I'm thinking
  G#
But it never seems to do you good
F#
It's beyond me what a girl can see
C#
I'm only lucid when I'm riding buses


C#
This is just a modern rock song
  G#
This is just a sorry lament
F#
We're four boys in our corduroys
C#
We're not terrific but we're competent


C#
Me I'm full of good intentions
  G#
Richie's into rock and roll
F#
Stuart's staying in and he thinks it's a sin
C#
If he has to leave the house at all


C#
This is just a modern rock song 
  G#
This is just a tender affair
F#
Count three, four, we start to slow
C#
Because a song has got to stop somewhere