This Is Just A Modern Rock Song

Intro: D 

D 
Emma tried to run away, 
A 
I followed her across the city, 
G 
She went out to the easterhouse, 
                      D/F# 
Because she liked the sound of it. 

D 
She didn't have a single penny, 
A 
She stuck a finger in the air, 
G 
She tried to flag down an aeroplane, 
  D/F# 
I suppose she needs a holiday. 

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

D 
Laura's feeling just ideal, 
A 
Her horoscope was nearly perfect, 
G 
She's thinking of something to do, 
                  D/F# 
Because she is the birthday girl. 

D 
She walked out to the edge of town, 
A 
She saw me lying in the park, 
G 
She took emma by the hand, 
                    D/F# 
They've got a lot in common. 

D 
I'll leave them to do what they want, 
A 
I'll leave them to do what they need to, 
G 
I'll go and play with words and pictures, 
               D/F# 
I'll admit I'm feeling strange. 


Instrumental D A G D/F# 


D 
I'm not as sad as doestoevsky, 
A 
I'm not as clever as mark twain, 
G 
I'll only buy a book for the way it looks, 
           D/F# 
And then I stick it on the shelf again. 

D 
Now I could tell you what I'm thinking, 
A 
But it never seems to do you good, 
G 
It's beyond me what a girl can see, 
          D/F# 
I'm only lucid when I'm writing songs. 

D 
This is just a modern rock song, 
A 
This is just a sorry lament, 
G 
We're four boys in corduroys, 
          D/F# 
We're not terrific but we're competent. 

D 
Stevie's full of good intentions, 
A 
Richards into rock 'n' roll, 
G 
Stuart's staying in and he thinks it's a sin, 
     D/F# 
That he has to leave the house at all. 


Instrumental D A G D/F# 

D 
This is just a modern rock song, 
A 
This is just a tender affair, 
G 
I count "three, four" and then we start to slow, 
         D/F# 
Because a song has got to stop somewhere