Modern Love Chords

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Difficulty:	beginner
Tuning:	E A D G B E
Capo:	no capo

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MODERN LOVE (David Bowie)
Album: Let's Dance
 
TABBED BY: Nelsinho Lima
 
 
[Intro]
N.C.
Em  C  Dsus  Em
 
 
[Verse 1]
C
I catch the paper boy 
C
But things don’t really change 
G
I’m standing in the wind 
Am_______________________ E
But I never wave bye-bye
F_____ C_____ G_____ Em
But I try, I try
 
 
[Verse 2]
There’s no sign of life
It’s just the power of charm
I’m lying in the rain
But I never waived bye-bye
But I try, I try
 
 
[Chorus]
Em
Never gonna fall for 
C
(modern love) Walks besides me 
D
(modern love) Walks on by 
Em
(modern love) Makes me to the 
F (G F Em D)
church on time 
C
(church on tine) terrifies me 
D
(church on time) makes me party 
Em
(church on time) puts my trust in 
F (G F Em D)
God and man 
C
(God and man) No confessions 
D
(God and man) No religion 
Em
(God and man) Don’t believe in 
F (G F Em D)
Modern love 
 
 
[Sax Solo]
 
 
[Verse 3]
It’s a pretty work
It’s just about to talk
Still standing in the rain
But I never wave bye-bye
But I try, I try
 
 
[Chorus]
Em
Never gonna fall for 
C
(modern love) Walks besides me 
D
(modern love) Walks on by 
Em
(modern love) Makes me to the
F (G F Em D)
church on time 
C
(church on tine) terrifies me 
D
(church on time) makes me party 
Em
(church on time) puts my trust in 
F (G F Em D)
God and man 
C
(God and man) No confessions 
D
(God and man) No religion 
Em
(God and man) Don’t believe in 
F (G F Em D)
Modern love
 
Modern love, modern love
Modern love walks besides me
Modern love walks on by....
Never gonna fall for...
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Modern Love – David Bowie

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hey butterfingers79 you can play only the chord F, couse G-F-Em-D is just bowie singing.

Instead of Em after Am (i.e. in "Am_______________________ Em But I never wave bye-bye ")that should be an E7 I think (tonicizing that Am by playing the V7 chord in Am). I think also the other Ems in the chorus should be a Em followed by an Em7... Great tab otherwise

how you doing man chords are great but i finding it hard to fit g-f-em-d part in. (modern love) Makes me to the (G-F-Em-D) church on time. could be my timing tho any suggestions would be great...cheers