Modern Girls And Old Fashioned Men Chords

KeyA CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays455

Modern Girls And Old Fashioned Men by The Strokes is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of A. It uses the chords A, D, Bm and E. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			You are?
A                                        D
Modern girls always have to go (right on time)
                                                  A
Old-fashioned men always want a mistress(you were right)
                                         D
Modern girls always get their way (I was wrong)
                                         A
Modern men dream of what they can't say (???)
        D
That's alright (Right, right, right, right)
         A
I don't belong
Bm
Why you gotta say it if you know it's something wrong?
E
Says that he'll apologize and it won't take too long
Bm                                 E
Well you don't wanna trust nobody else
A
(Time) There's a few things that are gonna have to change
          D
(I'm your son) Everyone has the same opinion
            A
(Won't you please?) Your time is almost over
           D
(Don't be mean) We won't get the chance to do this over
         A
That's alright (Right, right, right, right)
         D
I don't belong
Bm
I don't want the imprint of your key upon my nose
E
You don't have to tell no one 'cause no one wants to know
Bm
That you don't have no happiness at all
             D       A
Oh yes we're falling down (Oh yes we're falling down) x7
            D      A
So fucking help me up
Bm                   E
Always thinking bout yourself (You don't love me)
Bm                   E
Always thinking bout yourself (I am an animal)
Bm                   E
Always thinking bout yourself (I am not practical)
Was I?
    	

Chord diagrams

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