27th December 2000, 9.09pm
THE MODERN WORLD
(Paul Weller)
Chords used:
A: 577655 C7: x35353 Bm: 799777
D: x5777x Am: 577555 D7: x57575
C: x3555x B5: x244xx
G: 355433 D: xx0232
F: 133211 E: 022100
A D A
This is a modern world
A D A
This is the modern world
G
C G C F G
What kind of fool do you think I am?
C G C C7
You think I know nothing ’bout the modern world.
Am F Am
All my life it’s been the same,
F Am
I’ve learnt to live by hate and pain,
F D F G
It’s my inspiration drive.
C G C F G
I’ve learnt more than you’ll ever know,
C G C C7
Even at school I felt quite sure,
Am F Am
That one day I would be on top,
F Am
And I’d look down upon the map,
F D F G
The teachers who said I’d be nothing.
Hey!
D E A B5 G A
This is the modern world that I’ve learnt about,
D E A Bm G
This is the modern world we don’t need no-one to tell us what’s a-right or wrong.
This is the modern world!
Am A
(guitar solo)
D A D G A
Say what you like cos I don’t care,
D A D D7
I know where I am and going too,
Bm G
It’s somewhere I won’t preview,
Bm G Bm
Don’t have to explain myself to you,
G E B5 G A
I don’t give two fucks about your review.
D E A B5 G A
This is the modern world that I’ve learnt about,
D E A Bm G
This is the modern world we don’t need no-one to tell us what’s a-right or wrong.
D E
The modern world, this is, this is, this is, this is, this is, this is, hey,
A Bm G
We don’t need no-one to tell us what’s a right-or wrong.
G
Aaaaaahhh.
A D A
This is a modern world,
A D A
This is the modern world.
A D A
