Jackie Greene - Modern Lives

      [Chords]
C/G  3x2013

[Intro]
G  C/G  x8

[Verse 1]
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Well, I called up the President
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And asked him where the money went
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He told me that it all got spent
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Long before I ever learned to drive
           Am            Em
How's that kid, you satisfied?
        D
Oh, now do us all a favor and go
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Buzz along your modern life

[Verse 2]
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Well, I turned on the evening news
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Another white man sings the blues
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Telling me I'm gonna lose
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Unless we all wake up and choose a side
      Am                Em
C'mon son, where's your pride?
                D
Well, sir, it's hard to catch my breath
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When I been drownin' in my modern life,  yeah

[Chorus]
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No, you can't fool me
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Your Time Square looks like a graveyard
        D
I got a billboard for my headstone
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And a car horn for my eulogy

[Instrumental]
G  C/G  x2

[Verse 3]
G                C/G
I don't know but it's been said
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There's bound to be good times ahead
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You might get rich, you might get dead
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But either way, I'm waiting for a sign
      Am                 Em
Oh my lord, you know I'm tryin'
             D
But it don't feel like easy winning
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When I'm spinning in my modern life, yeah

[Chorus]
                   C
No, you can't fool me
     F           C            G         C/G  G  C/G
Your Time Square looks like a graveyard
        D
I got a billboard for my headstone
      C                    G  C/G   G      C/G
And a car horn for my eulogy, yeah, eulogy

[Instrumental]
G  C/G  x4

[Verse 4]
      G               C/G
Well, I called up the President
    G                   C/G
And asked him where the money went
   G               C/G
He told me that it all was spent
G             C/G             C
Long before I ever learned to drive
           Am            Em
How's that kid, you satisfied?
        D
Oh, now do us all a favor and go
C                          G  C/G  G
Buzz along your modern life
C/G       D
Won't you do us all a favor
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And go buzz on your modern life,  oh yeah

[Outro]
D  C
G  C/G  x9
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