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Song title:       Modern Love
Original Album:	  Let's Dance

Words and Music by David Bowie
Copyright © 1983 EMI America Records
Published by EMI Music Publishing Limited

Transcribed by Gavin Chart (www.gartfrets.net)




INTRO:


[play:]  [x4] 

6/4
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| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - 5 - & - 6 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - 5 - & - 6 - & - |


[then play:]


Chords:
D      xx777x
Em     xx998x
Gsus2  xx778x


| D  Em         |               | D  Gsus2     |
         I know   when to go out           And   when to stay in  [spoken]


| D  Gsus2            |      | D  Em | 
           Get things   done




VERSE1:
Chords:
C   x3555x    Am   xx7555
G   xx543x    Bm6  xx643x
Em  xx545x    F    xx7565


| C % |                 | % %     |                    | G      Em
        I catch a paper - boy but   things don't really  change

    |                 | C    Am |                      | Bm6 % |
I'm   standing in the   wind      but I never wave bye - bye

| F %      |        | C % |   | G   % |  | G Em |  | 
       But    I try,        I   try     




VERSE2:
Chords:
C   x3555x    Am   xx7555
G   xx543x    Bm6  xx643x
Em  xx545x    F    xx7565


| C  % |                  | %  %       |                   | G     Em
         There's no sign of life, it's   just the power to   charm,

    |              | C    Am       |                | Bm6 | % | 
I'm   lying in the   rain    but I   never wave bye - bye

| F %      |        | C % |   | G % |
       But   I try,         I   try   Never gonna fall for...




CHORUS:
Chords:
C    xx555x    Em   xx998x
Am6  xx757x    Am   xx 10 9 10 x
Em7  xx978x    F    xx 10 10 10 x


| C           | %               | Am6         | %
  Modern love   walks beside me.  Modern love   walks on by

| Em7    Em   | %               | Am      F
  Modern love   takes me to the   church  on time

| C              | %            | Am6            | %
  Church on time   terrifies me.  Church on time   makes me party

| Em7         Em   | %                | Am   F   | %
  Church  on  time   puts my trust in   God  and   man

| C            | %              | Am6           | %
  God  and man   no confessions   God  and  man   no religion

| Em7       Em  |                  | Am   F    | %
  God  and  man   don't believe in   mo - dern   love




BREAK:

Acoustic Guitar & Electric Grand Piano:
  D           Em                                                      D           Gsus2
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-7-----------8______________________-------------------------------|-7-----------8______________________-------------------------------|
|-7-----------9______________________-------------------------------|-7-----------7______________________-------------------------------|
|-7-----------9______________________-------------------------------|-7-----------7______________________-------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - |



  D           Gsus2                                                   D           Em
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-7-----------8______________________-------------------------------|-7-----------8______________________-------------------------------|
|-7-----------7______________________-------------------------------|-7-----------9______________________-------------------------------|
|-7-----------7______________________-------------------------------|-7-----------9______________________-------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - |




[SAXOPHONE INSTRUMENTAL (played over VERSE chords)]




VERSE3:
Chords:
C   xx555x    Am   xx755x
G   xx543x    Bm6  xx643x
Em  xx545x    F    xx756x


| C  % |                 | % %        | %                 | G   Em
         It's not really   work, it's   just the power to   charm


|           |                 | C     Am        |                | Bm6 % 
  I'm still   standing in the   wind      but I   never wave bye - bye

|   | F  %      |        | C  % |   | G  % |
            But   I try,          I   try.   Never gonna fall for...



[repeat CHORUS]  [x2]



OUTRO:
Chords:
C    xx555x    Em  xx998x
Am6  xx757x    Am  xx755x
Em7  xx978x    F   xx756x


| C           | % | Am6         | % | Em7    Em  | % | Am     F    | %
  Modern love       Modern love       Modern love      Modern love

| C           | %               | Am6         | % | Em7    Em   | %           | Am     F    | %
  Modern love   walks beside me   Modern love       Modern love   walks on by   Modern love




[repeat last four bars to fade]  [or end on C]