#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE-------------------------------#
#This file is the author's own work and represents his interpretation of the #
#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship or research.#
#----------------------------------------------------------------------------#

Song title:       Old World
Original Album:	  The Modern Lovers
Other Album:      Because Her Beauty Is Raw And Wild

Words and Music by Jonathan Richman
Copyright © 1976 Beserkley Records
Published by Modern Lovers Music

Transcribed by Gavin Chart (contactus@gartfrets.net)


NOTES:
Guitar Figure 1 is played in the INTRO with very slight variations the second
time around. If you listen closely you can adjust it. In the VERSEs, you can
play variations on GF1 as it takes you... Timing is 4/4.


Guitar Figure 1

|---0-------0-------3---0----------|-3---0-------0-------0---0------|
|---2-------2-------2---2----------|-2---2-------0-------0---0------|
|*--2-------2-------2---2----------|-2---2-------2-------2---2-----*|
|*--2-------2-------2---2----------|-2---2-------2-------2---2-----*|
|---2-------0-------0---0----------|-0---0-------0-------0---0------|
|---x-------x-------x---x----------|-x---x-------x-------x---x------|

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



|---0-------0-------3---0----------|-3-3-3---3---0------------------|
|---2-------2-------2---2----------|-2-2-2---2---0------------------|
|*--2-------2-------2---2----------|-2-2-2---2---2-----------------*|
|*--2-------2-------2---2----------|-2-2-2---2---2-----------------*|
|---2-------0-------0---0----------|-0-0-0---0---0------------------|
|---x-------x-------x---x----------|-x-x-x---x---x------------------|

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



Guitar Fill 1

    A
|---0-------------------------3-0---0--|
|---2-----------------------------3----|
|---2----------------------------------|
|---2----------------------------------|
|---0----------------------------------|
|---x----------------------------------|

Well the old world may be dead...


INTRO:

[play Guitar Figure 1]  [x2]


VERSE:

Opening riff (see above)

(end riff)

         A
Well the old world may be dead, our parents can't understand
      G                    A
But I   still have parents   and I still love the old world
A
Oh, I had a New York girlfriend and she couldn't understand how I could
G                    A
  Still have parents   and still love the old world

So I told her:
          A
I want to keep my place in the old world, keep my place in the arcane
         G                    A
'Cause I   still have parents   and I still love the old world
A
Alright...

      A
I say old world
      A
I say old world
A     G    A
I say...


VERSE:
Well I see a '50's apartment house, bleak in the morning sun
But I still love the '50's and I still love the old world
I wanna keep my place in the old world, keep my place in the arcane
'Cause I still have parents and I still love the old world

Alright...


[Guitar SOLO]

1st part [play x2]

|-----0-----0---0------------|----0-----0---0--3-2---0-----|
|---2---2-----2--------------|--2---2-----2--------2-------|
|*----------------2----0--2--|----------------------------*|
|*---------------------------|----------------------------*|
|----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|----------------------------|-----------------------------|



2nd part [play x2]

|-----0---0---0---0----------|----0---0---0---0-3-2-----0--|
|---2---2---2---2---2--0-----|--2---2---2---2--------2-----|
|*------------------------2--|----------------------------*|
|*---------------------------|----------------------------*|
|----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|----------------------------|-----------------------------|


[play:  G   A]  [x2]


VERSE:
I see the '50's apartment house, it's bleak in the 1970's sun
But I still love the '50's and I still love the old world
I wanna keep my place in this old world,
Keep my place in the arcane knowledge
And I still love the '50's and I still love the old world

Alright now we say bye bye old world
Gotta help the new world
Oh bye bye
I say bye bye bye bye old world


CHORDS:
A     x02220 or 577655
G     355433