Frank Black - Modern Age

[ intro ]

D – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 2 – – – – – – 3 – 3 – 3 – – 2 – – 0 – – – – – – |
A – – – – – – – – – – – – 2 – – – 0 – – 0 – 0 – 0 – – 3 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 3 – – – |
E – – 0 – 0 – 0 – – 3 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 3 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – |

C Am G * Am

[ verse ]
C Am G Am
well , i found a road and off i sped
C Am G Am
i met a man with no little toe and a real big head
C Am G Am
though i did not speak somehow i said

[ chorus ]
F D C Am
where are you from? he said the modern age
F D C Am G Am
and where are you from? i said the modern age

C Am G Am

F D C Am ( 2x ) G Am

[ verse ] same chords ( C – Am – G – Am )
on the the shore by the sea that was still lathering
i met a man in the business of hunting and gathering
somehow we understood each other’s blathering

[ chorus ]
and he said where are you from? i said the modern age
and where are you from? he said the modern age

[ intro 2x ]

[ solo ]

C Am G Am ( 3x )

D F C Am ( 2x ) G Am

C Am G Am ( 2x )

[ verse ]
stopped at a light in my car
i ask the next car how they are
they say that we are fine and how are you?
i say that i Am fine and thank you

[ chorus ]
D F C Am
i’m feeling fine in the modern age
D F C Am
driving around in the modern age
D F C Am
driving around in the modern age

D F [ intro 1x ]

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* i’m pretty sure the C/Am/G in this song are played like this :
E – ( 0 ) – – ( 0 ) – – – – – – – – – – – |
B – – 1 – – – – 1 – – – – 1 – – – – – – – |
G – – 0 – – – – 2 – – – – 0 – – – – – – – |
D – – 2 – – – – 2 – – – – 2 – – – – – – – |
A – – 3 – – – – 0 – – – – x – – – – – – – |
E – – – – – – – – – – – – 3 – – – – – – – |
C Am G ( 6sus ) < - - just a guess at the name and if you’d like to play more notes in the intro : D - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2 - - 2 - 2 - 2 - - - - 2 - - - - - - - 10 - 10 - 10 - - - 9 - - 7 - - - - - - | A - - 2 - 2 - 2 - - - - 2 - - 0 - - 0 - 0 - 0 - - 3 - - - - - - - - - - 8 - - 8 - - 8 - - - 7 - - 5 - - - 3 - - | E - - 0 - 0 - 0 - - 3 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |