This Modern World

A C#7 D B7 A E A C# E A Happy New Year, girls C#7 Has the depression arrived D B7 With my head hung out on the passenger side A E Howlin' like a dog at the moon B E I know the clock is gonna strike here soon A I see the signs of desperation C#7 The holiday gloom D And all the smiles from medication B7 Through the fog in the room A E A E My dollar isn't worth a dime in these peculiar times A Oh, I'm gonna find myself a woman C#7 Gonna stop myself a fight D I'm gonna hate myself tomorrow B But I love myself tonight A F# You'll know me as the toast of the town B E7 A F E Well tonight, this modern world won't bring me down middle (scat) A C#7 D B7 A E A E7 A Well, I'm an optimistic guy C#7 No, I don't dwell on the past D B7 Good news is this year can't be worse than the last A E I don't know why I came here at all B7 E7 With every day, I go on droppin' the ball A But I sing like Sinatra C#7 And I move like Fred Astaire D B7 Drinkin' champagne, dancin' on the tables and chairs A E And knockin' over bottles and cans A E Oh, baby, I'm your man A Oh, I'm gonna find myself a woman C#7 Gonna stop myself a fight D I'm gonna hate myself tomorrow B But I love myself tonight A F#7 You'll know me as the toast of the town B7 E A F E Well tonight, this modern world won't bring me down solo mando style (talk over chords) A C#7 D B7 A E B E A C#7 D B A F# B E A F# Well tonight, this modern world won't bring me down, no B E A F# Well tonight, this modern world won't bring me down E A F# Won't bring me down E A F# Won't bring me down E A Won't bring me down