Moods For Moderns chords by Elvis Costello And The Attractions

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Intro:
E9 x4


Verse 1:
E9
Moods for moderns
E9
Moods for moderns
E9
Moods for moderns
E9
Moods for moderns
E

   I get hit looking for a miss
D
   I never thought that it would come to this
B7#9     B7#9


Verse 2:
E9
Moods for moderns
E9
Moods for moderns
E9
Moods for moderns
E9
Moods for moderns
E
Though we may never be the same again
D
I am so proud that you've been taken in vain
B7#9     B7#9


Chorus:
E                    G#m         A
What if none of your dreams come true?
C        D     G        C
   I can never run from you
        C            D
There's never been a how-do-you-do
        G             A
There's never been an ending
      C7               B7
Soon, you'll belong to someone else
    E  B   C#   E   G     F#   E   C#     A7
And I will be your stranger, just pretending


Post-Chorus 1:
A7
Moods for moderns
A
Memory lingers

I let you into
B7#9
   Foreign fingers


Verse 3:
E9
Moods for moderns
E9
Moods for moderns
E9
Moods for moderns
E9
Moods for moderns
E
I never thought that I would see this day
D
I never thought that I would give you away
B7#9     B7#9


Chorus:
E                    G#m         A
What if none of your dreams come true?
C        D     G        C
   I can never run from you
        C            D
There's never been a how-do-you-do
        G             A
There's never been an ending
      C7               B7
Soon, you'll belong to someone else
    E  B   C#   E   G     F#   E   C#     A7
And I will be your stranger, just pretending


Post-Chorus 2:

A7
Moods for moderns
A
Memory lingers

I let you into
B7#9
Foreign fingers


Outro:
E9