Modern Life Has Let Me Down chords by The King Blues

Intro:
D

Verse 1:
D
 From the view in the office on the 16th floor
F#m
 That you gave 21 years for
 D
 Staring out the window at the big bilboard
 F#m
 To remind you what your fighting for
      Bm
 It's this guys life with his flawless smile
     F#m
 His beautiful wife and his perfect child
       B
 So to buy and be be this guy you choose
     A
 And remind yourself that your tie is not a noose

Verse 2:
 D
 Freedom is not a coffee break with your boss
 F#m
 Eat, sleep, breath at pre-destined stops
 D
 And Xerox 100 times
     F#m
 Now 100 people read what bored you to write
     Em
 Cos we can all be bored as a team after all
F#m
 Ain't that the American dream?
 B
 If that's the dream and you can't shake it up
 A
 Then please wake me up

Chorus:
                    D
 The worlds closing in, I'm kicking out
                A
 They can't hear me when I shout
             Bm                           A
 That modern life, Modern life has let me down
              D
 It's soul destroying don't you love it?
         A
 You can take this job and shove it
        Bm                           A
 Modern life, Modern life has let me down

 Bridge 1:
        D                         F#m              D
 Modern life, Modern life, Modern life, has let me down (x2)

Verse 3:
      D
 Come home and slam the door of your 4x4
                F#m
 That you never had and never will have a use for
D
 And take a walk through the uniform lawn
 F#m
 Knowing you will die in the town you were born
   Bm
 A pre-packaged meal, a pre-packaged plate
     F#m
 In front of the tv on a pre-packaged tray
     Bm
 The choice to be free
                          A
 And we choose to be like everybody else

Chorus:
                    D
 The worlds closing in, I'm kicking out
                A
 They can't hear me when I shout
             Bm                           A
 That modern life, Modern life has let me down
              D
 It's soul destroying don't you love it?
         A
 You can take this job and shove it
        Bm                           A
 Modern life, Modern life has let me down

Bridge 2:
        Em                        Bm
 Modern life, Modern life, Modern life, has let me down

F#m                               G                  F#m
 Modern life, Modern life, Modern life, has let me down
             Em
 Whatever happened to the love and the unity
 Bm
 The building up of the community
    D
 Cos now it's all opportunity
                G
 It's like the ocean's tainted with impurity
 Em
 So when the norm is the lunicy
          Bm
 And they tell you to jump do you agree?
 F#m
 If I don't well they're suing me
      G
 It's like you don't know what you do to me
          Em
 Well you shut me up and you shout me out
         Bm
 And you tell me like there never was a doubt
           F#m
 That it's all planned out, how I'll be living
      G
 They dangle a carrot to keep me driven
 Em
 But now I'm killing anything I'm given
     Bm
 Cos I will never give in
 F#m
 I'll take a hammer, and with precisition
 G
 Tear up the newspaper, and smash the television

Chorus:
                   D
 The worlds closing in, I'm kicking out
                D
 They can't hear me when I shout
             D                           D
 That modern life, Modern life has let me down
              D
 It's soul destroying don't you love it?
         A
 You can take this job and shove it
        Bm                           A
 Modern life, Modern life has let me down

Coda:
        D                         F#m              D
 Modern life, Modern life, Modern life, has let me down (x4)
        D                         A
 Modern life, Modern life, Modern life, has let me down
N.C