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πΈ Intro:
G C C G C C
πΈ Verse 1:
G C C
Good love's a prison, but it could never hold me
G C C
You break your own heart, my mother told me
G C C G C C
And this was never the time for your gentleman call
G C C
Don't tell me that it's your first time around
G C C
Nobody ever gets used to the sound
G C C G C C
You know this city was built for the wrecking ball
πΈ Chorus:
G G C
I hope you know what you're doing
G G C
You don't know what you're asking
G G C
I've got a romance with ruin
G G C
And we're only modern dancing
πΈ Interlude:
G C C G C C
πΈ Verse 2:
G C C
Baby, you know it's no difference to me
G C C
You've been the same throughout history
G C C G C C
It's a different face, but it's always the same set of eyes
G C C
There's time for everything runnin' its course
G C C
You know I've been a ***** and a soldier of fortune
G C G G C C
And no matter which way you play, it's all secrets and lies
πΈ Chorus:
G G C
I hope you know what you're doing
G G C
You don't know what you're asking
G G C
I've got a romance with ruin
G G C
And we're only modern dancing
πΈ Instrumental:
G C G G C
G C G G G C
G C C G C C
G C C G C C
πΈ Verse 3:
G C C
Star-crossed and ridin' on heaven's horses
G C C
I've had enough of these cosmic divorces
G C C G C C
You know in the end that we only end up on our own
G C C
Still I'm in love with what's falling apart
G C C
And this just seems like another false start
G C C G C C
And it's not for lack of trying, it's just that I can't seem to get it going
πΈ Chorus:
G G C
I hope you know what you're doing
G G C
You don't know what you're asking
G G C
I've got a romance with ruin
G G C
And we're only modern dancing
πΈ Outro:
G G C
Modern dancing
G G C
Modern dancing
G G C
Modern dancing
G G C
Modern dancing
Song History
Published: November 23, 2022
Last Updated: September 10, 2025