Alec Ounsworth – Modern Girl (With Scissors)
The lyrics are what I think he sings, Alec can be pretty hard to understand. The chords
are correct but their exact placement on the lyrics may be off.
Bm G F# G F# Intro x2 (Leave
the high E string open for the G and F#)
Bm
Oh the light left the Room Oh where did it go?
D F#
She said that she left in the end
G F#
He was something to sell
G F# Bm
But the seas gotten dry somehow
There’s no such thing as grim
D
Whether I am
F# G
You don’t Have to trust me I know It’s hard
F#
As I said at my circus tent
G
One week later
D A7 E
Do you want to retire
G Gadd4
This is an honest disease
Bb
Of which there’s never a cure
Bm
At least that’s what she believes
Intro X 1
Bm
Oh the Ambulance left in a heap next to a bar
D
Like an ordinary citizen
F# G F#
Dead up in the trunk of a car
G F#
Well She don’t know them
Bm
She just gets tired that’s just she’s runaway
D
Down In the bottom’s the top
F# G
As I traded my radio for
F#
Something smaller
G D A7
Something I can fit inside
E
My hole (sized heart)
G Gadd4
(This is an) honest disease
Bb
Of which there’s never a cure
D
At least that’s what she believes
A7
And when the city gets rough
D
She gets into a balloon
A7
Leaving all of your stuff
Bm
Leaving only with
Gadd4 Bm
All this useless beauty
Gadd4
All this Useless Beauty
Intro x 4
Bm
Oh the light left the Room Oh where did it go?
D F#
She’s said that she left in the end
G F#
He’s something himself
G F# Bm
But the seas gotten dry somehow
There’s no such thing as grim
D
Whether I am
F# G
You don’t Have to trust me I know It’s hard
F#
As I said at my circus tent
G
One week later
D A7 E
To want to retire
G Gadd4
This is an honest disease
Bb
Of which there’s never a cure
Bm
At least that’s what she believes
Solo (Play Verse Chords)
Gadd4 Bm
All this useless beauty
Gadd4
All this Useless Beauty
