Modern Romance
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Afinação: E A D G B ECapotraste: Sem capotraste
"Modern Romance" - Sanford Clark
Recorded 1958
Track 3 of 36 on the album "Presenting Sanford Clark"
[!] Link to song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8NgIvaVnUA [!]
[Intro]
G7
[Verse 1]
C
I finally got a gal and she's a honey
C
She never wants to spend a whole lotta money
F
She says I got a chance
C
Yeah, if I learn to dance
G7
There's gonna be a race
F
Yeah, yeah, even up the pace
C
A-making with a modern romance
C
A-making with a modern romance
G7
[Verse 2]
C
A-big blue eyes and she's so nice
C
She never wants to do the same step twice
F
She had me rock 'n' rolling
C
Yeah, now she's got me strolling
G7
Oh, man, what a race
F
Yeah, yeah, keeping up the pace
C
A-making with a modern romance
C
A-making with a modern romance
G7
[Guitar Solo]
C
F C
G7 F
C G7
[Verse 3]
C
Well, it almost seems like forty years ago
C
I wore out my shoes and learn to do the rock 'n' roll
F
Well, I thought I was a-flaking
C
And then I learned the chicken
G7
Man, what a race
F
Yeah, yeah, keeping up the pace
C
A-making with a modern romance
C
A-making with a modern romance
G7
[Outro]
C
F C
How to play Modern Romance
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