Modern girl
G - C - G - G - Em - C - D
(2x)
G C G Em D
C
1. Once a beautiful Miss America married Mr. Right,
Am G Am D
had a
little baby girl, born on a stormy night.
C G Em D C
But that was once upon a time,
now it's a brand new world.
C G C G
Gimme the future, gimme the future,
C
G D G
gimme the future with a
modern girl !
C G C G
Gimme the future, gimme the future,
Em C D G
gimme the future with a
modern girl !
C G D G
C D
G
2. Somewhere just between the past and somethin'
dawnin' new,
Am Em C G
there's
a break in the chain, a skip in the clock,
C
D
girl,
that's where I'm gonna find you.
C D G C D
G
Between the boy I was before
and what I'm gonna be,
Am Em C
G
there's
a clash on the border, a flame in the sky,
C Am D
girl,
that's where you're gonna find me.
G C D C
3. Can't you hear the planet groanin' like a
broken down machine,
Am G C D
rusted
with the guilty tears of fallen kings and queens.
C G
C
But you and I stand innocent, baby,
it's a brand new world.
C G C G
Gimme the future, gimme the future,
Em C D G
gimme the future with a
modern girl ! (3x)
G
We're the son and the daughter
on a new freeway,
G
(gimme the future, gimme the
future),
Em C D G
laughin' while the road maps blow away,
G C D G
(gimme the future with a modern girl).
G
We're the son and the daughter
and we ain't afraid,
G
(gimme the future, gimme the
future),
Em C D G
won't
be makin' the mistakes our fathers made,
G C D G
(gimme the future with a modern girl).
G
(Gimme
the future, gimme the future),
Em C D G
oh, gimme the future with a modern girl !
G
(Gimme
the future, gimme the future),
Em C D
A
oh, gimme the future with a modern girl.
+ C#m - A - B7 -
E - E - A - B7 - E (3x) + C#m - A - B7 - F
G C G Em D
C
4. Once a beautiful Miss America married Mr. Right,
Am G Am D
had a
little baby boy, born on a stormy night.
C G Em D C
But that was once upon a time,
now it's a brand new world.
+ CHORUS (5x) ...
(orig. = capo 3rd; live = no capo) (Meat Loaf)