[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
It's [Bm]this guys life with his flawless smile
His [F#m]beautiful wife and his perfect child
So to [B]buy and be be this guy you choose
And [A]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
Now [F#m]100 people read what bored you to write
Cos [Em]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]
The worlds closing [D]in, I'm kicking out
They can't hear[A] me when I shout
That modern [Bm]life, Modern life has let me [A]down
It's soul des[D]troying don't you love it?
You can [A]take this job and shove it
Modern [Bm]life, Modern life has let me [A]down
[Bridge 1]
Modern [D]life, Modern life, Modern [F#m]life, has let me [D]down (x2)
[Verse 3]
Come [D]home and slam the door of your 4x4
That you never [F#m]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
A [Bm]pre-packaged meal, a pre-packaged plate
In f[F#m]ront of the tv on a pre-packaged tray
The [Bm]choice to be free
And we choose to be like [A]everybody else
[Chorus]
The worlds closing [D]in, I'm kicking out
They can't hear[A] me when I shout
That modern [Bm]life, Modern life has let me [A]down
It's soul des[D]troying don't you love it?
You can [A]take this job and shove it
Modern [Bm]life, Modern life has let me [A]down
[Bridge 2]
Modern [Em]life, Modern life, Modern [Bm]life, has let me down
[F#m] Modern life, Modern life, Modern [G]life, has let me do[F#m]wn
Whatever hap[Em]pened to the love and the unity
[Bm]The building up of the community
Cos[D] now it's all opportunity
It's like the o[G]cean's tainted with impurity
[Em]So when the norm is the lunicy
And they [Bm]tell you to jump do you agree?
[F#m]If I don't well they're suing me
It's [G]like you don't know what you do to me
Well you [Em]shut me up and you shout me out
And you [Bm]tell me like there never was a doubt
That it's [F#m]all planned out, how I'll be living
They [G]dangle a carrot to keep me driven
[Em]But now I'm killing anything I'm given
Cos [Bm]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]
The worlds closing[D] in, I'm kicking out
They can't hear[D] me when I shout
That modern [D]life, Modern life has let me[D] down
It's soul des[D]troying don't you love it?
You can [A]take this job and shove it
Modern [Bm]life, Modern life has let me [A]down
[Coda]
Modern [D]life, Modern life, Modern [F#m]life, has let me [D]down (x4)
Modern [D]life, Modern life, Modern [A]life, has let me down
N.C
Modern life, Modern life, Modern life, has let me down
[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
It's [Bm]this guys life with his flawless smile
His [F#m]beautiful wife and his perfect child
So to [B]buy and be be this guy you choose
And [A]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
Now [F#m]100 people read what bored you to write
Cos [Em]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]
The worlds closing [D]in, I'm kicking out
They can't hear[A] me when I shout
That modern [Bm]life, Modern life has let me [A]down
It's soul des[D]troying don't you love it?
You can [A]take this job and shove it
Modern [Bm]life, Modern life has let me [A]down
[Bridge 1]
Modern [D]life, Modern life, Modern [F#m]life, has let me [D]down (x2)
[Verse 3]
Come [D]home and slam the door of your 4x4
That you never [F#m]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
A [Bm]pre-packaged meal, a pre-packaged plate
In f[F#m]ront of the tv on a pre-packaged tray
The [Bm]choice to be free
And we choose to be like [A]everybody else
[Chorus]
The worlds closing [D]in, I'm kicking out
They can't hear[A] me when I shout
That modern [Bm]life, Modern life has let me [A]down
It's soul des[D]troying don't you love it?
You can [A]take this job and shove it
Modern [Bm]life, Modern life has let me [A]down
[Bridge 2]
Modern [Em]life, Modern life, Modern [Bm]life, has let me down
[F#m] Modern life, Modern life, Modern [G]life, has let me do[F#m]wn
Whatever hap[Em]pened to the love and the unity
[Bm]The building up of the community
Cos[D] now it's all opportunity
It's like the o[G]cean's tainted with impurity
[Em]So when the norm is the lunicy
And they [Bm]tell you to jump do you agree?
[F#m]If I don't well they're suing me
It's [G]like you don't know what you do to me
Well you [Em]shut me up and you shout me out
And you [Bm]tell me like there never was a doubt
That it's [F#m]all planned out, how I'll be living
They [G]dangle a carrot to keep me driven
[Em]But now I'm killing anything I'm given
Cos [Bm]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]
The worlds closing[D] in, I'm kicking out
They can't hear[D] me when I shout
That modern [D]life, Modern life has let me[D] down
It's soul des[D]troying don't you love it?
You can [A]take this job and shove it
Modern [Bm]life, Modern life has let me [A]down
[Coda]
Modern [D]life, Modern life, Modern [F#m]life, has let me [D]down (x4)
Modern [D]life, Modern life, Modern [A]life, has let me down
N.C
Modern life, Modern life, Modern life, has let me down
