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The Modern Leper by Julien Baker
The Modern Leper
Tuning:E A D G B E
Key:E
Capo:no capo
[Verse 1]
E
A cripple walks amongst you
A
All you tired human beings
E
He's got all the things a cripple has not
A
Working arms and legs
E
And vital parts fall from his system
A
And dissolve in Scottish rain
E
But vitally, he doesn't miss them
A
He's too fucked up to care
[Chorus]
E A
Well is that you in front of me?
B C#m
Coming back for even more of exactly the same
A E A
You must be a masochist
B C#m A E A E A
To love a modern leper on his last leg, on his last leg
[Verse 2]
E
Well I crippled your heart a hundred times
A
And still can't work out why
E
You see, I've got this disease
A
I can't shake and I'm just rattling through life
E
Well this is how we do things now
A
This is how the modern stay scared
E
So I cut out all the good stuff
A
I cut off my foot to spite my leg
[Chorus]
E A
Well is that you in front of me?
B C#m
Coming back for even more of exactly the same
A E A
You must be a masochist
B C#m
To love a modern leper on his last leg
A E A
Well I am ill but I'm not dead
B C#m
And I don't know which of these I prefer
A E A
Because that limb which I have lost
B C#m A E B C#m A E B C#m A
Well it was the only thing holding me up, holding me up
[Bridge]
E
Well I'm lying on the ground now
B C#m A
And you're walking through the only door
E B
Well I have lost my eyesight like I said I would
C#m A
But I still know
[Chorus]
E A
That that is you in front of me
B C#m
And you are back for even more of exactly the same
A E A
Well are you a masochist?
B C#m
You love a modern leper on his last leg
A E A
And you're not ill and I'm not dead
B C#m
Doesn't that make us the perfect pair?
A E A
You should sit with me and we'll start again
B C#m
And you can tell me all about what you did today
A E
What you did today
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version 2
Tuning:D A D G B E
Capo:2nd fret
capo in drop D
standard.
If you want to play Capo 2, drop D, the important part that is missing from
other sheets is here:
e|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------3-3-3333----------------|
G|-7-7-7777-77-77-7--7---7--7--7--7-77-77-4-4-4444--77-7777-77-77-|
D|-7-7-7777-77-77-x--x---x--x--x--x-xx-xx-x-x-xxxx--77-7777-77-77-|
A|-9-9-9999-99-99-10-10--10-10-10-9-99-99-5-5-5555--99-9999-99-99-|
D|-0-0-0000-00-00-8--8---8--8--8--9-99-99-5-5-5555--00-0000-00-00-|
D D D Bb6 Bm7 G D
For the purposes of the chord sheet we'll call it Capo 2, drop D, but if you
want to play it in
standard just transpose it up two and you're good to go.
D 0-9-7-7-x-x /// in the chorus 0-0-0-7-x-x
Bb6 8-10-7-7-x-x (no 5)
Bm7 9-9-7-7-x-x
G 5-5-x-4-3-x
Gmaj7 5-5-4-x-3-x -- for flavor
A 7-7-x-6-5-x
[Intro]
D G
[Verse 1]
D Bb6 Bm7 G
A cripple walks amongst you all you tired human beings
D Bb6 Bm7 G
He's got all the things a cripple has not two working arms and legs
D Bb6 Bm7 G
And vital parts fall from his system and dissolve in Scottish rain
D Bb6 Bm7 G
But vitally, he doesn't miss them he's too fucked up to care
[Chorus]
D G
Well is that you in front of me?
A Bm7
Coming back for even more of exactly the same
G D G
You must be a masochist
A Bm7 G D Bb6 Bm7 G
To love a modern leper on his last leg, on his last leg
D Bb6 Bm7 G
[Verse 2]
D Bb6 Bm7 G
Well I crippled your heart a hundred times and still can't work out why
D Bb6 Bm7
You see, I've got this disease that I can't shake and I'm just rattling
G
through life
D Bb6 Bm7 G
Well this is how we do things now, yeah this is how the modern stay scared
D Bb6 Bm7 G
So I cut out all the good stuff, yeah I cut off my foot to spite my leg
[Chorus]
D G
Is that you in front of me?
A Bm7
Coming back for even more of exactly the same
G D G
You must be a masochist
A Bm7
To love a modern leper on his last leg,
G D G
Well I am ill but I'm not dead
A Bm7
And I don't know which of those I prefer
G D G
Because that limb which I have lost
A Bm7 G D A Bm7 G
It was the only thing holding me up, holding me up
[Bridge]
D
Well I'm lying on the ground now
A Bm7 G
And you're walking through the only door
D A Bm7 G
Well I have lost my eyesight like I said I would, but I still know
[Chorus/Outro]
D G
That that is you in front of me
A Bm7
Coming back for even more of exactly the same
G D G
Well are you a masochist?
A Bm7
To love a modern leper on his last leg
G D G
And you're not ill cuz I'm not dead
A Bm7
Doesn't that make us a perfect pair?
G D G
(Just)sit with me and we'll start again
A Bm7
And you can tell me all about what you did today
G D
What you did today
If you transpose this +2 so that you can play it in standard, the chords would
just be:
E 0-2-2-1-0-0
C6 x-3-7-x-(5)-x (no 5)
C#m7 x-4-6-4-5-4
A x-0-2-2-2-0
B x-2-4-4-4-2
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