CHORDS: Pedro the Lion – Modesto Chords on Piano and Ukulele

These are Modesto by Pedro the Lion on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar & Keyboard.

   [Intro]
G

[Chorus]
  C
Modesto isn’t boring
like you thought it
would be
  Am
Modesto it’s not bologna like
you thought it would be
  A#
Modesto isn’t lonely like you
G
thought it would be

[Verse 1]
C
At first I worked a vacuum
cleaner salesman job
Am
 For men I later recognized
in Glengarry Glen Ross
A#
I only sold one
A#
She couldn’t afford it
    G
She wrote out the check
G
And burst out sobbing

[Verse 2]
C
After work I hung out with
my new church friends and
traded stories
Am
We decided I should quit and
then we laughed and carried
on til morning
A#
Next day I got a part-time
job
       G
at the local guitar store

[Chorus]
  C
Modesto isn’t boring like
you thought it would be
  Am
Modesto it’s not bologna
like
you thought it would be
  A#
Modesto isn’t lonely like
    G
you thought it would be

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[Verse 3]
C
I heard the perfect song
at work today
Am
 Having asked if there
were bands to see and spots
to play
A#
Jim said hell yeah then
   G
he handed me a tape

[Bridge]
     C
What I heard in my
walkman headphones
Pacing by the speakers
     Am
and PAs
Am
Was a beautiful hilarious
tragic mess
That sent tears streaming
        A#
down my face
Grabbed me by the lapels,
                       G
stood me up, and put a 4-
track
in my hand and told me son
E
Make all the messes you can
manage to make
         A
And move back to Seattle
A
Be the drummer in a band
A
There’s a girl from there
that fridays on my lunch
break
        F#m
I write letters to
F#m
And I think she likes me
too
F#m
And I'm gonna find out
          G
I'm gonna go to bible
college on my cousin’s
dime
      E
In my volvo wagon
E
Speeding up I-5

[Outro]
A   F#m   G   E   A