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Bleachers – Modern Girl Chords on Piano & Ukulele

ChordsBb Eb F

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[Intro]
One, two, three, go
Woah, yeah

Bb  Eb
Bb  Eb

[Verse 1]
Bb
Friday night, killer queens
Hop a train, on the scene
All the band is in the wild
Don't you dare touch the dial
Eb
We dressed up like a
 heart attack for you

We dressed up like
 a heart attack
Bb
I'm talkin' little jeans,
 tiny hat
Evan Smith, tiny sax
Drama kings, sing it loud
Drag that shit all over town
Eb
Play it like a heart
attack for ya
We play it like a
 heart attack

[Chorus]
Bb
So kiss me on the cheek
F
Make it a long goodbye
Eb
Ooh, and all the modern girls
 (Just like the modern girls)

Shakin' their ass tonight
                      Bb
La-la-la-la-la-la-la, love
 on a wire
F
Oh, lookin' for a fight
Eb
Ooh, and all the modern boys
 (Just like the modern boys)

Are goin' out tonight, woah

[Post-Chorus]
Bb
Oh, oh
Eb
Oh, oh

[Verse 2]
Bb
Change my meds,
 change the flight
Bodies on, bodies wild
Bodycam, only flams
Bleachers band, only flams
Eb
We play it like a heart
 attack for ya
We play it like a heart attack
Bb
I guess I'm New Jersey's
 finest New Yorker
Unreliable reporter
Pop music hoarder
Some guy playin' quarters
Eb
But I'm wearin' a heart attack,
 baby
A Mikey Freedom heart attack

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[Chorus]
Bb
So kiss me on the cheek
F
Make it a long goodbye
Eb
Ooh, and all the modern girls
 (Just like the modern girls)

Shakin' their ass tonight
Bb
La-la-la-la-la-la-la,
love on a wire
F
Oh, lookin' for a fight
Eb
Ooh, and all the modern boys
(Just like the modern boys)
Are goin' out tonight, woah

[Interlude]
Evan the kid, let's go

[Bridge]
Bb
Oh, oh
Eb
Oh, oh
Bb
Oh, oh
Eb
Oh, oh

[Chorus]
Bb
So kiss me on the cheek
F
La-la-la-la, make
it a long goodbye
Eb
Ooh, and all the modern girls
 (Just like the modern girls)
Shakin' their ass tonight
Bb
La-la-la-la-la-la-la,
love on a wire
F
Oh, lookin' for a fight
Eb
Ooh, and all the modern boys
 (Just like the modern boys)
Are goin' out tonight

[Outro]
Bb F
Eb
Just like the modern girls,
just for the modern girls
Just like the modern girls
Bb F
Eb
Just like the modern boys,
 just for the modern boys
Just like the modern boys
Bb
Hutch

How to play Modern Girl: key, chords and progression

These are Modern Girl chords by Bleachers on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard.

Modern Girl by Bleachers keeps coming home to B♭ major (two flats: B♭, E♭). You need 3 chords: Bb, Eb and F.

The backbone of the song is Eb – Bb – F – Eb (IV – I – V – IV in B♭ major). In solfa, that is fah – doh – soh – fah. Practise these 4 changes until they feel natural and you can play most of it.

Easier on guitar: put a capo on the 1st fret and play the shapes A, D, E (100% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 0% without a capo). It sounds exactly the same.