Modern Times - Al Stewart & Dave Mudge --------------------------------------- Hello old friend etc.... G F So call the bar-man over here Em D C D And let us fill our glasses G Em And drink a toast to olden times D C D Where all our memories lie, G D Em Where all our memories lie. G Em C G Do you remember, the time when we were young Em C F C/E Lowly lowly low G Em C G Outside the window the frosty moonlight hung Em C On the midnight snow D C G So we pulled our scarves up around our faces in the night D C G Huddled on the doorsteps where the fairylights shone bright D C A Singing christmas carols while our breath hung in the light G D A C D Em It all comes back like yesterday D C It almost seems like yesterday G Em C G Do you remember the changes as we grew Em C F C/E Slowly, slowly, slow G Em C G Sneaking in the back in to movies after school Em C For the evening show D C G Chasing skinny blue jean girls across the building site D C G Checking out the dance floor while the band played hold me tight D C A See the blonde one over there - I bet she'd be alright G D A C D Em It all comes back like yesterday D C It almost seems like yesterday. G D A While I talked he sat and never made a sound C G D E Staring at the glass beside me C G D A Hey old friend tell me whats on your mind C G D E D C Silence grows on you like i-vy i-vy G Em C G Do you remember the church across the sands Em C F C/E Holy, holy, ho G Em C G You stood outside and planned to travel to the lands Em C Where the pilgrims go D C G So you packed your world up inside a canvas sack D C G Set off down the highway with your rings and Kerouac D C A Someone said they saw you in Nepal a long time back G D A C D Em Tell me why you look away D A Don't you have a word to say? G He said I don't remember, don't want to remember F G A In fact I've heard too much already G I don't want to think, just leave me here to drink F G A Wrapped up in the warmth of New York City C G D A Oh oh, it seems you just don't know C G D E And you just don't understand me C G D A Got no use for the tricks of modern times C G D E D C They tangle all my thoughts like ivy, ivy. G Em C G So I left him and I went out to the street Em C F C/E Lowly, lowly, low G Em C G Where the red light girls were coming after me Em C Forty dollar show D C G All across the city the lights were coming on D C G The hotel lift softly hummed a Cole Porter song D C A If I looked for him I knew he would be gone G D A C D Em A picture-card of yesterday D C A photograph of yesterday C G D A And far off in a deserted part of town C G D E The shadows like a silent army C G D A Flooded out the rooms in pools of blue and brown C G D E D C D E And stuck to all the walls like ivy, ivy, ivy. Instrumental (roughly) : Fmaj7 G A Fmaj7 G A Fmaj7 G A Fmaj7 G A C G D A C G D E C G D A C G D E (as last part of song) Rather orchestral part - not sure about the chords! 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