Modesto Chords by Pedro the Lion

G 
 
  C
Modesto isn’t boring like 

you thought it would be
  Am
Modesto it’s not bologna 

like you thought it would be
  Bb                  
Modesto isn’t lonely 
        G
like you thought it would be
 
 
C
At first I worked a vacuum 

cleaner salesman job
Am
 For men I later recognized 

in Glengarry Glen Ross
Bb
I only sold one
Bb
She couldn’t afford it
    G
She wrote out the check
G
And burst out sobbing
 
 
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
Bb                        
Next day I got a part-time job 
  G          
at the local guitar store
 
 
  C
Modesto isn’t boring like 

you thought it would be
  Am
Modesto it’s not bologna like 

you thought it would be
  Bb                 
Modesto isn’t lonely like 
    G
you thought it would be
 
 
C
I heard the perfect song 

at work today
Am
 Having asked if there were 

bands to see and spots to play
Bb                     
Jim said hell yeah then 
 G
he handed me a tape
 
 
     C
What I heard in my walkman headphones
                            Am
Pacing by the speakers and PAs
Am
Was a beautiful hilarious tragic mess
                                  Bb
That sent tears streaming down my face
                            
Grabbed me by the lapels, 

stood me up, and put a 4-track 
                 G
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
 
 
A    F#m    
G    E      A

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