Chords for Frightened Rabbit's Scott Hutchison performs "The Modern Leper" for The Line of Best Fit
Tempo:
107.45 bpm
Chords used:
G
D
Bm
A
Gm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[D] [Gm] [Bm]
[G] [D]
Look cripple walks amongst you [Gm] all you tired [Bm]
human [G] beings.
[D]
Ah see this [N] is where I get, I'm aware that there's a child down there and this
He just had a wee cough and then I was like, [A] ah.
[Em] [A] [Ab] Look, life might be good just now, [E] but [Abm] there's a lot of hard times ahead.
[G] And you might as well figure it out.
I know!
I know!
[E] He knows it's fine.
[D] Someone's gonna break your heart one day.
[Em] [G] I'm
[B] [N]
getting like a really weird look now.
[G] Anyway.
Sorry.
[Bm] Here we go.
[D] [Gm]
[Bm] [G] [D]
Look cripple walks amongst you [Gm] all you [Bm] tired human [G] beings.
[D]
He's got all the things a cripple [Gm] has not.
Two [Bm] working [G] arms and legs.
[D]
Vital parts fall from his [Gm] system and dissolve [Bm] in Scottish [G] rain.
[D]
Though vitally he doesn't [Gm] mess with me, he's too [Bm] fucked up [G] to care.
[D]
Is that you in front of [G] me?
Coming [D] back for even more, exactly [Bm] the same.
You [D] must be a [G] masochist.
You'll love a [D] modern leper in his [Bm] last leg, on his [D] last.
[Gm]
[Bm] [G] [D]
[Gm]
[Bm] [G] [D]
Look crippled your heart a hundred [Gm] times, he [Bm] still can't work [G] out why.
[D]
You see I've got this disease that I [Gm] can't shake and [Bm] I'm just rattling [G] through life.
[D]
This is how we do things now, [Gm] this [Bm] is how the [G] moderns stay scared.
[D]
So I've got all the good stuff, [Gm] I've got my [Bm] fruit, this is [G] my mind.
Leg.
[D] Is that you in front of [G] me?
Coming back [A] for even more, exactly [Bm] the same.
You [D] must be a [G] masochist.
You'll love a [A] modern leper on his [Bm] last leg.
[G] I [D] am ill, but I'm not [G] dead.
And I don't know [A] which of those I'd [Bm] prefer.
Because that [D] limb which I have [G] lost,
is the [A] only thing holding [Bm] me up, [G] holding [D] me
[A] [Bm] on.
[G]
[D] [A]
[Bm] [G] [D] I'm lying on the ground [A] now, nearly walking [Bm] through the old [G] mead bar.
[D] I have lost my eyesight, like [A] I said I would, [Bm] but I still [G] know.
[Gbm] That [D] that is you in front of [G]
me.
And you're [A] back for even more, exactly [Bm] the same.
[G] Who are [D] you?
A [G] masochist.
You'll love a modern [A] leper on his [Bm] last leg.
[G] And you're [D] ill, and I'm not [G] dead.
But doesn't [A] that make us the [Bm] perfect pair?
[G] And you should sit with [D] me, and we'll start [G] again.
And you can [A] tell me all about what you [Bm] did today.
[G] What you did [D] today.
[Bb]
[D] [N]
[G] [D]
Look cripple walks amongst you [Gm] all you tired [Bm]
human [G] beings.
[D]
Ah see this [N] is where I get, I'm aware that there's a child down there and this
He just had a wee cough and then I was like, [A] ah.
[Em] [A] [Ab] Look, life might be good just now, [E] but [Abm] there's a lot of hard times ahead.
[G] And you might as well figure it out.
I know!
I know!
[E] He knows it's fine.
[D] Someone's gonna break your heart one day.
[Em] [G] I'm
[B] [N]
getting like a really weird look now.
[G] Anyway.
Sorry.
[Bm] Here we go.
[D] [Gm]
[Bm] [G] [D]
Look cripple walks amongst you [Gm] all you [Bm] tired human [G] beings.
[D]
He's got all the things a cripple [Gm] has not.
Two [Bm] working [G] arms and legs.
[D]
Vital parts fall from his [Gm] system and dissolve [Bm] in Scottish [G] rain.
[D]
Though vitally he doesn't [Gm] mess with me, he's too [Bm] fucked up [G] to care.
[D]
Is that you in front of [G] me?
Coming [D] back for even more, exactly [Bm] the same.
You [D] must be a [G] masochist.
You'll love a [D] modern leper in his [Bm] last leg, on his [D] last.
[Gm]
[Bm] [G] [D]
[Gm]
[Bm] [G] [D]
Look crippled your heart a hundred [Gm] times, he [Bm] still can't work [G] out why.
[D]
You see I've got this disease that I [Gm] can't shake and [Bm] I'm just rattling [G] through life.
[D]
This is how we do things now, [Gm] this [Bm] is how the [G] moderns stay scared.
[D]
So I've got all the good stuff, [Gm] I've got my [Bm] fruit, this is [G] my mind.
Leg.
[D] Is that you in front of [G] me?
Coming back [A] for even more, exactly [Bm] the same.
You [D] must be a [G] masochist.
You'll love a [A] modern leper on his [Bm] last leg.
[G] I [D] am ill, but I'm not [G] dead.
And I don't know [A] which of those I'd [Bm] prefer.
Because that [D] limb which I have [G] lost,
is the [A] only thing holding [Bm] me up, [G] holding [D] me
[A] [Bm] on.
[G]
[D] [A]
[Bm] [G] [D] I'm lying on the ground [A] now, nearly walking [Bm] through the old [G] mead bar.
[D] I have lost my eyesight, like [A] I said I would, [Bm] but I still [G] know.
[Gbm] That [D] that is you in front of [G]
me.
And you're [A] back for even more, exactly [Bm] the same.
[G] Who are [D] you?
A [G] masochist.
You'll love a modern [A] leper on his [Bm] last leg.
[G] And you're [D] ill, and I'm not [G] dead.
But doesn't [A] that make us the [Bm] perfect pair?
[G] And you should sit with [D] me, and we'll start [G] again.
And you can [A] tell me all about what you [Bm] did today.
[G] What you did [D] today.
[Bb]
[D] [N]
Key:
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[D] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ [Bm] _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ Look cripple walks amongst you [Gm] all you tired [Bm]
human [G] beings.
_ _ [D] _ _
Ah see this [N] is where I get, I'm aware that there's a child down there and _ this_
_ _ He just had a wee cough and then I was like, [A] ah.
_ [Em] _ _ [A] _ _ [Ab] Look, life might be good just now, _ [E] but [Abm] there's a lot of hard times ahead.
_ _ [G] And you might as well figure it out.
I know!
_ I know!
_ [E] _ He knows it's fine. _ _ _
[D] _ _ Someone's gonna break your heart one day. _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ [G] _ I'm _
_ [B] _ _ [N] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ getting like a really weird look now. _
_ _ [G] Anyway. _ _ _ _
Sorry.
_ [Bm] Here we go. _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
[Bm] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ Look cripple walks amongst you [Gm] all you [Bm] tired human [G] beings.
_ _ [D] _ _
_ He's got all the things a cripple [Gm] has not.
Two [Bm] working [G] arms and legs.
_ _ [D] _ _
_ _ Vital parts fall from his [Gm] system and dissolve [Bm] in Scottish [G] rain.
_ _ _ [D] _ _
_ Though vitally he doesn't [Gm] mess with me, he's too [Bm] fucked up [G] to care.
_ _ [D] _ _
_ Is that you in front of [G] me? _
Coming [D] back for even more, exactly [Bm] the same.
You [D] must be a [G] masochist.
You'll love a [D] modern leper in his [Bm] last leg, on his [D] last.
_ _ _ [Gm] _ _
[Bm] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
[Bm] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ Look crippled your heart a hundred [Gm] times, he [Bm] still can't work [G] out why.
_ _ [D] _ _
_ You see I've got this disease that I [Gm] can't shake and [Bm] I'm just rattling [G] through life.
[D] _ _
_ _ _ This is how we do things now, [Gm] this [Bm] is how the [G] moderns stay scared.
_ [D] _
_ _ _ So I've got all the good stuff, [Gm] I've got my [Bm] fruit, this is [G] my mind.
Leg.
_ _ [D] _ Is that you in front of [G] me?
_ Coming back [A] for even more, exactly [Bm] the same.
_ You [D] must be a [G] masochist.
You'll love a [A] modern leper on his [Bm] last leg.
[G] I [D] am ill, but I'm not [G] dead.
And I don't know [A] which of those I'd [Bm] prefer.
Because that [D] limb which I have [G] lost,
is the [A] only thing holding [Bm] me up, [G] holding [D] me _
_ _ [A] _ [Bm] on.
_ [G] _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
[Bm] _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ I'm lying on the ground [A] now, nearly walking [Bm] through the old [G] mead bar.
[D] _ _ I have lost my eyesight, like [A] I said I would, [Bm] but I still [G] _ _ _ know.
_ [Gbm] That [D] that is you in front of [G] _
me.
And you're [A] back for even more, exactly [Bm] the same.
[G] Who are [D] you?
A [G] masochist.
You'll love a modern [A] leper on his [Bm] last leg.
[G] And you're [D] ill, and I'm not [G] dead.
_ But doesn't [A] that make us the [Bm] perfect pair?
[G] And you should sit with [D] me, and we'll start [G] again.
_ And you can [A] tell me all about what you [Bm] did today.
[G] What you did [D] today. _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ Look cripple walks amongst you [Gm] all you tired [Bm]
human [G] beings.
_ _ [D] _ _
Ah see this [N] is where I get, I'm aware that there's a child down there and _ this_
_ _ He just had a wee cough and then I was like, [A] ah.
_ [Em] _ _ [A] _ _ [Ab] Look, life might be good just now, _ [E] but [Abm] there's a lot of hard times ahead.
_ _ [G] And you might as well figure it out.
I know!
_ I know!
_ [E] _ He knows it's fine. _ _ _
[D] _ _ Someone's gonna break your heart one day. _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ [G] _ I'm _
_ [B] _ _ [N] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ getting like a really weird look now. _
_ _ [G] Anyway. _ _ _ _
Sorry.
_ [Bm] Here we go. _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
[Bm] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ Look cripple walks amongst you [Gm] all you [Bm] tired human [G] beings.
_ _ [D] _ _
_ He's got all the things a cripple [Gm] has not.
Two [Bm] working [G] arms and legs.
_ _ [D] _ _
_ _ Vital parts fall from his [Gm] system and dissolve [Bm] in Scottish [G] rain.
_ _ _ [D] _ _
_ Though vitally he doesn't [Gm] mess with me, he's too [Bm] fucked up [G] to care.
_ _ [D] _ _
_ Is that you in front of [G] me? _
Coming [D] back for even more, exactly [Bm] the same.
You [D] must be a [G] masochist.
You'll love a [D] modern leper in his [Bm] last leg, on his [D] last.
_ _ _ [Gm] _ _
[Bm] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
[Bm] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ Look crippled your heart a hundred [Gm] times, he [Bm] still can't work [G] out why.
_ _ [D] _ _
_ You see I've got this disease that I [Gm] can't shake and [Bm] I'm just rattling [G] through life.
[D] _ _
_ _ _ This is how we do things now, [Gm] this [Bm] is how the [G] moderns stay scared.
_ [D] _
_ _ _ So I've got all the good stuff, [Gm] I've got my [Bm] fruit, this is [G] my mind.
Leg.
_ _ [D] _ Is that you in front of [G] me?
_ Coming back [A] for even more, exactly [Bm] the same.
_ You [D] must be a [G] masochist.
You'll love a [A] modern leper on his [Bm] last leg.
[G] I [D] am ill, but I'm not [G] dead.
And I don't know [A] which of those I'd [Bm] prefer.
Because that [D] limb which I have [G] lost,
is the [A] only thing holding [Bm] me up, [G] holding [D] me _
_ _ [A] _ [Bm] on.
_ [G] _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
[Bm] _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ I'm lying on the ground [A] now, nearly walking [Bm] through the old [G] mead bar.
[D] _ _ I have lost my eyesight, like [A] I said I would, [Bm] but I still [G] _ _ _ know.
_ [Gbm] That [D] that is you in front of [G] _
me.
And you're [A] back for even more, exactly [Bm] the same.
[G] Who are [D] you?
A [G] masochist.
You'll love a modern [A] leper on his [Bm] last leg.
[G] And you're [D] ill, and I'm not [G] dead.
_ But doesn't [A] that make us the [Bm] perfect pair?
[G] And you should sit with [D] me, and we'll start [G] again.
_ And you can [A] tell me all about what you [Bm] did today.
[G] What you did [D] today. _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _