These are Modesto by Pedro the Lion on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar & Keyboard.
[Intro]
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[Chorus]
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Modesto isn’t boring
like you thought it
would be
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Modesto it’s not bologna like
you thought it would be
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Modesto isn’t lonely like you
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thought it would be
[Verse 1]
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At first I worked a vacuum
cleaner salesman job
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For men I later recognized
in Glengarry Glen Ross
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I only sold one
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She couldn’t afford it
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She wrote out the check
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And burst out sobbing
[Verse 2]
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After work I hung out with
my new church friends and
traded stories
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We decided I should quit and
then we laughed and carried
on til morning
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Next day I got a part-time
job
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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]
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I heard the perfect song
at work today
Am
Having asked if there
were bands to see and spots
to play
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Jim said hell yeah then
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he handed me a tape
[Bridge]
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What I heard in my
walkman headphones
Pacing by the speakers
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and PAs
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Was a beautiful hilarious
tragic mess
That sent tears streaming
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down my face
Grabbed me by the lapels,
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stood me up, and put a 4-
track
in my hand and told me son
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Make all the messes you can
manage to make
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And move back to Seattle
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Be the drummer in a band
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There’s a girl from there
that fridays on my lunch
break
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I write letters to
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And I think she likes me
too
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And I\'m gonna find out
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I\'m gonna go to bible
college on my cousin’s
dime
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In my volvo wagon
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Speeding up I-5
[Outro] A F#m G E A