The Modern Leper — Frightened Rabbit
Chords and lyrics for The Modern Leper by Frightened Rabbit (key of D).
Intro
[D] [G] [D]
Verse 1
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A cripple walks amongst you all,
you tired human beings
He's got all the things a cripple has
not two working arms and legs
And vital parts fall from his system
and dissolve in Scottish rain
[D]Vitally he doesn't miss them He's too fucked up to [G]care [A]
Chorus
Is that [D]you in front of [G]me? Coming back for [A]even more of exactly the [Bm]same?
You must [D]be a [G]masochist, to love a modern [A]leper on his last [Bm]leg.
On his [G]last leg
Verse
[D] [G] [D]
Verse 2
(2nd verse same chords as 1st)
I've crippled your heart a hundred times
and still can't work out why
See, I've got this disease, I can't shake and I'm just rattling through
life
Well, oh, this is how we do things now,
yeah this is how the modern stay scared
So I cut out all the good stuff Yeah,
I cut off my foot to spite my leg
Chorus
Is that [D]you in front of [G]me? Coming back for [A]even more of exactly the [Bm]same?
You must [D]be a [G]masochist, to love a modern [A]leper on his last [Bm]leg.
[G] I am [D]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, it was the [A]only thing holding me[Bm] up
[G]Holding me [D][A][Bm][G]uuuuuuuuuuuppp[G][Bm][A][D]
Bridge
[D]I'm lying on the ground now and you [A]walk in through the [Bm]only [G]door
Well, [D]I have lost my eyesight like I [A]said I would But [Bm]I still [G]knowwwww
Verse
[A] That that is [D]you in front of [G]me
and you are back for [A]even more of exactly the [Bm]same [G]
Well, are [D]you a [G]masochist? You love a modern [A]leper on his last [Bm]leg [G]
You're not [D]ill and I'm not [G]dead. Doesn't that [A]make us the perfect [Bm]pair?[G]
You should sit with [D]me and we'll start [G]again.
And you can tell [A]me all about what you [Bm]did today
What [G]you did [D]today.
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