Pedro the Lion – Modesto (Guitar)

  C
Modesto isn’t boring like you thought it would be

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

  A#                          G
Modesto isn’t lonely 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

A#
I only sold one

A#
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

A#                                    G
Next day I got a part-time job 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

  A#                          G
Modesto isn’t lonely like 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

A#                         G
Jim said hell yeah then 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

                                  A#
That sent tears streaming down my face

                                                 G
Grabbed me by the lapels, stood me up, and put a 4-track 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