Biography:
punk and mod group formed in Woking, UK, in 1976 consisting of Paul Weller (vocals, guitar), Bruce Foxton (bass, vocals) and Rick Buckler (drums). The band split in 1982. The band released six albums and had 18 consecutive Top 40 hits in the United Kingdom between 1977 and 1982, including four #1 singles (Going Underground, Start!, Town Called Malice and Beat Surrender). Their singles "That's Entertainment" and "Just Who Is the Five O'Clock Hero" are the best selling import singles in UK history.
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Other songs:
- That's Entertainment
- Town Called Malice
- To Be Someone
- A Bomb In Wardour Street
- Absolute Beginners
- All Around The World
- All Mod Cons
- Art School
- Away From The Numbers
- Beat Surrender
- Billy Hunt
- Boy About Town
- Burning Sky
- But Im Different Now
- Carnaby Street
- Carnation
- David Watts
- Disguises
- Dont Tell Them Youre Sane
- Down In The Tube Station At Midnight
- Dream Time
- Endless Love
- English Rose
- Eton Rifles
- Funeral Pyre
- Ghosts
- Give Me Just A Little More Time
- Going Underground
- Happy Together
- Heatwave
- Here Comes The Weekend
- I Got By In Time
- I Need You For Someone
- In The City
- In The Crowd
- In The Midnight Hour
- In The Street Today
- Its Too Bad
- Just Who Is The 5 Oclock Hero
- Just Who Is The Five O Clock Hero
- Kilos Kabataan
- Life From A Window
- Liza Radley
- London Girl
- London Traffic
- Man In The Corner Shop
- Modern World
- Mr Clean
- News Of The World
- Non Stop Dancing
- Pity Poor Alfie
- Planners Dream Goes Wrong
- Precious
- Private Hell
- Reach Out Ill Be There
- Saturdays Kids
- Slow Down
- Smithers Jones
- So Sad About Us
- Sounds From The Street
- Standards
- Start
- Strange Town
- Sweet Soul Music
- Tales From The Riverbank
- Thats Entertainment
- The Bitterest Pill
- The Butterfly Collector
- The Combine
- The Gift
- The Modern World
- The Night
- The Place I Love
- The Planners Dream Goes Wrong
- Thick As Thieves
- This Is The Modern World
- To Be
- Tonight At Noon
- War
- Wasteland
- When Youre Young
- Worlds Apart
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THIS IS THE MODERN WORLD - THE JAM
INTRO
|A D A|A D A|G |
VERSE
|C |G |C |F G |C |G |C |C7 |
MID EIGHT(i)
|Am |F |Am |F |Am |F |D |F G |
VERSE
MID EIGHT(ii)
|Am |F |Am |F |Am |F |D |G A |
CHORUS
|D |E |A |B G A|D |E |A |Bm |G |G |G |G |
SOLO
|----------10-12--12b14b12--12b14b12--12b14b12--12po10----12b14b12--12b14b12--12po10|
|-14b16------------------------------------------------12---------------------------|
|-------13--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----15b16--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|12--------14-12-14-12--10--------10--------10------8--10--------10--------10-------|
|-----------------------12b14b12--12b14b12--12po10-----12b14b12--12b14b12--12po10--7|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|G |G |G |G |
VERSE
MID EIGHT(ii)
OUTRO
|D |E |A |B G A|D |E |A |A |A |A |D |E |
|A |Bm |G |G |G |G |A D A|A D A|A D A|
LYRICS
INTRO
This is a modern world, This is the modern world.
VERSE 1
What kind of fool do you think I am?
To think I know nothing of the modern world.
MID EIGHT(i)
All my life it's been the same,
I've learnt to live by hate and pain,
It's my inspiration trap.
VERSE 2
I've learnt more than you'll ever know,
Even at school I felt quite sure,
MID EIGHT(ii)
That one day I would be on top,
Another dot upon the map,
The teachers who said I be nothing!
CHORUS
This is the modern world that I've learnt about,
This is the modern world we don't need no-one,
To tell us whats right or wrong.
VERSE 3
Say what you like cos I don't care,
I know where I am and going to.
MID EIGHT(ii)
It's somewhere I won't preview,
To have to explain myself to you,
I don't give two fucks about you if you.*
CHORUS
This is the modern world that I've learnt about,
This is the modern world we don't need no-one,
To tell us whats right or wrong.
OUTRO
Modern world this is this is this is this is,
This is this is this is,
Hey we don't need no-one,
To tell us whats right or wrong,
Ahh, This is a modern world, this is the modern world.
Not to sure about the solo, try it and see.
* "two fucks" replaced by "a damn" on single.
Contact address [email protected]
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#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the #
#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------##
THIS IS THE MODERN WORLD - THE JAM
INTRO
|A D A|A D A|G |
VERSE
|C |G |C |F G |C |G |C |C7 |
MID EIGHT(i)
|Am |F |Am |F |Am |F |D |F G |
VERSE
MID EIGHT(ii)
|Am |F |Am |F |Am |F |D |G A |
CHORUS
|D |E |A |B G A|D |E |A |Bm |G |G |G |G |
SOLO
|----------10-12--12b14b12--12b14b12--12b14b12--12po10----12b14b12--12b14b12--12po10|
|-14b16------------------------------------------------12---------------------------|
|-------13--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----15b16--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|12--------14-12-14-12--10--------10--------10------8--10--------10--------10-------|
|-----------------------12b14b12--12b14b12--12po10-----12b14b12--12b14b12--12po10--7|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|G |G |G |G |
VERSE
MID EIGHT(ii)
OUTRO
|D |E |A |B G A|D |E |A |A |A |A |D |E |
|A |Bm |G |G |G |G |A D A|A D A|A D A|
LYRICS
INTRO
This is a modern world, This is the modern world.
VERSE 1
What kind of fool do you think I am?
To think I know nothing of the modern world.
MID EIGHT(i)
All my life it's been the same,
I've learnt to live by hate and pain,
It's my inspiration trap.
VERSE 2
I've learnt more than you'll ever know,
Even at school I felt quite sure,
MID EIGHT(ii)
That one day I would be on top,
Another dot upon the map,
The teachers who said I be nothing!
CHORUS
This is the modern world that I've learnt about,
This is the modern world we don't need no-one,
To tell us whats right or wrong.
VERSE 3
Say what you like cos I don't care,
I know where I am and going to.
MID EIGHT(ii)
It's somewhere I won't preview,
To have to explain myself to you,
I don't give two fucks about you if you.*
CHORUS
This is the modern world that I've learnt about,
This is the modern world we don't need no-one,
To tell us whats right or wrong.
OUTRO
Modern world this is this is this is this is,
This is this is this is,
Hey we don't need no-one,
To tell us whats right or wrong,
Ahh, This is a modern world, this is the modern world.
Not to sure about the solo, try it and see.
* "two fucks" replaced by "a damn" on single.
Contact address [email protected]
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