Julien Baker - The Modern Leper

capo: 4th fret

[verse (1)]

C
A cripple walks amongst you
F
All you tired human beings
C
He’s got all the things a cripple has not
F
Two working arms and legs

C
And vital parts fall from his system
F
And dissolve in scottish rain
C
But vitally, he doesn’t miss them
F
He’s too fucked up to care

[chorus]

C F
Well is that you in front of me?
G
Coming back for even more
Am
Of exactly the same
F C F
You must be a masochist
G
To love a modern leper
Am
On his last leg
F C
On his last leg

[verse (2)]

C
Well i crippled your heart a hundred times
F
And still can’t work out why
C
You see, i’ve got this disease, i can’t shake and
F
I’m just rattling through life
C
Well this is how we do things now
F
This is how the modern stay scared
C
So i cut out all the good stuff
F
I cut off my foot to spite my leg

[chorus]

C F
Well is that you in front of me?
G
Coming back for even more
Am
Of exactly the same
F C F
You must be a masochist
G
To love a modern leper
Am
On his last leg

F C F
Well i am ill but i’m not dead
G Am
And i don’t know which of these i prefer
F C F
Because that limb which i have lost
G
Well it was the only
Am
Thing holding me up
F C G Am F — C G Am F
Holding me up

[bridge]

C
Well i’m lying on the ground now
G Am F
And you’re walking through the only door
C G
Well i have lost my eyesight like i said i would
Am F
But i still know

[chorus]

C F
Well is that you in front of me?
G
Coming back for even more
Am
Of exactly the same
F C F
You must be a masochist
G
To love a modern leper
Am
On his last leg

F C F
And you’re not ill and i’m not dead
G Am
Doesn’t that make us the perfect pair?
F C F
You should sit with me and we’ll start again
G
And you can tell me all about
Am
What you did today
F C
What you did today