Modern Times

Modern Times This is another Al Stewart song that I cannot find on ultimate guitar so I thought I would add it. I found it on a web site run by Adrie Meijer https://adriemeijerguitartabs.weebly.com/ and claim no credit at all for the tab. All have done is formatted it for this site and made a minor correction to the lyrics to bring them in line with this you tube version (for which you will need the Capo on the second fret if you want to play along)  https://youtu.be/Eyyef_GZZNw [Intro] Hello old friend what a strange coincidence to find you It’s been fifteen years since we last met but I still recognised you So call the bar-man over here and let us fill our glasses And drink a toast to olden times where all our memories lie    Where all our memories lie. [Verse 1]   Do you remember the time when we were young   Lowly lowly low        Outside the window the frosty moonlight hung   On the midnight snow So we pulled our scarves up around our faces in the night   Huddled on the doorsteps where the fairylights shone bright   Singing christmas carols while our breath hung in the light   It all comes back like yesterday            It almost seems like yesterday [Verse 2]   Do you remember the changes as we grew  Slowly slowly slow        Sneaking in the back way into movies after school  For the evening show Chasing skinny blue jeaned girls across the building site Checking out the dance floor while the band played hold me tight See the blonde one over there - I bet she’d be alright It all comes back like yesterday         It almost seems like yesterday.   While I talked he sat and he never made a sound   Staring at the glass beside me Hey old friend tell me what’s on your mind Silence grows on you like i-vy i-vy [Verse 3] Do you remember the church across the sands  Holy holy ho          You stood outside and planned to travel to the lands  Where the pilgrims go So you packed your world up inside a canvas sack Set off down the highway with your rings and Kerouac Someone said they saw you in Nepal a long time back Tell me why you look away           Don’t you have a word to say? [Bridge 1]   He said I don’t remember I don’t want to remember   In fact I’ve heard too much already   I don’t want to think just leave me here to drink   Wrapped up in the warmth of New York City Oh oh it seems you just don’t know And you just don’t understand me Got no use for the tricks of modern times They tangle all my thoughts like ivy ivy. [Verse 4] So I left him and I went out to the street   Lowly lowly low       Where the red light girls were coming after me   Forty dollar show   All across the city’s heart the lights were coming on   The hotel lift softly hummed a Cole Porter song   If I went to look for him I knew he would be gone A picture-card of yesterday           A photograph of yesterday And far off in a deserted part of town The shadows like a silent army Flooded out the rooms in pools of blue and brown And stuck to all the walls like ivy ivy ivy.