Queen Of The 21st Century

[Intro]
C# E B F#


[Verse]
         C#              E
From the time she could crawl
        B             F#
She was all draped in macrame.
        C#             E
She was preened and redeemed
     B                 
  In a church that tried
    F#
to show the way.


[Pre-chorus]
C#                 
  She was taught to
  E             B     F#
never ask for more,
C#            E      
  They had no idea of
          B      F#
what she had in store.


[Chorus]
          C#     
  She's the queen
        E    B     F#
of the 21st century,
       C#             
  Just a ghost of what
     E
her parents thought
  B                  F#
a little girl should be
       C#             
  Analog heart, analog
  E              B   F#
nerves, analog brain,
      C#          
  But a fixture of
     E         B  F#
the digital domain.


[Interlude]
C# E B F#


[Verse]
         C#              E
From the time she could read
          B        
  She could see that
             F#
there was urgency,
     C#          
  No debate, just
   E            B
a spate of ignorance
                    F#
In a splintering community.


[Pre-chorus]
C#               E    
  She could never meet
            B   F#
their expectations,
C#                
  Then she came to
  E             B   F#
symbolize the nation.


[Chorus]
          C#     
  She's the queen
        E    B     F#
of the 21st century,
          C#     
  She's the queen
        E    B    F#
of the 21st century,
       C#             
  Just a shred of what
     E
her parents thought
  B                  F#
a little girl should be
           C#              
  Steeped in spite, coddled
    E                 B    F#
in fear, drenched in novelty,
    C#            
  But masterful at
  E           B    F#
sensual technology.


[Interlude]
C# E B F# 2x


[Bridge]
          C#     F#   C#    E
She's the queen!
          C#     F#   
  She's the queen, no
  C#              E
rules in her empire.
          C#     F#     
  She's the queen, just
   C#          E
libido and desire.
          C#           
  She's the lean, mean,
  F#
fighting machine,
    C#                     E
The stuff of modern media lore
        C#      B         E    E
And she always knows the score.


[Solo]
C# E B F# 2x


[Chorus]
          C#     
  She's the queen
        E    B    F#
of the 21st century,
       C#             
  Just a ghost of what
     E
her parents thought
  B                  F#
a little girl should be
       C#               E
Fallen star, black and blue,
       B              F#
Broken hearts, wasted youth,
       C#             E
Rusted cars, twisted roots,
       B               F#
Mental scars, the ugly truth.


[Interlude]
C# E B F# 4x


[Outro]
          C#     
  She's the queen
        E    B    F#
of the 21st century
          C#     
  She's the queen
        E    B    F#
of the 21st century
            C#              E
And she's a modern-day polemic,
          B        F#
A walking controversy.
          C#     
  She's the queen
        E    B    F#
of the 21st century
          C#     
  She's the queen
        E    B    F#
of the 21st century
          C#     
  She's the queen
        E    B    F#
of the 21st century
          C#~
She's the queen!