Queen Of The 21st Century

[Intro]
B D A E


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


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


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


[Interlude]
B D A E


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


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


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


[Interlude]
B D A E 2x


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


[Solo]
B D A E 2x


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


[Interlude]
B D A E 4x


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