Queen Of The 21st Century

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


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


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


[Interlude]
G# B F# C#


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


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


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


[Interlude]
G# B F# C# 2x


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


[Solo]
G# B F# C# 2x


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


[Interlude]
G# B F# C# 4x


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