Queen Of The 21st Century

[Intro]
G A# F C


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


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


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


[Interlude]
G A# F C


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


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


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


[Interlude]
G A# F C 2x


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


[Solo]
G A# F C 2x


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


[Interlude]
G A# F C 4x


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