Queen Of The 21st Century

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


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


[Chorus]
          D     
  She's the queen
        F    C     G
of the 21st century,
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  Just a ghost of what
     F
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
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the digital domain.


[Interlude]
D F C G


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


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


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


[Interlude]
D F C G 2x


[Bridge]
          D     G   D    F
She's the queen!
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  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,
    D                     F
The stuff of modern media lore
        D      C         F    F
And she always knows the score.


[Solo]
D F C G 2x


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


[Interlude]
D F C G 4x


[Outro]
          D     
  She's the queen
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of the 21st century
          D     
  She's the queen
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of the 21st century
            D              F
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
          D     
  She's the queen
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of the 21st century
          D     
  She's the queen
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of the 21st century
          D~
She's the queen!