Queen Of The 21st Century

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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


[Interlude]
A C G D 4x


[Outro]
          A     
  She's the queen
        C    G    D
of the 21st century
          A     
  She's the queen
        C    G    D
of the 21st century
            A              C
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
          A     
  She's the queen
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of the 21st century
          A     
  She's the queen
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of the 21st century
          A~
She's the queen!