Standard (EADGBE)
Intro
(Palm muted)
(Fill1)
Verse 1
From the time she could crawl
(Fill1)
She was all draped in macrame.
She was preened and redeemed
(Fill1)
In a church that tried to show the way.
(Guitar 2 plays open chords)
(Fill1 and Fill2 are in the same bar)
(Fill1) (Fill2)
She was taught to never ask for more,
(Fill1) (Fill2)
They had no idea of what she had in store.
Chorus
(Guitar 1 and 2 plays open chords)
She's the queen of the 21st century,
Just a ghost of what her parents thought a little girl should be:
Analog heart, analog nerves, analog brain,
But a fixture of the digital domain.
Interlude
Verse 2
(Guitar 1 plays the fig, guitar 2 like verse 1)
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From the time she could read
She could see that there was urgency,
No debate, just a spate of ignorance
In a splintering community.
(Fill2)
She could never meet their expectations,
(Fill2)
Then she came to symbolize the nation.
Chorus
She's the queen of the 21st century,
Just a shred of what her parents thought a little girl should be:
Steeped in spite, coddled in fear, drenched in novelty,
But masterful at sensual technology.
Interlude
Bridge
She's the queen!
She's the queen, no rules in her empire.
She's the queen, just libido and desire.
She's the lean, mean, fighting machine,
The stuff of modern media lore
And she always knows the score.
Solo
(I'm not very sure if i'ts right)
(When the solo's wrong, than figure by yourself)
Chorus
She's the queen of the 21st century,
Just a ghost of what her parents thought a little girl should be:
Fallen star, black and blue,
Broken hearts, wasted youth,
Rusted cars, twisted roots,
Mental scars, the ugly truth.
Interlude
Outro
(Play the interlude riff 3 times)
She's the queen of the 21st century
She's the queen of the 21st century
And she's a modern-day polemic,
A walking controversy.
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She's the queen of the 21st century
She's the queen of the 21st century
(Slow down until the end)
She's the queen of the 21st century
She's the queen!
THE END