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21st Century Man - Electric Light Orchestra
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Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
Electric Light Orchestra
21st Century Man (1981)
(Lynne)
From: "Time"
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CHORDS
E-A-D-G-B-e
G6 3-x-0-0-0-0
G * 3-x-0-0-3-x
C7/Bb x-1-2-0-1-0
C/E 0-3-2-0-1-0
Bb x-1-3-3-3-x
Bb/A x-0-3-3-3-x
Bb/Ab 4-x-3-3-3-x
F/G 3-x-3-2-1-1
G/F 1-x-0-0-3-3
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Chromatic Link
e|----------------|
B|----------------|
G|----------------|
D|----------------|
A|--------1-2-3-4-|
E|2-3-4-5---------|
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INTRO
| C | % |
VERSE
C G6 G *
A penny in your pocket,
Am Em C7/Bb
A suitcase in your hand,
F C/E
They won't get you very far,
Dm F/G G6 G *
Now you're a twenty-first century man
VERSE
C G6 G *
Fly across the city,
Am Em C7/Bb
Far above the land,
F C/E
You can do most anything,
Dm Bb Bb/A Bb/Ab
You're a twenty-first century man
MIDDLE 8
G G/F C/E F Dm Am
Though you ride on the wheels of tomorrow,
G G/F C/E F Fm
You still wander the fields of your sorrow - what will it bring?
VERSE
C G6 G *
One day you're a hero,
Am Em C7/Bb
The next day you're a clown,
F C/E
There's nothing that is in between,
Dm F/G G6 G *
Now you're a twenty-first century man
VERSE
C G6 G *
You should be so happy,
Am Em C7/Bb
You should be so glad,
F C/E
So why are you so lonely,
Dm Bb Bb/A Bb/Ab
You're a twenty-first century man
MIDDLE 8 (variation)
G G/F C/E F
You stepped out of a dream believing everything was gone,
G G/F C/E F Fm
Return with what you've learned they'll kiss the ground you walk upon.
SOLO
| C | G6 G * | Am | Em C7/Bb | F | C/E |
Dm F/G G6 G *
Twenty-first century man
VERSE
C G6 G *
Things aren't how you thought they were,
Am Em C7/Bb
Nothing have you planned,
F C/E
So pick up your penny and your suitcase,
Dm Bb Bb/A Bb/Ab
You're not a twenty-first century man.
MIDDLE 8
G G/F C/E F Dm Am
Though you ride on the wheels of tomorrow,
G G/F C/E F Fm
You still wander the fields of your sorrow - tomorrow
OUTRO
C Dm Em
Twenty-first century man [maaaaan]
F C Dm Em F
Twenty-first century man [maaaaan]
C Dm Em
[maaaaan]
F C Dm Em F
Twenty-first century man [maaaaan]
[FADE]
