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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-B-G-D-A-E
Em/B 0-0-0-2-2-x
Em7/B 0-3-0-2-2-x
C7/B 0-1-0-2-1-x
C/E 0-1-0-2-3-0
F/G 1-1-2-3-x-3
G6 0-0-0-0-x-3
G x-3-0-0-x-3
G/F 3-3-0-0-x-1
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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 | % |
C G6 G
A penny in your pocket,
[Am] A suitcase in your [Em]hand,[C7/B]
[F] They won't get you [C/E]very far,
Dm F/G G6 G
Now you're a twenty-first century man
C G6 G
Fly across the city,
[Am] Far above the [Em]land,[C7/B]
[F] You can do most [C/E]anything,
You're a [Dm]twenty-first century [B]man[B/A][B/Ab]
[G] Though you [G/F]ride on the [C/E]wheels of [F]tomorrow,[Dm][Am]
[G] You still [G/F]wander the [C/E]fields of your [F]sorrow - what will it [Fm]bring?
C G6 G
One day you're a hero,
[Am] The next day you're a [Em]clown,[C7/B]
[F] There's nothing that is [C/E]in between,
Dm F/G G6 G
Now you're a twenty-first century man
C G6 G
You should be so happy,
[Am] You should be so [Em]glad,[C7/B]
[F] So why are you so [C/E]lonely,
You're a [Dm]twenty-first century [B]man[B/A][B/Ab]
[G] You stepped [G/F]out of a dream be[C/E]lieving everyt[F]hing was gone,
[G] Return with [G/F]what you've learned they'll [C/E]kiss the ground you [F]walk upon.[Fm]
SOLO
| C | G6 G | Am | Em C7/B | F | C/E |
Dm F/G G6 G
Twenty-first century man
C G6 G
Things aren't how you thought they were,
[Am] Nothing have you [Em]planned[C7/B],
[F] So pick up your penny and your [C/E]suitcase,
You're not a [Dm]twenty-first century [B]man.[B/A][B/Ab]
[G] Though you [G/F]ride on the [C/E]wheels of [F]tomorrow,[Dm][Am]
[G] You still [G/F]wander the [C/E]fields of your [F]sorrow - to[Fm]morrow
Twenty-first century [C]man (m[Dm]aaaaan[Em])
[F]Twenty-first century [C]man (m[Dm]aaaaan[Em])[F]
[(maaaaan)]
[F]Twenty-first century [C]man (m[Dm]aaaaan[Em])[F]
[(FADE)]
