Chords for Electric Light Orchestra - 21st Century Man (Audio)
Tempo:
77.275 bpm
Chords used:
C
F
G
Em
Dm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[C]
A penny in [G] your pocket,
[Am] suitcase in [Em] your hand, [C]
[F] they won't get [C] you very far.
Now [F] you're a 21st [C] century [F] master [G] [F]
[C] [G] city.
[Am] Rise above [Em] the land, [E] [A]
[F] you can do [C] most anything.
Now you're [F] a 21st century [Bb] [Dm] man.
[Ab]
[G] Though you ride on [C] the wheels [F] of tomorrow,
[Dm] [Am] [G] you're still under [C] the wheels [F] of your sorrow.
One [Fm] day
[C] [Em] you're a hero,
[Am] next day [Em] you're a clown.
[E]
[F] There's nothing that [C] is in between.
Now [F] you're a 21st century man.
[G] [F]
[C] You should be [Em] so happy,
[Am] you should be [Em] so glad.
[E]
[F] So why are you [C] so lonely, [F] you 21st century [Bb] man?
[Dm] [Ab]
[G] You stepped out of a dream, [C] believing [F] everything was gone.
[G] Return with what you [C] learned, if it's the ground [F] you walk upon.
[Fm] [C]
[Em]
[Am] [Em] [E]
[F] [C]
[F] Things [G] ain't [F]
[C] how [Em] you thought they were,
[Am] nothing have [Em] you planned.
[E] So [F] pick up your penny [C] and your suitcase, you're [F] not a 21st century [Bb] man.
[Dm] [D]
[G] Though [F] you ride on [C] the wheels [F] of tomorrow,
[Dm] [Am] [G] you're still under [C] the wheels [F] of your sorrow.
[Fm] Tomorrow, 21st [C] century man.
[Dm] [C] [F] [C] [Dm] [C] [F]
[C] [Dm] [C] [F]
[C] [Dm] [C] [G] [Dm]
[F] [C] [G]
A penny in [G] your pocket,
[Am] suitcase in [Em] your hand, [C]
[F] they won't get [C] you very far.
Now [F] you're a 21st [C] century [F] master [G] [F]
[C] [G] city.
[Am] Rise above [Em] the land, [E] [A]
[F] you can do [C] most anything.
Now you're [F] a 21st century [Bb] [Dm] man.
[Ab]
[G] Though you ride on [C] the wheels [F] of tomorrow,
[Dm] [Am] [G] you're still under [C] the wheels [F] of your sorrow.
One [Fm] day
[C] [Em] you're a hero,
[Am] next day [Em] you're a clown.
[E]
[F] There's nothing that [C] is in between.
Now [F] you're a 21st century man.
[G] [F]
[C] You should be [Em] so happy,
[Am] you should be [Em] so glad.
[E]
[F] So why are you [C] so lonely, [F] you 21st century [Bb] man?
[Dm] [Ab]
[G] You stepped out of a dream, [C] believing [F] everything was gone.
[G] Return with what you [C] learned, if it's the ground [F] you walk upon.
[Fm] [C]
[Em]
[Am] [Em] [E]
[F] [C]
[F] Things [G] ain't [F]
[C] how [Em] you thought they were,
[Am] nothing have [Em] you planned.
[E] So [F] pick up your penny [C] and your suitcase, you're [F] not a 21st century [Bb] man.
[Dm] [D]
[G] Though [F] you ride on [C] the wheels [F] of tomorrow,
[Dm] [Am] [G] you're still under [C] the wheels [F] of your sorrow.
[Fm] Tomorrow, 21st [C] century man.
[Dm] [C] [F] [C] [Dm] [C] [F]
[C] [Dm] [C] [F]
[C] [Dm] [C] [G] [Dm]
[F] [C] [G]
Key:
C
F
G
Em
Dm
C
F
G
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ A penny in [G] your pocket, _ _
[Am] _ _ suitcase in [Em] your hand, [C] _ _
[F] _ they won't get [C] you very far.
Now [F] you're a 21st [C] century [F] master _ [G] _ [F] _
[C] _ _ _ _ [G] city. _ _
[Am] _ Rise above [Em] the land, [E] _ [A] _
[F] _ you can do [C] most anything.
Now you're [F] a 21st century [Bb] [Dm] man.
_ [Ab] _
[G] Though you ride on [C] the wheels [F] of tomorrow,
[Dm] _ [Am] _ [G] you're still under [C] the wheels [F] of your sorrow.
One [Fm] _ day _
[C] _ _ _ [Em] you're a hero, _ _ _
[Am] _ next day [Em] you're a clown.
[E] _ _
[F] _ There's nothing that [C] is in between.
Now [F] you're a 21st century man.
_ [G] _ [F] _
[C] _ You should be [Em] so happy, _ _
[Am] _ you should be [Em] so glad.
[E] _ _
[F] _ So why are you [C] so lonely, _ [F] you 21st century [Bb] man?
[Dm] _ [Ab] _
[G] You stepped out of a dream, [C] believing [F] everything was gone.
_ [G] Return with what you [C] learned, if it's the ground [F] you walk upon.
_ [Fm] _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ [E] _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[F] _ Things _ _ [G] ain't [F] _
[C] _ _ how [Em] you thought they were, _
[Am] _ _ nothing have [Em] you planned.
[E] So [F] _ pick up your penny [C] and your suitcase, you're [F] not a 21st century [Bb] man.
[Dm] _ [D] _
[G] Though [F] you ride on [C] the wheels [F] of tomorrow,
[Dm] _ [Am] _ [G] you're still under [C] the wheels [F] of your sorrow.
_ [Fm] Tomorrow, 21st [C] century man.
_ [Dm] _ _ [C] _ _ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [C] _ _ [F] _ _
[C] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [C] _ _ [F] _ _
[C] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [C] _ [G] _ _ [Dm] _
_ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ A penny in [G] your pocket, _ _
[Am] _ _ suitcase in [Em] your hand, [C] _ _
[F] _ they won't get [C] you very far.
Now [F] you're a 21st [C] century [F] master _ [G] _ [F] _
[C] _ _ _ _ [G] city. _ _
[Am] _ Rise above [Em] the land, [E] _ [A] _
[F] _ you can do [C] most anything.
Now you're [F] a 21st century [Bb] [Dm] man.
_ [Ab] _
[G] Though you ride on [C] the wheels [F] of tomorrow,
[Dm] _ [Am] _ [G] you're still under [C] the wheels [F] of your sorrow.
One [Fm] _ day _
[C] _ _ _ [Em] you're a hero, _ _ _
[Am] _ next day [Em] you're a clown.
[E] _ _
[F] _ There's nothing that [C] is in between.
Now [F] you're a 21st century man.
_ [G] _ [F] _
[C] _ You should be [Em] so happy, _ _
[Am] _ you should be [Em] so glad.
[E] _ _
[F] _ So why are you [C] so lonely, _ [F] you 21st century [Bb] man?
[Dm] _ [Ab] _
[G] You stepped out of a dream, [C] believing [F] everything was gone.
_ [G] Return with what you [C] learned, if it's the ground [F] you walk upon.
_ [Fm] _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ [E] _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[F] _ Things _ _ [G] ain't [F] _
[C] _ _ how [Em] you thought they were, _
[Am] _ _ nothing have [Em] you planned.
[E] So [F] _ pick up your penny [C] and your suitcase, you're [F] not a 21st century [Bb] man.
[Dm] _ [D] _
[G] Though [F] you ride on [C] the wheels [F] of tomorrow,
[Dm] _ [Am] _ [G] you're still under [C] the wheels [F] of your sorrow.
_ [Fm] Tomorrow, 21st [C] century man.
_ [Dm] _ _ [C] _ _ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [C] _ _ [F] _ _
[C] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [C] _ _ [F] _ _
[C] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [C] _ [G] _ _ [Dm] _
_ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ _