21st century
man
C
Em - Am Em - C7
1. A penny in your pocket, a suitcase in your hand,
F
C
they won't get you very far,
Dm Dm - G
now you're a twenty-first
century man.
C Em
- Am Em - C7
Fly across the city, rise above the land,
F C
you can do most anything,
Dm Bb
while you're
a twenty-first century man.
G
G7 C F
- F - Am - G
Though you ride on the wheels
of tomorrow,
G7 C
F
Fm
you still wander the fields of
your sorrow, what will it bring?
C Em -
Am Em - C7
2. One day you're a hero, the next day you're a clown,
F C
there's nothing that is in
between,
Dm Dm - G
now you're a twenty-first
century man.
C Em -
Am Em - C7
You should be so happy, you should be so glad,
F
C
so why are you so lonely,
Dm Bb
you twenty-first
century man.
G
G7 C F
- F- Am- G
You stepped out of a dream
believing everything was gone,
G7
return with what you've
learned,
C
F - Fm
they'll kiss the ground you walk upon.
3. C - Em - Am - Em - C7 - F - C -
Dm - G
C
Em - Am
Things ain’t
how you thought they were,
Em - C7
nothing have you planned,
F C
so pick up your penny and your
suitcase,
Dm Bb
you're not a twenty-first
century man.
G
G7 C F - F - Am - G
Though you ride on the wheels
of tomorrow,
G7 C F Fm
you still wander the fields of
your sorrow, tomorrow.
C - Dm - Em
Twenty-first
century man.
F C -
Dm - Em
Twenty-first
century man.
F C - Dm - Em
Twenty-first century man…..
(Electric Light Orchestra)