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                21st Century Man - Electric Light Orchestra
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Written by: Jeff Lynne
From: "Time" (1981)

Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard

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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)