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Queen Of The 21st Century

Bad Religion
Version1
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Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
{tuning: Standard (EADGBE)}
e|---|----|---|---|
B|---|----|---|---|
G|-7-|-10-|-5-|---|
D|-7-|-10-|-5-|-5-|
A|-5-|--8-|-3-|-5-|
E|---|----|---|-3-|{eot}
{section: Intro}
(Palm muted)
{sot}Fill1: (Guitar 1)
e|-----------------|
B|-----------------|
G|-----------------|
D|-----------------|
A|-7-5---------7-5-|
E|-----7-5-7/9-----|{eot}
{section: Verse 1}
She was all draped in macrame.
In a church that tried to show the way.
(Guitar 2 plays open chords)
{sot}Fill2: (Guitar 2)
e|-----------------|
B|-----------------|
G|-----------------|
D|-5-----------5---|
A|-5-------5-7-----|
E|-3---------------|{eot}
(Fill1 and Fill2 are in the same bar)
She was taught to never ask for more,
They had no idea of what she had in store.
{section: Chorus}
(Guitar 1 and 2 plays open chords)
{section: Interlude}
{sot}e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|{eot}
{sot}B|-15b17-----------|-13~-------------|-13--------------|-----------------|
G|-----------------|---------12------|---------14--12--|-----------------|
D|---------14b16---|-----------------|-----------------|-12~---------12\-|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|{eot}
{section: Verse 2}
(Guitar 1 plays the fig, guitar 2 like verse 1)
{sot}[Fig]
e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G|---------7-7-----|---------1010----|---------5-5-----|-----------------|
D|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-1010101010101010|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|---------5-5-----|
A|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-| 4x{eot}
|--P.M.-| |-----P.M.----| |-----P.M.----| |-----P.M.----| P.M.
She could never meet their expectations,
Then she came to symbolize the nation.
{section: Chorus}
{section: Interlude}
{sot}(Play 2x)
e|-------------------------|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|-------------------------|
G|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-|
D|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-|
A|-------------------------|-------------------------|
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|{eot}
e|-------------------------|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|-------------------------|
G|--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-|-------------------------|
D|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-|
A|-------------------------|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|{eot}
{section: Bridge}
{section: Solo}
(I'm not very sure if i'ts right)
(When the solo's wrong, than figure by yourself)
e|-------------------------|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|-------------------------|{eot}
{sot}G|-14-14-14-14b16b14~~-----|-11-11-11-11b13b11-------|
D|-15-15-15-15----15~~-----|-12-12-12-12----12-------|
A|-------------------------|-------------------------|
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|{eot}
e|----------------------------|-----------------------------|
B|----------------------------|-----------------------------|
G|-12-10b12-13----------------|-----------------------------|
D|-------------12~~--------10-|-----------------------------|
A|-------------------10-12----|-12-10-8-10b12-8-------------|
E|----------------------------|-----------------12b14-12-10-|{eot}
e|-----------------------|-------------------------|
B|-----------------------|-------------------------|
G|-----------------------|-14----------------------|
D|--------------------12-|----12-10-10~~-----------|
A|------------14--12-----|-------------------------|
E|-10--12--14------------|-------------------------|{eot}
e|-------------------------|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|-------------------------|
G|-------------------------|-------------------------|{eot}
{sot}D|----16///14///12///10///_|_14----------------------|
A|-14----------------------|----14///12///10///9///--|
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|{eot}
{section: Chorus}
{section: Interlude}
{sot}(Play 4x)
e|-------------------------|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|-------------------------|
G|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-|
D|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-|
A|-------------------------|-------------------------|
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|{eot}
e|-------------------------|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|-------------------------|
G|--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-|-------------------------|
D|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-|
A|-------------------------|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|{eot}
{section: Outro}
(Play the interlude riff 3 times)
{sot}(Play this riff 3x)
e|-----------------------|-------------------------|
B|-----------------------|-------------------------|
G|-----------------------|-------------------------|
D|-----------------------|-12-14~~-----14-14-14-14-|
A|-10--12--14-10--12--14-|-------------------------|
E|-----------------------|-------------------------|{eot}
e|-------------------------|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|-------------------------|
G|-------------------------|-------------------------|
D|-------------------------|-------------------------|{eot}
A|-15-15-15-15-14-14-14-14-|-12~~--------------------|
{sot}E|-------------------------|-------------------------|{eot}
(Slow down until the end)
THE END

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Arrangement source for Queen Of The 21st Century by Bad Religion

{tuning: Standard (EADGBE)}
{sot}   [D5]  [F5]   [C5]  [G5]
e|---|----|---|---|
B|---|----|---|---|
G|-7-|-10-|-5-|---|
D|-7-|-10-|-5-|-5-|
A|-5-|--8-|-3-|-5-|
E|---|----|---|-3-|{eot}

{section: Intro}
(Palm muted)

[D5] [F5] [C5] [G5] (Fill1)

{sot}Fill1: (Guitar 1)
e|-----------------|
B|-----------------|
G|-----------------|
D|-----------------|
A|-7-5---------7-5-|
E|-----7-5-7/9-----|{eot}

{section: Verse 1}
From the [D5]time she could [F5]crawl

        [C5]            [G5] (Fill1)
She was all draped in macrame.

She was [D5]preened and re[F5]deemed

     [C5]                   [G5] (Fill1)
In a church that tried to show the way.

(Guitar 2 plays open chords)

{sot}Fill2: (Guitar 2)
   [G5]
e|-----------------|
B|-----------------|
G|-----------------|
D|-5-----------5---|
A|-5-------5-7-----|
E|-3---------------|{eot}

(Fill1 and Fill2 are in the same bar)

[D5]                [F5]            [C5]     [G5] (Fill1) (Fill2)
She was taught to never ask for more,

[D5]           [F5]              [C5]     [G5] (Fill1) (Fill2)
They had no idea of what she had in store.

{section: Chorus}
(Guitar 1 and 2 plays open chords)

She's the [D5]queen of the [F5]21st [C5]centur[G5]y,

Just a [D5]ghost of what her [F5]parents thought a [C5]little girl should [G5]be:

Analog [D5]heart, analog [F5]nerves, analog [C5]brain, [G5]

But a [D5]fixture of the [F5]digital do[C5]main.  [G5]

{section: Interlude}
   [D5]                [F5]                [C5]                [G5]
{sot}e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|{eot}
{sot}B|-15b17-----------|-13~-------------|-13--------------|-----------------|
G|-----------------|---------12------|---------14--12--|-----------------|
D|---------14b16---|-----------------|-----------------|-12~---------12\-|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|{eot}

{section: Verse 2}
(Guitar 1 plays the fig, guitar 2 like verse 1)

{sot}[Fig]
   [D5]                [F5]                [C5]                [G5]
e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G|---------7-7-----|---------1010----|---------5-5-----|-----------------|
D|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-1010101010101010|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|---------5-5-----|
A|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-| 4x{eot}
  |--P.M.-|   |-----P.M.----|   |-----P.M.----|   |-----P.M.----|    P.M.

From the [D5]time she could [F5]read

She could [C5]see that there was ur[G5]gency,

No de[D5]bate, just a [F5]spate of igno[C5]rance

In a splintering com[G5]munity.

[D5]              [F5]              [C5]  [G5] (Fill2)
She could never meet their expectations,

[D5]               [F5]            [C5]  [G5] (Fill2)
Then she came to symbolize the nation.

{section: Chorus}
She's the [D5]queen of the [F5]21st [C5]centur[G5]y,

Just a [D5]shred of what her [F5]parents thought a [C5]little girl should [G5]be:

Steeped in [D5]spite, coddled in [F5]fear, drenched in [C5]novel[G5]ty,

But [D5]masterful at [F5]sensual tech[C5]nolog[G5]y.

{section: Interlude}
{sot}(Play 2x)
   [D5]                        [F5]
e|-------------------------|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|-------------------------|
G|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-|
D|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-|
A|-------------------------|-------------------------|
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|{eot}

{sot}   [C5]                        [G5]
e|-------------------------|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|-------------------------|
G|--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-|-------------------------|
D|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-|
A|-------------------------|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|{eot}

{section: Bridge}
She's the [D5]queen![G5]     [D5]           [C5]

She's the [D5]queen,[G5] no [D5]rules in her em[C5]pire.

She's the [D5]queen,[G5] just li[D5]bido and de[C5]sire.

She's the [D5]lean, mean, [G5]fighting machine,

The [D5]stuff of modern media [C5]lore

And she [D5]always [C5]knows the [F5]score.

{section: Solo}
(I'm not very sure if i'ts right)

(When the solo's wrong, than figure by yourself)

{sot}   [D5]                        [F5]
e|-------------------------|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|-------------------------|{eot}
{sot}G|-14-14-14-14b16b14~~-----|-11-11-11-11b13b11-------|
D|-15-15-15-15----15~~-----|-12-12-12-12----12-------|
A|-------------------------|-------------------------|
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|{eot}

{sot}   [C5]                           [G5]
e|----------------------------|-----------------------------|
B|----------------------------|-----------------------------|
G|-12-10b12-13----------------|-----------------------------|
D|-------------12~~--------10-|-----------------------------|
A|-------------------10-12----|-12-10-8-10b12-8-------------|
E|----------------------------|-----------------12b14-12-10-|{eot}

{sot}   [D5]                        [F5]
e|-----------------------|-------------------------|
B|-----------------------|-------------------------|
G|-----------------------|-14----------------------|
D|--------------------12-|----12-10-10~~-----------|
A|------------14--12-----|-------------------------|
E|-10--12--14------------|-------------------------|{eot}

{sot}   [C5]                        [G5]
e|-------------------------|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|-------------------------|
G|-------------------------|-------------------------|{eot}
{sot}D|----16///14///12///10///_|_14----------------------|
A|-14----------------------|----14///12///10///9///--|
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|{eot}

{section: Chorus}
She's the [D5]queen of the [F5]21st [C5]centu[G5]ry,

Just a [D5]ghost of what her [F5]parents thought a [C5]little girl should [G5]be:

Fallen [D5]star, black and [F5]blue,

Broken [C5]hearts, wasted [G5]youth,

Rusted [D5]cars, twisted [F5]roots,

Mental [C5]scars, the ugly [G5]truth.

{section: Interlude}
{sot}(Play 4x)
   [D5]                        [F5]
e|-------------------------|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|-------------------------|
G|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-|
D|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-|
A|-------------------------|-------------------------|
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|{eot}

{sot}   [C5]                        [G5]
e|-------------------------|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|-------------------------|
G|--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-|-------------------------|
D|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-|
A|-------------------------|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|{eot}

{section: Outro}
(Play the interlude riff 3 times)

She's the [D5]queen of the [F5]21st [C5]centu[G5]ry

She's the [D5]queen of the [F5]21st [C5]centu[G5]ry

And she's a [D5]modern-day pole[F5]mic,

A walking [C5]controver[G5]sy.

{sot}(Play this riff 3x)
   [D5]                      [F5]
e|-----------------------|-------------------------|
B|-----------------------|-------------------------|
G|-----------------------|-------------------------|
D|-----------------------|-12-14~~-----14-14-14-14-|
A|-10--12--14-10--12--14-|-------------------------|
E|-----------------------|-------------------------|{eot}

{sot}   [C5]                        [G5]
e|-------------------------|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|-------------------------|
G|-------------------------|-------------------------|
D|-------------------------|-------------------------|{eot}
A|-15-15-15-15-14-14-14-14-|-12~~--------------------|
{sot}E|-------------------------|-------------------------|{eot}

She's the [D5]queen of the [F5]21st [C5]centu[G5]ry

She's the [D5]queen of the [F5]21st [C5]centu[G5]ry

(Slow down until the end)

She's the [D5]queen of the [F5]21st [C5]centu[G5]ry

She's the [D5]queen!

THE END

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