Century Girl

Em
I'm gonna have to introduce myself
Em                                
I've got no record company 
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produced myself oh, oh
Em
I've been the drummer and I played 
the bass
Em                                
Now I'm up the front with my 
                  D
pretty little face oh, oh
Em
Kept it together through the leaner 
years
Em                                
I sang Stormy Weather through the 
                 D
meaner years oh, oh
Em
I've been the sucker of the century
D               A                
Now I'm the fucker I was meant to
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 be oh, oh

Em
Born at the turn of the century
Em                                
I landed on the beaches of 
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Gallipoli oh, oh
Em
I stood tall while Wall Street 
crashed
Em                                
But I never ever had a lot of cash
    D
 oh, oh
Em
Fought in the trenches of the second
 war
Em                       
I landed with MacArthur at 
               D
Corregidor oh, oh
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Em
My arse got burned when Saigon fell
Em                             
Re-education was another kind of 
         D
hell oh, oh

(chorus)
G          Em
Century girl I'm checking out
C
Is there much left for us to talk 
about?
G                 Em
I'll call back in from planet Earth
C                               
The self same child I was upon my 
   G
birth

Em
And I've been a sailor of the seven 
seas
Em                                
I was a hippy in the seventies oh, 
D
oh
Em
I shot the sheriff and I fought the 
law
Em                                
I've been the hooker to the whore 
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you know oh, oh
Em
And I've been a catholic and I been 
Zen
D                                 
I've been the Buddhist since 
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Christ knows when oh, oh
Em
I've been to Babylon, I've been to 
Rome
Em                                
Been travelling but now I'm home 
      D
oh, oh

(chorus)
G          Em
Century girl I'm checking out
C
Is there much left for us to talk 
about?
G                 Em
I'll call back in from planet Earth
C                                 
The self same child I was upon my 
  G
birth

(verse 4)
Em
I've seen a bucket load of shit go 
down
Em                                
I've been the president, I've been
              D
 the clown oh, oh
Em
I've seen a bucket of futility
Em                                
Don't need to demonstrate virility
      D
 oh, oh
Em
Still I ain't bitter and I ain't 
green
D                              
And I'm feeling fitter than I've 
                  A
ever been oh, oh
Em
I've been the sucker of the century
D                                 
Now I'm the fucker I was meant to 
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be oh, oh.