Capo
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Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)
Intro:
C G D Em
Verse 1:
C
People on the airwaves always preach who I should be
G
How to dress
How to talk
"Baby" how to breathe
C
Wicked artist use their limber fingers
G
To paint pictures of what young girls are to aspire to be
C
I'm not alive if I'm not on illegal weed
G
I'm not in love without a man sitting next to me
C
Someone tell me if this is all an illusion
G
Or if I'm just a cog in the...
D
21st Century machine
Chorus:
C
It's the place to be...
G
In the 21st Century Machine
C G
Shelf light and live precariously
Verse 2:
C
Sipping on rosè is your best solution
Down it all till your stumbling with
G
past confusion......Then
C
Wake up and do it all over again
You only live once, Friday nights
G D
your only friend
And you shouldn't
C G
worry.....About your weight
C
And trust me when you're not looking
G
they'll all still say you look great
D C
Oh they'll still say you look great
Bridge:
(strum on beat)
G Em G
I'm in peril, they wanna give me hell
Em G
They look at me with hungry eyes as I'm another Infidel
Em
But oh they like me
G
That's why they wish me well
Em G D
That's why they pull me gently as I'm trapped inside their meld
Chorus:
D
21st Century machine
C
It's the place to be...
G
In the 21st Century Machine
C
Shelf light and live precariously
Ending:
And if you saw me right now
Would you still remember me?
Song History
Last Updated: September 10, 2025