21 chords by Samia

Chords with lyrics (Ver. 2)

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Key: A augmentedA

Difficulty: Intermediate

Intro:
A augmentedA D MajorD A augmentedA Amaj7Amaj7

Verse 1:
A augmentedA Amaj7Amaj7    A augmentedA
I do remember learning
A augmentedA      D MajorD     A augmentedA
It came and went real fast
    F# minorF#m      D MajorD
But I'm wasted now on confidence
  A augmentedA     Amaj7Amaj7    A augmentedA         D MajorD    A augmentedA
I'm busy, I'm hesitant to spend my precious time in class

Verse 2:
A augmentedA    Amaj         A augmentedA
I run a hamster wheel called Gamut
A augmentedA       D MajorD      A augmentedA
Wonder what my old friends think
    F# minorF#m       D MajorD        A augmentedA        Amaj7Amaj7
They're swimming in the koi pond at the mall and yelling through the glass
   A augmentedA      D MajorD   A augmentedA
"You are an opportunist dick"

Refrain:
F# minorF#m         A augmentedA  Amaj7Amaj7
I'm alive and I'm on fire
A augmentedA  D MajorD   A augmentedA
I'll have a cider
D MajorD      A augmentedA   Amaj7Amaj7
I will speak for my generation
D MajorD     A augmentedA Amaj7Amaj7
Famous by association
D MajorD  A augmentedA  D MajorD  A augmentedA Amaj7Amaj7 F# minorF#m
I'm 21, I'm 21

A augmentedA D MajorD A augmentedA Amaj7Amaj7

Verse 3:
A augmentedA     Amaj7Amaj7        A augmentedA
I weigh a hundred and fucking something pounds
A augmentedA       D MajorD   A augmentedA
That makes me almost good
   F# minorF#m     D MajorD
It is nice to be a hero
     A augmentedA      Amaj7Amaj7     A augmentedA      D MajorD     A augmentedA
But it's better to be anything that anyone could want in a woman

Verse 4:
A augmentedA       Amaj7Amaj7      A augmentedA
My Sittoo's is watching me and laughing
A augmentedA        D MajorD    A augmentedA
Slumly, you're a grown-up now
     F# minorF#m      D MajorD
You don't have to be an ingenue
  A augmentedA        Amaj7Amaj7
And there is nothing wrong with you
  A augmentedA           D MajorD   A augmentedA
As long as you make your family proud

Refrain:
F# minorF#m         A augmentedA  Amaj7Amaj7
You're alive and you're on fire
A augmentedA    D MajorD   A augmentedA
Why are you so tired
D MajorD  A augmentedA Amaj7Amaj7 F# minorF#m
You're 21,
D MajorD   A augmentedA
you're 21
D MajorD  A augmentedA   Amaj7Amaj7  F# minorF#m D MajorD  A augmentedA Amaj7Amaj7 F# minorF#m
Can you believe it huh, you're 21

Bridge:
D MajorD      A augmentedA   Amaj7Amaj7  D MajorD
Salt of the earth, vinegar, piss
D MajorD     A augmentedA    Amaj7Amaj7 D MajorD
Pillar to post insisting this
D MajorD       A augmentedA      Amaj7Amaj7
Man, I can be here and not of it
D MajorD  A augmentedA Amaj7Amaj7 F# minorF#m
I'm 21

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