21 chords by Samia (Ver. 2)

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: A

Difficulty: Intermediate

Intro:
A D A Amaj7

Verse 1:
A Amaj7       A
I do remember learning
A           D         A
It came and went real fast
        F#m           D
But I'm wasted now on confidence
    A         Amaj7       A                 D       A
I'm busy, I'm hesitant to spend my precious time in class

Verse 2:
A       Amaj                 A
I run a hamster wheel called Gamut
A              D           A
Wonder what my old friends think
        F#m             D               A                Amaj7
They're swimming in the koi pond at the mall and yelling through the glass
     A           D      A
"You are an opportunist dick"

Refrain:
F#m                  A    Amaj7
I'm alive and I'm on fire
A    D      A
I'll have a cider
D            A      Amaj7
I will speak for my generation
D         A  Amaj7
Famous by association
D   A   D   A  Amaj7 F#m
I'm 21, I'm 21

A D A Amaj7

Verse 3:
A         Amaj7                A
I weigh a hundred and fucking something pounds
A             D      A
That makes me almost good
      F#m          D
It is nice to be a hero
         A            Amaj7         A            D         A
But it's better to be anything that anyone could want in a woman

Verse 4:
A              Amaj7           A
My Sittoo's is watching me and laughing
A                D        A
Slumly, you're a grown-up now
          F#m           D
You don't have to be an ingenue
    A                Amaj7
And there is nothing wrong with you
   A                     D      A
As long as you make your family proud

Refrain:
F#m                  A    Amaj7
You're alive and you're on fire
A       D      A
Why are you so tired
D   A  Amaj7 F#m
You're 21,
D      A
you're 21
D   A      Amaj7   F#m  D   A  Amaj7 F#m
Can you believe it huh, you're 21

Bridge:
D           A      Amaj7    D
Salt of the earth, vinegar, piss
D         A       Amaj7  D
Pillar to post insisting this
D             A            Amaj7
Man, I can be here and not of it
D   A  Amaj7 F#m
I'm 21