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This Is The 21St Century

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Marillion are a rock band formed in Aylesbury, England . Their 30-year career is marked by two distinctive phases; the early years fronted by Fish which saw their greatest commercial success, and much longer period fronted by Steve Hogarth in which the band have constantly re-invented themselves so as to continue to be relevant into the 21st century.

The Fish era is often categorized as neo-progressive. They originally started as "Silmarillion"

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Artist - Marillion
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Song - This Is The 21st Century (Acoustic)
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Album - This Is Less
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Tabbed By - Ayreon77
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INTRO - Am Dm Am X2
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VERSE 1
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Dm
A wise man once said
C
A flower is only
F
A sexual organ
G
Beauty is cruelty
Am
And evolution
G
A wise man once said
Dm G F G
that everything could be explained with mathematics
Dm
He had denied
F
His feminine side
G F
Now where is the wisdom in that

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Bridge
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Am E
I came just as fast as I could
Am
Through the dirty air
Dm
Of your neighbourhood
Am E
Your name on a grain of rice
F
Hangin' around my neck

And a head like lead

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Chorus
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G F
This is the 21st century
Dm Am
I heard everything they said
G F
The Universe demystified
Dm Am
Chemicals for God
G F Dm Am
This is the 21st century

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VERSE 2
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Dm
A wise man once wrote
C
That love is only
F
Primal instinct
G
For reproduction
Am
Natural selection
G
A wise man once said
Dm C
That everything could be explained
Am F
And it's all in the brain

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Chorus
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G F
This is the 21st century
Dm Am
I heard everything you said
G F
The universe demystified
Dm Am
Astronomy instead
G F
This is the 21st century
Dm Am
Can't you get it through your head
G F
This aint the way it was meant to be
Dm Am
Magic isn't dead
G F
Come to bed
Dm Am
Come to rest

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Bridge
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E
Am E
And rest your heavy head my love.

(Am E Am Dm E Dm)

Am E
And slowly, from above
C Dm E
She showed the answer's something that can't be written down

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Chorus
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G F
This is the 21st century
Dm Am
Splash to crash and burn
G F
But nobody's gonna give you anything
Dm Am
For nothing in return
G F
There's a man up in a mirrored building
Dm Am
And he just bought the world
G
Would you want
F
Your own kids
Dm
Growing up
Am
Into what's left of this
G F
She shook her head
Dm Am
She said "Can't you see
G F
The world is you
Dm Am
The world is me.

Nice easy Acoustic song to play too. Enjoy...........