🎸 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