Key: C minor
Intro 1
(Oh-ah, hey-ey)
(Oh-ah, hey-ey)
(Oh-ah, hey-ey)
(Hey-ey-ey...)
I'm living in that 21st century,
doing something mean to it/ Do it better than anybody you ever seen do it
Abmaj7
Screams from the haters got a nice ring to it
need his theme music
Chorus 1
Ebmaj7
Bb
The clock’s ticking, I just count the hours
Fm7
Stop tripping, I'm tripping off the power
Verse 1
Cm
The system broken, the school's closed, the prison's open
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D|-10------------------------------8--|
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1 2 3 4
Ebmaj7
Bb
We ain't got nothing to lose, motherfucker, we roll
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D|-------------------------------8--|
A|-10------------------------8-10---|
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1 2 3 4
Fm7
in' Huh? Motherfucker, we roll
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G|-----------------------------8-10-|
D|-10------(10)--------------10-----|
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1 2 3 4
Cm
G7
in' With some light-skinned girls and some Kelly Row
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G|-10-------------------------------|
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1 2 3 4
In this white man world,
So goodnight, cruel world,
Bb
Abmaj7
I'll see you in the morn ing
This is way too much, I need a moment
Chorus 2
Ebmaj7
Bb
The clock’s ticking, I just count the hours
Fm7
Stop tripping, I'm tripping off the power
Cm
G7
'Til then, fuck that, the world's ours
Cm
Ebmaj7
Bb
Abmaj7
Bb
And they say, and they say/ And they say, and they say/ And they say, and they say/ (21st-century schizoid man)
Verse 2
Ebmaj7
Bb
Tell them Yeezy said/ they can kiss my whole ass
Fm7
More spe cifically, they can kiss my asshole
Cm
You short-minded niggas'/ thoughts is Napoleon
Bb
Fm7
my ice brought the goalies in/ I embody every characteristic
with my own thoughts
Fm7
Cm
My childlike creativity, purity, and honesty
Is honestly being crowded
Ebmaj7
Bb
Taking my inner child, I'm fighting for cus tody
Abmaj7
With these res ponsibilities/ that they entrusted me
G7
As I look down/ at my diamond-encrusted piece
Chorus 3
should have all that power
Ebmaj7
Bb
The clock’s ticking, I just count the hours
Fm7
Stop tripping, I'm tripping off the power
Cm
G7
'Til then, fuck that, the world's ours
Cm
Ebmaj7
Bb
Abmaj7
Bb
And they say, and they say/ And they say, and they say/ And they say, and they say/ (21st-century schizoid man)
Verse 3
Ebmaj7
Lost in translation with a whole fuckin' nation
of Obama's nation
Cm
G7
Well, that's a pretty bad way/ to start the conversation
Gm7
Cm
I know damn well y'all feelin' this shit
G7
Cm
who you goin' home with?
How Ye doing? I'm survivin'
Ebmaj7
Bb
I was drinkin' earlier, now I'm drivin'
Where you hidin'?
Cm
G7
I got the power make your life so excitin'
Interlude 1
Cm
Abmaj7
Fm7
Bb
Eb
Abmaj7
Fm6
G7sus4
G7
Cm
Abmaj7
(Oh-ah, hey-ey)
Fm7
Bb
(Oh-ah, hey-ey)
Eb
Abmaj7
(Oh-ah, hey-ey)
Fm6
G7sus4
(Hey-ey-ey...)
Outro 1
G7
Cm
Now this will be a beautiful death
Bb
Fm7
I'm letting everything go
G7
Cm
Mmm, now this will be a beautiful death
Bb
Fm7
I'm letting everything go
G7
Cm
Now this will be a beautiful death
Bb
Fm7
I'm letting everything go
Cm
Abmaj7
Fm7
Bb
Eb
Abmaj7
Fm6
G7sus4
G7
Cm
Ab
Fm7
Bb
Eb
Abmaj7
Bb
Cm
(21st-century schizoid man)
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