Century Girl

Em
I'm gonna have to introduce myself
Em                                              D
I've got no record company produced myself oh, oh
Em
I've been the drummer and I played the bass
Em                                                  D
Now I'm up the front with my pretty little face oh, oh
Em
Kept it together through the leaner years
Em                                                 D
I sang Stormy Weather through the meaner years oh, oh
Em
I've been the sucker of the century
D               A                       B7
Now I'm the fucker I was meant to be oh, oh

Em
Born at the turn of the century
Em                                       D
I landed on the beaches of Gallipoli oh, oh
Em
I stood tall while Wall Street crashed
Em                                    D
But I never ever had a lot of cash oh, oh
Em
Fought in the trenches of the second war
Em                                      D
I landed with MacArthur at Corregidor oh, oh
Em
My arse got burned when Saigon fell
Em                                      D
Re-education was another kind of hell oh, oh

(chorus)
G          Em
Century girl I'm checking out
C
Is there much left for us to talk about?
G                 Em
I'll call back in from planet Earth
C                                  G
The self same child I was upon my birth

Em
And I've been a sailor of the seven seas
Em                                D
I was a hippy in the seventies oh, oh
Em
I shot the sheriff and I fought the law
Em                                      D
I've been the hooker to the whore you know oh, oh
Em
And I've been a catholic and I been Zen
D                                                     A
I've been the Buddhist since Christ knows when oh, oh
Em
I've been to Babylon, I've been to Rome
Em                                      D
Been travelling but now I'm home oh, oh

(chorus)
G          Em
Century girl I'm checking out
C
Is there much left for us to talk about?
G                 Em
I'll call back in from planet Earth
C                                   G
The self same child I was upon my birth

(verse 4)
Em
I've seen a bucket load of shit go down
Em                                              D
I've been the president, I've been the clown oh, oh
Em
I've seen a bucket of futility
Em                                      D
Don't need to demonstrate virility oh, oh
Em
Still I ain't bitter and I ain't green
D                                                A
And I'm feeling fitter than I've ever been oh, oh
Em
I've been the sucker of the century
D                                      A
Now I'm the fucker I was meant to be oh, oh.