{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":2498055,"song":"Century Girl","artist":"Fred Smith","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11508487-century-girl-chords-by-fred-smith/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2498055?type=chord","rating":0.07347,"votes":0,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[tab][ch]Gm[/ch]\t\t\t\t\t      [ch]F[/ch]\t\t\t\t       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI'm going to have to introduce myself, I got no record company produce myself.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Gm[/ch]\t\t\t\t\t\t\t    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI've been the drummer and I've played the bass now I'm up the front with my[/tab]\r\n[tab]\t            [ch]C[/ch]\r\npretty little face.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Gm[/ch]\t\t\t\t\t      [ch]F[/ch]\r\nKept it together through the leaner years, I sang \"Stormy Weather\" through the[/tab]\r\n[tab]\t\t[ch]C[/ch]\r\nmeaner years.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]Gm[/ch]\t\t\t\t      [ch]F[/ch]\t        \t                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI've been the sucker of the Century, now I'm the sucker I was meant to be.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Gm[/ch]                               [ch]F[/ch]                                     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBorn at the turn of the Century, fought in the trenches of Gallipoli.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Gm[/ch]                               [ch]F[/ch]                                            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI stood tall while Wall Street crashed though I never ever had a lot of cash.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Gm[/ch]                            [ch]F[/ch]                                                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nFought on the beaches of the Second War I landed with MacArthur at Corregidor.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Gm[/ch]                            [ch]F[/ch]                                           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nMy arse got burnt when Saigon fell, reeducation was another kind of hell.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]D[/ch]  [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]            [ch]Eb[/ch]                 [ch]Gm[/ch]                            [ch]F[/ch]\r\nCentury Girl, I'm checking out, is there much left for us to talk about?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]            [ch]Fb[/ch]               [ch]Gm[/ch]                  [ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI'll call back in from planet Earth, the self-same child I was upon my birth.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]Gm[/ch]\t\t\t\t      [ch]F[/ch]\t\t\t\t\t[ch]C[/ch]\r\nI've been a sailor of the Seven Seas, I was a hippie in the Seventies.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Gm[/ch]\t\t\t\t\t       [ch]F[/ch]         \t\t\t[ch]C[/ch]\r\nI shot the sheriff and I fought the law, I've been the hooker to the whore.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Gm[/ch]\t\t\t\t\t  [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI've been Catholic and I've been Zen, I've been the Buddha since Christ knows[/tab]\r\n[tab]\t[ch]C[/ch]\r\nwhen.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]Gm[/ch]\t\t\t\t\t  [ch]F[/ch]\t\t\t\t\t     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI've been to Babylon, I've been to Rome, I've been travelling but now I'm home.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]            [ch]Eb[/ch]                 [ch]Gm[/ch]                            [ch]F[/ch]\r\nCentury Girl, I'm checking out, is there much left for us to talk about?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]            [ch]Fb[/ch]               [ch]Gm[/ch]                   [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI'll call back in from planet Earth, the self-same child I was upon my birth.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Gm[/ch]\t\t\t\t\t\t[ch]F[/ch]\r\nI've seen a bucketload of shit go down, I've been the President I've been the[/tab]\r\n[tab]\t[ch]C[/ch]\r\nclown.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n[tab][ch]Gm[/ch]\t\t\t        [ch]F[/ch]\t\t\t            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI\"ve seen a bucket of futility, don't need to demonstrate virility.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Gm[/ch]\t\t\t\t\t[ch]F[/ch]\t\t\t\t\t\t[ch]C[/ch]\r\nStill I ain't bitter, and I ain't green, and I'm feeling fitter than I've ever been.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Gm[/ch]\t\t\t              [ch]F[/ch]\t\t\t\t          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI've been the sucker of the century, now I'm the sucker I was meant to be.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]        [ch]Eb[/ch]               [ch]Gm[/ch]                   [ch]F[/ch]\r\nCentury Girl, I'm checking out, is there much left for us to talk about?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]            [ch]Fb[/ch]                [ch]Gm[/ch]                    [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI'll call back in from planet Earth, the self-same child I was upon my birth.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]            [ch]Eb[/ch]         [ch]Gm[/ch]                     [ch]F[/ch]\r\nCentury Girl, I'm checking out, is there much left for us to talk about?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]            [ch]Fb[/ch]               [ch]Gm[/ch]                  [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI'll call back in from planet Earth, the self-same child I was upon my birth.[/tab]","plain_text":"[Intro]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\nD  Eb\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Bridge]\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]","chords":["Gm","F","C","D","Eb","Bb","Fb"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"Gm":{"barres":[3],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,1,1,1],"frets":[3,5,5,3,3,3]}}}