C               G          F        C
I'll tell you a story of a modern man
  C            G          F        C
A really funny story of a modern man
    F
Who spends all his time doing the best he can
     G
Even quits his job as singer in his rock and roll band


[Verse 2]
      C            G               F         C
So he goes out and finds himself a modern girl
C               G                F         C
Gets himself in trouble with his modern girl
         F
And they bring a new life into the modern world
    G
And after one year, it's all over


[Chorus]
    Am
And wow
F                        C      G
What can this philosophy bring?
       Am
I said now
          F            C
Is this a 21st century thing?


[Break]
C G F C x2


[Verse 3]
      C            G              F         C
So we all want our freedom and we want our choice
       C            G          F         C
Better take responsibility for freedom's voice
    F
And then you pays your money and you takes your chance
   G
To live with a distinctive lack of permanence


[Verse 4]
       C             G             F         C
So the young and the lonely need a helping hand
   C              G             F          C
It may be hard to find in these shifting sands
        F
And who knows what it is that future history brings
        G
And who knows on what behaviour it all may hinge


[Chorus]
      Am
I say wow
F                        C      G
What can this philosophy bring?
       Am
I said now
          F            C
Is this a 21st century thing?


[Bridge]
                F            C                G
'Cause it's the 21st century way that carries on, yes it is
         F                     C                           G
And it's all that matters when all the other centuries are gone


[Verse 5]
      C            G            F          C
So we all want our remedies, we want our cures
      C                G             F            C
If we don't learn from history we're damned for sure
    F
You see monogamy makes economic sense
        G
But the nature of man is so against that expense


[Chorus]
      Am
I say wow
      F                       C      G
We'll see what future history brings
       Am
I said now
       F            C
It's a 21st century thing