Verse 1
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
Verse 2
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
Verse 3
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
Instrumental
(Over verse chords)
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