Hooray for the 21st century Verse C Gm Dm E Every sweet little lie ever whispered to you now rings true C Gm Dm E No need to wake the sleeping dogs when they'll just turn on you C Gm Dm E I'll make my way instead to the foots of your ivory tower C Gm Dm E But no love do I find there amongst the leaves and the dying flowers Chorus E What became of the lover in you E D C B Beat the swine black and blue E D C B You and I, me and you E D C B What became of the lover in you E D C B What became of the lover in you Verse The Thames and the Mersey, the Thyne and the Wear and the Clyde They spew slums like gravey on the banks of the poisonous tyde They washed up the pale thin girl, alone in her ivory tower Scratching her skin with the thorns that grow on the stems of the wild flower Chorus What became of the lover in you Beat the swine black and blue You and I, me and you What became of the lover in you What became of the working class Nike, Reebok, Adidas, Scratch cards, pimples, ecstasy Hooray fo the 21st Century (5x) Bridge Bm F# G C Living in a looking glass as the beauty of life goes by F Bb G C You're going to be so old, you're going to be so old E Your skin so cold E D C B Hooray for the 21st Century(x8) Rob loustau Pete Doherty is innocent NOT PETE DOCHERTY