1985 original guitar chords by
Bo Burnham
Bo Burnham

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Key: E minor
Intro 1
Em
Em

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D
D

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Em
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Verse 1
Em
Em

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Bm
Bm

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He's a really cool guy
Am
Am

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He's got a cool shirt
He's got cool shoes
Em
Em

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Did I mention the shirt?
Bm
Bm

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If you ever got the chance to meet him
Am
Am

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You'd know why I want to be him
Em
Em

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He walks into a room
Bm
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Am
Am

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and everyone respects him
He reads the news and doesn't
Em
Em

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let that shit affect him
Bm
Bm

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He's really happy, he's thrilled to be alive
Chorus 1
His name is any white guy in 1985
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Bm
Bm

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Am
Am

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White guy, 1985 (nineteen- eighty)
White guy, 1985
Em
Em

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Bm
Bm

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Am
Am

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White guy, 1985 (nineteen- eighty)
Verse 2
White guy, 1985
Em
Em

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Bm
Bm

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He's got a job and a fam ily,
how does he do it?
Am
Am

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Balances work with
Em
Em

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his wife's underwhelming cooking
Bm
Bm

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Am
Am

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He's got all the an swers that I wanna know
How can I be what I am
but 40 years ago
Em
Em

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Bm
Bm

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Gee whiz, he got it and he flaunts
Am
Am

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I am the thing he is,
but he isn't when I want
Em
Em

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I guess it's true that some people
Bm
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really got to fight to survive
Chorus 2
And some people are white guys in 1985
Em
Em

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Bm
Bm

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Am
Am

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White guy, 1985 (nineteen- eighty)
White guy, 1985
Em
Em

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Bm
Bm

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Am
Am

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White guy, 1985 (nineteen- eighty)
Bridge 1
White guy, 1985 (white)
Em
Em

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G
G

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It wasn't easy being
any white guy in 1985
D
D

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C
C

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Some white guys were living
through the AIDS crisis
Em
Em

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G
G

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Some white guys were Italian
D
D

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And I'm not saying it's hard
being a white guy now
C
C

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I've misspoke
Verse 3
Em
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I don't mean to lump a group
Bm
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of people in a hive
Am
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I think I just meant my dad
C#7
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in 1985
Chorus 3
F#m
F#m

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C#m
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Bm
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My dad, 1985 (my dad)
My father, 1985
F#m
F#m

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C#m
C#m

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My dad, 1985
Outro 1
Scott Burnham, 1985 (Scott)
F#m
F#m

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C#m
C#m

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(My...) I wanna be my dad
Bm
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I wanna be my dad
F#m
F#m

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C#m
C#m

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In the '80s (1985)
Bm
Bm

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My oblivious white dad
In the mid- '80s
F#m
F#m

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C#m
C#m

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(My...) My dad was an oblivious white guy
Bm
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My dad was happier than I am
F#m
F#m

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C#m
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If I could be anybody, dead or alive
I would want to be my dad in 1985

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