1985 chords by Bo Burnham (Official Version)
Intro 1
Em
D
Em
Verse 1
Em
Bm
He's a really cool guy
Am
He's got a cool shirt
He's got cool shoes
Em
Did I mention the shirt?
Bm
If you ever got the chance to meet him
Am
You'd know why I want to be him
Em
He walks into a room
Bm
Am
and everyone respects him
He reads the news and doesn't
Em
let that shit affect him
Bm
He's really happy, he's thrilled to be alive
His name is any white guy in 1985
Chorus 1
Em
Bm
Am
White guy, 1985 (nineteen- eighty)
White guy, 1985
Em
Bm
Am
White guy, 1985 (nineteen- eighty)
White guy, 1985
Verse 2
Em
Bm
He's got a job and a family,
how does he do it?
Am
Balances work with
Em
his wife's underwhelming cooking
Bm
Am
He's got all the answers that I wanna know
How can I be what I am
but 40 years ago
Em
Bm
Gee whiz, he got it and he flaunts
Am
I am the thing he is,
but he isn't when I want
Em
I guess it's true that some people
Bm
really got to fight to survive
And some people are white guys in 1985
Chorus 2
Em
Bm
Am
White guy, 1985 (nineteen- eighty)
White guy, 1985
Em
Bm
Am
White guy, 1985 (nineteen- eighty)
White guy, 1985 (white)
Bridge 1
Em
G
It wasn't easy being
any white guy in 1985
D
C
Some white guys were living
through the AIDS crisis
Em
G
Some white guys were Italian
D
And I'm not saying it's hard
being a white guy now
C
I've misspoke
Verse 3
Em
I don't mean to lump a group
Bm
of people in a hive
Am
I think I just meant my dad
C#7
in 1985
Chorus 3
F#m
C#m
Bm
My dad, 1985 (my dad)
My father, 1985
F#m
C#m
My dad, 1985
Scott Burnham, 1985 (Scott)
Outro 1
F#m
C#m
(My...) I wanna be my dad
Bm
I wanna be my dad
F#m
C#m
In the '80s (1985)
Bm
My oblivious white dad
In the mid- '80s
F#m
C#m
(My...) My dad was an oblivious white guy
Bm
My dad was happier than I am
F#m
C#m
If I could be anybody, dead or alive
I would want to be my dad in 1985
1985
Bo Burnham
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