Rockin' the Suburbs chords by Ben Folds
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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Let me tell y'all what it's like,
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Being male, middle-class and and white.
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It's a bitch, if you don't believe,
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listen up to my new CD.
Interlude 1
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Verse 2
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I got shit running thought my brain,
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It's so intense that I can't explain.
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All alone in my white-boy pain,
pain,
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Shake your booty while the band
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complains.
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Verse 3
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I'm rockin' the suburbs,
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just like Michael Jackson did,
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I'm rockin' the suburbs,
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except that he was talented.
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I'm rockin' the suburbs,
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I take the checks and face the facts,
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That some producer with computers
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fixes all my shitty tracks.
Interlude 2
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Verse 4
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I'm pissed off, but I'm too polite,
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When people break
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in the McDonald's line.
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Mom and Dad you made me so uptight,
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I'm gonna cuss on the mic tonight.
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I don't know how much I can take,
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Girl, give me something I
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can break.
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I'm rockin' the suburbs,
Verse 5
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just like Quiet Riot did,
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I'm rockin' the suburbs,
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except that they were talented.
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I'm rockin' the suburbs,
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I take the cheques and face the facts,
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That some producer with computers fixes all
my shitty tracks.
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Verse 6
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In a haze these days,
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I pull up to the stop light,
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I can feel that something's not right.
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I can feel that someone's
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blasting me with hate,
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And bass, sending dirty
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vibes my way.
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Cause my Great, Great, Great,
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Great, Grandad,
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Made someone's Great, Great, Great,
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Great Grandaddies slaves.
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It wasn't my idea, it wasn't my idea,
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never was my idea.
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I just drove to the store
Verse 7
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for
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some Preparation-H.
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y'all
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y'all don't know what it's like,
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being male, middle-class and and white [Repeats]
Verse 8
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It gets me real pissed off,
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it makes me want to say,
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It gets me real pissed off and
it makes me want to say,
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It gets me real pissed off and
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it makes me want to say,
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Fuck!
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Just like
Verse 9
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Jon Bon Jovidid,
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I'm rockin' the suburbs,
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Except that he was talented,
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I'm rockin' the suburbs.
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I take the checks and face the facts,
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That some producer with com
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puters fixes all my shitty tracks.
Verse 10
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These days, yeah-yeah,
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I'm I'm rockin' the suburbs,
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Yeah-yeah, I'm I'm rockin' the suburbs,
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yeah-yeah.
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You'd You'd better look out, because I'm gonna say fuck
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[Repeats]
Outro 1
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Rockin' the Suburbs
Ben Folds
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