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Butch Walker
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Key: C major•
Intro 1
C
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Verse 1
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Well, remember
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the guy who was a football star
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he had it made with the ladies,
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but he never got far
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Five years past,
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now he's gotten kinda fat
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Working eight days a week at
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the laundromat
Verse 2
C
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Am
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With his mama and his daddy
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breathing down his neck
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About everything he does so much,
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it makes him sick
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C
C

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So he sits home alone,
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with the game on TV
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As the crowd goes wild,

he said "that coulda been me"
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Just another
Verse 3

day in suburbia
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It's a beautiful day in suburbia
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Best not let it get the best of you
C
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Is it everything you thought it would be?
C
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Remember
Verse 4

playing game's
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at the rich kid's home

His dad owned a bank,
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while his mom was alone
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Everyday with the mailman,
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the trashman, the lawn guy
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Kid didn't look a damn thing
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like his dad (I knew why)
Verse 5
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He grew up, got a job,
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making 80 grand a year
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Had a wife and a kid all
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the guys called a queer
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But his dad never knew,

he was too blind to see
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Guess it kinda ran in the family
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Just another
Verse 6

day in suburbia
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It's a beautiful day in suburbia
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Best not let it get the best of you
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G
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Is it everything you thought it would be?
C
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Remember
Verse 7

the girl down
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the street with the kids
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That used to come outside,
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but she never did
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Dm
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'Cause she was trying to hide the bruises

where her old man beat her
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'Cause he hit her in the face
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with an old space heater
C
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He came home
Verse 8

drunk and
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tried to force sex on her
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But he didn't see the
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.44 stuffed in the covers
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So she waited till he came
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Dm
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as he lie there naked
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Before she blew his head off,
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she told him she'd been faking all along
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So long for everything

you done wrong
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Here's a bullet, go to hell,
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G
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'cause it's where you belong
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Just another
Verse 9

day in suburbia
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It's a beautiful day in suburbia
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Best not let it get the best of you
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Is it everything you thought it would be?
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Just another
Verse 10
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day in suburbia
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Yeah, this is how we're
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livin' in suburbia
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Best not let it get the best of you
C
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G
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Is it everything you thought it would be?
Am
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No
Verse 11

one understands it
Ab5
Ab5
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G
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No one comprehends it
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Guess you had to be there
F#m
F#m
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Am
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From the outside looking in
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So I put my
Verse 12

Outkast record on

Turn up the volume, 'cause I'm all alone
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And scream away...
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Verse 13

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Remember the cutest
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F
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couple in the world?
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Dm
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He was a punk and she was
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daddy's little girl
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Graduation came,
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and she wanted him to stay

But he had bigger,
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C
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better dreams waiting out in L.A.
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C
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She cried and
Verse 14
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he cred as
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Dm
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the plane flew away
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She never ever wanted it to end this way
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Two years later, she reads in the news
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He'd gone on to be a big star,

but nobody knew
Verse 15
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'Cause he changed up his name,

but his heart stayed the same
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'Cause every song he wrote was about her,

he claimed
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But he never got to tell her,
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'cause he died that year
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From all of the coke and pills and the beer
Verse 16
Am
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And the whole world cried,

but just for one day
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'Cause sooner or later
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the pain goes away
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Just another
Verse 17

day in suburbia
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It's a beautiful day in suburbia
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Best not let it get the best of you
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Is it everything you thought it would be?
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Just
Verse 18

another day in suburbia
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Yeah, this is how we're livin' in suburbia
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Best not let it get the best of you
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Outro 1
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Tuning:Standard Open Tuner
Chords

  • C

  • Dm

  • F

  • G

  • Am

  • Em

  • Ab5

    4

  • F#m

    2

Capo: 0

Transpose: 0

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Frequently asked questions

The original key of Suburbia by Butch Walker is C major.

The primary chords used in Suburbia are C, Dm, F, G, Am, Em.

No capo is required for this song.

Yes, this version uses open chords like C, Dm, F, G, making it a great song for beginner guitarists.

The tempo of Suburbia is approximately 167 beats per minute.

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