Тональность

Em    D
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[Verse 1]
Em                   Bm
..He’s a really cool guy
                 Am
He’s got a cool shirt
  got cool shoes

Did I mention the shirt?
Em                      Bm     
..If you ever got the chance to meet him
Am
..You’d know why I want to be him
Em                         Bm 
..He walks into a room and everyone respects him (Everyone respects him)
Am                                                     Em   
..He reads the news and doesn’t let that **** affect him (Let that **** affect him)
                          Bm   
He’s really happy, he’s thrilled to be alive

His name is any white guy in 1985

[Chorus]
Em         Bm      
White guy, 1985 (White guy, 1985)
Am
..White guy, 1985 (White guy, 1985)
Em         Bm      
White guy, 1985 (White guy, 1985)
Am
..White guy, 1985 (White guy, 1985)

[Verse 2]
Em                     Bm
..He’s got a job and a family; how does he Do it?
Am
Balance his work with his wife’s underwhelming cooking
Em                  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 in any…..
                  Am
I Am the thing he is, but he isn’t when I want
                       Em                         Bm
I guess it’s true that some people really got to fight to survive

And some people are white guys in 1985

[Chorus]
Em         Bm      
White guy, 1985 (White guy, 1985)
Am
..White guy, 1985 (White guy, 1985)
Em         Bm      
White guy, 1985 (White guy, 1985)
Am
..White guy, 1985 (White guy, 1985)

Wait!

[Bridge]
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
Em                               Bm
I don’t need to lump a group of people in a hive
Am                              Ddim7
I think I just meant my dad in 1985

[Chorus]
F#m     C#m     
My dad, 1985 (“My dad!”)
Bm
..My father, 1985 (“Papa!”)
F#m     C#m   
My dad, 1985

Scott Burnham, 1985 (Scott!)
F#m       C#m
..I wanna be my dad (My dad, 1985) (Scott!)
Bm
..I wanna be my dad (My father, 1985) (Scott!)
      F#m  C#m
In the 80s….(My dad, 1985) (Scott!)
      Bm
My oblivious white dad in the mid-80s (Scott Burnham, 1985) (Scott!)
F#m                C#m
..My dad was an oblivious white guy (My dad, 1985) (General contractor!)
Bm
..My dad was happier than I Am (My father, 1985)
F#m                  C#m      
If I could be anybody…dead or alive

I would want to be my dad in 1985