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[Intro]
| Em - | D Em |
[Verse 1]
Em Bm
He's a really cool guy
Am
Heâs got a cool shirt
He's 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
Am
He reads the news and doesnât let that shit affect him
Em
He's really happy,
Bm
he's thrilled to be alive
Am
His name is any white guy in 1985
[Chorus]
Em Bm
White guy, 1985
Am
White guy, 1985
Em Bm
White guy, 1985
Am
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 it and he flaunts
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
Am
And some people are white guys in 1985
[Chorus]
Em Bm
White guy, 1985
Am
White guy, 1985
Em Bm
White guy, 1985
Am
White guy, 1985
Wait!
[Bridge]
Em G
It wasnât 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 Iâm not saying it's hard being a white guy now
C
Iâve misspoke
[Pre-Chorus]
Em D
I don't mean to lump a group of people in a hive
Am C#7
I think I just meant my dad in 1985
[Chorus]
F#m C#m
My dad, 1985
Bm
My father, 1985
F#m C#m Bm
My dad, 1985
Scott Burnham, 1985
[Post-Chorus]
F#m C#m
I wanna be my dad
Bm
I wanna be my dad
F#m C#m
In the 80s
Bm
My oblivious white dad in the mid80s
F#m C#m
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
Bm
I would want to be my dad in 1985
[Intro]
| Em - | D Em |
[Verse 1]
| Em | Bm |
| Am | - | Em | Bm |
| Am | - | Em | Bm |
| Am | - | Em | Bm |
| Am | - |
He's a really cool guy
Heâs got a cool shirt
He's got cool shoes
Did I mention the shirt?
If you ever got the chance to meet him
You'd know why I want to be him
He walks into a room and everyone respects him
He reads the news and doesnât let that shit affect him
He's really happy,
he's thrilled to be alive
His name is any white guy in 1985
[Chorus]
| Em | Bm |
| Am | - | Em | Bm |
| Am | - |
White guy, 1985
White guy, 1985
White guy, 1985
White guy, 1985
[Verse 2]
| Em | Bm |
| Am | - | Em | Bm |
| Am | - | Em | Bm |
| Am | - | Em | Bm |
| Am | - |
He's got a job and a family;
how does he do it?
Balance his work with his wife's underwhelming cooking
He's got all the answers that I wanna know
How can I be what I am but 40 years ago
Gee whiz, he got it and he flaunts
I am the thing he is,
but he isn't when I want
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 |
| Am | - | Em | Bm |
| Am | - |
White guy, 1985
White guy, 1985
White guy, 1985
White guy, 1985
Wait!
[Bridge]
| Em | - |
| G | - | D | - |
| C | - | Em | - |
| G | - | D | - |
| C | - |
It wasnât easy being any white guy in 1985
Some white guys were living through the AIDS crisis
Some white guys were... Italian
And Iâm not saying it's hard being a white guy now
Iâve misspoke
[Pre-Chorus]
| Em | D |
| Am | C#7 |
I don't mean to lump a group of people in a hive
I think I just meant my dad in 1985
[Chorus]
| F#m | C#m |
| Bm | - | F#m | C#m |
| Bm | - |
My dad, 1985
My father, 1985
My dad, 1985
Scott Burnham, 1985
[Post-Chorus]
| F#m | C#m |
| Bm | - | F#m | C#m |
| Bm | - | F#m | C#m |
| Bm | - | F#m | C#m |
| Bm |
I wanna be my dad
I wanna be my dad
In the 80s
My oblivious white dad in the mid80s
My dad was an oblivious white guy
My dad was happier than I am
If I could be anybody dead or alive
I would want to be my dad in 1985
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