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Introduction: Em D
Em Bm
He's a really cool guy
Am
He&rsquo s got a cool shirt
Am
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 (Everyone respects him)
Am
He reads the news and doesn&rsquo t let that shit affect him (Let that shit affect him)
Bm
He's really happy, he's thrilled to be alive
His name is any white guy in 1985
Em Bm
White guy, 1985 (White guy, 19-80--)
Am
White guy, 1985 (White guy, 1985)
Em Bm
White guy, 1985 (White guy, 19-80--)
Am
Any white guy, 1985 (White guy)
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
And some people are white guys in 1985
Em Bm
White guy, 1985 (White guy, 19-80--)
Am
White guy, 1985 (White guy, 1985)
Em Bm
White guy, 1985 (White guy, 19-80--)
Am
Any white guy, 1985 (White guy)
Wait!
Em G
It wasn&rsquo 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&rsquo m not saying it's hard being a white guy now
C
...I&rsquo ve misspoke
(sung)
Em Bm
I don't mean to lump a group of people in a hive
Am Dº7
I think I just meant my dad in 1985
F#m C#m
My dad, 1985 (My dad!)
Bm
My father, 1985 (Papa!)
F#m C#m
My dad, 1985
N.C.
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
N.C.