Chords
[Intro]
Em
D Em
[Verse 1]
Em He's a really cool Bmguy
Heâs got a cool Amshirt
He's got cool shoes
Did I mention the shirt?
Em If you ever got the Bmchance to meet him
Am You'd know why I want to be him
Em He walks into a room and Bmeveryone respects him
Am He reads the news and doesnât let that shit affect him
Em He's really happy, he's Bmthrilled to be alive
His Amname is any white guy in 1985
[Chorus]
EmWhite guy, Bm1985
Am White guy, 1985
EmWhite guy, Bm1985
Am White guy, 1985
[Verse 2]
Em He's got a job and a faBmmily; how does he do it?
AmBalance his work with his wife's underwhelming cooking
Em He's got all the ansBmwers that I wanna know Am
How can I be what I am but 40 years ago
Gee Emwhiz, he got it and he Bmflaunts
I am the thing he Amis, but he isn't when I want
I guess it's true that Emsome people really got to Bmfight to survive
And Amsome people are white guys in 1985
[Chorus]
EmWhite guy, Bm1985
Am White guy, 1985
EmWhite guy, Bm1985
Am White guy, 1985
Wait!
[Bridge]
Em It wasnât easy being Gany white guy in 1985
D Some white guys were living Cthrough the AIDS crisis
EmSome white guys were... ItaGlian
And Iâm not Dsaying it's hard being a white guy now
C Iâve misspoke
[Pre-Chorus]
EmI don't mean to lump a group of Dpeople in a hive
AmI think I just meant my dad in C#71985
[Chorus]
F#mMy dad, C#m1985
Bm My father, 1985
F#mMy dad, C#m1985 Bm
Scott Burnham, 1985
[Post-Chorus]
F#m I wanna beC#m my dad
Bm I wanna be my dad
In the F#m80s C#m
My Bmoblivious white dad in the mid80s
F#m My dad was an obC#mlivious white guy
Bm My dad was happier than I am
F#mIf I could be anybodyC#m dead or alive
BmI would want to be my dad in 1985
