Intro: Em D Em Verse 1: Em Bm He's a really cool guy Am He's 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 doesn't that xxxx affect him Em Bm He's really happy, 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 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 Pre-Chorus: Em D I don't mean to lump a group of people in a hive Am Db7 I think I just meant my dad in 1985 Chorus: Gbm Dbm My dad, 1985 Bm My father, 1985 Gbm Dbm Bm My dad, 1985 Scott Burnham, 1985 Post-Chorus: Gbm Dbm I wanna be my dad Bm I wanna be my dad Gbm Dbm In the 80s Bm My oblivious white dad in the mid80s Gbm Dbm My dad was an oblivious white guy Bm My dad was happier than I am Gbm Dbm If I could be anybody dead or alive Bm I would want to be my dad in 1985
