On the 3rd of June 2022, the track was released. The track was written by Bo Burnham.
Chords Info
- Tuning: Standard(E A D G B E)
- Key: Em
- Chords: Em, D, Bm, Am, G, C, Ddim7, F#m, C#m
- BPM: 156
- Suggested Strumming:
- D= Down Stroke, U = Upstroke, N.C= No Chord
Track Info
- Song: 1985
- Artist: Bo Burnham
- Written by Bo Burnham
- Produced by Bo Burnham
- Album: INSIDE
- Released Date: 3 June 2022
[Intro]
Em D [Verse]
Em Bm He's a really cool guy
Am He’s got a cool shirt
Am He's got cool shoes
Did I mention the shirt?
Em If you ever got the
Bm
Chance to meet him
Am You'd know why
I want to be him
Em He walks into a room and
Bm
Everyone respects him
(Everyone respects him)
Am He reads the news and
Doesn’t let that s*it affect him
(Let that s*it affect him)
He's really happy,
Bm
He's thrilled to be alive His name is any white guy in 1985 [Chorus]
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) [Verse]
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 He's got all the answers that
Am
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 I guess it's true that some people really
Bm
Got to fight to survive
And some people are white guys in 1985 [Chorus]
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! [Bridge]
Em G It wasn’t easy being any
White guy in 1985
D Some white guys were living
C
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 (sung)
Em I don't mean to lump a
Bm
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
N.C. 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
N.C. I would want to be my dad in 1985
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