1985 Chords by Bo Burnham

[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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ℹ️ About This Song

On the 3rd of June 2022, the track was released. The track was written by Bo Burnham.

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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