Chords for Ben Folds - Rockin' the Suburbs
Tempo:
94.8 bpm
Chords used:
C
F
D
F#
G
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Key:
C
F
D
F#
G
C
F
D
[C] [D] [F] [C] .
[D] [E] [F] [C] .
[D] [F] [Am] [D] .
[F] [D] [E].
Let me [F#] tell y'all what it's [F] like Being [A] male, middle class, and [C] white.
It's [F#] a bitch if you don't [C] believe Listen up to my new CD, Sham on!.
[F#] [F] [C] .
[F#] [C] .
I got [F#m] it running through my [F] brain So intense and I [C] can't explain.
All [D] alone in my white boy [F] pain Shake your [C] booty while the band complains.
[D] I'm [F] [C] .
[D] [F] [D] rockin' the suburbs [F] Just like Michael [C] Jackson did.
I'm [D] rockin' the suburbs [F] Except that he was [C] talented.
I'm [D] rockin' the suburbs I [F] take the checks and fix the fax.
The [D] sub-producer with computers [F] Fixes all my fuckin' drives.
[C] .
[D] [F] [C].
I'm pissed [D] off but I'm too [F] polite When people [C] drink in the [D#] McDonald's [C] line.
Mom and [Dm] Dad you made me so uptight Gotta curse on the [C] mic [D] tonight.
Don't know how much [F] I can take [C].
Girl, do me something [D] I can't break.
I'm rockin' the suburbs Just [F] like Wyatt [C] Lyatt did.
I'm [D] rockin' the suburbs Except [F] that they weren't [C] valid.
I'm [D] rockin' the suburbs I [F] take the checks and [C] fix the fax.
The [D] sub-producer with computers [F] Fixes all [C] .
[F] [G] [C] [F] [C] .
[F] [C] my fuckin' drives.
In a haze [F] these days [Em] I pull up [F] to the stop [C] line.
I can feel that [F] something's not [C] right I can feel [Am] someone's blastin' me [C] with hate.
[Dm] And face [C] sendin' dirty [F] vibes my way [C] My great-great-great [F]-great [B]-granddad.
Face [C] sendin' great-great-great [F]-great-granddaddy [C] slays.
[F] It [C] wasn't my idea [F] Never [C] was my idea.
[Dm] Just [D] drove to the store For [F] some preparation.
[Em] .
[F#] Middle [A] [C] .
[F#] [C] [E] .
[F#] [A] class and [E] white Y'all [F#] don't know what it's [C] like.
To be a male middle class and white Y'all [D] don't know what it's [F] like.
To be a male [C] middle class and white It gets me real pissed off.
[D] It makes me wanna say.
[F] I'm [D] .
[F] rockin' [C] [D] the suburbs Except [F] that he wasn't [C] valid.
I'm [D] rockin' the suburbs I [F] take the checks and [C] fix the fax.
The [D] sub-producer with computers [F] Fixes all my fuckin' drives.
In a haze these [C] days [G] Yeah, [F] yeah.
I'm rockin' the [C] suburbs [G] Yeah, [F] yeah.
[D] [F] .
[Am] .
[F] [G] [A#] .
[C] [C#] [G] [A#m] .
[C] [C#] [G] .
[D] [E] [F] [C] .
[D] [F] [Am] [D] .
[F] [D] [E].
Let me [F#] tell y'all what it's [F] like Being [A] male, middle class, and [C] white.
It's [F#] a bitch if you don't [C] believe Listen up to my new CD, Sham on!.
[F#] [F] [C] .
[F#] [C] .
I got [F#m] it running through my [F] brain So intense and I [C] can't explain.
All [D] alone in my white boy [F] pain Shake your [C] booty while the band complains.
[D] I'm [F] [C] .
[D] [F] [D] rockin' the suburbs [F] Just like Michael [C] Jackson did.
I'm [D] rockin' the suburbs [F] Except that he was [C] talented.
I'm [D] rockin' the suburbs I [F] take the checks and fix the fax.
The [D] sub-producer with computers [F] Fixes all my fuckin' drives.
[C] .
[D] [F] [C].
I'm pissed [D] off but I'm too [F] polite When people [C] drink in the [D#] McDonald's [C] line.
Mom and [Dm] Dad you made me so uptight Gotta curse on the [C] mic [D] tonight.
Don't know how much [F] I can take [C].
Girl, do me something [D] I can't break.
I'm rockin' the suburbs Just [F] like Wyatt [C] Lyatt did.
I'm [D] rockin' the suburbs Except [F] that they weren't [C] valid.
I'm [D] rockin' the suburbs I [F] take the checks and [C] fix the fax.
The [D] sub-producer with computers [F] Fixes all [C] .
[F] [G] [C] [F] [C] .
[F] [C] my fuckin' drives.
In a haze [F] these days [Em] I pull up [F] to the stop [C] line.
I can feel that [F] something's not [C] right I can feel [Am] someone's blastin' me [C] with hate.
[Dm] And face [C] sendin' dirty [F] vibes my way [C] My great-great-great [F]-great [B]-granddad.
Face [C] sendin' great-great-great [F]-great-granddaddy [C] slays.
[F] It [C] wasn't my idea [F] Never [C] was my idea.
[Dm] Just [D] drove to the store For [F] some preparation.
[Em] .
[F#] Middle [A] [C] .
[F#] [C] [E] .
[F#] [A] class and [E] white Y'all [F#] don't know what it's [C] like.
To be a male middle class and white Y'all [D] don't know what it's [F] like.
To be a male [C] middle class and white It gets me real pissed off.
[D] It makes me wanna say.
[F] I'm [D] .
[F] rockin' [C] [D] the suburbs Except [F] that he wasn't [C] valid.
I'm [D] rockin' the suburbs I [F] take the checks and [C] fix the fax.
The [D] sub-producer with computers [F] Fixes all my fuckin' drives.
In a haze these [C] days [G] Yeah, [F] yeah.
I'm rockin' the [C] suburbs [G] Yeah, [F] yeah.
[D] [F] .
[Am] .
[F] [G] [A#] .
[C] [C#] [G] [A#m] .
[C] [C#] [G] .
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